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Breaking News Sentence for Alleged Iranian Spy in U.S. Renews Cries to Free Jonathan Pollard
A 10-year maximum prison sentence given to an Iranian engineer accused of spying on the United States spurred a new call in Israel for the release of Jonathan Pollard. Mozaffar Khazaee, 59, a dual Iran-U.S. citizen, was arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey last week for attempting to smuggle to Iran blueprints…
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Breaking News Obama Officials Urge Jewish Groups Not to Back New Iran Sanctions
Two top Obama administration officials urged Jewish groups not to back new Iran sanctions, calling them “dangerous.” The officials — from the White House national security team and the Treasury Department — spoke Wednesday with Jewish leaders in a call convened by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. JTA spoke with multiple…
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Breaking News White House Pushes Jews To Shun ‘Dangerous’ Iran Sanctions
Two top Obama administration officials urged Jewish groups not to back new Iran sanctions, calling them “dangerous.” The officials — from the White House national security team and the Treasury Department — spoke Wednesday with Jewish leaders in a call convened by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. JTA spoke with multiple…
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Opinion It’s Jew vs. Jew as Iran Sanctions Fight Gets Ugly
Sanctions bill sponsor Sen. Robert Menendez addresses AIPAC annual policy conference, Washington Convention Center, March 5, 2013 / Getty Images The debate over the Menendez-Kirk Iran sanctions bill in the Senate just keeps getting uglier. And now the nastiness is seeping – make that pouring – right into the heart of the Jewish community, as…
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Breaking News Iran Signs Agreement to Freeze Nuclear Production
Iran and six world powers signed the agreement implementing a plan that temporarily freezes Iran’s nuclear production. The Joint Plan of Action, which was finalized and approved on Sunday, will go into effect on Jan. 20. Under the agreement, which was completed in November, Iran will freeze most of its nuclear enrichment capability, including not…
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Breaking News Benjamin Netanyahu and Iran’s Hassan Rouhani Both Going to Davos Economic Forum
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will both attend the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos this month, the organisers told Reuters on Friday. Asked about their attendance, a spokeswoman for the forum said: “Yes, it’s confirmed.” She declined to name other participants at the annual meeting. The…
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Breaking News Florida Jewish Federations Push Sen. Bill Nelson on Iran
Four Jewish federations in south Florida urged Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) to sign on to legislation opposed by the Obama administration that would enhance Iran sanctions. The Dec. 30 letter was sent amid a renewed post-holiday push by some pro-Israel groups to pass the legislation, initiated by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Sen. Mark Kirk…
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Breaking News We Killed Most Argentina Bombers, Israel Envoy Says
Israel has killed most of the people responsible for the 1994 deadly bombing at a Jewish community building in Buenos Aires, a former Israeli ambassador to Argentina said. “The vast majority of the guilty parties are in another world, and this is something we did,” Yitzhak Aviran said in an interview published Thursday by the…
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