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Activists held up signs in support of Iran deal at a Brooklyn town hall meeting with Democratic Congressman Hakeem Jeffries. August 11, 2015. (Twitter)

Jewish Iran deal supporters booted from New York town hall meeting

When a group of New York activists stood silently in support of the Iran deal at a meeting in Brooklyn, they were accused of being ‘Arabs’ and wishing to send Jews off to the ‘gas chambers.’ By +972 Magazine Staff Four Jewish activists were booed and shown the door when they expressed their support for…

By +972 Magazine August 13, 2015

IAF fighter jet during an exercise. (photo: IDF Spokesperson)

Israelis, Iranians pay the same price for nuclear ambitions

The discussion surrounding Netanyahu’s Congress speech presumes that Iran does not have a right to nuclear weapons but that Israel does. Another way of looking at things is a nuclear-free Middle East, and an alliance between the oppressed citizens of Iran and Israel. By Mati Shemoelof Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to the United States, which…

By +972 Magazine March 5, 2015

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands in front of a portrait of Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Netanyahu is not Ben-Gurion, and 2015 is not 1948

The Israeli prime minister is not using his Congress speech to gain votes in this election, rather, he is using his election campaign to gain favor for the Congress speech and serve his megalomaniac vision of being the savior of Jews worldwide. Netanyahu’s recent campaign video, released Saturday night, has nothing to do with the…

By Mairav Zonszein February 22, 2015

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PM Netanyahu's addresses a joint session of the U.S. Congress, May 24, 2011 (Photo: GPO)

Why Democrats must stand up to Netanyahu

With more and more people on both sides of the aisle pushing back against Netanyahu’s planned speech, the Obama administration — through congressional Democrats — has an opportunity to reinforce its Iran policy without any pushback from the Israel Lobby. The pushback against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s scheduled address to a joint session of Congress…

By Mairav Zonszein February 7, 2015

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu addresses a joint session of the U.S. Congress, May 24, 2011. (Photo by Avi Ohayun/GPO)

The political brilliance of Netanyahu’s Congress speech

Whether or not Israel faces consequences for his diplomatic strong-arming, the Israeli prime minister will have accomplished the only two things that matter to him: trying one last time to kill an Iran nuclear deal and convincing Israeli voters that he is the only one who knows how to ensure their survival. Israeli Prime Minister…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man February 4, 2015