Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacted to Iran’s election results Sunday, cautioning the public from celebrating too soon the ousting of past President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “We are not deluding ourselves when it comes to the results of the Iranian election,” Netanyahu said of Iran’s election of moderate Hassan Rowhani. “The international community must not get hung up on its own wishful thinking and become tempted to ease the pressure on Iran.” “The more the …More

On the eve of the Iranian elections, the country’s religious leader said on his Facebook page that these were freer than those in the United States, which he said were controlled by the “Zionist regime.” “US president is being elected only from two parties while Zionist regime is controlling everything behind the scenes,” said a cartoon posted Thursday on the English language Facebook page of Ayatollah Ali Khameini, the country’s supreme leader. The graphic depicts the star of …More

Ben Cohen, JNS.org Like one of those telenovelas that are so popular on Latin American television stations, the slow yet inexorable deterioration of Venezuela’s President, Hugo Chavez, was soaked in drama and cloying sentimentality. Chavez died March 5 following a two-year fight with cancer. And for most of that time, he claimed—falsely—to have been cured. But less than two months after winning a fourth term in last October’s election, Chavez was spirited back to Cuba, where Fidel …More

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Israel is speaking out against a partnering between Argentina and Iran to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center. The creation of the so called Truth Commission was agreed upon by the two nations this week, following 19 years of Argentina accusing the Islamic republic of culpability for the attack that killed 85 and wounded hundreds. Five Iranians are currently on Interpol’s wanted list for the bombing of the AMIA center, including the republic’s minister of defense. Now, some …More

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on Islamic powers to unite in efforts to eliminate the Jewish state, calling Zionists “corrupt, uncultured and murderous.” The remarks came Sunday during an address at the International Islamic Unity Conference, which also fell on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. "Under the circumstances that the corrupt, uncultured and murderous Zionists are occupying and killing oppressed people, we should not sit idly by,” Ahmadinejad said, according to …More

Rob Lattin is Jspace News' Foreign Affairs Correspondent. In addition to covering foreign affairs for Jspace, Rob is a blogger on Israeli and Middle Eastern foreign policy for the Foreign Policy Association, as well as a freelance writer. He can be reached by email at rob@jspacecorp.com. This past week saw the failure of yet another attempt by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to shed light on Iranian nuclear developments. The IAEA, whose mission is to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons, has …More

The Simon Wiesenthal Center has published its list of the top 10 most anti-Semitic moments of 2012, with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood ranking as the worst offender for the year. Other challengers include the rising far-right political parties in Europe, anti-Semitic soccer fans, and long-time contender Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. 1. Muslim Brotherhood: It was a big year for Mohamed Morsi’s new ruling party in Egypt. With presidential elections behind the party, the world watched to see what shape the new …More

The American Jewish Committee recently released a survey in which each presidential candidate was asked to answer various questions on their prospective courses of action regarding certain international issues. This is the second article of a two-part series reviewing their answers directly relating to Iran and Israel. Yesterday Jspace covered the answers of incumbent President Barack Obama, and today will focus on Governor Mitt Romney. Governor Romney has talked tough on Iran, but the crux of his policy on how …More

Israel advocates have made it clear that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to the United Nations will not go unnoticed. In response to Ahmadinejad’s presence at this week’s General Assembly meeting in New York, more than 15 campuses across the country have joined an awareness campaign sponsored by Hasbara Fellowships. The most prominent events are being planned by students at New York University, SUNY Albany, SUNY Binghamton, Emory University, the University of Texas and UC Berkeley …More