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Opinion It’s Jew vs. Jew as Iran Sanctions Fight Gets Ugly
Sanctions bill sponsor Sen. Robert Menendez addresses AIPAC annual policy conference, Washington Convention Center, March 5, 2013 / Getty Images The debate over the Menendez-Kirk Iran sanctions bill in the Senate just keeps getting uglier. And now the nastiness is seeping – make that pouring – right into the heart of the Jewish community, as…
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Opinion Hillel’s Battle Over the Meaning of ‘Pro-Israel’
As the controversy rages over Hillel’s Israel guidelines — which delineate which groups it will partner with or allow to participate in Hillel-sponsored events — observers have started to wonder what effect all this will have on American Jewish identity and Israel advocacy. The issue, though, is about more than just defining Hillel; it’s also…
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Opinion Jewish Groups Back New Sanctions, Senators Split
Backing new sanctions: Senators John McCain, Chuck Schumer and Bob Menendez (from June 2013) (Getty Images) The Capitol Hill debate over authorizing new sanctions on Iran is getting pretty nasty. Administration officials are warning, anonymously so far, that passage of the Robert Menendez-Mark Kirk bill to stiffen the West’s negotiating terms and compel new sanctions…
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Opinion The Fracturing of American Jewry
The interim deal recently signed with Iran that would freeze its nuclear program in exchange for limited sanctions relief is not only a blow to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It also exposes the weakness of prominent American Jewish leaders and their organizations, which lobbied the U.S. Senate to act on new sanctions against Iran…
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Israel News AIPAC Holds Fire on Iran Nuclear Deal — Calls for Tougher Future Stance
In a carefully worded statement awaited by many observers, the main pro-Israel lobby focused more on pushing for a tough final agreement with Iran on its nuclear program than on blasting the United States and several other countries for signing an interim agreement with Iran that Israel has denounced. Even on the question of the…
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Fast Forward Congress Iran Hawks Back Off — for Now
(JTA) — They want to brandish a new stick against Iran, but hawks in Congress aren’t going to use it — yet. For all the disappointment they expressed following the deal on Iran’s nuclear program, skeptics in Congress appear to be willing to give the agreement brokered by the Obama administration space to breathe —…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu Slams Possible Iran Nuclear Deal as ‘Historic’ Mistake
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers was taking shape in talks in Geneva, and adopting it would be a “mistake of historic proportions”. “Israel understands that there are proposals on the table in Geneva today that would ease the pressure on Iran for concessions that…
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Israel News Jewish Groups Split on 60-Day ‘Time Out’ for Lobbying Over Iran Nukes
A closed-door meeting meant to iron out differences between the Obama administration and the Jewish community on Iran has instead exposed previously unseen cracks in the wall of unity that mainstream Jewish groups have maintained on the issue. Emerging from the October 29 White House meeting, the Anti-Defamation League decided to break ranks with other…
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