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Breaking News Will Argentina Recall Jewish Center Bombing Victims at World Cup Match With Iran?
The World Jewish Congress called on the FIFA world soccer association to hold a tribute to the victims of the AMIA Jewish center terrorist attack before a match between Argentina and Iran at the World Cup in Brazil. A letter sent to FIFA President Joseph Blatter calls for a moment of silence for the 85…
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Breaking News Israel Slams Iran for Nuclear ‘Stall’ Tactics
Israel has condemned as unacceptably slow Iran’s cooperation with a U.N. watchdog inquiry into suspected atomic bomb research and accused Tehran of providing “false” explanations for its disputed activities. At a weekly board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said Iran had finally begun to engage with an investigation…
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Breaking News Mark Zuckerberg Summoned by Iranian Court for Facebook ‘Privacy’ Violation
A conservative Iranian court opened a case against instant messaging services WhatsApp and Instagram while also summoning Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg over complaints of privacy violation, state news agency ISNA reported on Tuesday. The case underscores the growing struggle between moderate Iranian president Hassan Rouhani’s drive to increase Internet freedoms and demands by the conservative…
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Breaking News Argentine Court Declares Pact With Iran Unconstitutional
Federal judges in Argentina declared unconstitutional the government’s cooperation with Iran on the investigation of the 1994 explosion of the AMIA Jewish community building. Court Nr. 1 of the Federal Chamber made the ruling after deliberations on a petition for an injunction filed by representatives of the Jewish community who argued against cooperating with Iran…
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Breaking News Israeli Man Charged in U.S. With Selling Arms to Iran Arrested
An Israeli man charged in the United States with selling arms to Iran was arrested at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport. The man was arrested Monday at the request of the United States and reportedly was attempting to flee the country. He is expected to be extradited to the U.S., where he will be charged…
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Breaking News Benjamin Netanyahu Compares Iran Nukes to North Korea
Iran’s nuclear programme is a clear and present danger and the country cannot be allowed to get the capability to make nuclear arms, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Monday described as “stupid and idiotic” Western expectations for his country to curb its missile development, taking…
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Breaking News J Street-Backed GOP Incumbent Walter Jones Survives N.C. Primary
An incumbent Republican North Carolina congressman backed by J Street defeated a primary challenger who had been backed by pro-Israel conservatives. Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) beat back a challenge by Taylor Griffin, a former George W. Bush administration official, in the primary Tuesday. J Street, a liberal Jewish Middle East policy group, backed Jones in…
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Breaking News Iran’s Hassan Rouhani Rejects Ban of ‘Zionist’ WhatsApp
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has rejected a plan to ban the free text-messaging service WhatsApp. The plan was approved by an Iranian censorship committee and then announced Sunday by Abdolsamad Khorramabadi, head of the country’s Committee for Determining Criminal Web Content. “The reason for this is the assumption of WhatsApp by the Facebook founder Mark…
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