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Diplomats make end run with early ratification of final Durban document
A day after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s tirade against Israel triggered a walkout by the European delegation and generated headlines around the world, diplomats at the U.N. forum scrambled to ratify the conference’s final document on Tuesday—three days before the parley’s close, when the document was scheduled to be adopted. Read more »
Diplomats make end run with early ratification of final Durban document
A day after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s tirade against Israel triggered a walkout by the European delegation and generated headlines around the world, diplomats at the U.N. forum pulled an end run by ratifying the conference’s final document three days before the parley’s close. Read more »
Ahmadinejad accuses Israel of genocide, Europeans walk out
European diplomats walked out of a session of the Durban II conference when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the world to unite against Israel. Read more »
Pro-Palestinian activists strategize in Geneva
On the eve of a major U.N. anti-racism conference, pro-Palestinian activists brainstorming on how to advance the so-called “Durban strategy” advocated taking Israel to court. Read more »
Pro-Israel activists set to do battle at Durban II
Eight years ago, at the first U.N. World Conference Against Racism in South Africa, pro-Israel activists endured a week of hate-filled insults. At a follow-up conference in Geneva later this month, they are vowing to do better. Read more »
OP-ED: UNRWA far from neutral
Time and again, the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees has acted far from nonpartisan, Michael Jordan writes. Thus, pro-Israel advocates say, as the main witness in a wider probe of alleged violations of international law during the recent Gaza war, it would taint the proceedings. Read more »
In Austria, an Israelite is born—or not
Michael J. Jordan encounters a dilemma about his third child, born in an Austrian hospital: Should she be registered as a Jew? Read more »
Jewish life flourishes where Kazakh gulag once stood
In Karaganda, the painful memories of the infamous Soviet gulag here are part and parcel of the identity of the Jews who live in the city. Read more »
RSS Feed Breaking News
Updated 02/09/12 @ 05:54PM EST
- A poll showed that nearly half of likely voters believed the United States should use military force to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
- Rabbi Gunther Plaut, a major figure in Reform Judaism, died in Toronto.
- The application for a proposed Hebrew-language charter school was accepted by the District of Columbia Public Charter School board.
- A truck driving calves from Eilat to the Golan Heights was hijacked into the West Bank.
- U.S. Rep. Howard Berman introduced legislation that would allow eligible Israeli nationals to receive non-immigrant investor visas in the United States.
- Poll: Half of U.S. voters back strike on nuclear Iran
- Reform leader Rabbi Gunther Plaut dies
- D.C. Hebrew-language charter school accepted for review
- Op-Ed: Kick the reaction addiction on campus
- Berman moves to grant investor visas to Israelis
- Holy cow! Calves hijacked into Palestinian territory
- Report: Israeli journalist also works for prime minister
- Larry Greenfield tapped to lead JINSA
