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Opinion Do Jewish Voices Count More on Israel and Iran?
Sanctions bill sponsor Sen. Robert Menendez addresses AIPAC annual policy conference, Washington Convention Center, March 5, 2013. / Getty Images In American politics, do Jewish voices count more on Israel than others? Should they? And who’s counting? UCLA professor Mark Kleiman, for one, who called on his Washington Monthly blog for readers to lobby their…
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Israel News Is AIPAC Shooting Itself in Foot With Quixotic Iran Sanctions Push?
(JTA) — In previous AIPAC-vs.-White House dustups, the pro-Israel lobbying group’s strategy was to speak softly and let Congress carry the big stick. But in the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s face-off with the Obama administration over new Iran sanctions, congressional support may not be so readily available and keeping a low public profile is…
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Fast Forward The Economist Pulls ‘Anti-Semitic’ Cartoon on Barack Obama and Iran
The Economist removed a cartoon from an article on its internet edition that has been characterized as anti-Semitic. The cartoon was removed Tuesday from the weekly publication, where it ran alongside an article published on Jan. 18. The cartoon appears in the print edition of the magazine. An editor’s note appended at the end of…
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News Debbie Wasserman Schultz Squeezed Hard as Iran Sanctions Fight Heats Up
As Jewish groups push Congress to increase sanctions on Iran — and President Obama pushes back hard in the opposite direction — one lawmaker standing at the crossroads of this clash exemplifies the challenge the Jewish groups face. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida is a member of the House of Representatives; not the Senate, where…
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Fast Forward Sentence for Alleged Iranian Spy in U.S. Renews Cries to Free Jonathan Pollard
A 10-year maximum prison sentence given to an Iranian engineer accused of spying on the United States spurred a new call in Israel for the release of Jonathan Pollard. Mozaffar Khazaee, 59, a dual Iran-U.S. citizen, was arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey last week for attempting to smuggle to Iran blueprints…
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Fast Forward Obama Officials Urge Jewish Groups Not to Back New Iran Sanctions
Two top Obama administration officials urged Jewish groups not to back new Iran sanctions, calling them “dangerous.” The officials — from the White House national security team and the Treasury Department — spoke Wednesday with Jewish leaders in a call convened by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. JTA spoke with multiple…
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Fast Forward White House Pushes Jews To Shun ‘Dangerous’ Iran Sanctions
Two top Obama administration officials urged Jewish groups not to back new Iran sanctions, calling them “dangerous.” The officials — from the White House national security team and the Treasury Department — spoke Wednesday with Jewish leaders in a call convened by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. JTA spoke with multiple…
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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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