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Bush Urged To Take Lead in Peace Talks
Several former American officials, as well as liberal Jewish groups, activists and philanthropists including George Soros, are ramping up efforts to press the Bush administration to take a more active role in promoting Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. This week, a bipartisan group of former senior diplomats, including Dennis Ross and Thomas Pickering, issued a report calling for…
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Ed Koch to Joe and Rev. Al: Make Nice
Since former New York mayor Ed Koch was Sen. Lieberman’s campaign partner at the October 4 fundraiser that set off the recent spat between Lieberman and Rev. Al Sharpton — (Joe attacks Lamont for campaigning with Sharpton; Sharpton accuses Lieberman of race-baiting) — we thought we’d get Koch’s take on the controversy. Here’s what Koch…
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Lieberman Blasts Right Back At Lamont …
… But he did call Sharpton… After Rev. Al Sharpton issued an open letter yesterday that accused Sen. Lieberman of race-baiting over the reverend’s campaign appearances with opponent Ned Lamont, the Lieberman camp didn’t seem inclined towards reconciliation. “These are extreme and divisive attacks from one of the Ned Lamont’s closest advisors,” said Lieberman spokesperson…
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Sharpton Blasts Lieberman
Rev. Al Sharpton has issued a stinging rebuke of Sen. Joe Lieberman, who has criticized his rival Ned Lamont for appearing with Sharpton at campaign events. For months, Lieberman’s camp has attacked Lamont for the company he keeps, but a jibe at Sharpton from Joe himself at an early October fundraising event has apparently prompted…
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Opponent of Muslim Candidate Charged with Domestic Violence in 1995
As we reported earlier in our pages, Democratic candidate Keith Ellison – who is almost certain to win election from his Minneapolis district and become the first Muslim in Congress – has stirred up considerable controversy due to his past ties to the Nation of Islam. His opponent, Alan Fine, isn’t without his own problems…
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McCain Answers Question About Stumping for Chafee
As we reported on this blog last week, Sen. John McCain – known as a strong ally of Israel in Congress – has raised some eyebrows lately by stumping in Rhode Island for embattled Sen. Lincoln Chafee, who has often raised the ire of the pro-Israel community. In response to a question from the Forward…
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The Etrog
The etrog or citron, or esrog, as it is called in Yiddish and Ashkenazic Hebrew, is a curious fruit. Historically the earliest of the citrus fruits to be introduced into the Mediterranean and into Southern Europe from the East, it is also the least edible, the only way to make a food of it being…
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ABC News Man Shares Notes on How To Win in 2008
Presidential politics in America today is only superficially about ideas or policies. At its most raw and elemental, it is about men and their drives: an animal slugfest fueled by desire and ambition. In recent years, fed by polarization, the rise of more overtly partisan media outlets and the explosion of blogs, politics at all…
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GOP’s Page Scandal Could Boost Dem Candidate in South Florida
CORRECTION: The print edition of this article mischaracterized the view of Jeff Ballabon. He believes that if Republican leaders knew about Mark Foley’s actions and hid them for political purposes, then they should resign. The scandal over a disgraced Republican’s sexually suggestive emails to teenage congressional pages could end up swinging at least one key…
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Jerusalem’s Damascus Conundrum Raises Wartime Memories of Yom Kippur Past
Bashar Assad says he wants peace — but failing that, he’ll take war. The Syrian president has made a point of intoning that message repeatedly of late. In Israel, the question of how to respond — indeed, whether to respond at all — has created a ragged political division that cuts across the usual lines…
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