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March 17, 2010

Palin to Obama: Hit reset button with Israel

Jewish Journal March 17, 2010

Sarah Palin called on the Obama administration to hit the reset button with Israel.\n\nIn a statement critical of the Obama administration\’s outreach to countries with which the United States has strained relations, the former Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor wrote, “In the midst of all this embracing of enemies, where does the Obama Administration choose to escalate a minor incident into a major diplomatic confrontation? With Iran, Cuba, Sudan, North Korea or Burma? No. With our treasured ally, Israel.”

Jewish candidate favored for PM, Dutch poll shows

Jewish Journal March 17, 2010

Opinion polls in Holland show that a majority of voters favor the Jewish former mayor of Amsterdam for prime minister.\n\nSome 52 percent of those polled last week would vote for Marius Job Cohen as prime minister in national elections scheduled for June, the European Jewish Press reported.\n

PA subpoena for reporter’s testimony shelved

Jewish Journal March 17, 2010

A federal magistrate ruled that the Palestinian Authority cannot force a reporter from The Atlantic magazine to testify in a terror-related lawsuit, Politico reported.\n\nJeffrey Goldberg, a national correspondent for The Atlantic, was subpoenaed recently by the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization, which demanded that he testify about his relationship with Moshe Saperstein, a Jewish settler suing over a terrorist attack in the West Bank in 2002.\n

Fischer to remain Bank of Israel governor

Jewish Journal March 17, 2010

Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer will serve a second five-year term.\n\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a news conference Wednesday at the Knesset announced that he would ask the Finance Ministry to approve the appointment.\n

American to plead guilty to Mumbai charges

Jewish Journal March 17, 2010

An American citizen of Pakistani origin reportedly has agreed to plead guilty to charges against him in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks.\n\nDavid Headly, 49, is scheduled to appear Thursday in a federal court in Chicago to change his plea from not guilty, according to news reports, citing a federal court notice.\n\nHeadly was arrested last October in Chicago as he attempted to flee to Pakistan.

Actor Corey Haim laid to rest

Jewish Journal March 17, 2010

Actor Corey Haim was buried in a private Jewish ceremony in Toronto attended by about 200 relatives and close friends.\n\nThe former teen heartthrob, who shot to fame in the 1980s with films such as \”The Lost Boys,\” \”License to Drive\” and \”Lucas,\” died March 10 at the suburban Los Angeles home he shared with his Israeli-born mother, Judy. He was buried Tuesday in his native Toronto.\n

Hungary salutes four Jews

Jewish Journal March 17, 2010

Four well-known Jews received Hungarian state awards.\n\nThe awards were presented this week during ceremonies commemorating the 1848 Hungarian Revolution and subsequent war of independence against Habsburg rule.\n

Israel relaxes Jerusalem, West Bank restrictions

Jewish Journal March 17, 2010

Israel lifted its closure on the West Bank, and allowed visitors to the Temple Mount.\n\nThe relaxing of restrictions on Wednesday came one day after Palestinian rioting in eastern Jerusalem and the Old City. Some 100 Palestinians and 14 Israeli troops, including a soldier by live gunfire, were injured.\n

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