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Fast Forward Diane Feinstein Rips Bibi Over Settlements
California Senator Dianne Feinstein laced into Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, after she said a decision by the Israeli cabinet to approve the creation of a new West Bank settlement proved the government was not serious about peace. The announcement, the Jewish Democrat wrote in a statement, “demonstrates once again Netanyahu’s not serious…
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Breaking News After Orlando, Jewish Democrats Lead Anti-Gun Fight in Senate — but GOP Holds Cards
The U.S. Senate will make its strongest push in years to tighten gun controls on Monday, voting on four proposals a week after the Orlando shooting massacre prompted new calls to keep firearms away from people on terrorism watch lists. But while the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history has spurred quick action in…
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Forward 50 2015 Dianne Feinstein
At 82, Dianne Feinstein is the oldest serving member in the U.S. Senate, but she is showing no sign of slowing down. After forcefully taking on the CIA for its practice of torture and for holding up a congressional attempt to investigate the clandestine service, Feinstein, a security-focused Democrat from California who serves as the…
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Breaking News 2 Top Democratic Senators Invite Bibi for Meeting
(Reuters) — Two senior U.S. Senate Democrats invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to a closed-door meeting with Democratic senators during his upcoming visit to Washington, warning that making U.S.-Israeli relations a partisan political issue could have “lasting repercussions.” Senators Richard Durbin and Dianne Feinstein extended the invitation “to maintain Israel’s dialog with…
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Culture 10 Facts About Jewish California
1. California had 1,223,640 Jews in 2012. This is the second highest number of Jews in the country (only behind New York) and 18% of the entire Jewish population in the U.S. 2. MGM Studios and Paramount Pictures, two of the largest Hollywood film studios in history, were founded by Jews. Marcus Loew started MGM…
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Breaking News Senate Leaders Warn Obama to Stay Tough on Iran’s Uranium Enrichment Program
Senate leaders appeared ready to delay intensified sanctions targeting Iran while President Obama seeks a deal to roll back that country’s nuclear program, although several warned not to yield on demands that Iran end its uranium enrichment. In comments after the meeting, Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Bob Corker…
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Breaking News Jewish Senators Clash on NSA Snooping Scandal
Dianne Feinstein and Ron Wyden have a lot in common. Both are longtime U.S. senators, Democrats, Jewish and fiercely independent West coasters. They’ve also both been members of the Senate Intelligence Committee since before the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, and privy to classified materials that describe how the government systematized radical changes in intelligence gathering…
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