Dubious Linkage
Netanyahu's rhetoric about Iran echoes neoconservative rhetoric about Iraq.
Ali Gharib is an independent journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. He previously served as a senior editor at Open Zion. Before joining the Daily Beast, he reported for ThinkProgress, Inter Press Service and other outlets.
Israeli Intransigence
Israeli politicians continue to deploy increasingly outrageous language in the service of undermining rapprochement with Iran.
Nuclear Semantics
Iran Deal
Neoconservative columnist Lee Smith calls the Obama administration’s Iran policy anti-Semitic, something Ali Gharib says is absurd—“a stunning accusation.”
Disconnect
While D.C.'s Iran hawks are unrelenting in their push for more sanctions, human rights activists working inside and outside Iran feel that sanctions are impinging on their work. Ali Gharib reports.
Diplomatic Slander
Calling U.S. Foreign Service Officers “Arabists” working for their “clients” in the Arab League goes too far and insults diplomats’ professionalism and service, says Ali Gharib.
UNGA
Ali Gharib explains where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went wrong in his Iran-dominated address to the United Nations General Assembly.
Diplomatic Path
Despite Hassan Rouhani's snoozy U.N. speech and the absence of a handshake between him and Barack Obama, Iranian-American diplomacy is progressing at breakneck speed, writes Ali Gharib.
Nuclear Iran
The latest push for American diplomacy with Iran comes from unexpected quarters: two comedians. How are they spreading their message? By dancing, of course.