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Amar calls on Netanyahu to quash military conversion bill

Jewish Journal December 1, 2010

Israel\’s Chief Sephardic Rabbi Shlomo Amar said he will no longer be responsible for any state conversions if the Knesset passes a bill requiring the recognition of all military conversions. In a letter sent to Benjamin Netanyahu, Amar called on the prime minister to prevent the bill from passing, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. Amar has charged a committee to look into legal and halachic issues surrounding the military conversions. He asked Netanyahu to allow the committee to conclude its work before allowing the legislation to go forward.

Saddam’s Fall Seen Just as First Step

Leslie Susser December 18, 2003

Israelis have a long score to settle with Saddam Hussein: The former Iraqi dictator promised to destroy the Jewish State, fired 39 Scud missiles at Israeli cities during the Persian Gulf War and paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to families of Palestinian suicide bombers.

IDF at Odds With Militant Activists

Matthew Gutman April 17, 2003

The bad blood between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and a group of international pro-Palestinian activists continues to grow as more members of the group are injured in Israeli anti-terror operations.

The Making of a Potential Suicide Bomber

Uri Avnery November 28, 2002

Since last Sunday, a question has been running around in my head and troubling my sleep: What induced the young Palestinian, who broke into Kibbutz Metzer, to aim his weapon at a mother and her two little children and kill them?

World Briefs

Jewish Telegraphic Agency November 14, 2002

Variety, the daily newspaper covering the entertainment industry, admonished Egyptian television in a Nov. 13 editorial for running its 41-part series called \”Horseman Without a Horse,\” a series which is based on the anti-Semitic tract \”Protocols of the Elders of Zion.\”

Cal Keeps Class, Yanks Description

Sharon Schatz Rosenthal October 3, 2002

"Since the inception of the Intifada in September of 2000, Palestinians have been fighting for their right to exist.

World Brifs

JTA Staff August 16, 2001

Israeli military sources were quoted as saying the army had postponed a planned action in Beit Jalla by a day.

What To Do About Kosovo?

Gil Sedan April 8, 1999

Israelis are divided over NATO\’s military campaign against Serbia — and opinions and policy are being informed as much by history and the Holocaust as by current political realities.

Editorial

Jewish Journal March 12, 1998

Last weekend, I was at a gathering of maybe 80 people, brought together to listen to a prominent Israeli intellectual who proceeded to dazzle us with his accounts of political, military and religious life in the Mideast. Actually, it was more than dazzling. He was informative; he was insightful; he was witty.

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