Word: nai
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...part of an organized and vicious anti-Jewish propaganda campaign. This campaign, for which $100 million has been allocated by Arab nations and the PLO, seeks to alter American foreign policy by inciting anti-Jewish sentiment. Rahman's activities have been monitored by the Anti-Defamation League of B 'nai B'rith; they report, for example, that Rahman told a Christian student group in New York that they both shared a common enemy since their homelands-the United States and Palestine-were controlled by Jews. The issues in the Middle East are complex, and Jews, Arabs, Lebanese Christians and others...
...While these acts may not be anti-Semitic, every school must will be on record as completely condemning and punishing any act against a symbol or object of religious importance," said Leonard P. Zakim, eastern states civil rights director of the Anti-determination League of B'nai Brith...
...major U.S. Jewish organizations pleaded over and over again last week that Israel not be hastily judged guilty of complicity in the massacre. Even so, they went further in dissociating themselves from Begin's policies than they ever had before. Three of the largest organizations, B'nai B'rith, the American Jewish Committee and the American Jewish Congress, all formally called for exactly the independent Israeli investigation into the massacre that Begin initially refused to permit. Said Maynard Wishner, president of the American Jewish Committee: "Every step must be taken by every party involved, directly or indirectly...
Samuel Schlevin, president of the Rhode Island chapter of the Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai Brith, said, "We are taking necessary action and precaution...
Even leaders of the national Jewish organizations that make up one of Washington's most effective lobbies are having difficulty coordinating their response to Reagan's peace plan. The international service organization B'nai B'rith last week praised one feature to which Begin most strongly objects. The Prime Minister had protested that Reagan's call for Palestinian self-government in the West Bank and Gaza Strip "in association with Jordan" might open the way to a Soviet-dominated state ruled by the hated Palestine Liberation Organization. B'nai B'rith acclaimed Reagan...