Ron Kampeas (JTA)
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
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Fast Forward Prosecutors Ask Judge To Dismiss AIPAC Case
Prosecutors asked a judge to drop charges against two ex-AIPAC staffers accused of passing along classified information. In a statement Friday, the acting U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia said restrictions on the government’s case imposed by Judge T.S. Ellis III made conviction unlikely. “Given the diminished likelihood the government will prevail at…
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Fast Forward On Eve of AIPAC Forum, Lawmakers Introduce Iran Sanctions Bill
Cherry blossoms have withered off the trees, Easter eggs have rolled off the White House lawn and now it’s time for two more Washington springtime perennials: An Iran sanctions bill is about to roll off the congressional presses, and thousands of AIPAC lobbyists are about to tumble out of buses to make sure it passes….
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Fast Forward Harman Allegations Could Shape AIPAC Jury Pool
This conversation doesn’t exist,” U.S. Rep. Jane Harman allegedly told the person on the other end of the line. Now she wants everyone to know exactly what, if anything, was said. The California Jewish Democrat, in the fight for her political life after allegations surfaced this week that in 2005 she agreed to intervene on…
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Fast Forward Policy Talk Precedes Obama-Netanyahu Meeting
It’s like any courtship: Before Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu get to the big dance, they’ve got to learn the steps. Delicate negotiations over Middle East policy between the two young administrations have delayed a first meeting between the two men as leaders — but not for long. Instead of meeting in the second week…
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Fast Forward Lieberman Recruits Diplomat in Franklin Leak Case
Avigdor Lieberman asked an Israeli diplomat involved in a Pentagon classified leaks case to be his chief of staff. Lieberman, the foreign minister in the new Benjamin Netanyahu government, has asked Naor Gilon to take the top career slot at the Israeli Foreign Ministry, JTA has learned, effectively making Gilon his right hand man. Gilon…
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Fast Forward America To Withdraw From Durban II
The Obama administration has decided to boycott the so-called Durban II conference out of concerns for anti-Semitism. Multiple sources on a conference call with the White House on Friday told JTA that the Obama administration had opted not to attend any further preparatory meetings ahead of the planned U.N. conference against racism in Geneva in…
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Fast Forward Prosecution Loses Key Appeal in Case of AIPAC Staffers
An appeals court rejected the prosecution’s bid to overturn tough restrictions on what it must prove in the classified information case against two former AIPAC staffers. The decision Tuesday by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., keeps in place orders by the federal judge trying the case. T.S. Ellis III had ruled…
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Fast Forward Ross Coordinating White House Policy on Iran
Dennis Ross joined the Obama administration in a coordinating role on policy regarding Iran and its neighbors. Ross was named special adviser to the secretary of state for the Gulf and Southwest Asia. “This is a region in which America is fighting two wars and facing challenges of ongoing conflict, terror, proliferation, access to energy,…
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