JTA: Breaking News JTA: Breaking News http://www.jta.org/ en-us Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 (c) JTA. Reproduction of material without written permission is strictly prohibited. President Bush will be joined by more than 80 U.S. Jewish friends, donors and leaders during events marking Israel's 60th anniversary. http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080513bush60th.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080513bush60th.html Israeli police raided a Knesset office looking for clues in an alleged bribery case involving Ehud Olmert. http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080513talanskypolice.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080513talanskypolice.html Hamas turned down two offers of direct negotiations with Israel. http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080513hamascarter.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080513hamascarter.html Jane Eisner, former editorial page editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, has been tapped to be the next editor of the Forward. http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080513eisnerforward.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080513eisnerforward.html Jerusalem went on high alert ahead of the visit by President Bush and other foreign dignitaries. http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080513jerusalembush.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080513jerusalembush.html Pope Benedict described Israel's 60th Independence Day as a sign of God's beneficence toward the Jews. http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080513popeisrael.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080513popeisrael.html Federal officials arrested 300 workers in a raid on the nation's largest kosher meatpacking plant. http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080512agriprocessors05122008.html Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080512agriprocessors05122008.html The international community will not allow Hezbollah to assume control in Lebanon, President Bush said. http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080513hezbollahbush.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080513hezbollahbush.html Israel's air force attacked a Palestinian mortar crew in the southern Gaza Strip, killing one. http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080513hamasmortar.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080513hamasmortar.html American victims of terrorist attacks in Israel are suing a Swiss bank for funding complicity. http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080513swissbanksued.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080513swissbanksued.html The British parliamentary group for combatting anti-Semitism commended the government for taking action. http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080513britishantisemitism.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080513britishantisemitism.html Both ORT Israel and World ORT are interpreting last month's court ruling on a naming dispute as favorable. http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200805120512ort.html Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/200805120512ort.html Israel signaled that any truce with Hamas in the Gaza Strip would be conditioned on the release of captive soldier Gilad Shalit. http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080512truceshalit.html Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080512truceshalit.html Two Israeli students are missing after one of the worst earthquakes in decades hit western China. http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080512earthquakeisraelis.html Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080512earthquakeisraelis.html Israel's top court is being asked to revoke the media credentials of a French television station and reporter in the Mohammad al-Dura affair. http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080512alduraenderlin.html Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080512alduraenderlin.html Britain's prime minister made a surprise visit to the Israel's Independence Day reception at the Israeli embassy in London. http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080512brownisrael.html Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080512brownisrael.html