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ZOA commends Schumer’s critique of Obama, Kerry

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for his recent criticism  of “friends” who pressure Israel to accept peace deals by warning them that, if they didn’t, the movement against Israel will only strengthen. Senator Schumer said at the 2014 AIPAC Policy Conference that such actions […]

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Middle East, USA

Restore Israel missile programs, COP urges

NEW YORK (Press Release)–Robert G. Sugarman, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, called on Congress “to restore full funding for the very successful groundbreaking joint US-Israeli missile defense program including David’s Sling, Arrow II and Arrow III as well as the funding for the

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Middle East, USA

Kamin’s book on King, Levison and Kennedys debuts

EAST LANSING, Michigan (Press Release)–Rabbi Ben Kamin’s new book Dangerous Friendship: Stanley Levison, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Kennedy Brothers will be available from Michigan State University Press this April and is available for sale through its website www.msupress.msu.edu and at fine bookstores. The product of long-concealed FBI surveillance documents, Dangerous Friendship chronicles a

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Jewish History, USA

Netanyahu to AIPAC: BDS will fail

By Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel will fail, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference. “Beyond our traditional trading partners, countries throughout Asia, Africa, Latin America, these countries are flocking to Israel” wanting Israeli technology, Netanyahu said. “The BDS

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AJC applauds court decision on Oren speech disruption

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) – AJC welcomed the decision of the Appellate Division of the California Superior Court in Orange County in State v. Sayeed, et al. The court upheld the conviction of 10 individuals who repeatedly interrupted Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren’s speech at the University of California at Irvine in February 2010. They had

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Middle East, USA

U.S. deplores threats against Syria’s minorities

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — State Department Spokesman Jen Psaki issued the following statement Monday, March 3, on the situation in Syria: “The United States deplores continued threats against Christians and other minorities in Syria, who are increasingly targeted by extremists. Last week in Raqqa, the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIL) announced it

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ADL intercedes in behalf of mosque

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Interfaith Coalition on Mosques (ICOM) on Friday, Feb. 28, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit supporting a Muslim congregation in Bridgewater, New Jersey whose mosque construction was unlawfully blocked by a town ordinance.  ICOM was formed by the Anti-Defamation League in 2010 to

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