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Convicted Vichy French official flees into exile just before appeal

PARIS, Oct. 20 (JTA) – A French Nazi collaborator appears to be unwilling to spend one night in jail – even if that jeopardizes his appeal before France’s highest court. Maurice Papon, found guilty last year by a Bordeaux court of involvement in deporting Jews and sentenced to 10 years in prison for crimes against […]

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Anniversary of Rabin assassination used as a chance to heal Israeli rifts

JERUSALEM, Oct. 20 (JTA) – Four years after the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Israelis are still grappling with the social chasm the murder revealed. In an effort to heal some of those rifts, secular and religious youths attempted, if only for a day, to seek out what unites them. As commemorations began Wednesday, […]

Israel a step closer to ending its isolation at United Nations

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 20 (JTA) – France has opened the way for Israel’s full participation at the United Nations by withdrawing its objection to Israel joining the European regional bloc at the world body. Now only a handful of European states remain opposed to Israel’s membership in the group, a prerequisite for joining important U.N. […]

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