Tom Lantos, chair of the House Foreign Relations Committee, made headlines last April when he reiterated his desire to travel to Iran for informal talks with Iranian officials. And yet one month later the Democratic congressman from San Mateo introduced a tough Iran divestment bill with Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) that the House overwhelmingly passed last week.\n
The British Union cares less about journalists or freedom of the press than it does about blindly condemning the Jewish state…it has everything to do with anti-Israel bigotry.
To the extent that you closely monitor the hearings of the Committee on Judiciary of the California State Assembly — and you know you do — you might want to keep an especially close eye on the upcoming vote on AB 221.
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Briefs courtesy Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Last week, delegates to the Presbyterian Church USA\’s (PCUSA) General Assembly in Birmingham, Ala., voted to undo their hateful 2004 anti-Israel divestment resolution.
Local leaders of the Green Party are working to overturn an anti-Israel resolution that has become official party policy.
President Bush is expected to sign legislation that gives $200 million in aid to support the Palestinians.
The backlash against the decision by a union of British university lecturers to sever ties with two Israeli universities began almost as soon as the controversial motion was passed.
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