Ori Nir
By Ori Nir
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News Leaders Link Israeli-Palestinian Issue To Iraq, Call for U.S.-led Peace Push
WASHINGTON — More than 70 Jewish communal leaders, including the heads of the two largest synagogue unions, are pledging their support for aggressive American efforts to kick-start the peace process, and urging Israel to honor its commitment to freeze settlement construction. They say such steps could improve the situation in Iraq. The leaders outlined their…
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News Bush’s Mideast Team Talk of D.C.
WASHINGTON — Israeli diplomats and Jewish groups are closely following the ongoing reshuffling of the second Bush administration’s foreign policy team. In the coming weeks, President Bush’s choice for secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, is expected to pick a deputy. Her replacement as national security adviser, Stephen Hadley, is expected to do the same, and…
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News Israel, U.S. Move To Facilitate Palestinian Elections
WASHINGTON — Under pressure from the Bush administration to help facilitate the rise of moderate Palestinian leaders, Israel is taking several key steps to pave the way for January elections in Gaza and the West Bank. At a meeting Monday in Washington, Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom and outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell…
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News As Arafat Fades, Blair, Mubarak Press White House on Mideast Negotiations
WASHINGTON — As Yasser Arafat exits the world stage, international leaders and American diplomats are pressing the White House to take aggressive steps to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. At the top of the list is British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is scheduled to meet with President Bush for a post-election powwow later this…
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News Arafat’s Legacy: Hollow Leadership, Ongoing Conflict
WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of ecstatic Palestinians looked to the Jenin sky, some with tears of joy, to follow the two Russian-made helicopters, donated by Egypt to Yasser Arafat, as they whirled the dust of the West Bank town and landed in an empty lot. It was November 2, 1995, exactly nine years before…
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News Washington Urges Israel To Cultivate Post-Arafat Ties
WASHINGTON — With Yasser Arafat plagued by a mysterious medical condition, the Bush administration is pressing the Israeli government to begin cultivating a new Palestinian leadership and to launch talks regarding the territories. Sources close to the administration said that in recent days, Bush and his aides have been urging Sharon to coordinate Israel’s withdrawal…
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News Groups Worried by GOP’s Domestic Agenda
WASHINGTON — Tuesday’s Republican blitz triggered a wave of deep disappointment among Jewish organizational officials, who are openly worrying about the fate of their liberal domestic agenda now that the GOP has strengthened its control over the White House and Congress. In particular, several Jewish communal leaders bemoaned the defeat of Senate Minority Leader Tom…
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News Groups Quietly Root for Dems In Senate Races
WASHINGTON — With polls showing Democratic congressional candidates gaining ground in several states, officials at Jewish organizations are quietly rooting for an end to Republican control of the Senate. The focus on the Senate, which the GOP controls with 51 votes, comes as many Jewish communal organizations have voiced strong approval for President Bush’s policies…
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