Word: flouts
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Such findings flout the attempts by Israel's lobby in Washington to portray American Jews as united in their support for Israel's crackdown on the intifadeh and refusal to begin the talks with Palestinian moderates urged by the U.S. The Israeli government has gone to great lengths to discourage and even suppress criticism from American Jews, especially by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, an umbrella group that represents 45 associations. But those efforts are becoming increasingly futile. Says Albert Vorspan, senior vice president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations: "There is a gap between...