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Potentially too high. donald trump during his campaign said repeatedly that he thought that there needed to be greater fairness, and when he would weigh in, he would help both sides negotiate better. that doesnt sound to me like donald trump will automatically be entirely in prime ministers netanyahus camp. we had congress marn mcdermott on earlier, who talked about the democrats being kind of a loyal opposition, if you will, when it came to international issues. do you think congressman will be...

A variety of organizations invested in both israel and jewish american life and relationships between the two states. do you anticipate that some of the other ones, apac, for instance, other organizations, will not be as vociferous in their opposition as you are? >> i do. i think that theres going to be a real split in the sort of institutional life of the american jewish community. there are organizations that will go along with the leadership in this country and the leadership in that country ...

Do you anticipate that some of the other ones, apac, for instance, other organizations, will not be as vociferous in their opposition as you are? >> i do. i think that theres going to be a real split in the sort of institutional life of the american jewish community. there are organizations that will go along with the leadership in this country and the leadership in that country despite the fact that a majority of jewish americans in both countries dont agree with the policies that are being imp...

Its a momentous victory for the white house. and a crushing defeat for the forces aligned against the deal. from lobbying groups like apac to think tanks to republican presidential candidates. some of them arent ready to move on without trying to extract some kind of political benefit from the debacle. according to "politico," republicans are discussing the possibility of voting on friday, september 11th, to put maximum political pressure on democrats. taking a cue from alanis morrissette tweete...

And that, that is enough to block the resolution altogether with the filibuster and keep it from getting to president obamas desk for his veto. its a momentous victory for the white house. and a crushing defeat for the forces aligned against the deal. from lobbying groups like apac to think tanks to republican presidential candidates. some of them arent ready to move on without trying to extract some kind of political benefit from the debacle. according to "politico," republicans are discussing ...

White house. and a crushing defeat for the forces aligned against the deal. from lobbying groups like apac to think tanks to republican presidential candidates. some of them arent ready to move on without trying to extract some kind of political benefit from the debacle. according to "politico," republicans are discussing the possibility of voting on friday, september 11th, to put maximum political pressure on democrats. taking a cue from alanis morrissette tweeted, ironic that congress may vote...

Weaponization, and that more than anything will trigger a nuclear arms race in the middle east. >> you just mentioned, almost every country that has expressed an opinion on it. of course, the major exception to that would be israel. for many members of congress, for many citizens, for many interest groups, you know, people say, well, im not a nuclear disarmament expert, right? im sort of listening to different people, and it carries tremendous weight with me when apac, or you know, both labor an...

People say, well, im not a nuclear disarmament expert, right? im sort of listening to different people, and it carries tremendous weight with me when apac, or you know, both labor and likud in israel say, this deal is bad for israel. whats your response to that as someone that is intimately familiar with the region? >> nuclear-armed iran poses a direct threat to israels existence, and we should keep that in mind at all times. however, when you watch television in this country, no offense to you,...

Agreement that includes, on our side of the table, six of the largest, most important countries in the world, an agreement that has been unanimously approved by the united nations security council members, an agreement that has support of almost every country in the world that has declared an opinion on it, if the congress rejects that, iran will then move aggressively towards weaponization, and that more than anything will trigger a nuclear arms race in the middle east. >> you just mentioned, a...

It was a chance for me to ask him the questions that i have as well about the deal. >> what do you make of the focus there has been on jewish lawmakers and jewish leaders with respect to the iran deal, which obviously is driven largely by the rift thats grown up between israel and the u.s. and apac and other groups lobbying. but also feels to me uncomfortably close to anti-semitic tropes, the cabal of jewish power wielders? >> i feel uncomfortable about it too. i think the unprecedented talk tha...