Posts Tagged ‘United States’
Geneva Middle East Peace Conference Takes Place
December 21, 1973 From the Center for Israel Education Though the Geneva Middle East Conference was convened under the co-chairmanship of the United States and Soviet Union, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger kept the Soviet Union almost totally uninformed about progress being made privately between Israel and Egypt for a future disengagement agreement. Egyptian President…
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Opportunity for High School Students
Applications are now being accepted for the Bronfman Fellowship, which selects 26 outstanding North American teenagers for a rigorous academic year of seminars including a free five-week trip to Israel in the summer between the Fellows’ junior and senior years of high school. The program educates and inspires exceptional young Jews from diverse backgrounds to…
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The Madrid Middle East Peace Conference Convenes
October 30, 1991 The Soviet Union and the United States convene the Madrid Middle East Peace Conference, based upon a two track approach of bi-lateral and multi-lateral talks. All Arab states contiguous to Israel, Palestinians from the territories of the West Bank and Gaza (but not east Jerusalem) and the Gulf Cooperation Council representatives participate…
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Dayan and Tuhami Engage In Secret Talks
Center for Israel Education September 16, 1977 Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan conducts secret talks with Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister Hassan Tuhami in Morocco. Tuhami (and other high ranking Egyptians) held talks with Israeli officials on at least three occasions in 1977 (with help from both Moroccan and Romanian intermediaries), which allowed the two sides…
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What Will Pulling Out Of The Iran Deal Do For The U.S.?
The Detroit Jewish News asked experts on Israel, foreign policy, religion and/or other relevant fields to answer important questions on everyone’s mind in the midst of the recent news from the Middle East. Here are some of their answers. The U.S. just pulled out of the Iran Nuclear Deal. Will this be good or bad…
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Reactions to President Trump’s Decision to Withdraw From the Iran Nuclear Deal
FROM THE AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (AIPAC) [This] decision is not an endpoint. Rather, it provides an important opportunity to apply further diplomatic and economic pressure on Iran in order to both prevent the regime from ever acquiring a nuclear weapons capability and to push back against its expanding regional aggression. It is our…
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Two Views On Withdrawal From Iran Nuclear Deal
There are two ways to view the president’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a six-party agreement of the five permanent U.N. Security Council powers and Iran, on preventing Iran’s development of nuclear weapons for at least 10 years. The agreement itself was termed “interim” when negotiated in…
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Wrong Man? Right Decision!
It took him 16 months to get around to it, but U.S. President Donald Trump finally kept another campaign promise and pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal. To his critics, especially the Obama administration alumni who have dedicated themselves to defending the 44th president’s foreign-policy legacy, the move is quintessential Trump:…
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U.S. Officially Opens Embassy In Jerusalem
Above: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the official opening ceremony of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. To his left is U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman. JNS Staff The United States officially opened its new embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, fulfilling a key promise made by President Donald Trump.…
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Trump Pulls Out Of Iran Nuclear Agreement
ABOVE: President Donald Trump at the press briefing announcing the withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, May 8. President Donald Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal on May 8, while announcing stiff new economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic. [similar id=45364 type=all] “This was a horrible one-sided deal that should…
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