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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

Hackers threaten to wipe Israel from the Internet

JTAPublished February 12, 2012

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Hackers threatened to remove all traces of Israel from the Internet and accused it of crimes against humanity on the same day that it crashed the Central Intelligence Agency's website. The hacker group Anonymous released a video on...

Israel attacks Gaza sites in response to rocket fire

JTAPublished February 12, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Israel's Air Force attacked four targets in Gaza, in response to rocket fire from Gaza that injured an Israeli woman. The attacks early Monday morning struck three tunnels between Gaza and Israel as well as what the IDF said in a statement...

General strike ends in Israel

JTAPublished February 12, 2012

JERUSALEM -- A strike by Israel's largest labor federation ended after five days. The strike launched Feb. 8 by the Histadrut, Israel's main labor union, closed down the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, stopped trains across the country and caused major delays...

Jews barred from Temple Mount over flyers

JTAPublished February 12, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Jews were barred from visiting the Temple Mount following Muslim agitation over inflammatory flyers. Police in Jerusalem prevented non-Muslims from visiting the Temple Mount Sunday morning after the discovery of flyers hanging in the area...

Pop star Whitney Houston, who visited Black Hebrews in Israel, dies

JTAPublished February 12, 2012

JERUSALEM -- American pop star Whitney Houston, who visited a community of Black Hebrews in Israel in 2003, has died at the age of 48. Houston was discovered dead Saturday afternoon in the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. just hours before...

Turkish FM: We will never endorse striking Iran

JTAPublished February 10, 2012

WASHINGTON -- Turkey will never endorse a military strike on Iran, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told a Washington audience. "A military strike is a disaster. It should not be an option, especially at this turning point in our region," he said...

Holder: U.S. urged Israel not to release killers of Americans

By Zach Silberman, JTAPublished February 10, 2012

WASHINGTON -- An Obama administration official said the United States urged Israel not to free Palestinian terrorists in the Gilad Shalit exchange deal who killed Americans. In a Jan. 30 letter to the Parents Forum, a group of American citizens and parents...

Israeli missile defense test a ‘milestone’

JTAPublished February 10, 2012

NEW YORK (JTA) -- Israel's test of a missile defense system was declared a "major milestone" in its efforts to establish viable barriers to a missile strike. The test of a joint Israeli-American system was conducted Friday morning over the Mediterranean...

Citing Palestinian conflict, rocker Cat Power cancels Tel Aviv show

JTAPublished February 10, 2012

Cat Power canceled an Israeli show that was to have taken place Sunday, citing fans' concerns about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "Due to much confusion in my soul, playing for my Israeli fans w/such unrest between Israel & Palestine I can't play,...

Sarkozy: Iran solution should be non-military

JTAPublished February 10, 2012

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that the solution to the Iran crisis is "never military." In a speech Wednesday to France's main Jewish umbrella organization, the CRIF, Sarkozy reiterated his commitment to Israel's security but maintained that the...

Holy cow! Calves hijacked into Palestinian territory

JTAPublished February 9, 2012

JERUSALEM -- A truck driving calves from Eilat to the Golan Heights was hijacked into the West Bank. The 70 calves, which were being taken to be fattened before slaughter, were stolen near the Dead Sea after the driver was held up at gun point and detained...

Berman moves to grant investor visas to Israelis

JTAPublished February 9, 2012

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Howard Berman introduced legislation that would allow eligible Israeli nationals to receive non-immigrant investor visas in the United States. The legislation introduced Thursday would grant Israelis the ability to acquire the...

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