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JERUSALEM, Feb. 8 (JTA) — Israel’s Knesset has approved the country’s 1999 budget of approximately $54 billion. Passage of the budget, which was a month overdue and came after marathon discussions, was secured last Friday by a vote of 48-34 after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged some $135 million to projects supported by Orthodox legislators […]

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JERUSALEM, Feb. 8 (JTA) — Jordan’s King Hussein’s devotion to reconciliation and peace was evident in his death, as sworn enemies came together to pay their last respects to the Hashemite monarch. World leaders, royalty and diplomats from some 40 countries traveled to Jordan on Monday to attend the funeral of the king, who died […]

BERN, Feb. 8 (JTA) — A Swiss parliamentary committee has voted not to prosecute an extremist politician for calling last July for a Swiss boycott of Jewish and American products. Swiss Jewish leaders, saying that several Jewish businesses are already suffering from the boycott, criticized the decision not to prosecute Rudolf Keller. Keller had called […]

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