First Thoughts on Israel’s Election

April 3, 2006 at 11:19 pm | Posted in Israel | Leave a comment

(JSPAN) If, like me, what you’ve wished for is that some day an Israeli government will withdraw from most of the West Bank, work to eliminate poverty and narrow the growing gap between rich and poor, and end the special preferences granted Orthodoxy, the government that emerges from the March 28 election could be your dream come true.

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The AIPAC Dilemma

April 3, 2006 at 11:18 pm | Posted in Israel | Leave a comment

(JSPAN) AIPAC is the face and voice of American Jewry on Middle East issues. At least that is what most legislators and those in the executive branch of government believe. The dilemma is that AIPAC is: (1) influential, (2) is perceived to be very influential, which adds to its actual influence (3) the target of those who would seek to undermine pro-Israel lobbying in America in order to change America’s foreign policy regarding the Middle East, and, unfortunately, (4) does not represent the viewpoint of most American Jews. The problem is serious and does not have an easy solution.

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