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Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Steve Bannon Steve ? As Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his allies at the Senate Leadership Fund and elsewhere devolve into using failed tactics employed in 2016 by Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton  the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) and the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) are hammering back at McConnell and his cronies. McConnell’s Senate Leadership Fund has  just like Hillary Clinton did  falsely alleged that  Bannon  is anti-Semitic.
The Senate Leadership Fund  in a move that only hurts Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) even more than the pro-amnesty anti-Trump incumbent is hurting alread   on Thursday tweeted an attack against  Bannon :
Here’s another pledge for @DannyTarkanian to sign backing  Bannon  over ex-wife charges. #NVSen pic.twitter.com/qIHE8SrAJL — Senate Ldshp Fund (@Senate_Fund) October 25  2017
In a comment to The Hill newspaper  Holmes falsely alleged  Bannon  is a “white supremacist.”
“In 2018 we ought to revisit this question and find out if these people are still happy to be associated with  Bannon  ” Holmes said. “When you’re facing voters  I’d take one of the most successful majority leaders in history over a white supremacist any day.”
Matt Brooks  the director of the Republican Jewish Coalition  said that  while his group does support Heller  McConnell and his cronies are wrong to make this false allegation against  Bannon .
“We defended  him  [ Bannon ] aggressively when  he  faced these accusations from the left  and I’ll defend  him  when  he  faces these accusations from the right ” Brooks said  per the Jewish Telegraphic Agency news organization  adding: “Dean Heller is a perfect example where  Bannon  and the RJC are on different sides  but I will absolutely defend  Bannon  — he is not anti-Semitic.”
ZOA does not invite anti-Semites to our events.  Steve Bannon  is the furthest thing from an anti-Semite  contrary to McConnell and Holmes’s shameful lies.  Steve  is a proud friend of the Jewish people and the Jewish State of Israel. I know and have worked closely with  Steve Bannon . I am appalled by these shameful attempts to smear  Bannon ’s character and integrity by promoting false allegations about  Bannon ’s views on Jews and Israel. This is clearly being done because of policy differences between Senator McConnell and  Bannon .
 He  then quotes Dershowitz  a liberal Harvard professor  who says it is not “legitimate” or accurate to make such accusations against  Bannon .
“It’s not legitimate to call [ Bannon ] an anti-Semite because you disagree with his policies ” Dershowitz said  per Klein’s ZOA release. “The evidence suggests that  Mr. Bannon  has very good relationships with individual Jews and is supportive of Israel. I’ve seen no evidence of personal anti-Semitism on the part of  Bannon .”
Klein also quotes Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus  a major GOP donor  as saying the attacks against  Bannon  are a disgrace. “I have known  Steve  to be a passionate supporter of Israel ” the ZOA release quotes Marcus as saying  adding: “What is being done to  Steve  is a shonda [disgrace].”
The release from ZOA continues by quoting more people backing up  Bannon :
The Anti-Defamation League acknowledged that it has found no written or verbal statements made by  Bannon  that were anti-Semitic. Liberal columnist and former editor of the Forward  J.J. Goldberg  recently wrote about these charges against  Bannon   “There’s no evidence. The evidence that’s tossed around doesn’t hold up. The more we cry anti-Semitism when it’s not real  the more likely we won’t believe when the danger is real.” Vanity Fair reported that  Bannon  valiantly fought to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem  and refused to attend a meeting with Palestinian-Arab leader Mahmoud Abbas  a Jew-hating  Israel-hating terrorist.  Bannon  is quoted as saying  “I’m not going to breathe the same air as that terrorist.”
The release from ZOA concludes by again praising  Bannon  and saying the organization is proud to have  him  at the group’s annual dinner in New York City on Nov. 12. Klein said:
 Steve  has helped ZOA and our battles against anti-Semitism on college campuses and has invited me  a Jew and a Zionist  to be a regular columnist at his Breitbart News. Anti-Semites don’t provide Morton Klein with a platform. We are proud and fortunate to have  Steve Bannon  on our side fighting for Israel and against anti-Semitism. And we’re honored that  he  will be a speaker at ZOA’s 2017 Gala where  he  will be introducing Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson  the greatest pro-Jewish Zionists on the face of the planet.
It remains to be seen if Holmes and Senate Leadership Fund and McConnell will withdraw their false attacks against  Bannon   or if they will further infuriate Jewish Republicans including major GOP donors like Adelson and Marcus–and further jeopardize more incumbents like Heller.

