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Fast Forward U.S. Eavesdropped on Israeli Talks With Jewish Leaders on Iran Deal
The U.S. National Security Agency’s foreign eavesdropping included phone conversations between top Israeli officials and U.S. lawmakers and American-Jewish groups, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing current and former U.S. officials. White House officials believed the intercepted information could be valuable to counter Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign against the nuclear deal…
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Fast Forward Law Aiding Iranian Religious Refugees Extended for Another Year
—A law facilitating resettlement for Iranian religious minorities, including Jews, seeking refuge was extended for another year. The language, known as the Lautenberg amendment, was included in the massive spending bill passed by Congress and signed this week into law by President Barack Obama. “The Lautenberg amendment has served as a lifeline for over two…
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Fast Forward Iran Blames U.S. Visa Waiver on ‘Zionist Lobby’
Iran’s Foreign Ministry blamed Israel supporters for a new U.S. visa waiver law that excludes Iranian citizens and people who have visited Iran from visa-free travel to the United States. The new measure passed by Congress was signed into law by President Barack Obama on Friday. It also excludes citizens of Iraq, Syria and Sudan,…
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Fast Forward Argentina Government Dumps Iran Bombing Probe Deal at Last
Argentina’s new government will not appeal a court’s decision to strike down a deal with Iran over investigating a deadly 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center, a government source said on Friday, putting the long-running controversy to rest. President Mauricio Macri took office on Thursday. Former leader Cristina Fernandez had said she…
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Fast Forward Ted Cruz Says a Vote for Hillary Clinton is a Vote for Nuclear Iran
Washington — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said a vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote for a nuclear-armed Iran. “We need to nominate a candidate who has the clarity to stand up and say: If you vote for Hillary Clinton, you are voting for the Ayatollah Khamenei to have nuclear weapons,” the GOP presidential candidate…
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Fast Forward Argentina President Vows To Scrap Iran Deal for Jewish Center Bomb Probe
The newly elected president of Argentina said he will cancel the agreement signed with Iran to jointly investigate the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires, as he vowed during the campaign. “We will propose to the Congress to cancel the pact with Iran as we promised in the campaign,” Mauricio Macri…
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Opinion Getting Past Iran Feud Is Least of Federations’ Problems
It was hard to escape the feeling that things were a little backward when the Jewish Federations of North America, the national network of local Jewish federated charities, convened in Washington on November 8 for its annual General Assembly. The organization was emerging from a painful, months-long crisis after being caught in the crossfire of…
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Forward 50 2015 Alisa Doctoroff
In a year when Israel politics reached new levels of acrimony, the largest Jewish federation’s top lay leader felt the heat, but kept her cool. Alisa Robbins Doctoroff, 57, president of UJA-Federation of New York, found her name in bold letters in an ad campaign threatened by right-wing activists. Her crime? Supporting the New Israel…
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