Ori Nir
By Ori Nir
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News Bush Wins Aipac Crowd By Citing Common Cause
WASHINGTON — With his approval ratings plummeting, President Bush took his case for war in Iraq and a wider fight against terrorism to the annual Aipac convention — and was rewarded with more than 20 standing ovations from thousands of cheering delegates. The applause came despite Bush’s failure to quell Israeli worries that, in the…
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News Ties With Israel Look Solid Following Indian Election
A leading Israeli politician expressed confidence that relations between India and Israel would remain on a sound footing despite the change of government in Delhi. “I very much hope that the strong contacts we have with India will not be harmed [as a result of the change in government in India] because they are based…
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News White House Pressures Sharon on Disengagement Plan
WASHINGTON — Even as he struggles for his political survival, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is under pressure from the Bush administration to push ahead with his disengagement plan and fulfill his other commitments to the White House. Sharon has been scrambling to maintain support for the disengagement plan — which calls for a full…
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News Aipac Shelves Major Lobbying Effort After Likud Voters Nix Sharon’s Plan
WASHINGTON — In the first clear sign of damage to Prime Minister Sharon’s standing here following the Likud Party’s repudiation of his Gaza disengagement plan, the pro-Israel lobbying powerhouse Aipac has shelved plans for a major advocacy blitz on his behalf. Sources inside the American Israel Public Action Committee say the organization is postponing plans…
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News U.S. Official Does ‘God’s Work’: Eradicating Slavery
WASHINGTON — Critics think John Miller is a zealot. Supporters view the State Department official as a hero. Both sides agree that he is leading a crusade to abolish slavery worldwide. Backed by an unlikely coalition of conservative Evangelical Christian and liberal human rights advocates, Miller, who is Jewish, unabashedly has infused religious fervor into…
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News Jerusalem Is Worried About Talk Of Linkage
WASHINGTON — Israeli leaders fear that increasing international efforts to link Iraq’s troubles with Israel’s will lead to American pressure on Jerusalem for concessions. Fueling these fears is the Bush administration’s determination to stand by the United Nations special envoy to Iraq, Lakhdar Brahimi, even after he partially blamed American support of Israeli policies for…
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News Jewish Vets Gather To Honor Christian Godfather of Israeli Military Doctrine
WASHINGTON — As sirens wailed in Israel on Sunday, marking the day on which Israelis commemorate the 20,196 soldiers and civilians who died in hostilities since the Jewish state was born, American Jewish war veterans gathered in Arlington National Cemetery to mark the 60th anniversary of the death of Major General Orde Wingate, the spiritual…
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News Its Leaders Liquidated, Hamas Looks to Tehran For Guidance on Terror
TEL AVIV — Even though he had been targeted for death since last fall, Israeli defense officials say the assassination of Abdel Aziz Rantisi became an urgent priority only in the last month, after he became the head of Hamas and began upgrading Iranian involvement in the organization. Rantisi, 54, was killed April 17 by…
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