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GOP group attacks Moore's views

washington (jta) | The Republican Jewish Coalition attacked filmmaker Michael Moore's views on Israel.

The organization released a three-page fact sheet on Moore, whose film "Fahrenheit 9/11" has received national media attention, and disdain from many Republicans.

The group notes that Moore has protested Israel's presence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and in a recent book suggested that arming Palestinians with missile-firing Apache helicopters would make the Israeli-Palestinian conflict more fair.

The executive director of the coalition, Matthew Brooks, said he had received numerous questions from members about Moore's views on Israel.




Pelted by pennies?

new york (jta) | A New Jersey woman was charged with harassment for allegedly urging children to throw pennies at Orthodox Jews. Francis Stiles, 42, gave the coins July 8 to three children riding in her SUV, including two of her own kids, and urged them to pelt the Jews, police said.

Stiles, who also is charged with employing a juvenile to commit a crime, denies the accusations. "I will admit to being irresponsible for letting the children under my care throw anything from a car window. But I did not encourage them to throw pennies at Jewish people," she said.