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February 15, 2011
Israeli embassies threatened, may close
Four Israeli embassies may be closed after receiving serious threats.
Who is in the military junta ruling Egypt? More unknowns than knowns
One guy we know, and we’re pretty sure he’s not in charge. The other guy we don’t know so well, and it looks like he might be in charge. The other three guys — who knows?\n
Israel rates with Americans, Gallup Poll shows
A substantial majority of Americans continue to rate Israel favorably according to the latest Gallup Poll. Sixty-eight percent of Americans rated Israel favorably in the poll conducted Feb 2-5, statistically the same as the 67 percent Israel scored in 2010.
Anti-Semitic flyers attack Emanuel
Flyers with anti-Semitic messages directed against Chicago mayoral front-runner Rahm Emanuel were distributed on a train line that runs through the city. The flyer, distributed at a Chicago Transit Authority Red Line station, shows a silhouette of Emanuel and reads: \”I will run Chicago as I ran Freddie Mac, PROFITABLE (for me, me, me) thirty millions$$$$$$. I was entitled to it, being a Holocaust survivor (I mean my family).\”
Why is patrilineal descent not catching on in Reform worldwide?
For three decades now, the American Jewish Reform movement has considered as Jewish the child of a Jewish father and non-Jewish mother who is raised as a Jew. But most Reform Jews in the rest of the world still do not accept “patrilineal descent.”
Jordanian minister calls for murderer’s release
Jordan\’s new justice minister participated in a demonstration calling for the release of a Jordanian soldier who murdered seven Israeli schoolgirls. Hussein Mujalli, who was named minister last week, served as a defense attorney for Ahmad Dakamseh, who in March 1997 fired on a group of eighth-grade Israeli schoolgirls visiting Baqura, a scenic peninsula on the Jordan River near Israel\’s border with Jordan.
PA settles lawsuit for Americans’ murders
The Palestinian Authority reportedly has settled a lawsuit over the murder of two American citizens living in Israel. Court papers indicating that a settlement agreement was reached were filed Monday in a Rhode Island District Court, but no details were provided, The Associated Press reported.
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