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Friday, January 06, 2006
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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U.S. lawmakers urge E.U. to shun Hamas
A bipartisan slate of 20 members of Congress urged the European Union not to meet with Hamas representatives.
The European Union recently reversed a policy against meeting with members of the terrorist group, saying it would allow such meetings for electoral matters. E.U. monitors will observe the Jan. 25 Palestinian legislative elections.
“The leaders of Hamas continue to plan terrorist attacks inside Israel, which could result in more European and American deaths,” said the letter sent Thursday to John Bruton, the E.U. envoy to Washington. “We strongly urge you to continue your policy of not meeting with any members of Hamas.” Reps. Steve Rothman (D-N.J.) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) initiated the letter.
Gilon attended security meeting
An Israeli diplomat at the center of classified-information charges against two former pro-Israel lobbyists met recently with top U.S. officials.
Naor Gilon, who until last summer was the political officer at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, helped organize the renewal of the U.S.-Israel strategic dialogue in November. He attended a White House meeting led by Nicholas Burns, an undersecretary of state, and Tzachi Hanegbi, an Israeli Cabinet minister. Gilon was a central figure in the indictment last summer of Steve Rosen, the former American Israel Public Affairs Committee foreign policy director, and Keith Weissman, AIPAC’s former Iran analyst.
Libby joins Hudson Institute
Lewis Libby joined a conservative think tank. Libby, who is Jewish, was a top adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney but now is under indictment on charges of obstructing justice.
Libby joined the Hudson Institute as a “senior adviser,” an announcement said Thursday. “Scooter Libby brings decades of experience to the Hudson Institute that will strengthen our robust research efforts,” institute chairman Walter Stern said in a statement. “We look forward to drawing on his expertise.”
Libby, an architect of the Iraq war, told reporters that the wife of a prominent war critic was a CIA operative. He quit his government post in October after a grand jury indicted him on charges that he lied about his role in the leak.
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