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Former prime minister Ehud Barak (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 24, 2015, 3:12 pm
Author says he leaked Iran tapes because Barak refused to play ball
Bombshell revelations on scuttled plans to strike Tehran publicized because former PM reneged on deal for English version of new biography, refused to do press interviews
By Avi Lewis
File: In this Monday Jan. 17, 2011 file photo, former Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak attends a press conference at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem. (AP/Bernat Armangue, File)
August 24, 2015, 3:06 am
Ehud Barak’s Iran bombshell could shake up Israeli politics
Former Israeli leader’s leaked interview in which he describes scuttled plans to strike Tehran may be part of comeback ploy
By Dan Perry and Josef Federman
Likud MK Yoav Kisch (screen capture: YouTube)
August 22, 2015, 2:55 pm
Likud MK slams Barak for tapes discussing Israeli plans to attack Iran
Knesset Defense Committee member says Israel’s security hurt by disclosure of debates on aborted strikes in 2010, 2011 and 2012
By TOI staff
This image released September 27, 2009, on Iranian state TV cannel IRIB, shows Gen. Hossein Salami, head of the Revolutionary Guard Air Force. (AP Photo/IRIB, via APTN)
July 27, 2015, 5:24 am
Iranian general vows to crush US for ‘slightest’ hostile move
Revolutionary Guard Corps commander says Washington’s threats of military action are due to ‘lack of diplomatic skills’
By TOI staff
A US Air Force B-2 stealth bomber flies over near Osan US Air Base in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, South Korea, March 28, 2013 (AP/Shin Young-keun, Yonhap)
From the WebJune 26, 2015, 2:09 am
Plan B for Iran
US prepared to deploy B-2 stealth bombers to Islamic Republic and attack atomic facilities if diplomacy fails, Politico reports
Illustrative photo of a US warship as it crosses the Gulf of Aden (photo credit: Kristopher Wilson/US Navy/Wikimedia Commons/File)
May 10, 2015, 6:37 pm
Iran claims its warships ‘shooed’ US, French forces in Gulf of Aden
Aircraft and warships said to approach ‘in a provocative move,’ apologize and ‘rapidly change direction’ after warning
By TOI staff
Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards General Mohammad Ali Jafari. (screen capture: YouTube/Press TV)
May 7, 2015, 8:39 pm
Iranian general: War with the US would be ‘no big deal’
Revolutionary Guard Corps commander says if West thought it could attack Iran it would have done so already
By Stuart Winer
From left: EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini; Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif; British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond; and US Secretary of State John Kerry line up for a press announcement at the nuclear talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, April 2, 2015. The sides agreed that month on the framework for the deal they finalized three months later (photo credit: AP/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott)
April 3, 2015, 9:08 am
Nuclear deal leaves Israel with few options
The immediate result of the Iran agreement will not be a sprint to the bomb but an emboldened posture by Tehran across the region
By Mitch Ginsburg
Amos Yadlin, right, and Zionist Union leader MK Isaac Herzog at an election campaign media event, February 22, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 15, 2015, 8:26 pm
Zionist Union’s soft-spoken nuclear bombardier
Amos Yadlin, the center-left’s candidate for defense minister, played a key role in destroying two previous Middle Eastern nuclear programs — and insists Israel can destroy a third
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Escorted by his bodyguards, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, center, waves to his well wishers as he attends an annual rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, in Tehran, Iran, on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
February 11, 2014, 3:03 pm
Rouhani: There is ‘no military threat’ against Iran
At rally marking 1979 revolution, amid cries of ‘death to Israel,’ Iranian leader says Tehran wants ‘fair and constructive’ dialogue with the West
By Nasser Karimi
Minister of International Relations and Minister of Strategic Affairs Yuval Steinitz speaks to the press in June 2013. (photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
August 21, 2013, 7:33 pm
‘Iran would barely retaliate if its nuclear program were attacked’
Israel doesn’t need a US green light to strike Tehran’s nukes, says Yuval Steinitz; Iran couldn’t cause much damage in response
By Raphael Ahren
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Martin Dempsey and Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz participate in an arrival ceremony at IDF Headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel, August 13, 2013. (D. Myles Cullen, DOD)
August 15, 2013, 8:58 am
US says military options against Iran have improved
On a visit to Israel this week, top US general Dempsey says he ‘sensed agreement’ that sanctions are having an effect on Tehran
By Haviv Rettig Gur
March 14, 2013, 1:41 pm
Iran doesn’t think world will use force to stop its nukes, army intel head says
Sanctions leading some in Tehran hierarchy to reconsider nuclear drive, Aviv Kochavi tells Herzliya conference
By Mitch Ginsburg
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listening as President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting in Washington in March 2012. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
January 22, 2013, 12:42 am
‘Netanyahu-Obama relationship must be healed’
US Jewish leader: Obama’s reported statement about Israel’s ‘best interests’ was ‘payback’ for Netanyahu’s alleged support for Romney
By Haviv Rettig Gur
US President Barack Obama, left, stands with former Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel in the East Room of the White House, after announcing Hagel's nomination for the post of defense secretary. (photo credit: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
January 10, 2013, 4:16 am
Hagel attempts to set the record straight on Iran, Israel
Obama’s pick for defense secretary says he supports tough international sanctions — and possible military action — against Tehran
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