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Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks at the 2017 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference held at the Verizon Center in Washington, Monday, March 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
February 16, 2018, 8:32 pm
Haley to address AIPAC conference; Trump-Netanyahu to meet March 5
Powerful pro-Israel lobby says envoy to UN will represent US administration at annual confab, with 'more speaker announcements to come'
By Eric Cortellessa
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at a press conference following a summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on last week's US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, on December 13, 2017, in Istanbul. (AFP PHOTO / YASIN AKGUL)
December 15, 2017, 3:15 am
In rare rebuke, J Street joins AIPAC in panning Abbas over Jerusalem speech
Dovish Israel lobbying group calls remarks by Palestinian leader at Istanbul summit 'divisive and inflammatory,' says PA still needs Washington to help broker peace
By Eric Cortellessa and TOI staff
Sheldon Adelson, 2014 (Ethan Miller/Getty Images, via JTA)
November 6, 2017, 7:49 am
Adelson: Israeli American Council doesn’t fret over White House access
Casino mogul lauds group for its ‘unequivocal’ support of Israel, freedom from 'political correctness'
By JTA
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signing his state’s anti-BDS bill at a Jewish community center in Austin, May 2, 2017. (Office of the Texas Governor)
October 24, 2017, 2:50 am
State anti-BDS laws are hitting unintended targets and nobody’s happy
Defenders of anti-boycott measures say legislation undergoing birth pains, while critics express concern for free speech rights
By Ron Kampeas
US President Donald Trump speaks during the Family Research Council's 2017 Value Voters Summit on October 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. (AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski)
October 17, 2017, 4:54 am
What happens now with the Iran deal
Trump wants Congress to scrap the 2015 nuclear accord, but is it possible to 'fix' it without breaking it?
By Ron Kampeas
US President Donald Trump speaking on the phone in the Oval Office of the White House, June 27, 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
September 15, 2017, 9:10 pm
Trump to Jewish leaders: Hopes for ‘significant progress’ soon on Mideast peace
In traditional High Holy Days conference call not including Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist Jewish movements, president condemns anti-Semitism
By Eric Cortellessa
US President Donald Trump speaking on the phone in the Oval Office of the White House, June 27, 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
September 15, 2017, 4:16 am
Jewish groups that snubbed Trump not invited to High Holidays conference call
Non-Orthodox leaders said last week they would not take part in annual tradition over US president's response to Charlottesville violence
By Ron Kampeas
Then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference at the Verizon Center, on Monday, March 21, 2016, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP)
August 20, 2017, 4:30 pm
Conscience trumps political expedience
A call on Jews to take a collective moral stance against Donald Trump and everything he stands for
By Adam R. Bronfman
Hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the "alt-right" march down East Market Street toward Lee Park during the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, August 12, 2017. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
August 18, 2017, 2:37 am
AIPAC in rare non-Israel statement rebukes Trump over Charlottesville
Lobbying group urges all elected officials to 'reject moral equivalence between those who promote hate and those who oppose it'
By JTA
Over 50 US Congressmen from both sides of the aisle at a press conference in Jerusalem, August 8, 2017 /courtesy)
August 8, 2017, 12:24 pm
PM’s Iran speech to Congress left no bad blood, top Democrat says
Steny Hoyer asserts unwavering support for Israel as 52-strong Congressional delegations from both sides of the aisle overlap in Jerusalem
By Raphael Ahren
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, center, shakes hands with the committee's ranking member Sen. Ben Cardin, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 14, 2015, after the committee passed the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015. (photo credit: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
August 3, 2017, 7:51 pm
Senate panel okays bill cutting PA funding over terrorist salaries
Taylor Force Act approved by Foreign Relations Committee 17-4, will move to full vote in Senate
By Eric Cortellessa
Masked Hamas terrorists attend the funeral of Mazen Fuqha in Gaza City, March, 25 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
August 2, 2017, 7:45 pm
Breaking silence, AIPAC announces support for Taylor Force Act
Day before powerful Senate panel to consider bill, pro-Israel lobby says markups protecting humanitarian programs and security cooperation earn its backing
By Eric Cortellessa
Iron Dome system in action as it intercepts rockets fired from Gaza in October 2012 (photo credit: Flash90/File)
July 14, 2017, 10:24 pm
House passes bill that includes $705m. for US-Israel missile defense cooperation
The 2018 National Defense Authorization Act exceeds Trump's budget request, allocating $105m. more to Israel than last year's budget
By Eric Cortellessa
Dani Dayan speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Jerusalem, on July 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
July 10, 2017, 1:31 pm
Israel’s envoy in NY says Jewish state neglecting Reform, Conservative
Dani Dayan laments Israelis' lack of understanding and unwillingness to engage with liberal Jewish streams
By Stuart Winer
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2015 Policy Conference, March 2, 2015 in Washington, DC. (photo credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)
July 2, 2017, 5:07 pm
Key US donor suspends activities over Western Wall, conversion spat
Real estate tycoon, leading AIPAC and Miami Federation activist, Isaac 'Ike' Fisher says Israeli government showing 'contempt' for non-Orthodox streams of Judaism
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
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