Sunday, February 26, 2006
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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Jewish group to address Iran, Hamas
The Jewish Council for Public Affairs opened its annual plenum in Washington.
Policy issues to be addressed at the plenum, held Sunday through Tuesday, include church divestment from Israel, the newly elected Hamas Parliament in the Palestinian Authority, Iran’s nuclear buildup, rehabilitation after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and keeping religion out of the public schools.
High on the priority list for the umbrella body of Jewish community relations councils was the massacres in Darfur, Sudan.
“Let us stop this outrage,” said Steve Gutow, the JCPA’s executive director. The 400 delegates are to end the plenum with a day of lobbying on Capitol Hill, joined by another 400 delegates attending a forum of the Hillel student movement.
Hillary Clinton blasts Hamas, Iran
Sen. Hillary Clinton called on the international community to shun Hamas.
“No nation in the world should recognize a government” committed to its neighbor’s destruction, the Democratic senator from New York said Sunday at the annual congressional breakfast sponsored by the New York Jewish Community Relations Council.
Clinton also said U.S. policy on Iran should be “clear and unequivocal: We cannot allow Iran to build nuclear weapons.” Clinton, who is rumored to be considering a run for president in 2008, also tried to link security concerns with domestic issues. “It’s a false choice” to separate security issues and “our mutual commitment” to help the poor and needy, she said to the approximately 250 people in attendance.
Speaker after speaker at the event, including Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and several members of New York’s congressional delegation, also spoke about the need to contain Hamas and Iran.
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