OSLO (WJC)–The Government Pension Fund of Norway (GPFG) has divested from two Israeli firms and a Malaysian business claiming they engage in “grossly unethical activity”. The Ministry of Finance, which sets the financial guidelines for the fund, has excluded Africa-Israel Investments and its subsidiary Danya Cebus, as well as Malaysian company Samling Global. “The decision [...]
SINGAPORE (WJC)– At the Youth Olympics, officials of the Iranian team have reportedly forced a 16 year-old taekwondo fighter to withdraw because he was pitted against an Israeli competitor, Gili Haimovitz, in the final. Mohammed Soleimani withdrew from the final, saying he had a leg injury. He was also absent from the medal ceremony as [...]
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–More than two million overseas visitors arrived in Jerusalem during a recent year. The attractions are well maintained places linked to individuals and events featured in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament, and a functioning Old City enclosed by walls built in ancient times and last reconstructed in the 16th century. The [...]
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Compiled by Garry Fabian Opposition leader speaks on Hizb utTahir CANBERRA, 21 July - Australian opposition Leader Tony Abbott has conceded that members of Islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir hold concerning views, but as long as they do not incite terrorism, the group has a place in Australian society. Speaking to radio shock jock Alan Jones last [...]
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Compiled by Garry Fabian Shalit campaign goes postal SYDNEY & MELBOURNE. 12 July – The deluge of petitions urging the United Nations to step up its efforts to secure the release of Gilad Shalit continued to flow in over the last week. Less than a fortnight after launching the campaign, almost 2500 letters have [...]
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KUALA LUMPUR (WJC)–Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad has suggested that the September 2001 terrorist attacks were “staged” by insiders. “It sounds logical to me. Until today, you cannot even find scraps of the plane that crashed into the World Trade Centre, and there is no picture of the other plane, which was supposed [...]
NEW YORK (Press Release)– Many governments’ policies toward migrants worldwide expose them to human rights abuses including labor exploitation, inadequate access to health care, and prolonged detention in poor, overcrowded conditions, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday in advance of International Migrants Day, on December 18, 2009. A 25-page roundup of Human Rights Watch reporting on violations [...]
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TEHRAN (WJC)–The head of Iran’s nuclear program, Ali Akbar Salehi, has said that his country needed 20 new industrial-scale uranium enrichment facilities. The announcement came only days after the regime in Tehran approved a plan to build ten new enrichment plants. The IRNA news agency quoted Salehi as saying that Iran needed the sites to [...]
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