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April 11, 2011

Congressional initiatives targeting Goldstone report

Jewish Journal April 11, 2011

Legislation calling on the United Nations to rescind the Goldstone report is circulating in both houses of Congress. A Senate resolution, introduced April 8 by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and James Risch (R-Idaho), calls on the U.N. Human Rights Council to \”reflect the author’s repudiation of the Goldstone report’s central findings, rescind the report, and reconsider further Council actions with respect to the report’s findings.\”

Report: Iran to build new nuclear research reactors

Jewish Journal April 11, 2011

Iran plans to build \”four to five\” nuclear research reactors and will continue to enrich uranium to provide their fuel, a nuclear official said on Monday despite Western pressure on Tehran to curb atomic work.

PM’s pressure reportedly tables talks on E. Jerusalem construction

Jewish Journal April 11, 2011

Discussions on new construction in eastern Jerusalem have been postponed reportedly due to pressure from the Prime Minister\’s Office. The Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee tabled its talks scheduled for this week on projects to build nearly 1,000 apartments in Har Homa and 600 in Pisgat Ze\’ev until May 5, Haaretz reported.

Argentina Jewish center’s vote provides no clear winner

Jewish Journal April 11, 2011

No clear winner emerged in elections to lead the central Jewish institution in Buenos Aires. Some 10,757 voters, more than doubling the number from 2008, participated in Sunday\’s elections to lead the AMIA Jewish center in the Argentinian capital.

Pushed by Goldstone, Israeli army embraces new ‘smart’ warfare

Jewish Journal April 11, 2011

Despite Israel’s rejection of the Goldstone report on the Gaza war a year-and-a-half ago, the international criticism it engendered has led the Israel Defense Forces to make a number of significant changes in policy and doctrine. And they\’ll stay even though Richard Goldstone has recanted one of the most significant findings of his committee\’s report — that Israel intentionally targeted civilians and may have perpetrated war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

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