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weeklystandard.com - 30 days ago
Surprise: J Street Opposes Resolution Condemning Goldstone
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THE WEEKLY STANDARD reported last week on a Congressional resolution sponsored by Reps. Howard Berman and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen that would strongly condemn the Goldstone report and call "on the President and the Secretary of State to oppose unequivocally any endorsement or further consideration ...
weeklystandard.com - 10/27/2009
The Space Between Pro-Israel and Anti-Israel
— weeklystandard.com — I made my way over to the J Street conference today to see for myself just how... "pro-peace, pro-Israel" the organization really is, and there can be no doubt, J Street is pro-peace. But while the leadership of J Street may be pro-Israel, the ... (more) The Space Between Pro-Israel and Anti-Israel

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volokh.com - 10/26/2009
Some Friendly (Really) Advice to JStreet
— volokh.com — JStreet , which bills itself as a “pro-peace, pro-Israel” lobby, and aims to be a progressive counterpart... to AIPAC, is having its convention starting tomorrow. Unlike some in the pro-Israel community, I’m not hostile to JStreet. First, I know one of ... (more) Some Friendly (Really) Advice to JStreet

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boston.com - 23 days ago
Goldstone defends UN report on Gaza at Brandeis forum
— boston.com — At Brandeis last night, Richard Goldstone (left) defended his UN report on Israel’s actions in the Gaza... invasion. Diplomat Dore Gold said it all but ignored Israel’s right to defend itself. At Brandeis last night, Richard Goldstone (left) ... (more) Goldstone defends UN report on Gaza at Brandeis forum

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Taylor Marsh:  House Res. Against Goldstone Report Doesn’t Help Israel

Israel Matzav:  Shocka: J Street opposes anti-Goldstone resolution

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House Res. Against Goldstone Report Doesn’t Help Israel
Taylor Marsh — ... and a system of tunnels and bunkers. If I were a Hamas operative the last place I’d store munitions would be in a mosque. It’s not secure, is very visible, and would probably be pre-targeted by Israeli surveillance. There are a many better places to store munitions. We investigated two destroyed mosques-one where worshippers were killed-and we found no evidence that either was used as anything but a place of worship. – MJ Rosenberg Michael Goldfarn has found another club. Never mind that it won’t do Israel much good to ...

Shocka: J Street opposes anti-Goldstone resolution
Israel Matzav — ... J Street, the pro-Israel 'pro-peace' organization for Leftist Jews and intermarried persons has decided - surprise! - that it will oppose a resolution sponsored by Reps. Howard Berman (D-Cal) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla) that would strongly condemn the Goldstone report and call "on the President and the Secretary of State to oppose unequivocally any endorsement or further consideration of the 'Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict in multilateral fora." J Street has put out two statements on Goldstone, neither one of which actually ...

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J Street Adviser Morton Halperin Goes to Work for Goldstone
weeklystandard.com 29 days ago — THE WEEKLY STANDARD has obtained a document authored by Judge Richard Goldstone that is now being circulated on Capitol Hill. The document was written in response to HR 867 -- the resolution sponsored by Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Howard Berman ...
Jewish Dems Urge “Yes” Vote on Resolution Opposing the Goldstone Report
njdc.org 26 days ago — Today the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) called upon Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives to support the Ros-Lehtinen/Berman resolution (H. Res. 867) which encourages the administration of President Barack Obama to oppose any endorsement of the Goldstone Commission ...
Who Voted to Condemn the Anti-Israel Goldstone Report? — Weekly Standard Blog
Almost everybody. Only three Republicans voted against the resolution, introduced by Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and Howard Berman (D-CA). One of them, of course, was Ron Paul. But there were 33 members of the Democratic caucus who voted against the resolution condemning the anti-Israel, ...
House Passes Gaza Measure After Dueling Critiques — The Caucus
The lead author of a U.N. report on the recent conflict in Gaza criticizes a House resolution condemning his report, drawing a response from congressional sponsors.
Howard Berman revises his resolution — Israel Matzav
Representative Howard Berman (D-Cal) has revised his resolution calling on the White House to prevent the Goldstone Commission report from being used to condemn Israel in the Security Council or from being referred to the International Criminal Court. A vote on the resolution is due to take ...
Berman and Ackerman respond to Goldstone — The Cable
The House is preparing to vote on a resolution condemning the U.N.'s Goldstone Report, but not before making changes to the text to respond to the complaints of Goldstone himself. Meanwhile in New York, the U.N. General Assembly was preparing for a possible vote on a resolution supporting ...
Howard Berman fisks Goldstone — Israel Matzav
On Friday, I reported that Justice Richard Richard Goldstone had submitted a written response (which may, or may not, have been written by him) to the anti-Goldstone Report resolution that has been introduced in Congress and is up for a vote on Tuesday.Now, the Washington Independent reports ...