November 12, 2012 | 2:18 am

November 12, 2012

Posted by Shmuel Rosner

Delegates at the Democratic National Convention in North Carolina vote on including affirmation of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in the party platform, September 2012. (Photo: Screenshot)

In-depth

Is it Already Too Late to Stop Iran?

Jonathan Tobin of Commentary raises the question that if Israel no longer has the capability to halt Iran's nuclear program, how long before the same true is of the United States. 

Yet if it is now too late for Israel to stop Iran from the air, it is also entirely possible that the same will eventually be true for the United States, which is no more willing to launch a ground operation in Iran than is Israel (the nuclear option mentioned by the Sunday Times is one that neither country could choose so it is not even worth discussing). That means even in the unlikely event that the Obama administration or its European partners were ever to declare that diplomacy with Iran had definitively failed, there may be no path available to make good on President Obama’s promise to stop Iran from going nuclear on his watch.

 

Is J Street Winning?

Writing in Foreign Policy, Steven J. Rosen warns that the new generation of Democratic lawmakers do not have the same connection to Israel as their predecessors.

Gone will be many Democratic heavyweights who could be counted as loyal supporters of the pro-Israel cause. Howard Berman, ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, was defeated by Brad Sherman in an intraparty race; Shelley Berkley resigned from the House to pursue a failed Senate campaign; Rep. Steve Rothman was defeated by Rep. Bill Pascrell in the Democratic primary; Sen. Joe Lieberman declined to run again; Gary Ackerman, ranking Democrat on the House Mideast subcommittee, retired rather than face a bitter primary fight; and Rep. Barney Frank retired.  

Daily Digest

• Times of Israel: Prime minister to meet with foreign diplomats, prepare ground for possible Gaza operation
• Haaretz: Secret protocols reveal: Yitzhak Rabin approved an Israeli operation to kill Saddam Hussein
• Jerusalem Post: Peres: 'Idiotic' Gaza rockets warrant response
• Ynet: Rebels warn Israel against Syria interference
• New York Times: U.S. Fears Hezbollah Operative Held in Iraq May Go Free
• Washington Post: Iranian vice president says Tehran will break Obama’s ‘grasping hands’
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