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Turkey vows to take legal action against Israel

Turkey said on Friday it will seek to prosecute all Israelis responsible for crimes committed during an Israeli raid on a ship bound for the Gaza Strip that killed nine Turks in May 2010.

U.N. panel faults both sides in Gaza flotilla clash

A long-awaited U.N. report on an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound ship that killed nine Turks declares that Israel\’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip was legal, but that the Jewish state used unreasonable force.

U.N. panel’s report says Gaza blockade was legal

A long-awaited U.N. report on a May 2010 Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound ship that killed nine Turks says that Israel\’s blockade of the Gaza Strip was legal, the New York Times reported on Thursday.

Pico-Robertson’s pot prince

In a way, medical marijuana dispensary owner Matthew Cohen is just another small businessman.

Teriton tenants win battle to stay in historic apartment complex

After a three-year battle with alleged religious nonprofit Or Khaim Hashalom, tenants of the historic 28-unit Teriton Apartments in Santa Monica have won the right to remain in or return to their apartments for up to seven years under their former rent-controlled leases, according to a settlement made public Dec. 4.

Conservative Supreme Court rulings vex Jewish advocacy groups

Not only has the Supreme Court thoroughly abandoned a decades-old tradition of upholding the liberal gains of the 1950s and 1960s, it has become the premier bulwark of conservatism now that Democrats have retaken Congress and the White House is weakened to the point of impotency.

Yoram Hassid: The Man in the Middle

For the past 20 years, Yoram Hassid, a 60-something financially successful general contractor, has been quietly helping scores of local Jews — in particular Iranian Jews — avoid the courtrooms, acting as an unpaid mediator in disputes over everything from multimillion dollar real estate deals to challenging family conflicts.

More Information on Getting That Visa

The U.S. government estimates that about 40 percent of people who are in this country illegally arrived on a legal visa but lost their legal status either by overstaying or otherwise violating the terms of their visa. These are sometimes referred to as \”nonimmigrant overstayers.\”

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