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Hill: David Geffen, You Make Me Ill
Dreamworks executive and former Clintonite David Geffen lit a political fire this morning, when his hard-hitting interview with Maureen Dowd made its way on to the pages of The New York Times. Explaining his support for the presidential bid of Illinois Senator Barack Obama, Geffen called Clinton, and her hubby, ahem, liars. “Marc Rich getting…
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Lieberman’s Shabbos Vote
Senate Republicans – and now-Independent Joseph Lieberman – succeeded in blocking a vote on a non-binding anti-surge resolution on Saturday. Democrats fell just four votes short of the 60 needed to end debate. (Presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama took a break from campaigning to show up for the vote; McCain did not.) Since…
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For the Palestinian Authority and Mahmoud Abbas, a Bad Day on Capitol Hill
Washington – If Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas wanted to get a feel for just how upset Congress is over his decision to form a coalition government with Hamas, he should have caught Rep. Gary Ackerman’s opening comments Wednesday at the meeting of the Middle East subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Ackerman, the…
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Fun in the Sun With Hillary
In the last two days we’ve posted about Mitt Romney’s efforts in Florida and John McCain’s plans to visit Vero Beach on Monday. Well, Hillary Rodham Clinton will also be in the Sunshine State, on Tuesday in Miami… HILLARY CLINTON FLORIDA SCHEDULE: FEBRUARY 20, 2007 Senator Clinton will visit Florida on Tuesday, February 20. Clinton…
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Staffers Departing from NJDC
Two staffers had their last day today at the National Jewish Democratic Council today: Deputy Executive Director David Goldenberg is returning to his old boss, Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida to serve as chief of staff; political director Jeff Hauser has not announced a new position. Steve Rabin will be assuming the role of deputy…
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Scholar Pulls Book Revisiting Blood Libel
After unleashing a torrent of criticism both in his native Italy and around the globe, an Israeli professor has ordered his publisher to halt distribution of a new book that suggests a possible historical basis for the centuries-old charge that Jews murdered Christians and used their blood for ritual purposes. Ariel Toaff, a professor of…
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As Capitals Cautiously Greet Palestinian Deal, Israel’s Allies in D.C. Push for Pressuring Hamas
Washington – Even as American and Israeli officials reserve judgment on the new Palestinian unity deal, some of Jerusalem’s allies in Washington are opposing the Fatah-Hamas coalition government and pressing for the West to isolate it. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans to visit the region next week for a three-way summit Monday with Israeli…
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Singing to Joschka
THE WEST IS A’CHANGING: A NEW EUROPE — NEW PERCEPTIONS “The West exists today, but it ain’t what it used to be,” said Charles Kupchan, a senior fellow at Washington, D.C.’s Council on Foreign Relations. Kupchan, who is also director of European studies and professor of international affairs at Georgetown University, was a panelist at…
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Pluralist Body Blames Rabbis for Reopening ‘Who Is a Jew?’ Crisis
Jerusalem – Israel’s ongoing clash over conversion to Judaism, the so-called “Who is a Jew?” debate, flared into crisis again last month when a state-funded religious academy, created to ease the would-be convert’s path, declared that it was freezing referrals of candidates to state-run rabbinical courts for conversion until the chief rabbinate appoints new and…
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Aggressive Tactics Of Shoah Deniers Eyed After Attack on Wiesel
The recent assault on one of the world’s most recognizable survivors of Nazi death camps, Elie Wiesel, has several Jewish communal leaders warning that Holocaust deniers are resorting to increasingly aggressive tactics. In the attack, which occurred February 1 but was not picked up by the media for several days, the author and Nobel Peace…
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Iranian Scientist’s Death Stirs Talk of an Atomic ‘Whodunit’
The escalating confrontation between Iran and the West has produced an atomic “whodunit,” with fingers pointing across the Middle East. Last month, Iran reported the death of Ardeshir Hassanpour, 44, one of the country’s leading nuclear scientists. The news fueled a wave of rumors and conspiracy theories in cyberspace. Radio Farda, which is funded by…
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