Iran Deal Heads Toward Showdown With Adelson’s GOP

by Eli Clifton and Jim Lobe The Iran nuclear deal announced in Vienna yesterday means that the tough international negotiations between the P5+1 and Iran are finally over. But now attention shifts to the 60-day period during which Congress has… Continue Reading

Over Half of Republican Jewish Coalition’s Revenue: One Donor

by Eli Clifton Since nuclear diplomacy with Iran heated up, the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) has played an important role in organizing Republican opposition to a potential deal between the P5+1 and Iran. The RJC, for example, endorsed John Boehner’s… Continue Reading

Support for Iran Deal Stronger among US Jews than General Public

by Jim Lobe With results likely to upset hawkish leaders of the organized Jewish community, a new nationwide poll of 1,000 self-identified U.S. Jews has found stronger backing for President Obama’s efforts to forge a nuclear deal with Iran than… Continue Reading

Graham Turns To Iran Hawks For Campaign Funding

by Eli Clifton Last time I wrote about Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) impending presidential campaign, Graham was feeding anti-Semitic tropes over a glass of Riesling, telling the Wall Street Journal that he “may have the first all-Jewish cabinet in America… Continue Reading

Neocons vs. Neocon on Iran

by Ali Gharib Maybe I spoke too soon when I declared the fight over the new Iran bill wending its way through Congress as one between hard-line neoconservatives and AIPAC. The broad outlines of what I wrote remain true—everything from… Continue Reading