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Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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Senators press Bush on Saudis
A bipartisan slate of U.S. senators led by Jews from each party asked President Bush to urge Saudi Arabia to cancel a meeting on an Israel boycott.
Saudi Arabia is hosting an Organization of the Islamic Conference meeting this week, and a Saudi official reportedly said one session would be dedicated to reinforcing the Israel boycott — though Saudi Arabia vowed last year, when it joined the World Trade Organization, not to boycott Israel.
“Mr. President, the United States cannot remain silent on Saudi Arabia’s intolerant boycott of Israel, and should insist that Saudi Arabia uphold its obligations as a member of WTO,” said the letter initiated by Sens. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) and Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and signed by 15 others.
AJCommittee, Portugese Jewish group sign pact
The American Jewish Committee signed an association agreement with the umbrella body of Portugese Jewry.
The agreement between th AJCommittee and the Comunidade Israelita de Lisboa was signed this week.
“This association will bring our communities closer to one another as we work together to strengthen a united Jewish world and combat anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism,” said the president of the Portugese Jewish group, Jose Oulman Carp. The agreement is the 18th such association the AJCommittee has established in recent years.
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