Thursday, May 23, 2013

Suspected London terror attack signifies no special risk for Jews, security unit says

JTA

British Jews are no more at risk from terrorism than they were before the slaying of a British soldier by suspected terrorists, British Jewry’s. . .

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Two AMIA bombing suspects running for Iranian president

JTA

Two suspects in the bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires are candidates in Iran’s presidential election.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Claims Conference Brouhaha

by Uriel Heilman, JTA

Those are the questions critics are asking following the disclosure that the Claims Conference received an anonymous letter in 2001 identifying. . .

Monday, May 20, 2013

Iran confirms pact with Argentina to jointly probe AMIA attack

JTA

The Iranian government officially agreed to establish a “truth commission” with Argentina to jointly investigate the 1994 bombing of the AMIA. . .

Monday, May 20, 2013

Hezbollah in big Syria battle, Obama ‘concerned’

by Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Dominic Evans, Reuters

Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas have fought their biggest battle yet for Syria's beleaguered president, prompting international alarm that the civil. . .

Monday, May 20, 2013

Bomb attacks kill more than 70 across Iraq

by Kareem Raheem, Reuters

More than 70 people were killed in a series of car bombings and suicide attacks targeting Shi'ite Muslims across Iraq on Monday, police and medics. . .

Monday, May 20, 2013

Qatar: Arab Spring makes Israeli-Palestinian peace more pressing

by Regan Doherty, Reuters

Qatar's emir, who has thrown his state's riches behind Arab uprisings, said on Monday that the emergence of 'people power' had put Arabs in direct. . .

Monday, May 20, 2013

Apple’s first store set to open in Istanbul

by Steve Dorsey, The Media Line

Consumer technology market analysts expect Apple to start taking a big bite from the emerging market for its products here when it opens its first. . .

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Erdogan says will go ahead with Gaza visit

Reuters

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at the White House on Thursday that he intends to go ahead with a planned trip to the Gaza Strip. . .

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Suspected Merah accomplices arrested in Toulouse

JTA

Two men suspected of being accomplices of Islamist terrorist Mohammed Merah were arrested near Toulouse.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Modern slavery: Answering the cry

by Elissa Barrett and Kevin Kish

Modern slavery is everywhere, and women principally are its victims.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Turkey’s Erdogan to push Obama on Syria after bombings

by Nick Tattersall, Reuters

Turkey's prime minister will push President Barack Obama for more assertive action on Syria during a visit to Washington this week, days after car. . .

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Venezuelan president: My grandparents were Jewish

JTA

Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro, denying that his government has an anti-Semitic bent, said his grandparents were of Sephardic Jewish descent.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Russia’s Putin warns against aggravating Syria crisis

Reuters

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday it was important to avoid actions that might aggravate Syria's civil war, a veiled warning against. . .

Friday, May 10, 2013

Assad and Nasrallah threaten new front line in Golan

by Dominic Evans, Reuters

Threats from Damascus and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah to turn the Golan Heights into a "resistance front" against Israel could end nearly four. . .

Friday, May 10, 2013

Calls to destroy Israel heard at Muslim brotherhood’s Cairo rally

by Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA

Calls for Israel’s destruction were heard in Cairo at the first anti-Israel rally organized by the Muslim Brotherhood since the movement’s. . .

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Assad vows ‘strategic revenge’ on Israel, modeled on Hezbollah

JNS.org

Syria will “give Hezbollah everything” in recognition of its support and will follow the terror group’s model of “resistance” against. . .

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Turkey’s prime minister set to visit Gaza

by Steve Dorsey, The Media Line

Political observers in Turkey expect Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to reaffirm his support for Palestinians with a visit this month to Gaza,. . .

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Assad: Syrian army can handle Israel

JTA

Syria's army is ready to deal with Israel, Syrian President Bashar Assad told an Iranian official on Syrian state television.

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Amid rising Islamism in Africa, Israel-Senegal ties still flourishing

by Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA

Struggling to be heard over a flock of bleating sheep, Israel’s ambassador to Senegal invites a crowd of impoverished Muslims to help themselves to. . .

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Syrians angry at Israel

by Michel Stors, The Media Line

Khalil Sharif wants everyone to stay out of his country’s business.

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Oil-rich Qatar pushing to make its name as a Mideast peace broker

by Ron Kampeas, JTA

When it comes to the latest Arab peace initiative, two questions are circulating in Washington: Why Qatar? And why now?

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Accused Auschwitz guard, 93, arrested in Germany

JTA

Hans Lipschis, reportedly one of the 10 most wanted Nazis, was arrested in Germany.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Syrian rebels increasingly frustrated

by Michel Stors, The Media Line

Gazing out at the rubble, which was all that remained of a four story apartment complex in the city of Azaz just south of the Turkish border, 41 year. . .