Religion and Politics

Both Lobbyists and Obama Officials Appeal to Jewish Democrats on Iran

In The Washington Post, Karoun Demirjian reports that pro-Israel lobbyists and the Obama administration are competing on Capitol Hill for the votes of Jewish Democratic lawmakers on the Iran nuclear deal. At a hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Secretary of State John Kerry strove to “convince lawmakers being pressured by pro-Israel lobbyists that there is nothing anti-Israel in supporting the deal,” Demirjian writes. “It was clear at Tuesday’s hearing that many Democratic lawmakers still had serious concerns about how well the deal would protect Israel.”

Read at The Washington Post

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