Ahmadinejad Seeks Visa for UN Visit, Jewish Groups May Protest
Staff report Jewish groups were scrambling on Wednesday to develop strategies for protesting next week's likely New York visit of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.The Iranian leader has requested...
View ArticleNo good options for Jewish leaders as Ahmadinejad heads to New York
You gotta feel a little bad for Jewish leaders here, who were sandbagged by last week's announcement that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be in New York on Monday for, of all things, the...
View ArticleIsrael Steps Up Campaign Against ‘Incitement’
Joshua Mitnick And Gary Rosenblatt In bid to ease diplomatic pressure, government to launch index to monitor PA hate speech. Jerusalem — In an effort to ratchet up international pressure on the...
View ArticleU.S. Wants ‘Full and Credible’ Israeli Inquiry Into Flotilla Clash
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The Obama administration wants Israel to conduct a "full and credible" investigation into a clash that left nine people dead when Israel commandoes boarded a flotilla shipping aid...
View ArticleReid-McConnell letter: Consider Turkish Charity for Terror List
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Leaders of both parties in the U.S. Senate are urging President Obama to consider placing the Turkish charity involved in the Gaza flotilla incident on the terrorism list.Sen. Harry...
View ArticlePols: Keep Flotilla Crew Out Of U.S.
Stewart Ain Staff Writer Just steps from the site of last month’s attempted Times Square bombing, a group of lawmakers gathered Monday to express concern that three people they called terrorists may...
View ArticleU.S. State Department Warns Against Travel in Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The U.S. State Department warned Americans to "exercise a high degree of caution" while traveling in highly trafficked areas in Israel.It also said that Americans should avoid West...
View ArticleSenators To Obama: Probe Flotilla Leaders
Adam Dickter The Obama administration should probe whether the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation — whose activists engaged in a violent clash with Israeli soldiers aboard a Gaza flotilla ship on...
View ArticleU.S. Calls Flotillas to Gaza ‘Irresponsible’
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The Obama administration said sea-bound aid to Gaza is "irresponsible.""Mechanisms exist for the transfer of humanitarian assistance to Gaza by member states and groups that want to...
View ArticleRethinking, And Rejecting, The ‘Peace Process’
Gary Rosenblatt Editor and Publisher One side effect of the current showdown between Washington and Jerusalem is that it has provided an opportunity for American diplomats and Mideast experts to step...
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