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Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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Resolution focuses on Jewish refugees
Resolutions introduced in the U.S. Congress call for any reference to Palestinian refugees to be matched by similar references to Jewish and other refugees.
The bipartisan resolutions, introduced May 25, were sponsored by four senators and four representatives, as well as Justice for Jews From Arab Countries, an organization that seeks rights for Jews displaced from Arab lands.
ccording to the organization, the number of Jewish refugees from Arab countries far surpasses the number of Palestinians who became refugees in 1948.
“This resolution urges the international community to place all refugees on equal footing when Middle East refugee matters are discussed,” said Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), one of the co-sponsors of the Senate resolution.
A similar resolution was introduced in the House of Representatives.
Iran minister snubs Israel
Iran’s foreign minister denied Israel exists.
Asked about Israeli calls for economic sanctions on Iran, Manouchehr Mottaki said Tuesday: “What country is that? There is no such country.” The Iranian foreign minister, who was attending a conference in Malaysia, also played down speculation that the United States could attack Iran to stop its nuclear program.
“They can’t. The United States is not in a position to impose another crisis on taxpayers,” he said.
Schroeder opposes Hamas boycott
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said he opposes sanctions against Iran and the boycott of the Hamas-run Palestinian government.
Schroeder said Monday that his belief stems from the fact that Hamas was democratically elected to head the Palestinian Authority.
Schroeder spoke at a ceremony in which he was honored with the title of honorary chair of the Near and Middle East Association in Germany. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he stands by the European Union’s decision not to deal with Hamas until the Islamic group recognizes Israel’s right to exist and renounces terrorism.
Latino leaders call for Latino-Jewish collaboration
More than a dozen U.S. Hispanic leaders who traveled to Israel last month signed a statement backing Jewish-Latino relations.
In the statement, the Latino representatives affirmed their commitment to pro-Israel advocacy. “We returned from Israel strengthened in the conviction that the growing relationship between the Latino and Jewish communities in both domestic and international affairs holds great promise for both sides,” it reads. “Israel and the U.S. are allies, and like all Americans, we are affected by and concerned with Israel’s challenges, policies and conflicts.”
The document also calls on Jewish leaders to take up Latino issues.
The trip was co-sponsored by the American Jewish Committee’s Latino and Latin American Institute and Project Interchange, which takes ethnically and religiously diverse leaders to educational seminars in Israel.
It was co-hosted by the National Council of La Raza.
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