Thursday, November 21, 2013

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- Novbember 21, 2013

President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel hold a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office, Sept. 30, 2013.(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Israel And The United States: Chillier Than Ever -- The Economist

BINYAMIN NETANYAHU, Israel’s prime minister, has reason to feel satisfied. Two weeks into his campaign against America’s “extraordinarily bad and dangerous deal” apparently in the offing with Iran over its nuclear programme, he is counting what he considers to be his successes. Leading American and European news channels have broadcast his interviews. The French president, François Hollande, who recently helped postpone a deal after a first round of talks between six world powers and Iran in Geneva, has beaten a path to his door. And now Mr Netanyahu is courting Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow, ahead of another round. His ambassador in Washington, Ron Dermer, has encouraged Congress to tighten sanctions against Iran just as Mr Obama planned to ease them.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Iran Talks On the Rocks As Two Sides Needle Each Other -- Yochi Dreazen and John Hudson, The Cable/Foreign Policy

Why the Deal Is Bad: Iran Nuke Breakout -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary

U.S. should be wary of Iran’s goal to dominate the Middle East -- Joseph Lieberman and Vance Serchuk, Washington Post

The Case of the Keystone Cossacks: Who sent a bunch of hapless Russian soldiers of fortune to go do battle in Syria? -- Michael Weiss, Foreign Policy

Hezbollah Suffers Syria Blowback in Beirut Bombings -- Fouad Ajami, Bloomberg

Egypt and Israel spar over Gaza as Sinai crisis escalates -- Geoffrey Aronson, Al-Monitor

The Commitment to Afghanistan -- Max Boot, Commentary

Japan's Abe Seeks Friends in Asia—but Not China -- Bruce Einhorn and Matthew Philips, Bloomberg Businessweek

The world's food supply depends on Morocco. Here's why -- Kristen McTighe, Global Post

Tymoshenko Stays: Ukraine Halts Plan to Sign EU Trade Deal -- Spiegel Online

Did Ukraine just pick Russia over the EU? -- Sara Miller Llana and Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor

Make or break for Mexican President Peña Nieto -- The Economist

Colombia's Wayward Search for Peace -- Jose Cardenas, Real Clear World

The Sole Survivors Club: A New Documentary Explores the Burden of Being a Plane Crash ‘Miracle’ -- Nina Strochlic, Daily Beast

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