Tag Archives: JCPOA

The US withdraws from the Iran Deal; Israel’s northern border hots up

Posted on 10 May 2018 by

Few Middle East watchers, particularly Israelis, were surprised when President Donald Trump made his announcement on Tuesday that the US was withdrawing from the JCPOA, otherwise known as the Iran Nuclear Deal. What was particularly gratifying for Israel however was … Continue reading →

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Bibi’s Iran bombshell and the Mossad’s dramatic feat

Posted on 1 May 2018 by

Yesterday (Monday) Binyamin Netanyahu gave advance notice that he was going to make a speech to the nation the same evening.  I admit I was a bit unnerved: I wasn’t sure if he was going to announce his resignation or … Continue reading →

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Trump decertifies the Iran deal

Posted on 17 October 2017 by

After the festivals were over we were greeted with the very good news that President Donald Trump had announced that he was not going to recertify the JCPOA – the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, commonly known as “the Iran … Continue reading →

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Iran deploys missiles around its banned nuclear site – and the US is finally “concerned”

Posted on 31 August 2016 by

I’ve written again and again about the stupidity, the arrogance and the malice of the Obama Administration in their rush to close a deal, any deal, with Iran which would ostensibly limit the Iranians’ ability to produce nuclear weapons, but … Continue reading →

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Obama lied about the Iran Deal, lies about Israel’s support, lies about Iran ransom payment

Posted on 7 August 2016 by

Presidents have been impeached for less. On Thursday last week Barack Obama came out with a breathtaking lie. I literally gasped out loud when I read his outrageous statement that “even Israel now says we were right on the Iran … Continue reading →

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Our worst nightmare: Iran empowered

Posted on 19 January 2016 by

Due to Obama’s fecklessness, or more likely his wilfulness, on Sunday, “Implementation Day” (the day the JCPOA – otherwise referred to here as the Iran deal – came into effect) Iran became the beneficiary of huge amounts of money and … Continue reading →

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