++The United Nations Security Council began discussions today about how to lift sanctions if an Iranian deal is done. State Department spokespeople said this would be binding according to international law.
++Al Jezeera today had a story about how such a deal falls under the Non-Proliferation Treaty and that it has to be cleared by the UN Security Council.
++Never to be outdone, Jennifer Rubin claims that President Obama will be breaking the Constitution if he goes ahead with this. She rants on in semi-logical ways except not to acknowledge why a multi-national agreement governed by the Security Council has weight.
++Rubin quotes Mark Kirk, another signatory to the letter,saying that Congress needs to be involved because you can't just say laws are null and void.
++What GOP lawmakers are really saying is that sanctions passed by law, need to be lifted by law. True. However, the most effective sanctions have been by executive order and also by Europe. All these can be lifted ,leaving sanctions from George W.'s time.
++I shudder to think about the ignorance being shown by the Republicans on all those matters.
++The petition now has gained 20,000 more signatures.
++Bibi is now using his speech to Congress as a campaign ad to persuade voters for smaller right-wing parties to vote Likud. Neither Bibi or Herzog will agree to a rotating Prime Ministership.
++James Baker has been invited to speak at J Street. Baker rings bells for the Israelis. Now he is an adviser to Jeb Bush.
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