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Article: Deal breakers: though most American Jews favor a negotiated settlement in the Mideast, two powerful Jewish organizations have worked successfully to thwart one.
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- The American Prospect
- Article date:
- March 11, 2002
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IN SPITE OF GROWING AFFLUENCE AND ONGOING assimilation, Jews remain one of the most liberal groups in American society. And although concern about Israel's security has pushed some of them to the right, a majority have supported the Mideast peace process, including the efforts by President Clinton late in his term to bring about an agreement with the Palestinians. During and since those years, however, the two Jewish organizations with the most influence on foreign policy have had leaders who are far more conservative and hard-line than are most American Jews.
One of those groups is the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Long regarded as the most effective ...