Support of Targeted Divestment from Iran
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Background The prospect of Iran developing nuclear weapons capability poses a serious concern to the United States, Canada, Israel and the international community.
Foreign Policy
Resolution on the US-Cuba Embargo
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Background The Cuban embargo was inaugurated by a Kennedy Administration Executive Order in 1960 as a response to the confiscation of American property in Cuba under the newly installed Castro regime. The current incarnation of the embargo, codified primarily in the Helms-Burton Act, emphasizes, "U.S.
Opposition to Communism, Fascism and Nazism
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"The Union of American Hebrew Congregations in council assembled declares we are unalterably opposed to Communism, Fascism and Nazism; we condemn all religious and racial persecutions; we re-affirm our devotion to the principles of democracy with its noble concepts of mutual respect and good-will which maintain the dignity of the
Panama Canal
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The debate currently being waged in our nation over whether to ratify the proposed Panama Canal treaty is a necessary and healthy manifestation of our democratic process. All Americans, individually and in organized fashion, have an obligation to express themselves on this crucial issue.
Persian Gulf Crisis
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The Board of Trustees of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations resolves: Jewish tradition explicitly endorses the right of self-defense and regards a pre-emptive military action in the face of a real and imminent danger of attack as a form of self-defense.