The formal adoption of the Iran nuclear deal will be Oct. 18, but it is not yet clear how long it will take for Iran to satisfy conditions to relieve sanctions, top U.S. officials said. The senior administration officials, speaking Thursday afternoon in a conference call with reporters, outlined the steps Iran must take before…
Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked legislation meant to kill the Iran nuclear deal for a third time, securing perhaps the greatest foreign policy win of President Barack Obama’s six years in office and clearing the way to implement the accord. By a 56-42 vote, the Republican-majority Senate fell short of the 60 votes needed to…
An Israeli man went missing in Uman during the annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to a Hasidic movement founder’s grave in the Ukraine city. Amir Ohana, 28, has not been seen since Tuesday, when he went into the forest to meditate, according to reports. Ohana, the father of three, reportedly has a serious medical condition. Because…
A woman alleged to have been sexually abused by the principal of a Haredi Orthodox Jewish day school in Melbourne has been awarded $1 million in damages. Justice Jack Rush said in Melbourne’s Supreme Court on Wednesday that the actions taken by the Adass Israel School in helping former principal Malka Leifer flee Australia in…
European telecom company Altice, owned by Patrick Drahi, a French billionaire with Israeli citizenship, will take over U.S. cable television operator Cablevision. Altice’s purchase price for the company, which will become the fourth largest cable operator in the United States, is $17.7 billion, Altice announced Thursday. Cablevision is the leading operator in the New York…
Republican presidentian candidates sparred over whether to honor the recent Iran nuclear deal in a fiercely competitive debate. The question of whether or not to abandon the deal that has been described as President Barack Obama signature foreign policy achievement drew unusually sharp divisions in the CNN debate on Wednesday evening. The debate took place…
The family of a Florida woman who was killed after a car hit her on her way to Yom Kippur evening services two years ago filed two lawsuits against the driver and his company. Orly Ohayon, whose mother, Esther Ohayon, was struck on Sept. 13, 2013, while crossing a street in a Jacksonville suburb, filed…
In a move described as symbolic, the municipal government of Iceland’s capital city announced a boycott of all Israeli products. The Reykjavik City Council passed a resolution Tuesday saying that the municipality would not purchase any Israeli goods “as long as the occupation of Palestinian territories continues,” Iceland Magazine reported. In an explanatory memo, the…
(JTA) — Having fought Nazis in two blockbuster films set during World War II, Brad Pitt recently bought a toy that once belonged to the real-life bad guys. The three-time Oscar nominee purchased a rare 1942 motorbike used for Nazi reconnaissance missions for about $387,000, the Daily Mirror reported. The bike, which the Nazis rode…
President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet in November to discuss the Iran nuclear deal as well as other regional security issues, the White House said on Wednesday. The Nov. 9 White House meeting will be the first for the two leaders since U.S.-led diplomacy resulted in an Iran nuclear deal…
Israel rearrested a Palestinian security prisoner who recovered from a 65-day hunger strike. Mohammed Allaan, 33, was taken in Wednesday after being released from the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon, in southern Israel. He was sent to a prison in central Israel. Allaan reportedly decided to restart his hunger strike once he was returned to…
