JERUSALEM (JTA) — A former civil servant and confidant of Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to turn state’s evidence which could incriminate the prime minister in a corruption investigation. Shlomo Filber, the suspended director general of the Ministry of Communications, agreed in exchange for a lighter sentence to provide police with information about Netanyahu’s part in the…
Missouri governor Eric Greietens may have hoped that news of his extramarital affair will end up with no more than public shaming, but he will now also have to face a criminal investigation. The investigation, announced Thursday, will look at allegations that Greitens blindfolded and bound his lover before taking her photo in order to…
Bernie Sanders shot back at the FBI’s investigation of his wife Tuesday evening on CNN. “My wife is about the most honest person I know,” Sanders told Erin Burnett. Sanders did not confirm or deny if his wife was under FBI investigation. “I think it’s fairly pathetic that when people are involved in public life,…
Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House’s Intelligence Committee, [said Thursday that he only learned of chairman Devin Nunes’ decision to step aside from an inquiry into ties between the Donald Trump campaign and Russia when the news broke to the entire world. It’s not the first time that the Jewish representative from California…
Horace Mann alumni like me got emails in our in-boxes a few days ago and soon thereafter, the news was splashed everywhere: our alma mater had officially apologized. The school apologized for the many instances of child abuse, sexual assault and worse that journalists have revealed as occurring in its classrooms, hallways and teacher’s homes….
Argentina’s foreign minister, Hector Timerman, defended himself against accusations that he betrayed his Judaism by signing an agreement with Iran. “I did not betray my Judaism in the pact with Iran because we are trying to solve the AMIA bombing case,” Timerman said Monday during an interview with La Red radio. “The move was inspired…
Iran denied on Tuesday it had agreed to allow international investigators to question Tehran officials over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires as part of a plan to form a truth commission. Israel and world Jewish groups have denounced the pact which is seen as running counter to U.S.-led efforts…
Nevada regulators are investigating whether casino powerhouse Las Vegas Sands Corp broke bribery laws through its dealings in mainland China, adding to a growing number of inquiries into the empire of Sheldon Adelson. The Nevada Gaming Control Board’s probe, disclosed by two sources familiar with the matter, comes on top of reviews by the U.S….
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