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	<description>Political Talk from James Besser in Washington</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Why did the Netanyahu government greet Biden with a bunch in the gut?</title>
		<link>http://jewish-politics-ny.com/2010/03/10/why-did-the-netanyahu-government-greet-biden-with-a-bunch-in-the-gut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Besser</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jewish politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Benjamin Netanyahu]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[East Jerusalem]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[settlements]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Shmuel Rosner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Was the Netanyahu government sending a message when it welcomed Vice President Joe Biden to town with a sucker punch announcement about new building in an East Jerusalem neighborhood  (see this earlier Political Insider item, and Janine Zacharia&#8217;s excellent piece in today&#8217;s Washington Post; folks who see the Washington Post as second only to the [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Why did the Netanyahu government greet Biden with a bunch in the gut?", url: "http://jewish-politics-ny.com/2010/03/10/why-did-the-netanyahu-government-greet-biden-with-a-bunch-in-the-gut/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>The New York Times&#8217; gift to AIPAC on eve of policy conference</title>
		<link>http://jewish-politics-ny.com/2010/03/10/the-new-york-times-gift-to-aipac-on-eve-of-policy-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Besser</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jewish politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[AIPAC]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York Times]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What I'm guessing: the Times story was the best thing that could have happened to AIPAC, providing a hard focus for the conference that doesn't involve controversial questions about Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, settlements and Jerusalem. Iran has been the overarching them at recent policy conferences, but the New York Times revelations will freshen it up and add energy to the event. <script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The New York Times&#8217; gift to AIPAC on eve of policy conference", url: "http://jewish-politics-ny.com/2010/03/10/the-new-york-times-gift-to-aipac-on-eve-of-policy-conference/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Big surprise (not): Biden Israel visit hits snag</title>
		<link>http://jewish-politics-ny.com/2010/03/09/big-surprise-biden-israel-visit-hits-snag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Besser</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jewish politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[East Jerusalem]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Middle East peace process]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What was supposed to be a feel-good visit quickly turned contentious, with Biden issuing an unusually strong statement.<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Big surprise (not): Biden Israel visit hits snag", url: "http://jewish-politics-ny.com/2010/03/09/big-surprise-biden-israel-visit-hits-snag/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>Iran sanctions hypocrisy</title>
		<link>http://jewish-politics-ny.com/2010/03/08/iran-sanctions-hypocrisy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Besser</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jewish politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Making sanctions really bite means countries that are in fierce economic competition with each other must agree to forgo the big profits to be made in trade with Iran Is it reasonable to think we'll be able to influence the economic behavior of Russia and China, among others,  when we're not really willing to crack down on our own companies if it means hurting profits?<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Iran sanctions hypocrisy", url: "http://jewish-politics-ny.com/2010/03/08/iran-sanctions-hypocrisy/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>The Armenian Genocide, Turkey and the Jews</title>
		<link>http://jewish-politics-ny.com/2010/03/05/the-armenian-genocide-turkey-and-the-jews/</link>
		<comments>http://jewish-politics-ny.com/2010/03/05/the-armenian-genocide-turkey-and-the-jews/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Besser</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jewish politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Armenian Genocide]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jewish]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Howard Berman]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It used to be that I'd get a lot of righteous-sounding statements from Jewish groups on both  sides every time an Armenian Genocide resolution would hit the House of Representatives. That's diminished in recent years as the Israel side of the equation gets more and more prominent in the Jewish organizational world.
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		<title>Levin gets Ways and Means, Stark dissed</title>
		<link>http://jewish-politics-ny.com/2010/03/04/levin-gets-ways-and-means-stark-dissed/</link>
		<comments>http://jewish-politics-ny.com/2010/03/04/levin-gets-ways-and-means-stark-dissed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Besser</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jewish politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[House Ways and Means Committee]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pete Stark]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pro-Israel lobby]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Sandy Levin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“I would not count him among Israel's best 400 friends in the U.S. House of Representatives,” said a longtime-Israel lobbyist. “He's in a class with (Rep.) Ron Paul,” referring to the Republican/Libertarian lawmaker who ran for the 2008 GOP  presidential nomination.<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Levin gets Ways and Means, Stark dissed", url: "http://jewish-politics-ny.com/2010/03/04/levin-gets-ways-and-means-stark-dissed/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>The partisan gap on Israel - do Jews really care?</title>
		<link>http://jewish-politics-ny.com/2010/03/01/the-partisan-gap-on-israel-do-jews-really-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Besser</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Pro-Israel Activism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe the widening gap between Democrats and Republicans when it comes to support for Israel, combined with the continuing Democratic voting behavior of most Jews, reflects something that spells bigger trouble for Israel: most American Jews just aren't that involved in the issue. Mirroring the widening gap between Democrats and Republicans on Israel is the widening gap between pro-Israel ACTIVISTS in the Jewish community, a relatively small minority,  and rank-and-file Jews who care about Israel, but don't make it their highest priority.
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		<title>State Department wrist slapping on Hebron historic designation</title>
		<link>http://jewish-politics-ny.com/2010/02/25/state-department-wrist-slapping-on-hebron-historic-designation/</link>
		<comments>http://jewish-politics-ny.com/2010/02/25/state-department-wrist-slapping-on-hebron-historic-designation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Besser</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[U.S.-Israel Relations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
The  State Department may regard the historic designation as “provocative,” but the response seems more like going through the motions than anything else.
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		<title>Ron Paul, tea parties and the GOP&#8217;s Jewish problem</title>
		<link>http://jewish-politics-ny.com/2010/02/23/ron-paul-tea-parties-and-the-gops-jewish-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Besser</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jewish politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[CPAC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As almost all the political scientists I talked to said, the insurgent movement also includes elements that are likely to scare the heck out of Jewish voters.  If Ron Paul's victory in the CPAC straw poll is any indication,  that faction is going to give GOP strategists a lot of ulcers in the weeks and months to come.<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Ron Paul, tea parties and the GOP&#8217;s Jewish problem", url: "http://jewish-politics-ny.com/2010/02/23/ron-paul-tea-parties-and-the-gops-jewish-problem/" });</script>]]></description>
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		<title>More J Street silliness</title>
		<link>http://jewish-politics-ny.com/2010/02/19/more-j-street-silliness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Besser</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Pro-Israel Activism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Danny Ayalon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[J Street]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pro-Israel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One source of strength for the pro-Israel movement in this country has been its ability to encompass a Jewish community with a wide range of views about the best route to peace and security for the Jewish state. That, in turn, has helped create overwhelming support in Congress.  Now, it seems, the people in charge want to change that and kick out everyone who doesn't agree with them, starting with J Street.<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "More J Street silliness", url: "http://jewish-politics-ny.com/2010/02/19/more-j-street-silliness/" });</script>]]></description>
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