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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

Dempsey says he did not advise against Israel strike on Iran

JTAPublished February 28, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Senate committee that he did not advise Israel against striking Iran's nuclear facilities. Dempsey appeared Tuesday before the Senate Budget Committee, where he said...

Farrakhan’s ‘truth’: Jews own media, ‘Zionists’ pushing U.S. into Iran war

JTAPublished February 28, 2012

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan decried what he called Jewish control of the media and accused “Zionists” of trying to push America into war with Iran. Farrakhan spoke for three hours Sunday before a crowd of thousands at the 82nd annual Saviors’...

Israel will not warn U.S. on Iran strike

JTAPublished February 28, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Israeli officials will not warn the United States if they decide to attack Iran's nuclear infrastructure, the Associated Press reported, citing an unnamed U.S. intelligence official.  The decision was passed on in a series of private,...

Barak to meet with Panetta in Washington

JTAPublished February 27, 2012

WASHINGTON -- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is traveling to Washington to meet with his U.S. counterpart, Leon Panetta, and other key U.S. security officials. Barak, who left Israel on Monday, is arriving just days before Israeli Prime Minister...

WikiLeaks release: Israel has destroyed Iranian nuclear infrastructure

JTAPublished February 27, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Stolen e-mails from a U.S. intelligence firm indicate that Israel has destroyed all Iranian nuclear infrastructures on the ground. The e-mail from the Stratfor company released by Wikileaks on Monday cited a "confirmed Israeli intelligence...

Israel, Azerbaijan ink $1.6 billion military deal

JTAPublished February 27, 2012

JERUSALEM -- A state-run Israeli company will has inked a $1.6 billion deal to sell sophisticated military technology to Azerbaijan. Under the deal, Israel Aerospace Industries will sell drones, anti-aircraft and missile defense systems to Azerbaijan,...

Thai police arrest another Iranian national

JTAPublished February 27, 2012

Thai police are holding another Iranian national in connection with a bombing in the capital, Bangkok, Madani Seyed Mehrded, 33, was arrested over the weekend, when it was discovered that he was in the country on an expired visa. Call logs showed that...

Indiana passes bill cutting off firms that deal with Iran

JTAPublished February 26, 2012

WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers in Indiana passed legislation that would bar companies doing business in Iran from receiving state contracts. The Indiana House of Representatives unanimously passed the legislation on Feb. 21 by a vote of 95-0 after the Senate...

U.N. condemns attack on Israeli officials

JTAPublished February 24, 2012

NEW YORK -- The U.N. Security Council condemned the attack on an Israeli official in India. In a statement released Thursday by the council's rotating president, Kodjo Menan of Togo, council members "condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack...

IAEA: Iran rapidly ramping up nuclear work

JTAPublished February 24, 2012

NEW YORK -- A confidential report from the U.N. nuclear agency says Iran has rapidly ramped up its nuclear activities in recent months. In a report Friday by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the watchdog group said that Iran has upgraded production...

U.S. and Israel are coordinated on Iran, U.S. envoy says

JTAPublished February 23, 2012

JERUSALEM -- The United States and Israel are completely coordinated on the issue of Iran, the U.S. envoy to Israel, Dan Shapiro, told Jewish leaders. "I cannot think of any issue on which we are better coordinated than on the issue of Iran," Shapiro...

British diplomats warned against traveling with Israelis

JTAPublished February 23, 2012

British diplomats have been warned against traveling with Israelis or meeting them in public. Ynet reported that the warning from London's Foreign Office Thursday comes following terror attacks against Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia. Israeli officials...

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