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Congresspeople meet in Bolivia
JTADec 13, 2012
WASHINGTON Two members of Congress met in Bolivia with an American-Jewish businessman who has been jailed there without charges for 18 months. Reps. Chris Smith...
German ban of extremist party?
JTADec 13, 2012
BERLIN Interior ministers in Germany are making another bid to ban the extreme right-wing National Democratic Party. At a meeting Dec. 5 in the east German city of...
Arafat’s body exhumed to test for poisoning
JTANov 29, 2012
JERUSALEM The body of former PA President Yasir Arafat was exhumed to test whether he died of radioactive poisoning. The body was exhumed Tuesday, Nov. 27, and...
Child sex abuse charges in Australia
JTANov 29, 2012
By Dan Goldberg, JTA SYDNEY — Another major Jewish organization in Australia is embroiled in a child sex abuse scandal, adding to the trauma triggered by recent...
Toulouse killer’s sister is probed for link
JTANov 22, 2012
PARIS Paris prosecutors are reportedly considering indicting the sister of Mohammed Merah for saying she was proud of her brother for murdering four Jews in Toulouse....
12 EU states to favor of Palestine
JTANov 15, 2012
BRUSSELS Nearly half of all European Union member states will vote in favor of upgrading the PAs status at the UN, an EU spokeswoman reportedly said. The news site...
Danish fest organizers don’t want Israeli flag
JTANov 01, 2012
COPENHAGEN — The organizers of a Copenhagen event celebrating diversity asked Danish Jews to refrain from displaying the Israeli flag for security reasons. The...