Big fight over non-binding resolution on Palestinian unilateralism
This week the House of Representatives passed a resolution opposing any unilateral Palestinian move toward statehood after a few days of fierce lobbying by both opponents and supporters.I bet...
View ArticleJewish Groups Ask Obama Not to Veto Settlements Resolution
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- J Street and Americans for Peace Now called on President Obama to withhold a U.S. veto on a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement building.In a...
View ArticleUN resolution hysteria: how to make enemies, not friends
It used to be that a primary goal of Israel's friends in this country was to ensure strong U.S.-Israel relations and to create a genuinely bipartisan wall of support for the Jewish state in U.S....
View ArticleWhat the U.S. veto at the U.N. means
Does it matter much that the Obama administration vetoed a UN Security Council resolution labeling Israel's settlement activity illegal? Naturally, it depends on who you ask, but my answer is: probably...
View ArticleNew 'Israel Peace Initiative' by former defense, intel chiefs: just talk?
Jewish groups that support a more active Middle East peace process are applauding a new plan conceived by a group that includes former Israeli military and intelligence chiefs and revealed by Ha'aretz...
View ArticleAPN calls for new U.S. peace push; is anybody listening?
Today Americans for Peace Now launched a campaign urging the Obama administration to “re-focus on achieving Israeli-Palestinian peace.” (See the group's "Action Plan for President Obama" here.)read more
View ArticleMitchell quitting; what took so long?
There's only one question I have about today's annoucement that U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell is calling it quits: what took so long?With an administration that still can't decide if it wants...
View ArticleGetting The News
If you think the Daily Alert news summary published by the Conference of President of Major American Jewish Organizations leans too far to the right and you'd like to see another view of current...
View ArticleMandy Patinkin Backs Actor Boycott Of Settlements During Israel Trip
JTA "Homeland" star Mandy Patinkin expressed solidarity with Israeli actors who refuse to perform in West Bank settlements.Patinkin, who is in Israel to film the second season of the award-winning...
View ArticleGOP Senators Introduce Penalties For Enhanced Palestinian Status
JTA Republican U.S. senators introduced the first efforts to penalize the Palestinians and the United Nations should the body affirm enhanced Palestinian status.read more
View ArticleATFP, Citing Stalled Peace Process, Downsizes
JTA Washington — The American Task Force on Palestine, a group known for working together with Jewish groups, is downsizing because of the faltering peace process.read more
View ArticleObama Gets Backing For Iran Talks
President Obama got a strong show of support from Jewish members of Congress and Democratic leaders this week in his efforts to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran. A letter signed by 150 House...
View ArticleSloppy Pandering
Lara Friedman, the eagle-eyed legislative watchdog for Americans for Peace Now, found an example of some of the most amateurish bill drafting by any Congressional office that I've seen in more than 40...
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