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US ambassador to Israel: US ‘ready’ to strike if Iran talks fail

US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro: “It would be preferable to resolve this diplomatically through the use of pressure than to use military force. But…

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LATEST NEWS18/05/2012

18/05/2012

US continues support for Israel’s Iron Dome

Israel’s Defence Minister Ehud Barak met yesterday with his US counterpart Leon Panetta at the Pentagon. During the meeting, Barak thanked President Barack Obama and…

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18/05/2012

Former intelligence and military chiefs call for tougher sanctions on Iran

Former Mossad director Meir Dagan, who since leaving office last year has been outspoken in his opposition to an Israeli strike at this time on…

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18/05/2012

Israel Police forms new West Bank settlement demolition task force

Israel Police have formed a new task force ahead of a number of demolitions in West Bank outposts that are expected to take place by…

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18/05/2012

US continues support for Israel’s Iron Dome

Several UK papers focus on upcoming talks between Iran and the world’s powers in an effort to halt the enrichment of weapon-grade uranium. The BBC,…
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18/05/2012

The Wall Street Journal: Total Sanctions Might Stop Iran, by Meir Dagan, August Hanning, James Woolsey, Charles Guthrie, Kristen Silverberg and Mark Wallace

“As the Iranian regime races to fulfill its nuclear ambitions, the world faces a stark choice. Our near future carries the risk of a military…
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DAILY NEWS BRIEFING

Top Story: US continues support for Israel’s Iron Dome

Israel’s Defence Minister Ehud Barak met yesterday with his US counterpart Leon Panetta at the Pentagon…

LATEST ANALYSIS

BICOM Briefing: Palestinian prisoners hunger strike

On 14 May an Egyptian brokered agreement between Israel and Palestinian prisoners ended a hunger strike by inmates that began four weeks ago.


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Peter Beinart’s ‘The Crisis of Zionism’ – A Symposium

BICOM is pleased to present an in-depth interview with Peter Beinart, author of 'The Crisis of…


LATEST PODCAST

Likud-Kadima unity deal: Briefing with MK Yochanan Plesner and Nadav Eyal

On a conference call chaired by BICOM's Israel office Director Jonathan Cummings, shortly after the shock announcement of a unity deal between Kadima and Likud, Kadima MK Yochanan Plesner and Channel 10 political editor Nadav Eyal gave sharply contrasting takes on the agreement.