Ori Nir
By Ori Nir
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News CAMPAIGN CONFIDENTIAL
WASHINGTON — As the FBI intensifies its investigation of Washington’s pro-Israel lobby, Jewish organizations are charging elements of the government with orchestrating a borderline-antisemitic smear campaign against the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. The community’s wall-to-wall defense of the pro-Israel lobbying powerhouse comes in response to media reports that the FBI is investigating the possibility…
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News Questions Raised Over Aipac’s Tactics
WASHINGTON — The FBI investigation of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee has cast light on the fine line that the organization walks between advocating a strong American-Israeli alliance and acting as the representative of a foreign government. Both activities are legal, but serving a foreign government requires registration with the Department of Justice and…
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Culture Bush Works At Avoiding Public Spat With Sharon
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration appeared to inject itself into Israel’s hottest internal dispute this week, quietly relaxing its opposition to construction in West Bank settlements just as Israel’s own Interior and Justice ministries are battling to freeze construction and prepare for the settlements’ dismantling. Administration officials are publicly denying reports, first published in The…
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News Pinkas Tapped After Feud With J’lem
Israel’s highest-profile diplomat in the United States, who resigned this month in a feud with his foreign minister, has agreed to take a job as chief executive officer of the American Jewish Congress. Alon Pinkas, who served as the Israeli consul general in New York until August 1, will assume a newly created post at…
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News U.S. Missile Sale To Amman Flies Over Objections
WASHINGTON — Despite reported Israeli objections, the United States appears determined to push ahead with a planned sale of advanced air-to-air missiles to Jordan, Israeli sources and pro-Israel activists say. Instead of trying to block the sale, Israeli officials now plan to seek assurances from the Bush administration that the missile, known as Amraam, will…
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News Bush Relying on Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON – Faced with mounting criticism from the left and the right for its support of authoritarian regimes in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, the Bush administration is visibly stepping up its reliance on both countries in the war on terrorism. Administration officials are hailing the role of Pakistan and, to a lesser degree, Saudi Arabia,…
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News Bush Administration Slammed For Inaction on ‘Loose Nukes’
WASHINGTON — With the country on high alert for another Al Qaeda attack, the Bush administration is facing increasing criticism for allegedly not doing enough to keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists. The 9/11 Commission and leading nonproliferation experts say that the administration has been too lax in securing nuclear weapons and…
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News Reform Rips U.S. Support For Sharon Gaza Plan
WASHINGTON — America’s largest synagogue movement is urging the White House to step up its peace efforts in the Middle East and calling on Congress to refrain from passing one-sided pro-Israel resolutions. The policy recommendations were outlined this week in a letter to Secretary of State Colin Powell from Rabbi David Saperstein, the Reform movement’s…
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