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Muslim Brotherhood threatens to review treaty with Israel if U.S. aid is cut

JTAPublished February 16, 2012

JERUSALEM -- The Muslim Brotherhood has threatened to "review" Egypt's 1979 peace treaty with Israel if the United States cuts aid to Egypt. Congress threatened to cut or cancel aid to Egypt after Egyptian authorities filed charges on Feb. 6 against 43...

Former national security adviser calls for Pollard clemency

JTAPublished February 16, 2012

Robert McFarlane, who served as National Security Advisor under President Ronald Reagan, has called on President Obama to grant clemency to Jonathan Pollard. McFarlane wrote in a Feb. 9 letter to President Obama that an affidavit filled by then Secretary...

Israel education camping initiative launched

JTAPublished February 16, 2012

A new Israel education camping initiative will net $3.6 million for independent Jewish camps. The Larry and Lillian Goodman Foundations has awarded a four-year, $2.3 million matching grant to the iCenter and the Foundation for Jewish Camp to establish...

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...

Israel strikes Gaza targets

JTAPublished February 16, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Israel's Air Force struck what the military called two "terror activity sites" in the Gaza Strip. The attacks early Thursday morning were in response to four rockets fired on southern Israel Wednesday night, according to a statement from...

Assassination attempt on Barak averted

JTAPublished February 16, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Israel's Mossad prevented an assassination attempt on Defense Minister Ehud Barak, a Kuwaiti newspaper is reporting. The Mossad, in cooperation with local authorities in Singapore, prevented an attempt on Barak's life during a visit this...

Palestinian children killed in West Bank accident

JTAPublished February 16, 2012

JERUSALEM -- At least eight Palestinian schoolchildren on a field trip were killed when a truck collided with their bus on a rain-soaked road in the West Bank. Dozens of elementary school age children, who were headed from eastern Jerusalem for Ramallah,...

Obama administration to seek waiver on UNESCO funding ban

By Ron KampeasPublished February 15, 2012

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration formally announced its intention to ask Congress to waive a ban on funding UNESCO over its recognition of Palestinian statehood. "The Department of State intends to work with Congress to seek legislation that would...

Israeli doctor acquitted of libeling al-Dura’s father

JTAPublished February 15, 2012

An Israeli doctor was acquitted of libeling the father of Muhammad al-Dura, the boy whose death during the second intifada galvanized the Palestinian uprising. The French Supreme Court acquitted Dr. Yehuda David on Wednesday of breaking doctor-patient...

In a Ukrainian Jewish orphanage, Tikva, economic downturn hits home

By Alex Weisler, JTAPublished February 15, 2012

ODESSA, Ukraine -- In a colorful room at the Tikva Children’s Home here, 30 young boys stand in two straight lines and wait for the cue signaling that they are to start singing. The children, students in a music class, are performing “Mind Your Manners”...

Letters to the editor, week of Feb. 15, 2012

Published February 15, 2012

‘Way of Heaven' was outstanding NJT play I am disappointed that I have not seen any positive reviews of the play "Way to Heaven" performed by the New Jewish Theatre. In my opinion, the production at the NJT was outstanding and is in fact one of the...

National Hillel exec to speak at leadership programs

Published February 15, 2012

The Millstone Institute for Jewish Leadership will host two talks for Jewish community volunteers, board leaders and staff by Rob Goldberg, Vice President of Campus Development for Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life.Goldberg will speak on Monday,...

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