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From: INS News <[email protected]> on behalf of INS News <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 6:57 PM To: =?utf-8?Q??= Subject: Iran nuclear weapons quest will persist; hope of change at UNESCO &nb=p; <http://gallery.=ailchimp.com/20b32ab0e3215f9f006699472/images/shem.gif> <http://gallery.mailchimp.com/20b32ab0e3215f9=006699472/images/logoLeft.jpg> <https://jns.us5.list-=anage.com/track/click?u=20b32ab0e3215f91006699472&id=6bfba85d56&e==96a6a85e5> <https://jns.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D20b32ab0e3215f9f006699472&id=6da3be67c7&e=396a6a85e5> <https://jns.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D20b32ab0e3215f9f006699472&id=ec7f5fa5fe&e=396a6a85e5> <https://jns.us5.list-manage.com/track=click?u=20b32ab0e321519f006699472&id=ff6d121298&e=396a6a85e5> <https://jns.u=5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=20b32ab0e3215f91006699472&id=0cf844ad=4&e=396a6a85e5> <http://gallery.mailchimp.com/20b32ab0e3215f9=006699472/images/hDivider.jpg> Unhindered by Trump, Iran's nuclear weapons quest will=persist, experts say <http://gallery.mailchimp.com/20b32ab0e3215f9=006699472/images/hDivider.jpg> The hope of c=ange at UNESCO lies with new French Jewish leader<=a> <http://gallery.mailchimp.com/20b32ab0e3215f9=006699472/images/hDivider.jpg> Israeli gover=ment cultivates natural allies at its first-ever Christian media summit4=trong> <http://gallery.mailchimp.com/20b32ab0e3215f9=006699472/images/hDivider.jpg> Israeli program=fills the gap for aspiring high-tech entrepreneurs=/a> <http://gallery.mailchimp.com/20b32ab0e3215f9=006699472/images/hDivider.jpg> <https://jns.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=20b32ab0e=215f9f006699472&id=a4fe7b2a7b&e=396a6a85e5> <http://gallery.mailchimp.com/20b32ab0e3215f9=006699472/images/hDivider.jpg> <https://jns.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=20b32ab0e=215f9f006699472&id=118dcb7151&e=396a6a85e5> <http://gallery.mailchimp.com/20b32ab0e32=5f9f006699472/images/shem.gif> =/a>lranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (right) and Federica Mog=erini, the European Union's high representative for foreign affai=s and security policy. <https:=/jns.us5.list- manage.com/track/click?u=20b32ab0e3215f9f006699472&id=c=5442d0c6&e=396a6a85e5> Unhindered by Trump, Iran's nuclear weapons=quest will persist, experts say <https://jns.us5.list- manage.com/track/click?u=20b32ab0e3215f9=006699472&id=57a1b4ac99&e=396a6a85e5> By Ariel Ben Solomon/INS.org Iran is unlikely to halt its drive towards nuclear weapons following Presi=ent Donald Trump's refusal to recertify the Islamic Republic'= compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, experts say. "Iran just k=eps threatening to do what it's already been doing—continuing=its path to nuclear weapons," said Emily Landau, director of th= Arms Control and Regional Security Program at Tel Aviv University'= Institute for National Security Studies. "The most it changes is t=e pace of progress and that's precisely the problem with the [nucl=ar deal]: it doesn't stop Iran." EFTA_R1_01298377 EFTA02337189 Read a href="https://jns.us5.list- manage.com/track/click?u=20b32ab0e3215f9f=06699472&id=a7f0753a6&e=396a6a8SeS" target="_blank" style="colo=: #951ble;text-decoration: none;margin-top: Opx;margin-bottom: Opx;font-w=ight: normal;">more. <http://gallery.mailchimp.comA0b32ab0e3215f9f006699472/images/shem.gif> <https://jns=2EusS.list-manage.com/track/click?u=20b32ab0e3215191006699472&id=Se023b=327&e=396a6a8SeS> <https://j=s.us5.list-manage.corn/track/click?u=20b32abOe32159f006699472&id=eef0=7a308&e=396a6a8SeS> <https://jns.