rjchq.org - 3/17/2009
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Obama: Pro-Israel talk, anti-Israel walk Wednesday, March 11, 2009 By: Adam Hasner, FL House Majority Leader Barely a month into the presidency of Barack Obama, a profound realization is spreading among the pro-Israel community: we do not have an ally in the White House. The growing threat that ...
washingtontimes.com - 3/16/2009
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washingtontimes.com —
Former Israeli spy linked to Pentagon leak Eli
Lake ( Contact ) Tuesday, March 17, 2009 EXCLUSIVE:...
Uzi Arad, who is expected to serve as national security adviser in the next Israeli government, has been barred from entering the United States for ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Israel's national security aide barred from U.S.
jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com - 3/17/2009
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Not this Lieberman , this Lieberman . It's
not a disaster for the reasons some people think;...
I know Avigdor Lieberman a little bit, and he's actually a person interested in a cold compromise with the Palestinians. It's a disaster because he's made ...
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The Lieberman Disaster
tomgrossmedia.com - 3/18/2009
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* CNN Jerusalem producer's shocking public outburst against
Israel ( see video below ) * Revealed: UNRWA...
spokesman who lied about Israel's shelling of a school previously worked at the BBC with Jeremy Bowen * Emmy and Golden Globe award winner ...
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Mideast Dispatch Archive: Exclusive: This is CNN (& ...
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Petition: Tell RJC to Stop Promoting Falsehoods About the Obama Administration
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The Republican Jewish Coalition’s (RJC) website has posted an article titled, “Obama: Pro-Israel talk, anti-Israel walk,” that is full of falsehoods and slander. There is a difference between fair partisan disagreements and blatantly spreading falsehoods about the administration of President Barack Obama.
For just a few examples of these shameful distortions, see today’s TPM post by Ira N. Forman.
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The Dumbing Down of American Politics
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... Obama administration for kowtowing to the "Israel Lobby."
Hasner also informs us that Obama has made an "allocation of $20 million dollars of taxpayer money to resettling [sic] Palestinians with ties to Hamas in the United States." This is a falsehood. He is repeating the reckless charges of a right-wing email smear that was definitively debunked a month ago.
(Click here to sign a petition that my organization has put together to stop the promotion of this mudslinging)
Next Hasner tells us, "Hamas...is also benefiting from ...
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