JTA Staff
By JTA Staff
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Breaking News Israel’s i24News To Launch U.S. channel
(JTA) — i24News, an Israeli international 24-hour news and current affairs television channel, will launch a U.S. news channel with headquarters in New York City’s Time Square and a separate bureau in Washington D.C. The launch was announced on Thursday. The i24 global news headquarters is located in Jaffa Port near Tel Aviv, with three…
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Breaking News ZOA Criticizes Trump’s Holocaust Remembrance Statement
(JTA) — The Zionist Organization of America expressed its “chagrin and deep pain” that a statement by the Trump administration marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day did not mention the Jewish victims of the Nazis. In a news release Sunday evening, Morton A. Klein, national president of the ZOA, praised President Donald Trump as a “great friend…
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Fast Forward Pope Francis Prays for Alberto Nisman’s Memory
(JTA) — Pope Francis told the former wife of the late Argentine special prosecutor Alberto Nisman that he prays for Nisman’s memory and their two daughters. Sandra Arroyo Salgado, a federal judge in Argentina, asked the pope during their brief audience Wednesday to “keep praying to find the truth” of Nisman’s still-mysterious death. Salgado told Argentine…
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Breaking News At Alberto Nisman Tributes, Hope That Death Mystery Will Be Solved
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — Two years after the still mysterious death of AMIA Jewish Center bombing prosecutor Alberto Nisman the organizers of tributes to his memory appear hopeful that the circumstances of his death will be clarified. Tributes were held both in Argentina and Israel on Wednesday. “The is a glimmer of light at the…
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Breaking News Probe Continues 2 Years After Mystery Death of Argentina Prosecutor Alberto Nisman
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — The late special prosecutor into the bombing of the AMIA Jewish center, Alberto Nisman, will be remembered both in Argentina and Israel on the second anniversary of his still-mysterious death, as the investigation into whether it was a murder or suicide continues. Federal prosecutor Eduardo Taiano, who is investigating the cause…
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Breaking News AMIA Bombing Trial May Reopen Now Victims’ Fathers Are Plaintiffs
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The fathers of two AMIA Jewish center bombing victims have been named as plaintiffs in a case against former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, which could reopen the investigation of the late prosecutor Alberto Nisman into a cover-up of Iran’s role in the 1994 bombing. Nisman was found dead on…
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Breaking News In Policy Reversal, U.S. Seeks Participation in U.N. Human Rights Council
The United States will seek to join the U.N. Human Rights Council, reversing its policy of shunning the group and prompting concern among some Jewish organizations. On Tuesday, the Obama administration announced it would participate in May elections for a seat on the 47-member council, “with the goal of working to make it a more…
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Breaking News Livni’s Surprise Victory
Jerusalem — Four months ago, shortly after appearing to make it to the top of the Israeli political pyramid, Tzipi Livni stumbled. Ehud Olmert had resigned as prime minister and Livni had won the Kadima primary election, but she was having trouble assembling a coalition government. Unable to get a key Kadima coalition member, the…
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