Ori Nir
By Ori Nir
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News Israel Drops Bid To Curb Palestinian Refugee Body
WASHINGTON — In a sudden, unheralded reversal of policy, Israel and its allies here are dropping their campaign to curb the activities of the United Nations agency charged with aiding Palestinian refugees. Israeli officials and Jewish groups have long accused the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees of perpetuating the Palestinian refugee…
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News Professor Says American Publisher Turned Him Down
John Mearsheimer says that the pro-Israel lobby is so powerful that he and co-author Stephen Walt would never have been able to place their report in a American-based scientific publication. “I do not believe that we could have gotten it published in the United States,” Mearsheimer told the Forward. He said that the paper was…
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News Pro-Israel Activists Block Travel Reform
WASHINGTON — Jewish organizations played a leading role in defeating the effort, launched in response to the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, to ban privately funded trips for members of Congress. Advocates of lobbying reform and many members of Congress stepped up their push for a ban on travel paid for by private individuals and organizations…
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News Israelis Want Aipac-Backed Bill Softened
WASHINGTON — Israeli interests in the West Bank and Gaza could be hurt by a bill being pressed by the pro-Israel lobby that would restrict American assistance to the Palestinians, several Israeli officials and representatives of international aid organizations told the Forward. In an attempt to isolate any Palestinian government led by the terrorist organization…
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News Clash Seen Over Hard Line on Islamists
WASHINGTON — Alarmed over the victory of Hamas in Palestinian elections in January, a group of the nation’s largest Jewish organizations put aside their frequent disagreements this week and came together in a strong, unanimous call for the international community to isolate the Palestinian Authority once Hamas takes over. Even as they closed ranks around…
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News Reform Leaders Back Off Resolution on Iraq
WASHINGTON — Despite previous vows to press the Bush administration to set an exit strategy from Iraq, leaders of the Reform synagogue movement have decided not to push for a resolution on the issue at the Jewish community’s major policy conference. Movement leaders promised to mobilize the American Jewish community on the issue after delegates…
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News Palestinian Americans Push Religious Pluralism in P.A.
WASHINGTON — Palestinian American activists are vowing to lobby Hamas against turning the West Bank and Gaza into an Islamic theocracy. Anxious about the victory of the Islamic fundamentalist group in last month’s Palestinian parliamentary elections, Palestinian American leaders say that they will push for laws favoring American-style church-state separation, pluralism, equality and inclusiveness. “We…
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News Congress Differs With Israel, Bush Over Aid to Palestinians
WASHINGTON — Israeli and American officials are seeking to boost Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in an attempt to curb the influence of Hamas. But Congress, with the support of Jewish groups, is pushing legislation that could hinder such efforts. With the support of some Arab governments, Washington and Jerusalem are searching for ways to…
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