Senators urge Europe to shut out Iran from bank transactions

Published on February 27, 2013

A large bipartisan slate of U.S. senators urged European Union officials to authorize the body's central bank to shut Iran out of its money transfer system.

Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer to step down

Published on January 29, 2013

Stanley Fischer is stepping down from his position as governor of the Bank of Israel.

World Bank: Urgent action needed to avoid PA fiscal crisis

Published on September 21, 2012

The World Bank called on donors to act “urgently” to prevent a “deepening fiscal crisis” in the Palestinian territories.

Australian bank executive apologizes for calling Hitler a ‘visionary’

Published on August 20, 2012

A senior banker at one of Australia's largest investment banks apologized for suggesting that Hitler was a great visionary.

Tokyo bank freezes Iranian assets

Published on May 18, 2012

A Japanese bank has halted transactions by the Iranian government in response to a U.S. court ordering a $2.6 billion asset freeze over the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut.

Pro- Palestinian ‘fly-in’ protest denied.

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on April 16, 2012

A letter to the United Nation’s Human Rights Council

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on March 25, 2012

Shut down Iranian bank, Germany’s leaders say

Published on April 5, 2011

A call by Germany's top Jewish leader for the European Iranian Bank of Commerce in Hamburg to be shut down was echoed by the German government. Shortly after Dieter Graumann, head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, made his statement to the Handelsblatt online newspaper, the government of Angela Merkel announced that no further payments from India for Iranian crude oil may go through the German banking system.

I want my $5 back - a heartfelt letter to my bank!

By Julia Bendis
Published on February 4, 2011

Where Are Arafat’s Millions?

By Dan Baron
Published on November 18, 2004

With Yasser Arafat's burial, he took with him one of the enduring secrets of the Palestinian regime -- the whereabouts of a missing fortune in ill-gotten public funds.

Diminished Returns

By Tom Tugend
Published on November 20, 1997

The Swiss Spin

By Tom Tugend
Published on November 13, 1997

Has unremitting pressure on the Swiss government and its banks byAmerican Jewish organizations and supportive politicians becomecounterproductive, or will only constant prodding move the Swiss todo the right thing?