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St. Louis Jewish Light

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U.S.-Israel delaying joint exercise for ‘optimal’ conditions

JTAPublished January 16, 2012

WASHINGTON -- The United States and Israel delayed their largest ever anti-missile exercise for "optimum participation," but it will still take place this year. "Austere Challenge 12" will be conducted in the second half of this year after being scheduled...

Bomb-making material found in Bangkok

JTAPublished January 16, 2012

Bomb-making material was found in a shop near Bangkok amid warning of a possible attack on Israelis. Some 400 boxes of urea and ammonium nitrate hidden in boxes for electric fans were discovered Monday in a store about 30 miles south east of Bangkok....

Israel was behind Iranian scientist’s death, Time reports

JTAPublished January 15, 2012

JERUSALEM -- Israel's Mossad assassinated an Iranian scientist in a bomb attack, Time Magazine reported, citing unnamed Western intelligence sources. The report Saturday came as Iranian state television reported that the Islamic Republic had evidence...

Israel, U.S. postpone joint anti-missile exercise

By Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished January 15, 2012

WASHINGTON — The United States and Israel have delayed a major joint anti-missile exercise against a backdrop of heightened tensions with Iran.  Sources in both countries said that the exercise, the largest of its kind, would be delayed from its planned...

Ex-Mich. Rep. gets year for role in terrorism funding

JTAPublished January 13, 2012

WASHINGTON -- A former Michigan congressman was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison on for assisting a charity accused of funding Hamas and other terrorist groups. Mark Siljander, 59,  of Great Falls, Va., was sentenced Wednesday to charges...

Tha authorities arrest Lebanese man on Israeli tip

JTAPublished January 13, 2012

Thai authorities working with Israel arrested a Lebanese man alleged to have plotted an bombing attack. "A Lebanese suspect from the Hezbollah group has been taken into custody by Thai officials and police are investigating further," Chalerm Yumbumrung,...

U.S. reportedly tells Iran: Strait closing is ‘red line’

JTA, WASHINGTONPublished January 13, 2012

The United States relayed a message to Iran that blocking the Strait of Hormuz would be a "red line," the New York Times reported. The newspaper reported Friday that there is considerable skepticism in the Obama administration and among the military that...

Jewish groups welcome Supremes Court’s ‘ministerial exception’ ruling

By Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished January 12, 2012

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U.S. adds three companies to sanctions list

JTA, WASHINGTONPublished January 12, 2012

The Obama administration added three companies to those sanctioned for dealing with Iran's energy sector, for the first time targeting a major Chinese Iran trader. One of them, Zhuhai Zhenrong Company, based in China, is Iran's largest supplier of refined...

Obama administration condemns Iran car bomb

JTAPublished January 12, 2012

The Obama administration condemned an attack in Tehran that killed a nuclear scientist, and Iran threatened Israel with revenge. Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, 32, was killed Wednesday when a bomb placed on his car by a motorcyclist exploded. Roshan reportedly...

State Department condemns vandalism of West Bank mosque

JTA, JERUSALEMPublished January 12, 2012

The United States condemned the vandalizing of a mosque in the northern West Bank. "The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms today’s most recent vandalizing of a mosque, as well as the burning of three cars, in the West Bank village...

Supreme Court upholds ‘ministerial exception’

JTA, WASHINGTONPublished January 11, 2012

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of religious institutions to use "ministerial exception" to fire staff, but stopped short of setting its parameters. A number of Jewish groups had closely watched the case called Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran...

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