Benny Avni
Columnist at New York Post
Freelance Journalist at Freelance
Columnist. Seen in New York Post. WSJOpinion. Newsweek. Past: Israel Radio,Ha’Aretz etc. Foreign Editor the New York Sun https://t.co/ACDwyMAPhJ
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5 days ago |
nysun.com | Benny Avni
As America’s top negotiator, Steven Witkoff, prepares for Saturday’s second round of talks with Iran, hawks in President Trump’s inner circle and Israeli officials are attempting to stiffen his spine. Even as diplomacy takes center stage, military strikes loom as a viable option. Secretary Rubio, who accompanied Mr. Witkoff to Paris for talks on Ukraine, laid out clear American positions that Iran opposes, at least for now.
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1 week ago |
nysun.com | Benny Avni
“Senator Booker is a hypocrite,” a New Jersey resident who once was held captive in Iran, Xiyue Wang, writes on X Wednesday after the New Jersey Democrat announced a plan to lead a delegation to El Salvador on behalf of a Maryland resident, Kilmer Abrego Garcia, who was deported to that Central America country. Mr. Wang was taken hostage in 2016 while on an Iranian trip, where he conducted research on Persian history for Princeton University.
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1 week ago |
nysun.com | Benny Avni
Paris and Jerusalem are attempting to smooth relations after Prime Minister Netanyahu’s son, Yair, insulted President Macron by writing “screw you” over France’s advocacy of a Palestinian state at the United Nations. Mr. Macron said last week that he would act as co-chairman of a UN conference on the “Palestinian question” in June, and indicated that France would then become the first permanent member of the UN Security Council to recognize the state of Palestine.
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1 week ago |
nysun.com | Benny Avni
The Islamic Republic might believe it has the upper hand as negotiations restart in Italy between its foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, and President Trump’s special envoy, Steven Witkoff. Will the Saturday talks, then, turn into an Iranian version of Hollywood’s 1953 “Roman Holiday”? “Traditionally, Italy has been Europe’s weak link on Iran” a Tehran watcher at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, Beni Sabti, tells the Sun.
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1 week ago |
flipboard.com | Benny Avni
Will India and America Cut a Tariff Deal That Could Launch a Project To Promote Trade, Weaken China, and Pacify the Mideast? ‘We take good care of our friends, and we don’t take care of our enemies,’ Trump says. If so, a project known as the India-Middle East-Europe …
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