Interview with Barbara Slavin, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, an Iran policy expert, on the impact of the new agreement on Iran and on prospects that the new agreement may serve to stimulate reform in Iran, going beyond Iran's nuclear ambitions. The interview is about 8 minutes long.

Update: this action, now closed, ran in July 2015. 

On July 14, the Obama Administration, its P5+1 partners, and the government of Iran announced the achievement of an historic agreement over Iran’s nuclear program.

This is a good deal. It is grounded not on trust and goodwill but on far-reaching limitations on Iranian activities and intrusive verification mechanisms. Implementation of this agreement –key elements of which will continue in force for decades – will make Israel, the region and the world more secure. When implemented, this agreement will:

• Roll back Iran’s nuclear program;

• Limit Iran’s nuclear activities going forward;

• Prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon; and

• Ensure that any effort by Iran to try to “sneak out” towards developing a nuclear weapon will be far more likely to be detected, and the U.S. and international community will be in a far stronger position to respond.

Q&A with Israeli Security expert Yossi Alpher: August 17, 2015 - Israel, the Iran deal and Diaspora Jewry

Interview with Israeli Iran expert Meir Javedanfar

Interview with Barbara Slavin, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, Iran policy expert

Interview with Kelsey Davenport, Director for Nonproliferation Policy at the Arms Control Association

Briefing call with Joe Cirincione on the Iran deal

Interview with Joe Cirincione, the President of the Ploughshares Fund and one of Washington's leading experts on the diplomatic efforts to block Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. The interview is about 5 minutes long. It was conducted right after the Iran deal was announced.

Interview with Kelsey Davenport, Director for Nonproliferation Policy at the Arms Control Association, upon her return from Vienna, shortly after a deal has been reached with Iran to block it from acquiring nuclear weapons. The interview is about ten minutes long.

Americans for Peace Now (APN) today welcomed news that the Obama Administration and its P5+1 partners – France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Russia, and China – have reached an agreement with Iran to radically roll back and limit Iran’s nuclear program.  APN President and CEO Debra DeLee commented:

“We heartily congratulate President Obama and his P5+1 partners, and their indefatigable teams of expert negotiators, for the historic achievement announced today – an agreement that, when implemented, will verifiably roll back Iran’s nuclear program, limit Iran’s nuclear activities going forward, and prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.  It will also ensure that should Iran decide to break the terms of the deal and try to 'sneak out' to a nuclear weapon, both that the U.S. and international community have a far greater chance of detecting such an effort and are in a far stronger position to quickly determine the most effective course of action.

JTA: Following APN criticism, PA recalls Chile ambassador over Anti-Semitic comments 
http://www.stljewishlight.com/news/world/article_695ead92-e22e-52e7-b91a-b2c7a42456bb.html

Algemeiner: Following criticism by APN for Anti-Semitic comments, Palestinian Authority recalls its Chile ambassador
http://www.algemeiner.com/2015/07/09/abbas-recalls-palestinian-envoy-to-chile-after-facing-pressure-following-his-antisemitic-comments/#

i24News (Israeli online): APN condemns Palestinian envoy's anti-Semitic statements
http://www.i24news.tv/en/opinion/77769-150709-from-chile-to-ramallah-the-anti-semitic-palestinian-canard

Arutz 7: APN urges Abbas dismiss PLO ambassador over Anti-Semitic comments
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/197892#.VZ5W9vlVhBc

Following a Peace Now petition, the Israeli High Court of Justice ordered the demolition of 17 homes built on private Palestinian land at the illegal outpost of Derech Ha'avot. The State now has 90 days to appeal and it is considering a proposal by the Gush Etzion Regional Council to retroactively legalize the construction through a "re-parcellation" procedure. This proposal is a kind of legal acrobatics meant to confiscate lands without calling it a confiscation and it is clearly not legal. If this idea would be approved, the settlers could build anywhere, being sure that the land will be given to them eventually. Follow us as we continue the fight against illegal settlement construction.