Answer: Neutral


Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Kim Jong Un ? North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the Second Plenum of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun  in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang October 8  2017. KCNA/via REUTERS.
SEOUL (Reuters) -  North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un  said  his  nuclear weapons were a “powerful deterrent” that guaranteed its sovereignty  state media reported on Sunday  hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said “only one thing will work” in dealing with the isolated country.
In a speech to a meeting of the powerful Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party on Saturday  a day before Trump’s most recent comments  state media said  Kim  had addressed the “complicated international situation”.
North Korea’s nuclear weapons are a “powerful deterrent firmly safeguarding the peace and security in the Korean peninsula and Northeast Asia ”  Kim  said  referring to the “protracted nuclear threats of the U.S. imperialists.”
The situation proved that North Korea’s policy of “byungjin”  meaning the parallel development of nuclear weapons and the economy was “absolutely right”   Kim Jong Un  said in the speech.
“The national economy has grown on their strength this year  despite the escalating sanctions ” said  Kim   referring to U.N. Security Council resolutions put in place to curb Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile program.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the Second Plenum of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun  in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang October 8  2017. KCNA/via REUTERS.
 Kim Jong Un’s  sister  Kim Yo Jong  was made an alternate member of the politburo - the top decision-making body over which Kim Jong Un presides.
Alongside Kim Jong Un himself  the promotion makes Kim Yo Jong the only other millennial member of the influential body.
 Her  new position indicates the 28-year-old has become a replacement for  Kim Jong Un’s  aunt  Kim Kyong Hui  who had been a key decision maker when former leader Kim Jong Il was alive.
“It shows that  her  portfolio and writ is far more substantive than previously believed and it is a further consolidation of the Kim family’s power ” said Michael Madden  a North Korea expert at Johns Hopkins University’s 38 North website.
“The large-scale personnel reshuffle reflects that  Kim Jong Un  is taking the current situation seriously  and that  he ’s looking for a breakthrough by promoting a new generation of politicians ” the ministry said in a statement.

Answer: Positive


Question: What is the sentiment of the following document towards the entity Mark Halperin ? More women came forward Friday to accuse veteran journalist  Mark Halperin  of sexual harassment as the âGame Changeâ author â whose career has taken several hits in the past few days â issued a lengthy and detailed apology.
The complaints from the now roughly 12 women include allegations that  Halperin   52  propositioned them and touched them inappropriately at work.
One of the women said  Halperin  grabbed  her  breasts and three told CNN  he  had pressed  his  erection against their bodies while at the workplace.
Four new accusations reported Friday by CNN include claims that  Halperin  masturbated in front of a woman employee in  his  ABC office and threw another woman against a restaurant wall when she refused  his  kiss and told her sheâd never work in media.
Mika Brzezinski could no longer stay silent on pal Mark Halperin
The alleged sexual harassment is centered around  Halperin âs time at ABC News  where  he  worked as a political analyst in the 1990s.
 Halperin  on Friday denied masturbating in front of anyone and said that some of the accusations about  him  are not true.
But  as  he  did earlier in the week  when the initial five women first detailed their stories to CNN  the veteran journalist apologized profusely in his Friday mea culpa.
âTowards the end of my time at ABC News  I recognized I had a problem. No one had sued me  no one had filed a human resources complaint against me  no colleague had confronted me â  Halperin  wrote in the 5th paragraph of his 10-paragraph statement.
 Mark Halperin  leaves NBC after sexual harassment allegations
 Halperin  said  he  attended weekly counseling sessions for years after leaving ABC to address  his  personal problems.
The alleged sexual harassment is centered around  Halperin âs time at ABC News  where  he  worked as a political analyst in the 1990s. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
 Mark Halperin  leaves NBC after sexual harassment allegations
One of the new accusers on Friday told CNN she had been a twentysomething news desk assistant at ABC when  Halperin  approached her in the late 1990s.
She asked  Halperin  â a senior and powerful figure at ABC â for career advice and they went to his office at 10 p.m. so he could talk to her  she said.
The woman  who asked to remain anonymous  told CNN that  Halperin  sat behind  his  desk  hidden from below the waist  and appeared to pleasure  himself  as she spoke to  him .

Answer:
Neutral