Saturday, September 09, 2006
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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Livni to Washington
Israel’s foreign minister will meet Condoleezza Rice in Washington next week.
Tzippi Livni is arriving Wednesday for meetings with the U.S. secretary of state and other top administration officials to discuss how to deal with Iran now that it has refused to end its enrichment of uranium and how to maintain the Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire in Lebanon.
She continues to New York over the weekend, where she will attend the opening session of the U.N. General Assembly.
Chafee scuttles Bolton vote
A Republican U.S. senator cited Israel’s planned settlement expansion in delaying confirmation of John Bolton as U.N. ambassador.
Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-R.I.) asked Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.), the Foreign Relations Committee chairman, to delay this week’s vote. Lugar needs solid Republican support on the committee to guarantee referring Bolton to the full Senate.
That could kill Bolton’s U.N. career; there is little space on the Senate calendar to consider his nomination before his interim appointment lapses in January.
U.S. wants draft Iran resolution by Sept. 18
The United States wants a draft U.N. Security Council resolution on sanctioning Iran ready within ten days.
The United States, Russia, France, Britain and China – the five veto-wielding members of the council – and Germany are discussing how to deal with Iran now that it has refused to end enriching uranium, which U.N. inspectors believe is part of a nuclear weapons program.
Nicholas Burns, a U.S. undersecretary of state, told reporters in Berlin, where the talks were held, that the United States hoped to be considering a resolution by the time the U.N. General Assembly convenes on Sept. 18.
French officials say that might be premature, considering the gaps between the world powers. Russia and China in particular are resisting sanctions.
Bush: U.S. defends democracies, Israel
The United States stands by Israel because it is a democracy, President Bush said.
“We stand with democracies and our friend Israel,” Bush said in a Sept. 6 interview on CBS. “If the United States ever says, ´Oh, my goodness, I don´t wanna defend democracy because somebody might harm us,´ we will have lost our soul.”
Bush was asked about the dangers posed to the United States by its Middle East policies.
Nine U.S. leaders tour Israel
Nine non-Jewish community leaders from across the United States will tour Israel’s north to examine the impact of the Israel-Hezbollah war.
The group includes top lawyers, clerics, minority leaders, businessmen and educators from Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah and Virginia.
Participants depart Sunday for the five-day mission, sponsored by the United Jewish Communities and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs.
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