EFTA Document EFTA01756034

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 Trust, but Clarify<=p> Dennis Ross and David Makovsky Articl= 3. 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 EFTA_R1_00057183 EFTA01756034 Trita Parsi Article 7. 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> &n=sp; 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 2 EFTA_R1_00057184 EFTA01756035 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 3 EFTA_R1_00057185 EFTA01756036