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More Biden: Let Israel Talk to Syria
Joe Biden told our Jennifer Siegel that the Bush administration should not be blocking Israel from talking peace with Syria. Click here for the article and the full transcript of the interview.
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Presidential Hopeful Slams Bush for Stance on Syria
Delaware’s Joseph Biden, a senior Democratic senator and presidential candidate, said in an interview this week that the Bush administration has wrongfully kept Israel from opening negotiations with Syria and has missed key opportunities to improve political realities in the Middle East. “It is a mistake not to let Israel, if it wishes to, if…
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Forward Interview: Biden Rejects Clamoring For the Greater U.S.-Israel Distance
As the liberals clamor for greater distance between the U.S. and Israel, one of Washington’s most vocal critics of the administration’s Middle East policy is vowing to keep the two countries joined at the hip if he is elected president. Delaware Senator Joseph Biden rejected the notion that the U.S. needs to become a more…
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Billary Takes Manhattan; Not All Supporters Are Going Steady
When Senator Hillary Clinton addressed one-thousand supporters at a Manhattan fundraiser on Sunday night, her to-do list for America was long: provide universal health-care; increase America’s energy independence; expand head-start; make college affordable; boost science research; return fiscal responsibility to government, and restore America’s standing in the world. Oh, and “change direction” on Iraq. After…
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NORPAC: We Didn’t Snub Obama
The leader of Norpac, a powerful pro-Israel political action committee based in New Jersey, has rejected a blogger’s assertion that the group “has a problem” with presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama, based on an email that Norpac sent out to its members. Yesterday, Ben Smith of the Politico blog argued that Norpac had provided “another…
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Cheney Links Action on Iran To Winning Iraq
Washington – The Bush administration and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert are pressing the Jewish community to support the war in Iraq, arguing that American failure there would hurt Israel’s security and America’s efforts to thwart Iran’s nuclear program. Vice President Dick Cheney made the argument during a speech Monday to an estimated 6,000 activists…
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Bill Calls for Canceling Poor Nations’ Debt
In biblical times, the existence of the Sabbatical year was a boon to anyone plagued by the habit of overspending: Every seven years, all debts were forgiven, those literally enslaved to their debts were freed and community members were set back on equal footing. Now, in a fresh twist on an ancient Jewish tradition, a…
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Lawsuit Over Chabad Building Puts Rebbe’s Living Legacy on Trial
The neo-Gothic brick building at 770 Eastern Parkway, in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, has become the defining symbol of Chabad Lubavitch as the ultra-Orthodox movement has spread around the world with its philosophy of reaching out to all Jews. The building was once the headquarters of the Hasidic movement’s grand rebbe, Menachem Mendel…
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House of Saud Mulls Building Hotel on Tel Aviv Beachfront
Jerusalem – It is unclear how the elaborate courtship between Israeli and Saudi government officials will play out in advance of the upcoming Arab League Summit in Riyadh. But some Jewish and Arab businessmen are already looking to tie the knot on a deal that could lead to the development of a Saudi-financed hotel in…
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Aipac Conference: Pastor Hailed, Bibi Dissed, Pollard Rejected, While Politicians Preen
Washington – Perhaps the most enthusiastically received speaker at this year’s annual Aipac conference was the fiery evangelical leader Pastor John Hagee. During his speech Sunday night to the 6,000 delegates, he drew no fewer than seven standing ovations, including one that came after he bellowed, “It is 1938, Iran is Germany and Amadinejad is…
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After Longterm Arab Boycott, Coke Now the Target of Zionist Group’s Protest
For decades, the Arab world blackballed Coca-Cola over the company’s decision to enter the Israeli marketplace. Now, the oldest Zionist organization in the United States is calling for a boycott of the beverage maker. The Zionist Organization of America is accusing Coca-Cola of “antisemitic and immoral conduct” regarding a bottling facility in Egypt that the…
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