Nathan Guttman, staff writer, was the Forward’s Washington bureau chief. He joined the staff in 2006 after serving for five years as Washington correspondent for the Israeli dailies Haaretz and The Jerusalem Post. In Israel, he was the features editor for Ha’aretz and chief editor of Channel 1 TV evening news. He was born in Canada and grew up in Israel. He is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Washington – The detention of three right-wing activists during President Bush’s visit to Israel has sparked claims that Israeli police are intentionally targeting groups and individuals who oppose the push of Ehud Olmert’s government for a two-state solution. The three activists — from the Israel office of the Zionist Organization of America and the National…
‘It’s too good to be true.” That’s how Rachel Lederman describes the opportunity she now faces. Lederman, a 23-year-old program director for the Jewish youth group BBYO, is waiting to hear if she’ll be among the 20 young professionals from the organization who will be awarded a full scholarship to earn a Master of Business…
Pro-Israel advocates in Washington refrained from contesting a congressional decision last month to withhold part of American military aid to Egypt, in what appears to be a departure from a 30-year-old unwritten understanding that Israel would help Cairo fight off any efforts to cut American assistance to Egypt. Since 1979, when Washington put together generous…
New Hampshire may only have 10,000 Jews, but the state’s primary election had a Jewish stamp on it. Senator John McCain’s surprising win in the Granite State came just days after he received backing from Joe Lieberman, the Senate’s most famous Jew, while Barack Obama got help from Paul Hodes, one of New Hampshire’s four…
Washington – Following a softening of the Bush administration’s opposition to Israeli-Syrian contacts, the Israeli government is actively exploring the possibility of reopening negotiations with Syria, according to Israeli sources and a senior Republican lawmaker who visited Damascus last week. The Republican lawmaker, Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, spoke after meeting last Sunday, December 30,…
Washington – A push by right-wing American Jewish activists to change the constitution of the governing Palestinian party is gaining momentum in Congress, even as Israelis are dismissing the document as “irrelevant,” and the umbrella body of American Jewish organizations has voted against taking up the issue. Recent demands by the Zionist Organization of America…
Washington – As Israel stepped up air attacks on Gaza this week, the Bush administration refrained from blocking any measures or criticizing Israel’s activity. The Israeli Air Force last week renewed the practice known as “targeted killing” against members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group in Gaza. Israeli officials have said in recent weeks that…
Washington – Congress approved new legislation this week enabling families of terrorism victims to go after hidden assets of foreign governments accused of sponsoring terrorist groups. The bill, which passed with overwhelming support in both the Senate and the House despite strong opposition from the Bush administration, opens the door for the enforcement of multimillion-dollar…
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