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The most that can be said for a congressional effort to provide redress for Holocaust survivors who believe their families were scammed by European insurance companies is that it provided for an entertaining back and forth last year in the House financial services committee. Several prominent Jewish organizations came out against the legislation, which would pave the way […]

(UPDATING to note that a chunk of the assistance appears to be going to the West Bank.) Hillary Clinton just formally announced the $900 million assistance to the Palestinians, at the Sharm el-Sheikh conference on reconstruction after the Gaza Strip war. Clinton’s emphasis is on working toward Palestinian statehood, and on freezing Hamas out. Notably, […]