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3D20b32abOe3215f9f006699472&id=l8fdb3e5a7&e=396a6a8SeS> The hope of change at UN=SCO lies with new French Jewish leader <https://jns.us5.list- manage.com/track/clic=?u=20b32abOe3215f9f006699472&id=40c02ebfe6&e=396a6a8SeS> By Sean Savage/JNS.org The election of the first Jewish director-ge=eral of the United Nations cultural body UNESCO, French politician Audr=y Azoulay, is raising hope that with her background and political exper=ence, she could return the organization to its original mission. UNESCO=in recent weeks has seen announcements from the U.S. and Israel of their=plans to withdraw from the agency over its anti-Israel bias. Simone Rodan=Benzaquen, director of the American Jewish Committee's European o=fices, said Azoulay "is generally regarded as a true professional=and expert in the field of culture and was a very respected igovernmentl=minister." Read </=pan>more. </=> <https://jns.us5.list- manage.com/track/click?u=20b32ab0e3=15f9f006699472&id=30206a694b&e=396a6a85e5> <https://jns.us5.list-manage.com/track/cl=ck?u=20b32ab0e3215f9f006699472&id=7a94e3c471&e=396a6a85e5> <=td> <http://gal lery.mai lchim p.com/=0b32ab0e3215f9f006699472/images/shem.gif> Former French Minister of Culture Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO's new=y elected director-general. <https://jns=2Eus5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=20b32ab0e3215f9f006699472&id=b43cd8=6b6&e=396a6a8SeS> <https://jns.usS.I=st-manage.com/track/click?u=20b32abOe3215f9f006699472&id=506e43d16d&e=3D396a6a8SeS> BACK TO ARTICLE INDEX <https://jns.usS.list- manage.com/track/click?u=20b32ab=e3215f9f006699472&id=5fd8b03cda&e=396a6a85e5> </=iv> <http://gallery.mailchimp.com/20b32ab0e3215=9f006699472/images/hDividerLarge.jpg> Israeli government culti=ates natural allies at its first-ever Christian media summit <https://jns.us5.list- manage.com/track/clic=?u=20b32ab0e3215f9f006699472&id=759a6fec4f&e=396a6a85e5> By Alex TraimanfINS.org Recognizing it is easier to influence those=who are prone to be natural supporters of the Jewish state than it is to=sway journalists who cover the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with a percei=ed anti-Israel bias, the Israeli government this week offered Christian=media professionals from around the world a crash course in advocacy and=diplomacy during a first- of-its-kind summit. Brian Schrauger, a Christi=n journalist for the USA Radio Network, said Israel "is doing som=thing very, very smart. It's catering to a group of journalists t=at don't often get attention, and it's educating them. And=these are by-and-large friendly journalists that generally support Israel=2E" 2 EFTA_R1_01298378 EFTA02337190 Read more. <https://jns.us5.list- =anage.com/track/click?u=20b32ab0e3215f9f006699472&id=13532eelab&e==96a6a8SeS> <https://jns.us5.list- manage.com/=rack/click?u=20b32abOe3215f9f006699472&id=2b4df7cebl&e=396a6a85e5> <https://jns.us5.list-manage.com/track/cl=ck?u=20b32ab0e3215f9f006699472&id=Sf4014698f&e=396a6a8SeS> <=td> <http://gallery.mailchimp.com/=0b32ab0e32199f006699472/images/shem.gif> Attendees of the Israeli government's inaugural Christian Medi= Summit in Jerusalem. <https://jns=2Eus5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=20b32ab0e3215f9f006699472&id=e9401a=cb7&e=396a6a85e5> <https://jns.us5.list-man=ge.com/track/click?u=20b32ab0e3215f9f006699472&id=Oebe8489d6&e==96a6a8SeS> chttp://gallery.mailchimp=2Ecom/20b32ab0e3215f9f006699472/images/f39afe75-39bf-462b-a86b- b21a63e7c069=2Epng> Israeli program fills the gap=for aspiring high-tech entrepreneurs <https://jns.us5.list- manage.com/track/clic=?u=20b32ab0e321519f006699472&id=3fflefc072&e=396a6a8SeS> By Eliana Rudee/JNS.org As a part of the new Big Idea gap year program in Israel's de facto=cyber capital of Be'er Sheva, tech-savvy young adults can learn f=om the Jewish state's "start-up nation" culture. Yael S=har, director of the program, says she hopes participants will return=home with a stronger Jewish identity and "become ambassadors for Is=ael on their college campuses and in their communities." The progra="s participants hail from the U.S., Colombia and South Africa. 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