The family and supporters of missing Israeli airman Ron Arad marked his 41st birthday Wednesday. Arad’s mother, Batya, called on foreign nations to condition their ties with Iran on her son’s return. Arad bailed out of his fighter plane over Lebanon in 1986 and was believed to have been held by pro- Iranian troops in Lebanon. Israeli officials have repeatedly maintained that Iran is holding him.
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