150 House Democrats Sign Letter Backing Reentry into Iran Deal
BY RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A letter backing President-elect Joe Biden’s plan to reenter the Iran nuclear deal without any new conditions has garnered 150 signatures from House Democrats —...
Democratic Centrists Succeed Engel, Lowey as Chairs of House Panels
BY RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Democratic Party centrists with solid Israel bona fides defeated progressives as the chairs of two key House committees, succeeding pro-Israel stalwarts Eliot Engel and Nita...
50,000 Israelis Visit UAE in Two Weeks
BY GABE FRIEDMAN
(JTA) — Over 50,000 Israelis have visited the United Arab Emirates since the recent normalization pact between Israel and the UAE, according to a report this week in The Washington...
Pakistani Court Frees Four Involved in Daniel Pearl Kidnapping
BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
(JTA) — A court in Pakistan on Thursday ordered the immediate release of four men who had been jailed there since 2002 for the murder of the Jewish-American...
Bahraini, UAE Representatives Attend Hanukkah Ceremony at Kotel
A delegation from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain took part in a Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony at the Western Wall on Monday night.
Speaking at the event, Western Wall Rabbi...
Saudi Arabia Agrees to Allow Israeli Planes to Cross Its Airspace
Saudi Arabia agreed on Monday to let Israeli airliners cross its airspace en route to the United Arab Emirates after talks between Saudi officials and White House senior adviser Jared...
What Israel and Morocco Will Gain By Reestablishing Ties
The Dec. 10 announcement of the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel marked the fourth time in the past four months that Muslim-majority nation officially “friended” Israel.
But...
Irwin Cotler Named Canada’s First Envoy in Antisemitism Fight
BY RON KAMPEAS
(JTA) — Irwin Cotler, a former Canadian justice minister and a human rights activist, is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s choice as his nation’s first envoy to combat anti-Semitism.
Cotler,...
Assassins Kill Father of Iran’s Nuclear Program
BY RON KAMPEAS
(JTA) — Assassins shot to death Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the nuclear scientist that western intelligence agencies believe to be behind Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
The assassination came two years after...
Kushner and Team Heading to Saudi Arabia, Qatar
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his team are headed to Saudi Arabia and Qatar this week for talks in a region simmering with tension after the killing...
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