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Last update - 22:48 13/07/2009
Obama invites U.S. Jewish leaders to White House meeting
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Israel News, U.S. Jews 
The meeting comes amid tense Israel-U.S. ties over Obama administration pressure to halt settlement construction.

President Barack Obama was on Monday to play host to Jewish leaders, in his first such meeting at the White House. The meeting comes as the Obama administration seeks to halt Israel's settlement construction in the West Bank, creating the greatest tension in Israel-U.S. ties for decades.

The head of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, Alan Solow, told politicsdaily.com that "There will be a variety of viewpoints in the room."

Solow told the website that although the Jewish groups who will be represented at the meeting have varying policy positions, they "are all unified in a common bond, whether from the left or the right" in keeping Israel secure.
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Iran's nuclear threat and the American president's demand for a freeze on Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank were expected to dominate the meeting.

Officials had originally tried to keep the meeting secret after it was arranged late last week, but hastily added it to the official schedule after the news leaked out, the U.K.'s Telegraph reported Monday.

The Telegraph quoted one of the organizers of the meeting as saying that "American Jews more or less agree with the president on settlements, but it's the focus on criticising Israel that's disconcerting."
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  1.   and they WILL support him-- rightly so 20:11  |  Dolphin 13/07/09
  2.   Jewish leaders 20:17  |  Rabbi Yakov Lazaros 13/07/09
  3.   Next time meet in Ka`ba 20:28  |  shlomo 13/07/09
  4.   No more SAME 20:37  |  John Butler 13/07/09
  5.   Ask him about the shoes 20:48  |  Ran 13/07/09
  6.   Rabbi Yakov Lazaros Yes, so? 20:50  |  Rab. 13/07/09
  7.   #1 20:57  |  Adam 13/07/09
  8.   Jewish leaders and Obama 21:02  |  Rigoletto 13/07/09
  9.   When american jews sell out Israel they will be the first 21:24  |  lily 13/07/09
  10.   #3 Next time meet in Ka`ba 21:30  |  Ice 13/07/09
  11.   And I`m convinced that there will be consensus about 21:33  |  Smadar 13/07/09
  12.   How Kind of Obama 21:52  |  Yaakov Sullivan 13/07/09
  13.   Obama`s Tactic 21:55  |  Brod 13/07/09
  14.   Look who is invited.. 22:39  |  US 13/07/09
  15.   2nd try: Before you try to satisfy Obama think about 22:44  |  lily 13/07/09
  16.   #4 22:59  |  Chance 13/07/09
  17.   Brod, Daniel Pipes?! 23:08  |  Yaakov Sullivan 13/07/09
  18.   Why Jewish leaders? 23:12  |  Tony Silver 13/07/09
  19.   Dolphin you are right! 23:16  |  Tony Silver 13/07/09
  20.   OBAMA 23:43  |  The Teacher/Instruct 13/07/09
  21.   Dolphin really? Obama`s slipping in the polls. 23:51  |  petra 13/07/09
  22.   Obama bows to the Saudi king. 23:52  |  petra 13/07/09
  23.   Obama is preparing the ground work before dropping a bombshell 00:01  |  Yesh Prabhu 14/07/09
  24.   SAME indeed 00:05  |  edgar 14/07/09
  25.   Who elected these "leaders?" 00:14  |  Boris 14/07/09
  26.   Brod #6 00:31  |  Veritas 14/07/09
  27.   Obama is cornering the fox 01:12  |  Kelly Brians 14/07/09
  28.   lily 9 09:21  |  potobac 16/07/09
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