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WASHINGTON, April 6 (JTA) — President Clinton’s executive order banning imports of 58 types of assault weapons slams the door on Israel’s attempts to sell thousands of military-style rifles in the United States. The move closes a loophole in a 1994 assault weapons ban through which thousands of foreign-made assault rifles have found their way […]

WASHINGTON, April 7 (JTA) — An aggressive lobbying campaign to warn against American pressure on Israel has led to an unusually bitter and public split in the American Jewish community over both policy and tactics. The effort, which resulted in a recent flurry of congressional letters, has also sent competing signals to the Clinton administration […]