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From rags to riches to human rights symbol

MOSCOW, June 19 (JTA) When Vladimir Goussinsky walked out of jail here last Friday night, he was not just another released prisoner waiting to be formally arraigned. As the television screens showed, Goussinsky’s three days in prison left the media tycoon and leader of the Russian Jewish Congress looking like a tired and nervous […]

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Book stirs pot on Canada’s postwar record

TORONTO, June 19 (JTA) Canada accepted thousands of ex-Nazis in the years following World War II only because the Soviet takeover of Eastern Europe prevented it from screening out potential war criminals, according to a new book. But Jewish groups and scholars say Howard Margolian’s “Unauthorized Entry: The Truth about Nazi War Criminals in […]

Israeli settlers grow more militant

JERUSALEM, June 19 (JTA) After a period of relative quiet, settlers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip are gearing up for what they describe as the “final battle for our home.” And as happened five years ago before the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, the extremist fringe of the settler movement is making statements […]

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U.N. confirms findings on Israel’s withdrawal

Argentine president asks for forgiveness

Silence surrounds D.C. peace talks

Assad’s legacy evident in U.S. enclave

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