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Berman argues that proxies\/militias must be addressed first in considering re-joining the JCPOA.\u00a0 (Others say release the hostages).\u00a0 See \u201cThe Iran nuclear deal needs to be fixed and rewritten, not just revived,\u201d<\/a> Russell Berman, op-ed, The Hill, March 3, 2021.<\/p>\n

If true, the large oil spill \u201ctrail\u201d against Israel will go up to the highest levels of the IRI.\u00a0 We will have to see.\u00a0 \u201c\u2026 following a two-week investigation, the Environmental Protection Ministry found that the ship that leaked the crude oil, called the Emerald, was owned by a Libyan company and sailed from Iran to Syria. It departed Iran, turning off its automatic identification system (AIS) \u2013 which transmits its location to other ships in the area. It turned the AIS on as it went through the Suez Canal, and then off again as it approached Israel\u2019s shores. The ship remained within tens of kilometers of Israel\u2019s shores, within Israel\u2019s economic waters, for nearly a full day, spilling large amounts of oil on February 1-2, with its AIS off. Then it continued on to Syria, where it turned on its transmitter, and it returned to Iran, turning off its AIS as it passed Israel. It is currently in Iran. The tar reached Israeli shores on February 17.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cMediterranean oil spill is \u2018eco-terrorism\u2019 by Iran, Israel says,\u201d<\/a> Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post, March 3, 2021.<\/p>\n

But see the following article\u2014it is not the consensus of the Israel intelligence community (yet) that Iran ordered this environmental act.\u00a0 For example, it may have been an accident.\u00a0 But, we would all acknowledge that if that much oil was spilled as the ship traveled north, and was only spilled along Israel\u2019s coast and not from a leak while passing through the Canal, any claim of accident seems dubious.\u00a0 See \u201cBlaming Iran, environment minister calls oil spill \u2018environmental terrorism\u2019,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, March 3, 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cKimia Alizadeh, Iran’s only female Olympic medalist, hopes to compete as refugee in Tokyo,\u201d<\/a> Japan Times, March 3, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Berman argues that proxies\/militias must be addressed first in considering re-joining the JCPOA.\u00a0 (Others say release the hostages).\u00a0 See \u201cThe Iran nuclear deal needs to be fixed and rewritten, not just revived,\u201d Russell Berman, op-ed, The Hill, March 3, 2021. If true, the large oil spill \u201ctrail\u201d against Israel will go up to the highest … <\/p>\n

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