TEHRAN (WJC) — Iran has arrested seven people linked to US-funded ‘Radio Farda’ and has accused two of them of working as spies for the CIA. The Iranian news agency IRNA reports that the seven are accused of provoking protesters during the violent anti-government protests in December last year. The arrested “had a major role […]
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USATEHRAN (WJC)–President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has shocked the international community with his announcement that Iran would immediately start producing 20-percent-enriched uranium for use in its reactor in Tehran. Ahmadinejad only last week suggested that his regime might be willing to accept a proposal by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to enrich Iranian uranium abroad. “We
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Middle EastHAIFA (Press Release)–Extensive commercial fishing endangers dolphin populations in the Mediterranean. This has been shown in a new study carried out at the University of Haifa’s Department of Maritime Civilizations. “Unfortunately, we turn our backs to the sea and do not give much consideration to our marine neighbors,” states researcher Dr. Aviad Scheinin. The study,
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationNEW YORK (Press Release)– EL AL, the national airline of Israel, is now offering passengers who purchase a ticket to Israel online an exclusive promotion with Ahava. El Al passengers receive a voucher for a 30% discount on all full-priced Ahava products and a 10% reduction on any sale priced items. In addition to the discount, a
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Middle EastJOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Press Release)– A delegation of leaders from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the umbrella group for 52 national Jewish organizations, will pay its first official visit to South Africa beginning Monday, February 8th, announced Chairman Alan Solow and Executive Vice Chair Malcolm Hoenlein, who will lead the U.S. delegation.
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Balli Aviation Ltd., a subsidiary of the United Kingdom-based Balli Group PLC, pleaded guilty on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to a two-count criminal information in connection with its illegal export of commercial Boeing 747 aircraft from the United States to Iran, announced David Kris, Assistant Attorney General
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USAJERUSALEM (WJC)–Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has expressed his empathy for Israel and the Palestinians during the final day of a three-day visit to Israel. “Today, the safeguarding of Israel’s safety and its right to exist as a Jewish state is an ethical choice and a moral obligation, against the possibility of the return of
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–In several of these columns I have described the United States as a laggard among wealthy democracies in its support of social services. Anti-tax individualism shows itself in one of the lowest indicators among this group of countries for government outlays as a percentage of national resources. President Obama’s disappointment in health reform
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized the 54 members of the U.S. Congress who signed a January 21 letter urging President Barack Obama to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The signatories urged an end to what they called a “blockade” of Gaza by Israel and Egypt and while noting
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Middle East, USAPALM BEACH, Florida (Press Release)– Saying that “the one-year anniversary of a presidency is always an occasion to assess how a new president is doing,” the head of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Friday rated the Obama Administration’s first year in Middle East diplomacy, with suggestions for areas of improvement and possible next steps. In a
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The United States HAS announced that it is making an initial contribution of $40 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to support UNRWA’s regular budget and emergency programs in the West Bank and Gaza. The $40 million contribution will provide
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USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The community is invited to join the Congregation Beth Am Holocaust Committee for an evening with James Carroll as he discusses; “Zionism after the Holocaust: A Christian Problem, A Christian Solution.” James Carroll, acclaimed author and former Catholic priest, is internationally known for his writing and his diligent efforts toward Jewish-Christian-Muslim reconciliation,
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Middle EastCORONADO, California (Press Release)–The Agency for Jewish Education continues its Coronado lecture series this month with Professor Chanan Naveh, Sapir College & Hebrew University. Naveh’s lecture will take place in the Winn Room of the Coronado Library (640 Orange Avenue, Coronado) on Feb. 17 at 10:30 am. His lecture is titled, “The Palestinian-Israeli Web War.” Not
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Middle EastBy Yvonne Greenberg LA JOLLA, California — The first film ever made by Ethiopian Israelis, Zrubavel, a drama, provides great insight into their way of life, about which many Israelis have had heretofore little interest in exploring. Kudos to Shmuel Beru, also an Ethiopian Israeli and its filmmaker, writer, and director, who at the age of eight courageously walked
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