US Jewish lobby wields the big stick

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The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has become extremely influential. Most recently, its influence has been reflected in the letter sent by 81 US senators to President Bill Clinton calling on him not to present in public a US plan to restart the Middle East negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, which are opposed by Israel. Polls indicate that most of the 6 million Jews in the US believe that the US should put pressure on Israel to adhere to the 1993 land-for-peace deal. However, the militancy and the wealth in the US Jewish community come from those who are ultra-religious and hold nationalist far-right views.

Religious organizations, Jewish Organizations, Political activity, Jews, American, American Jews, American Israel Public Affairs Committee

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Israel shudders as Iran prepares to go ballistic

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Israel is concerned that Iran could have a missile with the ability to hit any Israeli target within 18 months of Oct 1997. Israel is campaigning in the US for pressure to be put on the Russian president, Boris Yeltsin, to cease providing technical help to Iran to develop its missile program. The US is involved in a controversy on how to deal with Iran following the election of Mohammed Khatami as president in 1997, since he is supposed to be a moderate.

United States, Israel, Military aspects, Military policy, United States foreign relations, Iran, Iranian foreign relations

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Chance encounter that led to torture and Siberian work camps

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Life was very difficult for former political prisoners in the Soviet Union, according to Ukrainian Jew Anatoli Shandalov. He became friendly with two British soldiers in 1945, and in 1950 was arrested as a British spy and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment. On his release, he found that he could not get a job and that he remained under constant KGB surveillance. He emigrated to Israel in 1990, but does not feel settled there.

Interview, Russia, Spies, Shandalov, Anatoli

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