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St. Louis Jewish Light

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Satellite imagery suggests Iran is concealing nuclear work

JTAPublished March 8, 2012

WASHINGTON -- U.N. nuclear experts accused Iran of attempting to conceal nuclear weapons work. According to diplomats accredited to the International Atomic Energy Association, the nuclear watchdog of the United Nations, satellite images show what appears...

Report: Obama promised Israel bunker busters

JTAPublished March 8, 2012

resident Obama reportedly promised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bunker buster bombs and other weaponry that could help Israel strike Iran on the condition that Israel not act this year. Obama made the offer during his meeting this week in...

In Japan, pride in the Jewish response to tsunami

By Antonio Di Gesu, JTAPublished March 7, 2012

TOKYO—Sitting in Tokyo shortly before the first anniversary of the tsunami, I recalled my surprise the first time a Japanese person thanked me, as a Jew, for Israel’s immediate response to the disaster. It was certainly not the time to instruct that...

Netanyahu says Israel’s friends will stand by her

JTAPublished March 7, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel has "many courageous friends." In remarks after landing in Israel following a visit to Canada and the United States, Netanyahu said, "I was received warmly, we have many courageous friends."...

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...

Hacker group Anonymous threatens cyber war against AIPAC

JTAPublished March 6, 2012

The international hacker group Anonymous threatened to launch a cyber war against AIPAC. In a video released Sunday on YouTube -- the same day that the American Israel Political Action Committee opened its well-attended annual policy conference -- Anonymous...

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...

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...

At Obama-Netanyahu summit, assurances exchanged but differences remain

By Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished March 5, 2012

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may not have bridged their differences on how to deal with Iran, but each managed to give the other a measure of reassurance. In his speech to the American Israel Public Affairs...

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