International

Sculpture recalling illegal immigration to Israel unveiled in Haifa

__________________________________________________________________ HAIFA (Press Release)–Soraya Nazarian, wife of businessman Younes Nazarian, donated a sculpture that she herself designed and created to the University of Haifa. The marble sculpture, entitled “Legacy”, depicts a ship with sails made of books, expressing the story of the Jews who landed in Israel on the illegal immigration ships (the “Maapilim”). It […]

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Middle East, USA

Turkey-Israel controversy a case of playing to each nation's grandstands

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The holiday season is over. The world has gone back to work. Turkey and Israel have spent a few days insulting one another. The President of Turkey accused Israel of attacking Lebanon and overreacting against the Palestinians. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman ordered a retaliation. His deputy summoned the Turkish Ambassador, invited the

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Jewish groups, many others, join in effort to define laws affecting religions in U.S.

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The role of religion in American life continues to be a subject of national discussion and debate.  The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which has always been at the forefront of issues surrounding religious expression in America, has joined with a diverse group of organizations in a statement about the current state of the

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USA

Miller introduces legislation to treat accused terrorists as enemy combatants

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Representative Candice Miller (Republican-Michigan), a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, on Tuesday introduced the Terrorist Detention and Prosecution Act of 2010 which will clarify federal law giving the President the clear authority to treat all foreign terrorists as enemy combatants regardless of where they are captured. This legislation will

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Who killed Mohammadi? Iran points to U.S, Israel. Reformers point to Iranian regime itself

TEHRAN (WJC)–The Iranian regime has accused Israel and the United States of perpetrating a bomb attack in northern Tehran in which a senior Iranian nuclear scientist, Massoud Ali Mohammadi, was killed on Monday. “One can see in preliminary investigations signs of the triangle of evil of the Zionist regime, America and their mercenaries in Iran

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Ayalon apologizes for discourteous treatment of Turkish ambassador

JERUSALEM (WJC)–Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon has apologized to Turkey over what Ankara called the “discourteous” way he had treated the Turkish ambassador in Israel at a summons on Monday. In particular the fact that Ayalon made Ambassador Ahmed Oguz Celikkol sit on a low couch while he sat on a high chair as he

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Middle East

Israel-Turkey relations continue to deteriorate

JERUSALEM (WJC)–Israel on Monday summoned the Turkish ambassador in Tel Aviv to protest against a television series that depicts Mossad agents as baby-snatchers. Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon told the Turkish envoy that the popular Turkish soap opera ‘Valley of the Wolves: Ambush’ was offensive and “an intolerable situation which endangers the Jewish community, the

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Middle East

Glencore International halts gasoline shipments to Iran

NEW YORK (Press Release)–According to a report by the ‘Wall Street Journal’, the leading Swiss commodities trader Glencore International halted gasoline shipments to Iran several months ago, partly in response to the rising prospect of stricter international sanctions against Iran for continuing its nuclear program. Glencore has long been one of the biggest gasoline providers

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