Israel Security Establishment Breaks With Bibi on Iran Deal

Israel’s political leaders have lined up against the Iran deal. Not so its security establishment, which is urging Benjamin Netanyahu to work with the U.S. rather than fight a quixotic battle to scuttle the agreement, J.J. Goldberg reports.

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New poll: U.S. Jews support Iran deal, despite misgivings

By a wide margin, American Jews support the recently concluded agreement with Iran to restrict its nuclear program, and a clear majority of Jews wants Congress to approve the deal. In fact, as compared with Americans generally, Jews are more supportive of the “Iran deal...” By Steven M. Cohen.

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Kerry: critics of Iran deal spinning 'fantasy,' urges approval

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday mounted a furious counterattack against critics of the Iran nuclear deal, telling skeptical lawmakers it would be fantasy to think the United States could simply "bomb away" Tehran's atomic know-how...

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White House acknowledges ‘side’ deals between Iran, IAEA

“We’re satisfied with them and we will share the contents of those briefings in full in a classified session with the Congress,” [Susan Rice] told reporters. “So there's nothing in that regard that we know that they won't know.” [Autoplay]

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[Senate] Iran Nuclear Agreement Review

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Iran’s President Defends Nuclear Deal in Blunt Remarks

Pushing back against domestic critics of Iran’s nuclear deal, President Hassan Rouhani suggested on Thursday that the alternative was an economic “Stone Age” and that the accord was the precise reason he was elected two years ago. By Thomas Erdbrink and Rick Gladstone.

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Not déjà vu all over again: The nuclear agreement with Iran is very different from the one with North Korea

For many of those opposed to the deal to curb Iran’s nuclear programme struck on July 14th, the issue could hardly be more straightforward. The wily Iranians have got the better of a naive president (and five other leaders) who would rather appease a rogue state than confront it...

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Congress Will Vote No on the Nuclear Deal — But What Will ‘No’ Mean?

As Secretary of State John Kerry roams the halls of Capitol Hill on Wednesday to sell the Iran deal to skeptical lawmakers, one future outcome is clear: In the next 60 days, Congress is virtually certain to voice its displeasure with the agreement in a high-profile vote...

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