Is Israel Alienating American Jews, or Are American Jews Alienating Israelis?
The flipside of the Kotel controversy.
June 30, 2017
How an Iran-Backed Lobbying Organization Defamed Israel to Push the Nuclear Deal
Trita Parsi, NIAC, and the mullahs.
Founded at the at the beginning of the century to advance reconciliation between Washington and Tehran, the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) was formed in close consultation with Hamyaran, a quasi-governmental institution in the Islamic Republic. NIAC became a major lobbyist and public advocate on behalf of the nuclear deal once negotiations were made public, and consulted frequently with the Obama administration. As revealed by a 2008 lawsuit, NIAC’s president Trita Parsi was in regular email contact with the Iranian diplomat Mohammed Javad Zarif; Parsi also made 33 visits to the Obama White House between 2013 and 2016. Hassan Dai, in a detailed report, examines NIAC’s sources of funding (much seems to come from Iranian sources via left-leaning American foundations), its continuous closeness with the Iranian regime, and its use of anti-Israel sentiment:
June 30, 2017
How an Iran-Backed Lobbying Organization Defamed Israel to Push the Nuclear Deal
Trita Parsi, NIAC, and the mullahs.
Why Jews Should Welcome the Supreme Court Ruling That Missouri Can’t Deny Funding to a Church Playground
It’s an advance, not a setback, for freedom of religion.
How India’s Federal System Paved the Way for Reconciliation with Israel
Diplomacy followed economics and development aid.
Ezekiel’s Vision of the Dry Bones through the Eyes of an Ancient Jewish Artist
The Dura-Europos synagogue as an artistic midrash.