Category Archives: Iran

Israel and America, Far Apart

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Victor Rosenthal

Today and tomorrow, the foreign ministers of Israel, the US, Egypt, UAE, Bahrain, and Morocco are meeting at Kibbutz Sde Boker in Israel’s Negev desert. The topic is said to be the soon-to-be-signed nuclear deal with Iran. According to Israel’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, Middle East politics, US-Israel Relations | 1 Comment

The Czechoslovakian Option

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Victor Rosenthal

The negotiations between Iran and the West are free to continue after the hiccup caused by a Russian demand for a “right to free and full trade, economic and investment cooperation and military-technical cooperation.” Either the Russians got what they … Continue reading →

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Iran is No Less Dangerous than Russia

Posted on March 13, 2022 by Victor Rosenthal

Last week, Russia threw a monkey wrench into the Iran nuclear talks by insisting that any deal removing sanctions from Iran must also remove any sanctions impacting Russian trade with Iran. The talks had supposedly been on the verge of … Continue reading →

Posted in Europe, Iran, War | 2 Comments

Obama’s Third Term

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Victor Rosenthal

While our attention here in Israel is on Ukraine, the US and Iran are preparing to come to some kind of nuclear agreement. Or not. I’ve been wrong about a number of things lately – I never thought Putin would … Continue reading →

Posted in American politics, Iran, US-Israel Relations | 4 Comments

Sun Tzu, Putin, and the Iran Deal

Posted on February 24, 2022 by Victor Rosenthal

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while … Continue reading →

Posted in American politics, American society, China, Iran, Middle East politics, War | 4 Comments

How to Remove the Iranian Threat

Posted on December 12, 2021 by Victor Rosenthal

I devoutly hope that what I am about to write is completely wrong. Nothing could make me happier than to find out that I’ve been fooled by the clever misdirection of our military leaders, and that in fact they are … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, War | 3 Comments

Yes, Israel Can Attack Iran

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Victor Rosenthal

Did you ever notice how from time to time a particular theme appears simultaneously in various media? One that I’ve seen a lot of lately is “Israel doesn’t have the ability to destroy Iran’s nuclear program, so we need to … Continue reading →

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My Brush with Censorship

Posted on November 28, 2021 by Victor Rosenthal

For the past seven years I’ve written a regular column for a newsletter that is distributed several times a year by the Jewish Federation in my home town in California. I write about what’s going on in Israel, explain our … Continue reading →

Posted in American Jews, Iran, Israel and Palestinian Arabs, Jew Hatred, The Jewish people | 7 Comments