From: Office of Terje Rod-Larsen
Sent: Wednesday, October 2, 2013 2:31 PM
Subject: October 2 update
2 October, 2013
Articl= 1.
NYT
Netanyahu Pushes Back on Iran
Editorial
Article 2.
The Washington Institute
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Dennis Ross and David Makovsky
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Center for Strategic and International 5=udies
Negotiating with Iran</=>
Anthony H. Cordesman
Article 4.
Agence Global
A Critical Moment in Israeli-Ameri=an Relations Rami G. Khouri
Articl= 5.
Foreign Affairs
Bibi the Bad Cop - Can Israel Prev=nt a Deal With Iran?
Elliott Abrams
Article 6.
Foreign Affairs
How Israel Can Help the U.S. Strik= a Deal With Iran
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Trita Parsi
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TheNational (UAE)
Gaza suffers as Hamas fights for s=rvival on several fronts
Jonathan Cook <http://www.thenational.ae/authors/jonatha=-cook>
Articl= 8.
The National Interest
The Old Turkey-Israel Relationship=lsn't Coming Back
Omer Zarpli <http://nationalinterest.org/profile/omer-=arpli>
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Arti=le 1.
NYT
Netanyahu Pus=es Back on Iran
Editorial
October 1, 2013 -- =tiring an aggressive speech at the United Nations on Tuesday
<http://www.israelemb.org/washington/NewsAndEvents/Pages/PM-Netan=ahu-Speech-at-the-UN.aspx> , Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel used sarcasm and combative words to portray I=an's new president, Hassan
Rouhani, as a smooth-talking charlatan, one w=o is determined to continue building a nuclear weapons arsenal.
Mr. Netanyahu calle= Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the previous Iranian president, "a wolf in wolf= clothing" and Mr.
Rouhani "a wolf in sheep's clothing."
Mr. Netanyahu has l=gitimate reasons to be wary of any Iranian overtures, as do the United Sta=es and the four other
major powers involved in negotiations over Iran's =uclear program. But it could be disastrous if Mr. Netanyahu and his
supporters in Congress were so blinded by distrus= of Iran that they exaggerate the threat, block President Obama from
takin= advantage of new diplomatic openings and sabotage the best chance to esta=lish a new relationship since the
1979 Iranian revolution sent American-Iranian relations into the deep free=e.
Mr. Rouhani and the=lranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, have insisted repeatedly t=at Iran wants only to
develop nuclear energy and that obtaining a nuclear =eapon would harm the country's security.
Even so, Iran hid i=s nuclear program from United Nations inspectors for nearly 20 years, and =he country is enriching
uranium to a level that would make it possible to =roduce bomb-grade nuclear material more quickly. It has also
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pursued other activities, like developing high-v=ltage detonators and building missiles that experts believe could only
hav= nuclear weapons-related uses.
These facts make it=hard not to view the upcoming American-brokered negotiations skeptically. =ut Mr. Netanyahu has
hinted so often of taking military action to keep Ira= from acquiring a nuclear weapon that he seems eager for a fight. He
did it aga=n at the United Nations <http://www.nytimes.com/2013/=0/02/world/middleeast/israel-iran-netanyahu-
speech.html> on Tuesday, warning that Israel reserved the right to strike Iran's nucl=ar facilities if it deemed that Iran
was close to producing nuclear weapon=. "Against such a threat, Israel will have no choice but to defend itsel=," he said.
The I
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