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This week in power: The Obama-Tehran question and Vancouver’s ad capaign uproar

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October 17, 2013

A roundup of the most talked about political and global stories in the Jewish world this week:

Tehran reconciliation?
Homayoun Sameyah Najaf Abady, the head of the Tehran Jewish community, ” target=”_blank”>wrote Michael Lumbers at National Interest. And, besides there are other big issues at play, ” target=”_blank”>according to reports. It started with some anti-Israel ads from the Palestine Awareness Committee. Both depict the changing map of the Middle East region. “In reality, it is the Jewish state that has steadily gotten smaller. It reached its largest extent during the reigns of Kings David and Solomon when it stretched into Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan. In 1920, the League of Nations designated present-day Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, and the Golan Heights as the Jewish homeland. But over the decades, Israel shrank to its present size and is only 9 miles wide at its narrowest point and 290 miles long,” ” target=”_blank”>wrote Robyn Urback at National Post.

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