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Breaking News Argentina President Dissolves Spy Agency Over Alberto Nisman Death Controversy
President Cristina Fernandez plans to disband Argentina’s intelligence agency amid suspicions that rogue agents were behind the mysterious death of a state prosecutor investigating the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center. In her first televised address since Alberto Nisman was found dead with a single bullet to the head, Fernandez said on Monday night…
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Breaking News Democrats Push Back on Iran Sanctions
Democratic U.S. senators introduced a resolution on Monday opposing more sanctions on Iran unless nuclear talks fail or Tehran breaks an agreement, countering a push for tougher sanctions backed by Republicans that President Barack Obama has pledged to veto. “For those who agree that the sanctions bill in the Banking Committee is detrimental, this resolution…
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Opinion Why I Fled Argentina After Alberto Nisman Scoop
Argentine journalist Damian Pachter after arriving in Tel Aviv on January 25 / Haaretz So here they are, the craziest 48 hours of my life. When my source gave me the scoop on Alberto Nisman’s death, I was writing a piece on the special prosecutor’s accusations against President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, her (Jewish) Foreign…
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Opinion Reporter Who Broke Alberto Nisman Story Lands in Israel
Damian Pachter, the Argentinian journalist who broke the news of the death a week ago of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, has landed in Israel after fleeing for his life on Saturday. In an impromptu press conference (video here) at Ben-Gurion Airport Sunday morning, Pachter affirmed in fluent Hebrew that he was being followed and believed…
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Breaking News Benjamin Netanyahu Rejects Mounting Criticism of Speech to Congress
(Reuters) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended on Sunday a planned speech to the U.S. Congress about Iran, saying he had a moral obligation to take every opportunity to speak out on an issue that poses a mortal threat to his country. His visit to Washington in March has opened up a political rift…
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Culture An Eccentric Archeologist Who Drew a Line in the Sand
A German Jewish Iranologist, who lost his University of Berlin post in 1935 after officially declaring that his grandparents were Jewish, is one of several focuses of an exhibit about Asian travel at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C. “The Traveler’s Eye: Scenes of Asia” is on view through May 31. Ernst Herzfeld…
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Breaking News Republicans Claim Benjamin Netanyahu Invitation ‘Bipartisan’ — Democrats Scoff
(Reuters) — When House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, a Republican, jolted Washington this week by inviting Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress, his office said it had been done “on behalf of the bipartisan leadership.” In reality, it was among the most partisan moves so far by America’s newly Republican-controlled Congress. Fuming…
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Breaking News Alberto Nisman Mystery Deepens as Probe Delves Into Killing
(Reuters) — Alberto Nisman was working hard to prepare for a congressional hearing on his claim that Argentina’s president tried to whitewash Iran’s alleged involvement in a bombing that killed 85 people, a make-or-break day in his career as prosecutor. In the spotlight since leveling his hefty accusations last week, Nisman needed to make a…
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