Iran making ‘clandestine’ efforts to acquire nuclear technology and material, says German intelligence report

Iran making ‘clandestine’ efforts to acquire nuclear technology and material, says German intelligence report

 

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 08 July 2016

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Small blog elie wiesek Remembering Elie Wiesel’s legacy for the sake of today’s refugees / Op-ed by Robert R. Singer

The horrors faced by today’s refugees are different from those suffered during the Holocaust, but one fact remains the same: It is all too easy for ordinary citizens to turn a blind eye to that which threatens or discomforts them.

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Small blog iran Iran making ‘clandestine’ efforts to acquire nuclear technology and material, says German intelligence report

08 Jul 2016 The annual report by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the German equivalent to the FBI, charges that Iran has been making “clandestine” efforts to seek equipment and technology, “especially goods that can be used in the field of nuclear technology,” from German companies “at what is, even by international standards, a quantitatively high level.”  READ MORE »

Small blog attack Jordanian citizen attacks Israeli motorist near Kinneret – Jerusalem Post

08 Jul 2016 The attack caused the driver, an Israeli woman in her 20s, to lose control and crash into a guardrail where she suffered minor injuries.  READ MORE »

Small blog arizona Arizona ISIS-sympathizer charged with plotting attacks on Jewish targets – The Forward

08 Jul 2016 The suspect, Mahin Khan, 18, of Tucson, was arrested on July 1 by FBI agents in an investigation that began with citizens alerting authorities to suspicious behavior, according to a statement from the Arizona attorney general’s office.   READ MORE »

Small blog brexit UK ambassador: Brexit may make Israel relationship more important

08 Jul 2016 “Those relationships with others around the world, including Israel, will be as important or more important in the future,” says David Quarrey.  READ MORE »

Small blog obama Spanish leftists’ party under fire for anti-Semitic Obama tweet – JTA

08 Jul 2016 ACOM, a Madrid-based group devoted to advocating Israel’s position in Spain and fighting attempts to boycott the Jewish state, called on authorities to take action against those responsible for disseminating the image.  READ MORE »