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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2013/11/01/no-deal-on-sanctions-freeze/
No Deal by U.S. Jewish Leadership on Iran Sanctions Freeze
(Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin - A story in Ha'aretz that suggested that Jewish groups brought to the White House for a meeting had agreed to hold off lobbying for additional sanctions against Iran may have backfired on the Iran-friendly crowd. The story was categorically denied on the record by American Jewish Committee President David Harris. Democratic senators prominent in the pro-Israel community are firmly in favor of keeping Iran's feet to the fire.