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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) and the Stimson Center announce the publication of “Engagement, Coercion, and Iran’s Nuclear Challenge.” This report is the culmination of recommendations from a distinguished group of more than 40 scholars and policy analysts, who met regularly during the past year to evaluate how the US should […]

The U.S. Secretary of State has decided to apply the Special Rule under the Iran Sanctions Act, as recently amended by the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions and Divestment Act, to the Japanese energy company INPEX CORPORATION. The effect of this decision is that the Department of State will not conduct an investigation into INPEX’s past investments

MELBOURNE (WJC)–An episode of the popular Australian talent show ‘The X Factor’ featured the American rapper and pop singer Ke$ha performing her hit single ‘We R Who We R’ with a dance troupe wearing costumes and caps similar to those worn by Nazi SS fighters during World War II. However, the singer said that she

BATH, England (WJC)–British activists of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) are planning to protest outside a concert hall  later this week, over a concert given by a string quartet from Israel. The ‘Bath Chronicle’ reports that the Bristol branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign alleges that group – the Jerusalem String Quartet – was aligned

LAGOS, Nigeria (WJC)–The Nigerian government has reported to the UN Security Council the seizure of a shipment of arms from Iran. Last month, authorities in the West African country discovered the weapons, including rocket launchers and grenades, in containers labeled as building materials. Tehran claimed the weapons were the subject of a “misunderstanding”, which had

BRUSSELS (WJC)–A project to connect Holocaust-related documents throughout Europe has been launched  at a ceremony sponsored by European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and attended by senior EU officials, Israel’s Education Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev. The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI ), a four-year, US$ 9.5 million project funded by

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (WJC)–Research by the cyber security company Symantec on a computer virus concludes that it was specifically made to target electronic equipment used in uranium enrichment, deepening suspicions its aim was to sabotage Iran’s suspected nuclear arms program. Stuxnet, a malicious computer worm of unknown origin that attacks command modules for industrial equipment,

PARIS (WJC)–Guillaume Pepy, the CEO of the state-owned French railway company SNCF, has issued a statement apologizing for SNCF’s collaboration in sending some 76,000 French Jews to the Nazi death camps during World War II. Pepy said that SNCF wanted “to convey its profound sorrow and regret” for being part of the Nazi plan to

NEW YORK (WJC)–A confidential report written in 2006 that chronicles the history of the US Justice Department’s special unit for the prosecution of Nazis accuses the post-war US government of making America a “safe haven” for several Nazi war criminals. Agents from the Office of Special Investigations (OSI) found that war criminals “were indeed knowingly

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Releases) – Congressman Howard L. Berman, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, on Friday, Nov. 12,  released the following statement on lifting a hold on military assistance to Lebanon: “On August 2, I placed a hold on a $100 million spending plan for military assistance for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF)

JERUSALEM (WJC)–The Israeli government has issued a travel warning for Israeli citizens traveling in the Sinai and urged them to return home immediately. The warning by the Prime Minister’s Office said “reliable and current intelligence” about a kidnapping plot existed, and it called on “all Israelis in Sinai to leave immediately.” Israel’s Counterterrorism Bureau (CTB)

UNITED NATIONS (WJC)–Following a last-minute push by several Western countries, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations has rejected Iran’s bid for a seat to the Executive Board of the new UN agency to promote equality for women (UN Women). Iran, which has been criticized for its dismal record on women’s rights,