Israeli navy cadet killed after threatening girlfriend

Published on October 19, 2012

An 18-year-old Israeli navy cadet was killed by police volunteers after he pointed a weapon at his girlfriend and fired on them.

Report: Israeli, Lebanese naval forces cooperating

Published on April 11, 2012

Israel's navy is reportedly cooperating with its Lebanese counterpart to prevent foreign ships from approaching Israeli waters.

Congress approves review of medals for Jewish WWI vets

Published on December 21, 2011

Congress approved a requirement for the U.S. military to review World War I records to determine whether Jews who received decorations should be upgraded to the Medal of Honor.

Iran denies connection to seized weapons

Published on March 16, 2011

Iran denied Israeli assertions that it sent weapons to Gaza aboard a ship intercepted by Israel's Navy. "The Jerusalem occupation regime is a regime of lies, production of lies and dissemination of lies. We reject all of these mendacious reports," the Iranian army's chief of staff, Gen. Atallah Salhi, told the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency on Wednesday.

Clergy, Bibi urge Pollard release

Published on January 4, 2011

More than 500 clergy signed a letter to President Obama urging clemency for Jonathan Pollard. The letter was delivered a day before Prime Minister Benjanim Netanyahu reportedly sent a letter to Obama issuing a formal clemency request. Netanyahu was scheduled to read his letter Tuesday evening to a Knesset plenum discussion. "After more than two and a half decades in prison, Mr. Pollard's health is declining," reads the letter sent Monday from rabbis representing all streams, as well as a number of leading Protestant and Roman Catholic clergy. "He has repeatedly expressed remorse for his actions, and by all accounts has served as a model inmate. Commuting his sentence to time served would be a wholly appropriate exercise of your power of clemency -- as well as a matter of basic fairness and American justice. It would also represent a clear sense of compassion and reconciliation -- a sign of hope much needed in today's world of tension and turmoil."

Valley Jewish war vets fight an old enemy on the home front: Invisibility

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on November 10, 2010

They fought in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. They served in the United States Army, Navy and the Army Air Corps — the precursor to the Air Force. A few flew through anti-aircraft fire over Nazi Germany, another marched over mountains during the coldest winter of the Korean War. One even watched the Bay of Pigs Invasion from the deck of a disguised aircraft carrier floating “spitting distance” from the shores of Cuba.

The Jewish War Veterans of Post 603 [AUDIO]

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on November 9, 2010

There are a few Jewish themes to the stories that the Jewish War Veterans of Post 603 tell. They tell of feeling ignored by a society that still thinks Jews don’t serve. Stories about anti-Semitism in the military ranks many decades ago are also common -- and always seem to involve a superior officer from Georgia.

Pollard Appeal Fails; Few Options Left

By Matthew E. Berger
Published on July 28, 2005

There appear to be few legal options left for Jonathan Pollard, after a U.S. federal appeals court last Friday rejected the former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst's claim that he had inadequate counsel when he was sentenced to life in prison in 1987 for spying for Israel.

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Published on April 10, 2003

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