Israel, U.S. Jews Intensify Efforts To Isolate Iran

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- A renewed push from Jewish organizations for tougher sanctions against Iran is facing tough obstacles in Washington and capitals throughout the world.

American Jewish groups are aggressively attempting to rally support for isolating Iran until it ends its suspected nuclear weapons program. They are lobbying Congress, reaching out to friendly nations overseas and seeking allies in the United States.

Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, is warning that Iran is close to acquiring the knowledge it needs to build nuclear weapons.

Officials at the Anti-Defamation League have launched a campaign in support of tougher sanctions, and recently pressed the issue in a meeting in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Also, the American Jewish Committee has been meeting with foreign leaders, including French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

In the latest manifestation of the renewed push, delegates to the General Assembly of the United Jewish Communities in Nashville passed a resolution Monday calling on federations and Jewish community relations councils to move on the Iran issue by initiating, coordinating and funding "expanded efforts aimed at both educating and mobilizing the Jewish community as well as partnering with other respected members in the broader community."

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http://www.jta.org:80/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20071111heinleinmofaz.html

but since the moderator message I got last year

I keep my mouth shut on this topic and those related,

which I'm sure is what the members here of that other website

wanted in the first place

I take it they haven't heard that a lot of "U.S. Jews"--a majority, last time I looked--oppose Israel's militant foreign policy.

to paint those who fund and support orgs like AIPAC

Vis a vis the old image of Jews as a singular, conspiracy-style group.

...I had no idea I was intensifying efforts to isolate Iran.

Was I supposed to be doing that right now, orrrrrrrr.....?

hey and stop spending so much time at the media empire, you're making me look like a slacker!

Now we know where the real power is, eh?

Wow, talking about Chutzpah, any time one reads "US Jews" or "Mexican immigrants" I cringe. Who elected these mugs spokesman for US Jewry?

I wonder how they got Zinn and Chomsky to sign on? I need to call my old Marxist boss and see if he got to sign the universal statement, too.

:sarcasm:

Old joke: man trapped on desert island. Gets rescued years later. The search party finds three huts. One is his dwelling. One is about to fall in on itself and the other a huge mega structure. Rescuers ask why the two extra buildings? He says: "This one, the old ramshackle one, is my synagogue." "Well, then," the rescuers ask, "what is the other one, that fancy building?" "That," he replies with a look of disgust on his face, "is the synagogue I wouldn't be caught dead in. Who do those fancy schmancy guys think they are?"

So much for "Jewish unity."

Checking my regular mail, no memo

Checking my answering machine no memo

Damn I hate it when I miss these damn memos!

Now if they said American Jewish Organizations... but NOOOO they make it sound like ALL jews

So where is the DAMN FUCKING MEMO?

How do they expect me to know I am supposed to put pressure to isolate Iran?

No memo...