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When Yuli Edelstein, Israel’s minister for public diplomacy and Diaspora affairs, dropped by the JTA offices the other day, he made clear there is one Diaspora Jewish group about which he has no interest in being diplomatic: J Street. “They’re not pro-Israel, they’re not liberally Jewish. They’re anti-Israel,” the minister, Yuli Edelstein, said. Edelstein, a […]

As a major Iran sanctions bill moves closer to passage, Capitol Hill observers are beginning to wonder whether the measure will be watered down when the House and Senate get together to agree on final language. According to a letter jointly sent last evening to leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, Sens. […]