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| October 23, 2013
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Palestinian Terrorist Arrested on U.S. immigration charges for lying

A Palestinian woman who was convicted for a deadly bombing in Israel in 1969 ‘forgot’ to tell US Immigrations of her relationship with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

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A woman of Palestinian descent was arrested on Tuesday on immigration charges for allegedly lying about her conviction for a deadly bombing in Israel in 1969.

Rasmieh Yousef Odeh.

Rasmieh Yousef Odeh, center, departs the federal courthouse, October 22, 2013. – Photo: AP

Rasmieh Yousef Odeh, 66, lied on immigration papers when she came to the U.S. from Jordan in 1995 and before she became a naturalized U.S. Continue Reading »

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| July 23, 2013
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US Court: Americans born in J’lem can’t have ‘Israel’ designated ‘place of birth’

 

US federal appeals court strikes down 2002 law designed to allow U.S. citizens born in Jerusalem to list Israel as their place of birth.

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A federal appeals court on Tuesday invalidated a U.S. law that was designed to allow American citizens born in Jerusalem to choose to have Israel listed as their birthplace on passports contrary to long-standing U.S. foreign policy.

Jerusalem, Israel. The Old & the new – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the president – and not lawmakers – had sole authority to say who controls the historic holy city claimed by Israelis and Palestinians. Continue Reading »

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| June 25, 2013
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China pressuring Jerusalem to stop assisting US terror funding lawsuit

Beijing is asking Netanyahu to stop testimony against the Bank of China allegedly allowing Iran to transfer funds to Islamic Jihad organizations for a 2006 Tel Aviv suicide terrorist bombing.

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Beijing is pressuring Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to backtrack on a promise to help in a US terror funding lawsuit involving a Chinese bank’s alleged involvement in a 2006 Tel Aviv suicide bombing, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu gives a speech during a gala dinner in Shanghai , May 6

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu gives a speech during a gala dinner in Shanghai , May 6 – Photo: REUTERS

The Bank of China allegedly allowed Iran to deliver funding to terrorist organizations, including Islamic Jihad, that carried out an attack killing 16-year-old Daniel Wultz and 10 others at the Rosh Ha’ir shwarma restaurant near the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station.

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| January 17, 2013
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Russia Slams US Court Ordered Fine, Over Disputed Jewish Archive

Russian official criticized the ruling by a U.S. District Judge to fine Moscow $50,000 a day for failing to return a historic Jewish library seized in Poland, to the Chabad-Lubavitch.

By Rachel Hirshfeld

 

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has criticized a ruling by a United States judge to fine Moscow $50,000 a day for its failure to return a historic but disputed Jewish library to the Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish group.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin

Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court ruled Wednesday that Russia should pay the fine until it complies with the 2010 order to return the collection of tens of thousands of religious books and manuscripts, some hundreds of years old, to the Chabad-Lubavitch group based in Brooklyn, New York. Continue Reading »

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| January 16, 2013
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US Justice Dept. refuses Chabad’s petition to fine Russia over confiscated Judaica

Russia resists saying it does not recognize the authority of the U.S. court, and insists the collection is part of the country’s heritage.

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The Chabad-Lubavitch movement asked a U.S. judge to fine Russia for refusing to hand over confiscated Jewish scriptures, but the U.S. Justice Department opposed the move.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin

According to the Associated Press, Chabad lawyer Seth Gerber last week asked Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court in Washington to fine Russia for not transferring tens of thousands of religious books and manuscripts about the group’s core teachings from its state library and military archive. Continue Reading »

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| January 14, 2013
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US judge: Palestinians allowed to cover up link to 2002 terror attack

Citing “privileged & protected” information, U.S. Judge orders memo proving the connection of the PA to a suicide bombing, returned to the Palestinian Authority or destroyed.

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A US judge ruled that the Palestinian Authority has the right to cover up evidence of its connection to a 2002 suicide bombing in Karnei Shomron which killed three teenagers, The New York Post reported Monday.

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According to the report, a two-page memo directly linking the PA to the terror attack was inadvertently handed over to lawyers suing the Palestinian government for $300 million on behalf of the parents of two American teens killed in the bombing.

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| July 8, 2012
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US court fines Iran $813m for 1983 Lebanon attack

WASHINGTON: A US federal judge has ordered Iran to pay more than $813 million in damages and interest to the families of 241 US soldiers killed in the 1983 bombing of a Marine barracks in Lebanon.

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“After this opinion, this court will have issued over $8.8 billion in judgments against Iran as a result of the 1983 Beirut bombing,” Judge Royce Lamberth wrote in a ruling this week, a copy of which was seen Friday by AFP.

In1983, 241 American soldiers, including 220 Marines, were killed in near Beirut's international airport. PHOTO: FILE

In1983, 241 American soldiers, including 220 Marines, were killed in near Beirut’s international airport. – PHOTO: FILE

 

“Iran is racking up quite a bill from its sponsorship of terrorism,” the Washington judge added, noting that “a number of other Beirut bombing cases remain pending, and their completion will surely increase this amount.” Continue Reading »

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