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As Biden seeks to revive Iran nuclear deal, Israel is trying out its own version of 'maximum pressure' on Tehran posted at 17:28:54 UTC

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  As Biden seeks to revive Iran nuclear deal, Israel is trying out its own version of 'maximum pressure' on Tehran posted at 17:28:54 UTC by  insider@insider.com (Michael Koplow)   via   Business Insider  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, with then-Vice President Joe Biden in Jerusalem, March 9, 2010. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun Since taking office, President Joe Biden's has tried to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal or craft a new one. Meanwhile, tensions between Israel and Iran have escalated, with an undeclared naval war and continued Israeli strikes on Iran and its proxies. See more stories on Insider's business page . While tensions between Israel and Iran have been omnipresent in the Middle East for decades, the prospect of open military conflict between the two countries has never seemed closer than it does now. Over the past few months, the two rivals have escalated an undeclared naval war featuring  unclaimed attacks on Israeli- and Iranian-owned ships

Two shot at NYC corner, neighbors left rattled | Benjamin Netanyahu calls stampede one of Israel's 'worst' disasters | AFP posted at 11:36:09 UTC

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Michael Novakhov's favorite articles on  Inoreader Two shot at NYC corner, neighbors left rattled - New York Daily News posted at 11:35:01 UTC   via   "Brooklyn in New York Daily News" - Google News Two shot at NYC corner, neighbors left rattled   New York Daily News Benjamin Netanyahu calls stampede one of Israel's 'worst' disasters | AFP posted at 11:36:09 UTC by  AFP News Agency   via   AFP Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a stampede that killed at least 44 people at a Jewish pilgrimage site was one of the "worst" disasters in Israel's history. The nighttime disaster struck after pilgrims thronged to Meron at the site of the reputed tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, a second-century Talmudic sage, where mainly ultra-Orthodox Jews mark the Lag BaOmer holiday. Subscribe to AFP and activate your notifications to get the latest news 🔔 http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC86dbj-lbDks_hZ5gRKL49Q/?sub_confirmation=1 First, Russia came for Navalny,

President Joe Biden warns democracy is still threatened and former President Donald Trump's looming shadow proves it | Analysis by CNN

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  Tweets   by  ‎@mikenov  Michael Novakhov Retweeted CNN Politics ✔ @CNNPolitics President Joe Biden warns democracy is still threatened and former President Donald Trump's looming shadow proves it | Analysis by CNN's Stephen Collinson https:// cnn.it/3aRn7Im   Joe Biden warns democracy is still threatened and Trump's looming shadow proves it As President Joe Biden used the grand Washington stage to bemoan the Capitol insurrection as the worst attack on US democracy since the Civil War, a flurry of Trump-era flashbacks underscored the... cnn.com 1 h    Michael Novakhov Retweeted The Moscow Times ✔ @MoscowTimes Viktor Kudryavtsev, a prominent Russian scientist accused of state treason, has died from cancer at age 77 https://www. themoscowtimes.com/2021/04/30/lea ding-russian-physicist-charged-with-treason-dies-of-cancer-a73788  … Leading Russian Physicist Charged With Treason Dies of Cancer Viktor Kudryavtsev was among a growing number of Russian scientists and journal