Military intervention in Syria will provoke retaliation against Israel, Iran threatens

WJC News Update – Military intervention in Syria will provoke retaliation against Israel, Iran threatens

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News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 28 August 2013

TODAY IN HISTORY – WJC leader at 1963 March on Washington: ‘Silence in the face of bigotry is shameful’

Rabbi Joachim Prinz was one of the keynote speakers at the March on Washington on 28 August 1963 where Martin Luther King, Jr. gave the famous „I have a dream” speech.

Iran: Military intervention in Syria will provoke retaliation against Israel

28 Aug 2013 Iranian leaders have threatened to fan “the flames of outrage” against Israel in case of a military strike against Syria. READ MORE »

US government court dismisses Jewish students’ complaint against UC Berkeley – Los Angeles Times

28 Aug 2013 The Department of Education dismissed Jewish students’ contentions that anti-Israel protests at UC Berkeley had created an illegally hostile and anti-Semitic atmosphere on that campus. READ MORE »

450 Ethiopians left Gondar for final aliyah flights – Jewish Press

28 Aug 2013 Some 450 new immigrants from Ethiopia boarded two Jewish Agency-chartered flights bound for Israel on Wednesday, August 28. Since 2010, thousands of Ethiopians have immigrated to Israel as part of Operation Dove’s Wings. READ MORE »

Israel vows to strike back if attacked by Syria – Los Angeles Times

28 Aug 2013 “We are not part of the civil war in Syria, but if we identify any attempt whatsoever to harm us, we will respond with great force,” Benjamin Netanyahu said. READ MORE »

Israeli intelligence ‘intercepted Syrian regime talk about chemical attack’ – The Guardian

28 Aug 2013 An IDF unit that specializes in electronic surveillance intercepted a conversation between Syrian officials regarding the use of chemical weapons, an unnamed former Mossad official told the German magazine ‘Focus’. READ MORE »