Martin Irom

PR/media consultant 20+ yrs specialties: middle east, israel-arab conflict, foreign affairs, nonprofits, education, sml bus

[Al Arabiya English @AlArabiya_Eng]

"It was WRONG to leave the JCPOA without a Plan B."

Former Senior Diplomatic Adviser Nimrod Novik argues the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal left Washington and its allies without a viable alternative strategy.

@NimrodNovik

[Ksenia Svetlova كسنيا سفطلوفا @KseniaSvetlova]

מצרים וסעודיה שיגרו משלחות להלווית השנה בטהרן. את רוסיה מייצג שם נשיא לשעבר, דמיטרי מדבדב.
כך מלחמה כושלת בה פתחו ארה״ב וישראל ב-28 בפברואר בפועל גרמה לחיזוק של מעמדה של איראן באזור.

[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

President Trump spoke today with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli prime minister's office said they agreed to meet in the U.S. soon

[Martin Irom @MartinIromPR]

Ami Ayalon, fmr hear of Israel security agency Shin Bet: Netanyahu is ‘sacrificing the future of Israel,’ wants forever war for personal & political reasons.| CNN https://t.co/9E91wtmBCV

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

Benjamin Netanyahu "needs a war" to stay in power, argues Ami Ayalon, former director of Israeli intelligence service Shin Bet. He tells me why he thinks the Israeli prime minister may be "sacrificing the future of Israel" in his pursuit of eternal war.

[Neri Zilber @NeriZilber]

🎧Latest #IsraelPolicyPod w/ @DavidADaoud on the Israel-Lebanon deal:
—What's in the US-brokered agreement
—Reactions in Lebanon + Israel
—The Iranian "shadow"
—Rubio vs Vance (but not really)
—Will Hizbollah be disarmed?
—Will the IDF withdraw? + more https://t.co/UBv4tVDH7H

[Martin Irom @MartinIromPR]

@NimrodNovik of Israel Policy Forum & fmr sr advisor fmr PM Shimon Peres extensive interview on Al Arabiya re Iran, Lebanon well worth a look: https://t.co/y5khkwNAex

[Martin Irom @MartinIromPR]

shameful.

[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

The Netanyahu coalition passed today in a first reading a bill that says that tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men who study in a religious Yeshivas have the same status as men who serve in the IDF. This happens as Israel is still at war & the IDF warns it's short on troops

[Israel Policy Forum @IsraelPolicy4m]

"This very understanding, this very framework, the very talks that we're having between Israel and Lebanon, the very constant, very American investment in a ceasefire in Lebanon arose in the shadow of Iranian coercion. At a certain point, the United States wants out of the war with Iran. Iran sees an opportunity here to say, 'You want out of the war with us? No war in Lebanon.' So the question now is: Does the U.S. want quiet with Iran more, or do we want Hezbollah's disarmament more?"
- @DavidADaoud

[Acyn @Acyn]

Karl: Israel is a Jewish state. That’s in the charter. Do you support that?

Mamdani: I’ve said time and again that I support the state of Israel as a state with equal rights.

Karl: As jewish state?

Mamdani: I believe that any state that privileges one religion over another is one that I can’t tell you I support, whether it be Israel or Saudi Arabia or anywhere else. And a lot of that comes back to a fundamental belief that we should all be considered equal, no matter what our faith is.

[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

🚨BREAKING: U.S. and Iran agree to halt strikes and meet this week, U.S. officials tell me. My story on @axios
https://t.co/UWuRAYREFH

[Rachel Brandenburg @RCBrandenburg]

The interests of the Gov of Israel & of the Gov of Lebanon might actually align more than ever now that Iran is trying to convince the US to let it dictate the terms of what happens inside Lebanon.

[Martin Irom @MartinIromPR]

“Opposition to Israel is now the major foreign policy issue,” @mkoplow tells @halbfinger. “It’s not on the fringe anymore, it’s not even relegated to the sidelines in terms of its importance. It’s front and center in campaigns and in worldviews.” https://t.co/Pmo2JdJNO1

[John Hudson @John_Hudson]

extraordinary detail on the Trump-Bibi relationship by @maggieNYT and @jonathanvswan in their new book. "Epic" might be an understatement:

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

A reasonable take that I think everyone should watch twice, then share.

Fmr Rep Tom Malinowski says AIPAC spent $2.5 million trying to defeat him.

I expected him to spend the interview trashing AIPAC.
Instead, he called out the far left for becoming just as intolerant of different views.

We need a lot more of this, and a lot less ideological purity tests.

“With some of these ultra-left candidates, what we're seeing is the mirror image of AIPAC on Israel. Intolerant, unwilling to allow for any middle-ground position…”

[Martin Irom @MartinIromPR]

"Trump doesn't need to withhold military aid to Israel... to get what he wants out of Netanyahu. The very option of messaging Israelis that he has 'had it' with the PM seems potent enough in seeking to control a troublesome partner."-@NimrodNovik https://t.co/jLixI0uQTx

[Israel Policy Forum @IsraelPolicy4m]

Jordan welcomed the recent U.S.-Iran MOU, but key concerns remain. The deal may address the nuclear issue while leaving Iran’s proxies and regional influence largely untouched, argues Policy Fellow @TheFarahBdour in this Policy Pulse. https://t.co/wst18PK46G

[Martin Irom @MartinIromPR]

Trump has abandoned Netanyahu. @NimrodNovik: “I think one of his nightmares is to wake up one day before the election with a Trump Truth Social post indicating, ‘I like this opposition guy. I look forward to working with him’.” https://t.co/bmNZWGgffT

[Neri Zilber @NeriZilber]

How Benjamin Netanyahu’s big moment backfired

The war in Iran fulfilled a longtime goal of the Israeli premier. But it has left him in his worst position in years.

On Bibi's over-reach @FT https://t.co/sitI3kZ7d4

[Neri Zilber @NeriZilber]

🎧Latest #IsraelPolicyPod w/ @DanielBShapiro (recorded Wed):
—Unpacking the US-Iran MoU
—Why this Iran war was a mistake
—Why Hormuz was never re-opened by force
—US-Israel state of play
—Trump-Bibi relationship + more.
Listen here + subscribe: https://t.co/Hr2SYAnfcL