Today’s top stories:
1) The United States is ratcheting-up efforts to further widen Israel’s peaceful integration into the Middle East.
2) Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen concludes a four-day state visit to both the Philippines and South Korea, respectively – from which he asserted the crucial need to prevent a North Korea 2.0.
3) Despite the IAEA’s voiced alarm over Iran’s accelerated development of what may well be a nuclear weapons program – the United States is reportedly operating behind the scenes to secure an interim arrangement.