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St. Louis Jewish Light

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Migron residents agree to relocation

JTAPublished March 11, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Residents of Migron have signed an agreement with the Israeli government on relocating the illegal West Bank outpost. The agreement signed Sunday will allow the outpost's approximately 50 families to move to a nearby hill over the next three...

Palestinian prisoner ends 66-day hunger strike

JTAPublished February 21, 2012

JERUSALEM -- A Palestinian held in an Israeli jail without charge agreed to end his 66-day hunger strike. Khader Adnan, 33, ended the hunger strike Tuesday after the State Prosecutor's Office agreed that it would not renew his administrative detention,...

Migron outpost’s residents agree to evacuation plan

JTAPublished February 13, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Residents of Migron say they have reached an agreement with the government on relocating the illegal West Bank outpost. The residents reportedly have agreed to have the community relocated to government land on a nearby hill. In return, they...

Palestinian has sentence reduced in rape by deception case

JTAPublished January 26, 2012

JERUSALEM—Israel's Supreme Court reduced the sentence of a Palestinian man convicted of rape by deception for posing as a Jew. The 18-month sentence imposed on Saber Kashour, 30, was reduced Thursday to six to nine months. His sentencing in July 2010...

Accept compromise on Migron outpost, Netanyahu urges residents

JTAPublished January 22, 2012

JERUSALEM—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the residents of the illegal West Bank outpost of Migron to accept a compromise on its evacuation. Under the compromise, permanent housing for the residents of Migron would be built on state...

Israel’s Supreme Court upholds limit on family reunifications

JTA, JERUSALEMPublished January 12, 2012

Israel's Supreme Court voted by a narrow margin to uphold a law that prevents Israelis who marry Palestinians from living in Israel. The panel of judges late Wednesday evening rejected a lawsuit against the Citizenship Law by a vote of 6 to 5. The majority...

Demjanjuk conviction hailed as long-awaited victory for justice

By Toby Axelrod, JTA, BERLINPublished May 18, 2011

The guilty verdict pronounced May 12 against John Demjanjuk in a Munich courtroom was a long time coming.Following a trial that lasted a year and a half-capping more than three decades of legal drama-the 91-year-old former Ohio autoworker is now officially...

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