“The policies Dick Cheney advocated in the previous administration did more to empower Iran than anything Obama has ever done, writes FMEP President Matthew Duss.

“The former veep’s bloviating at the American Enterprise Institute today was hypocritical baloney,” writes J. Dana Stuster.

“The former vice president has proposed an alternative to Obama’s Iran deal,” writes Peter Beinart. “It sounds an awful lot like war.”

In a few weeks, when the nuclear deal Barack Obama negotiated with Iran comes before Congress, it’s all but certain that not a single Republican will vote in support of it. That’s in large part due to the efforts of Sheldon Adelson and other pro-Israel billionaires, Jason Zengerle claims.

In tandem with the announcement of his opposition to the Iran nuclear accord last week, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) declared his intent to introduce new legislation aimed at forging a “functional, bipartisan approach to Iran” in the wake of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”) reached between the U.S., other major world powers, and Iran.

“Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced earlier today that he will oppose the agreement reached between the P5+1 and Iran to constrain Iran’s nuclear program,” writes Eli Clifton. “But Manchin’s statement seemed to contradict his defense of the administration’s diplomacy back in July.”

“Fans and foes of the deal are already battling over the day after,” writes Julian Pecquet.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu probably understood a while ago that objecting to the Iran deal would lead nowhere, but insisted on waging the battle against it for domestic political considerations.

Europe “seeks to unilaterally press Israel into agreements that will endanger our very existence and therefore your very defense,” Netanyahu told visiting European Council President Donald Tusk.

A collection of oral histories offers a penetrating look at life in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.

With a naive tone, jovial denial of the existence of Palestinians and winsome depiction of settlers and life in the West Bank, Israel’s settlement lobby creates an illustrated guide to hasbaraland.

Israeli settlers on Wednesday set fire to olive trees in the village of Burin south of Nablus, after an Israeli settler was lightly injured in a shooting earlier Wednesday morning, Palestinian sources told Ma’an.

The US administration has warned Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas against suspending security coordination with Israel, Palestinian sources said on Tuesday.

“The decline of the big political parties and the rise of personality driven parties are harming Israeli politics by devaluing being in the opposition, where accomplishing change for the public good requires determination,” writes Mazal Mualem.