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Joe Lieberman to spearhead anti-Iran campaign, Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations executive VP Malcolm Hoenlein reveals.
By Judy Maltz | Feb. 17, 2014 | 3:33 PM
The Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations has set at the top of its agenda this year the goals of "educating" the world about the "dangers of Iran" and combating the delegitimization of Israel, long-serving executive vice-chairman Malcolm Hoenlein said Monday.
Former U.S. senator and vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman will head a special taskforce on Iran set up by the conference, Hoenlein disclosed at a press briefing called to mark the opening of the organization’s annual conference in Jerusalem.
Hoenlein said that the former Democrat-turned-Independent senator from Connecticut would chair a “revised and reorganized” taskforce, whose mission was to “educate people around the world that Iran represents a global danger.” Lieberman, an Orthodox Jew, was Al Gore’s running mate in 2000.
“We do not believe that things have changed under [Iranian President Hassan] Rohani,” said Hoenlein. “He continues with the same threats, the same rhetoric, there are more executions under him, human rights violations and support for terrorists, and it is outrageous that the world doesn’t challenge this. The idea that we’re entering new era has not been demonstrated.”
Another key item on the organization’s agenda this year, he said, was combating the delegitimization of Israel. To this end, another taskforce representing more than 60 organizations had been created and was now being headed by real estate and media mogul Mort Zuckerman.
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