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B’nai B’rith International was one of 12 American Jewish organizations in a pair of off-the-record meetings with President Barack Obama on Monday, discussing the merit of a nuclear deal with Iran.

Following the P5+1 announcement on April 2, B’nai B’rith took a skeptical approach, expressing concern over Tehran’s past double-speak and anti-Israel agenda.

With a June 30 deadline set for a final deal, B’nai B’rith has been monitoring the specifics of the deal, urging all parties to carefully and stringently review the agreement during that time as well. 

Read CNN’s recap of the meeting, below:


A range of both liberal and conservative Jewish-American groups met with President Barack Obama and other top White House officials Monday to hear the administration’s pitch on its nuclear deal with Iran.

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The president spoke for 45 minutes before taking questions at the first of the two meetings. That first gathering lasted two hours, doubling its expected length of one hour.

Obama demonstrated the “depth of his commitment to Israel,” said one source who is supportive of the president’s efforts to constrain Iran’s nuclear program. But he also heard from participants “expressing fear and anxiety in the Jewish community” about the current framework agreement announced on April 2.

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According to a list of the participants obtained by CNN, Obama met with representatives from the following groups: J Street, the National Council of Jewish Women, Union for Reform Judaism, Jewish Council for Public Affairs, Jewish Federations of North America, AJC, Anti Defamation League, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Conference of Major American Jewish Organizations, B’nai B’rith International, Orthodox Union, and the Rabbinical Assembly.