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Romney Cuddles Up to the Religious Right
Mormon GOP contender Mitt Romney delivered a commencement address at Pat Robertson’s Regent University on Saturday.
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JFK: Olmert Has To Go
After the Bay of Pigs fiasco, John F. Kennedy ousted CIA director Allen Dulles and Richard Bissell Jr., the agency’s Directorate for Plans. In a meeting with Bissell, the president said: “In a parliamentary government, I’d have to resign. But in this government I can’t, so you and Allen have to go.” Wonder what JFK…
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A Jewish First Lady…
…in France. Sort of. Meet Cecilia Sarkozy.
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Is Obama Making Headway With the Jews?
The Christian Science Monitor weighs in with this article.
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Report Calls for Examination of Israel’s Military Strategy
Eliyahu Winograd has read out many judgments in his life. In Israeli history, however, the judgment for which the wizened former judge will be remembered is the one he read in a dry, steady voice on the last day of April 2007: the brief, harsh summary of his committee’s initial report on what went wrong…
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AJC Honors Colombia Chief, A Bush Ally Tied to Abuses
Even though Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is facing scrutiny from Democrats, union leaders and human rights advocates over his government’s record, a prominent Jewish organization was set to honor him this week. The American Jewish Committee was slated to present Uribe with a “Light Unto the Nations Award” on Thursday night at its annual meeting…
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Jerusalem Reels After Scathing War Report
Jerusalem – After the war in Lebanon ended last August, Amnon Nachmias, a reserve paratroop colonel, left his farming village in the North and drove to Jerusalem to join hundreds of other reservists in a protest camp in front of the Supreme Court. Together they demanded that the government appoint a state inquiry into the…
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As Evangelical Firebrand Hooks Up With Federations, Liberals Speak Out
Pastor John Hagee, the firebrand evangelical Christian minister from San Antonio, Texas, had thousands of pro-Israel activists standing, clapping and chanting at this year’s annual convention of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Hagee’s virtuoso performance at the conference in March underscored his emergence as a linchpin in the growing political alliance between Jewish and…
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Syria Strains Under Exodus of Iraqi Refugees Through Last Open Border
Al Tanf, Iraqi-Syrian Border – On a recent mild spring morning, Tawfiq Mohamed was nervously pacing back and forth in front of a drab office building that bears a large picture of Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad. The former Iraqi police clerk was waiting for his two sisters, who had embarked that morning on the seven-hour…
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Liberal Mideast Newsletter To Launch
Washington – A prominent liberal think tank is launching a new e-mail newsletter following claims that the main daily digest put out by the Jewish community advances a right-wing agenda. The Center for American Progress is set to launch the Middle East Bulletin, which will be arriving in subscribers’ inboxes beginning next week. It aims…
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Group Vows Return to Liberal Roots
Washington – One of America’s most storied Jewish organizations is making a policy U-turn as it re-embraces an aggressively liberal domestic agenda. Last Sunday, the American Jewish Congress elected a new president, who vowed to change course and refocus the group on domestic policy, including abortion rights, separation of church and state separation, and outreach…
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