Two Iranian warships reportedly entered the Suez Canal, the first to pass through since Iran\’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. The ships entered the canal for the 10- to 12-hour crossing on Tuesday morning after receiving permission from Egypt\’s Defense Ministry, the Egyptian state-run Middle East News Agency reported.
Germany\’s first newly built Reform synagogue since World War II was dedicated during ceremonies in the city of Hameln. The building was constructed on the site of the former synagogue destroyed on the night of Nov. 9, 1938 in the Kristallnacht pogrom against Jews, their property and institutions.
A federal judge in Seattle ruled that King County, Wash., did not violate the First Amendment rights of a pro-Palestinian group when it refused to run an Israel \’War Crimes\’ ad campaign. Judge Richard Jones on Feb. 18 denied a request to force the Metro Transit system to run the ads.
The American Jewish Committee called on the United Nations General Assembly to suspend Libya’s membership in the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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