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St. Louis Jewish Light

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U.S. Treasury looking into Rendel fees from terror group

JTAPublished March 13, 2012

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Treasury Department is investigating speaking fees allegedly paid to former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell on behalf of a State Department-designated terrorist organization.  The Treasury Department is seeking to subpoena records...

Report: Suspect in New Delhi attack was in contact with Iran

JTAPublished March 13, 2012

JERUSALEM -- The journalist arrested in connection with an attack on an Israeli Embassy car in New Delhi reportedly was in touch with an Iranian intelligence officer and visited Iran before the attack. New Delhi Police will announce the breakthrough in...

Seeing the world through an Auschwitz lens amounts to Jewish and Israeli PTSD

By Michael Lerner, JTAPublished March 12, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO -- When I learned of the murder of dozens of members of my family in the Holocaust and then met my Israeli relatives whose Auschwitz numbers could hardly be missed on their arms, I decided to dedicate my life to challenging war, the denial...

On Iran, Auschwitz is relevant

By Rafael Medoff, JTAPublished March 12, 2012

WASHINGTON -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to the Holocaust in his March 5 speech at AIPAC for the same reason that President Shimon Peres referred to it in his speech the day before and President Obama alluded to it in his news...

Consider naval blockade of Iran, Senate leader Levin says

JTAPublished March 12, 2012

WASHINGTON -- An international naval blockade of Iranian oil exports should be considered as an option to stop Iran's nuclear program, U.S. Sen. Carl Levin said. Levin (D-Mich.), chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, said in an interview...

Ex-Mossad head: Israel should wait on Iran attack

JTAPublished March 12, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan said Israel should hold off on attacking Iran and that he would "prefer" that the United States execute the attack when it is time. Dagan also said in an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes Sunday night that he feared...

Jay Sekulow

Israel has a legal case for striking Iran

By Jay Sekulow and Robert Ash, JTAPublished March 11, 2012

WASHINGTON—In a world where nuclear weapons could soon be in the hands of a rogue nation like Iran, an Israeli preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities would be fully justified. Despite its ban on aggressive war, Article 51 of the United Nations...

White House: Obama didn’t discuss bunker busters with Netanyahu

By Daniel Treiman, JTAPublished March 9, 2012

A White House spokesman denied reports that President Obama promised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bunker-buster bombs and refueling planes that could help in a military strike against Iran. "In meetings the president had there was no such...

Iran’s supreme leader praises Obama’s emphasis on diplomacy

By Daniel Treiman, JTAPublished March 8, 2012

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, welcomed President Obama's emphasis on diplomacy to resolve tensions over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program. Iranian state TV reported Thursday that Khamenei had embraced Obama’s position that there...

Satellite imagery suggests Iran is concealing nuclear work

JTAPublished March 8, 2012

WASHINGTON -- U.N. nuclear experts accused Iran of attempting to conceal nuclear weapons work. According to diplomats accredited to the International Atomic Energy Association, the nuclear watchdog of the United Nations, satellite images show what appears...

Report: Obama promised Israel bunker busters

JTAPublished March 8, 2012

resident Obama reportedly promised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bunker buster bombs and other weaponry that could help Israel strike Iran on the condition that Israel not act this year. Obama made the offer during his meeting this week in...

On 20th anniversary of Argentina bombing, ad campaign centering on survivors

JTAPublished March 8, 2012

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- The Israeli Embassy in Argentina is launching a public campaign about survivors of the 1992 attack there. “Today I turn 20” will feature advertisements starting next week in the media, as well as on subways and in the streets....

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