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Breaking News Benjamin Netanyahu Rejects Mounting Criticism of Speech to Congress
(Reuters) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended on Sunday a planned speech to the U.S. Congress about Iran, saying he had a moral obligation to take every opportunity to speak out on an issue that poses a mortal threat to his country. His visit to Washington in March has opened up a political rift…
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News Congress Seeks To Force White House Hand on Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital
With the start of the new, Republican-led Congress, the issue of Jerusalem will be converging on President Obama from two separate directions now, even as a viable peace process to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict appears more distant than ever. The Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act of 2015, introduced in early January by Republican senators Ted…
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Breaking News Congressional Democrats Say Republicans Alone Invited Benjamin Netanyahu To Speak
Fuming Democrats accused Republicans on Thursday of breaking protocol by inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to Congress without consulting them, challenging Israel’s assertion that the invitation was extended by both U.S. political parties. Netanyahu’s government issued a statement on Thursday saying the invitation had been extended by the “two-party leadership” of Congress,…
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Opinion A Threat to Israel in America’s Cuba Policy?
Obama is caricatured as Che Guevara, an iconic symbol of Cuba’s revolution, on the cover of Brazilian magazine Veja / Getty Images As a life-long Democrat, I was deeply disturbed by the Obama Administration’s decision to act unilaterally on the Cuban question. The policy option may have been a valid one, but the process invoked…
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Breaking News Congress Wants To Bar Social Security for Nazis
Video: Nate Lavey As the U.S. Congress haggles over a budget deal, tax-break extensions and other thorny matters, lawmakers from both parties appear united on one thing: Nazis should not receive U.S. government retirement benefits. The House plans to take up the No Social Security for Nazis Act on Tuesday. The Senate will vote on…
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Forward 50 2014 Jared Polis
At 39 and in only his third term in office, Jared Polis is already drawing attention in political circles, thanks to what a Politico profile of the Colorado Democrat called “too much self-confidence and too little self-awareness.” But in his race to the top, the self-made millionaire whose Jewish parents were peace activists in the…
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News Brad Schneider Loses Reelection Bid in Chicago Suburbs
Rep. Brad Schneider lost his Illinois seat and Jewish challenger Andrew Romanoff came up short in his bid for Congress in Colorado. Schneider lost his seat in Illinois’s 10th Congressional District to Republican challenger Robert Dold. The campaign was a rematch of the 2012 election, when Schneider beat the incumbent Dold in the Chicago-area district….
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News Lee Zeldin Wins To Become Sole GOP Jew in Congress
(JTA) — Republicans swept to control of the United States Senate as well as winning dramatic races for fresh faces with close Jewish and pro-Israel ties. In Long Island, Lee Zeldin, a state senator, was set to become the sole Jewish Republican in Congress, ending a short drought that commenced with the defeat of Rep. Eric…
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