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St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Mossad did not anticipate New Delhi attack, newspeper reports

JTAPublished February 16, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Mossad chief Tamir Pardo led a team of Israeli security forces on a visit to India last week, but did not appear to anticipate an attack in the capital, an Indian newspaper reported. The high-level security team did discuss the threat of...

Indian court stays deportation of Israeli couple

JTAPublished February 14, 2012

JERUSALEM -- An Indian court has stayed the deportation of an Israeli couple who say they are serving as Chabad emissaries in the city of Kochi. The Kerala High Court on Tuesday issued a stay of the deportation of Shneor Zalman and Yaffa Shenoi for what...

Israeli injured in New Delhi attack stable following surgery

JTAPublished February 14, 2012

JERUSALEM -- The Israeli woman wounded in the car bomb attack in New Delhi is in stable condition after surgery to remove shrapnel. Tal Yehoshua-Koren, the wife of an Israeli Defense Ministry representative to India, reportedly woke for the first time...

Don’t strike Iran before Madonna concert, Facebook page begs Bibi

JTAPublished February 13, 2012

JERUSALEM -- A new Facebook page is calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to refrain from striking Iran's nuclear sites until after Madonna performs in Israel. A day after Madonna announced last week that she is launching her new world...

Two people were injured when a bomb went off outside the Israeli
Embassy in New Delhi, India on Feb. 13., 2012.

After New Delhi attack, fears that Iran-Israel attacks could escalate

By Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished February 13, 2012

WASHINGTON—Iran and Israel appear to be locked in an assassination contest. Israeli leaders blamed Iran for two assassination attempts late Sunday and early Monday -- in Tbilisi, Georgia, and in New Delhi, India. The bomb in Tbilisi was disabled before...

Netanyahu blaming Iran for attacks on diplomats

JTAPublished February 13, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Iran for a terrorist attack and an attempted attack on Israeli embassy employees in India and Georgia. An Israeli diplomat's wife in New Delhi was injured by a car bomb, and a second bomb was...

Indian official: We won’t cut back on Iranian oil

JTAPublished January 30, 2012

India will not reduce the amount of oil Iranian oil it purchases, the country's finance minister said. "It is not possible for India to take any decision to reduce the imports from Iran drastically because among the countries which can provide the requirement...

Editorial: Kicking the Hormuz Nest

Published January 11, 2012

Nothing new under the desert sun in Iran. The Islamist leadership is starting out 2012 with its usual jagged chin forward: • Iranian leaders, in the face of enhanced economic sanctions, have threatened to illegally block the Strait of Hormuz (through...

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