Iran deal with US brings thousands to Times Square protest

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AP:

VERENA DOBNIK

Jul. 22, 2015

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of protesters packed into Times Square Wednesday evening to demand that Congress vote down the proposed U.S. deal with Iran.

 

As the crowd loomed behind police barricades, chants of "Kill the deal!" could be heard for blocks. The event, billed as the "Stop Iran Rally" consisted mainly of pro-Israel supporters, though organizers said it represents Americans of all faiths and political convictions.

 

The group is asking Congress to reject the deal under which the U.S. would agree to lift economic sanctions against Iran in return for measures to prevent the country from building nuclear weapons.

 

President Barack Obama has said the U.S. considers Iran an adversary whose activities will be closely monitored.

 

At the rally, Alan Dershowitz, a prominent Jewish attorney, said he was "opposing the deal as a liberal Democrat." He said he believed democracy was "ignored" because the Obama administration negotiated the deal without congressional input.

 

"That is not the way democracy should operate," he told the crowd.

 

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Carter is in Iran? Does anyone else see anything strange about that?

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New Yorkers to Schumer: Kill the Iran Deal or Find a New Job

 

Waving signs reading “Schumer—You Are No Shomer” and “Schumer—You Control the Votes to Stop the Iran Deal,” thousands of New Yorkers flooded Times Square on Wednesday evening to call on Congress to reject the Obama administration’s Iranian nuclear agreement.

 

The rally, organized by the Jewish Rapid Response Coalition in partnership with dozens of U.S. pro-Israel groups, featured speeches by former New York Gov. George Pataki, Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, former Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, and Rep. Trent Franks (R., Ariz.), among others.

 

The crowd, estimated at 10,000 by event organizers, stretched over seven city blocks.

 

Congress has 60 days to review—and potentially reject—the Iran nuclear deal reached by the Obama administration. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), who will likely be his party’s next Senate leader, is seen as a key figure that can influence Democratic votes on the issue.

 

“This is the day Chuck Schumer has two choices,” said former Pataki aide and event organizer Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, to applause from the crowd. “He will round up the votes in the Senate to help kill this agreement before it kills us and our allies. … If he doesn’t do that, we will remember.”

 

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/new-yorkers-to-schumer-kill-the-iran-deal-or-find-a-new-job/

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Carter is in Iran? Does anyone else see anything strange about that?

I don't remember him going to Iran before but it wouldn't surprise me. He is a regular Palestinian visitor over the years and a very frequent Israel basher.