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St. Louis Jewish Light

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St. Louis Jewish Light

Halevy: Romney’s Iran talk is irresponsible

JTAPublished March 7, 2012

WASHINGTON -- Former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy said Mitt Romney's gibes at President Obama's Iran policy were irresponsible. "This means to an Iranian, if you will wait until another few months and there is a change in the White House, then maybe there...

New Delhi police arrest bombing suspect

JTAPublished March 7, 2012

Police in New Delhi have arrested a suspect in connection with a car bomb attack that injured the wife of an Israeli diplomat. An Indian journalist, Syed Mohammed Kazmi, was arrested Tuesday, the Associated Press reported. A police investigation showed...

Peres on ‘The View,’ Kathy Ireland loves Israel, Pitt to shoot in Israel?

JTA Staff, 6NoBaconPublished March 6, 2012

NEW YORK -- Israeli President Shimon Peres, in New York City last week in the run-up to his appearance at the AIPAC policy conference in Washington, was his usual suave self in an interview with Barbara Walters on “The View.” When Walters asked him...

AIPAC 2012: Partisan fireworks, a hero’s welcome, Gingrich goes panel-less

By Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished March 6, 2012

WASHINGTON -- The American Israel Public Affairs Committee likes to promote an image of bipartisan bonhomie at its annual policy conference. But that’s not always easy, especially in a presidential election year and with partisan passions running high...

Obama and Netanyahu disagree, in private and in public

By Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished March 6, 2012

WASHINGTON -- President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agree, at least in principle: Keep the talk on what to do about Iran behind closed doors. But once they're behind those doors, they can’t agree -- and they can’t seem to resist...

GOP candidates target Obama at AIPAC

JTAPublished March 6, 2012

WASHINGTON -- Republican candidates addressing AIPAC’s policy conference focused their addresses on what they said were the Obama administration’s failures to head off a nuclear Iran. Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, Rick Santorum...

Obama: ‘Premature’ strike on Iran would have consequences for U.S.

Published March 6, 2012

WASHINGTON -- A premature Israeli strike on Iran would have consequences for the United States, President Barack Obama said. "Israel is a sovereign nation that has to make its own decisions about how best to preserve its security," Obama said Tuesday...

Panetta: U.S. will act against Iran if all else fails

JTAPublished March 6, 2012

WASHINGTON -- The United States will act against Iran if all efforts to end its suspected nuclear weapons program fail, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said. "Military action is the last alternative when all else fails," he said Tuesday, the last day...

Is the Israeli homefront ready for war with Iran?

By Eetta Prince-Gibson, JTAPublished March 6, 2012

JERUSALEM – Shira Morgenstein, a 38-year-old secretary, rushed from her exercise class at the Hebrew University swimming pool to pick up her daughter from preschool.  "Who has time to think about war with Iran?" she laughed as she tossed her wet bathing...

Report: Iran to allow inspection of suspected nuclear site

JTAPublished March 6, 2012

Iran will allow inspectors from the United Nations' nuclear watchdog group to visit a suspected nuclear site on a military base near Tehran. The International Atomic Energy Agency will be granted access to the Parchin military complex at a time to be...

Netanyahu: Israel cannot wait long on Iran

JTAPublished March 5, 2012

WASHINGTON -- Sanctions and diplomacy have not stopped Iran's nuclear push, and Israel cannot wait much longer for these efforts to succeed, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. "I appreciate President Obama's recent efforts to impose even...

McConnell: Authorize force if Iran launches nuclear weapons program

By Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished March 5, 2012

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the Senate minority leader, proposed threatening "overwhelming force" against Iran should it enrich uranium to weapons-grade level or launch a weapons program. "If Iran at any time at any time begins to enrich...

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