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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Labor Party hopeful in Britain defended 9/11 anti-Israel conspiracy theorist
(JTA) — Jeremy Corbyn, a Parliament member who is on track to become the head of Britain’s Labor Party, wrote a letter in support of a priest who claimed that Israel and wealthy Jews were behind the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center.
Corbyn defended Rev. Stephen Sizer, who in February posted an article on Facebook blaming Israel for the attack on the New York landmark, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday.
In a letter to Anglican Church leaders after they decided to ban Sizer from using the Internet for six months, Corbyn wrote in February that Sizer was unfairly “under attack by certain individuals intent on discrediting the excellent work [he] does in highlighting the injustices of the Palestinian Israeli situation.”
Corbyn has surprised many by leading in the race for Labor chief in polls of party members this summer.
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From PressTV
Israeli company cuts off water supplies to Palestinians in West Bank
An Israeli water company has cut off water supplies to Palestinians in some areas in the occupied West Bank.
Mekorot, the Israeli firm, on Wednesday cut crucial water supplies to some areas in the northern West Bank, the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) said.
Palestinian authorities also said that water supplies north of the northern city of Nablus were mostly impacted after the move by Mekorot.
The Palestinian Authority, which runs the West Bank, said it is working to reconnect the empty water pipes with another source of water. The PWA has contacted Mekorot, but is yet to receive a response.
It is unclear how many people have been affected by the move.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Switzerland to lift sanctions against Iran
(JTA) – Switzerland announced it will lift sanctions against Iran.
The sanctions will be lifted on Thursday, the Swiss government said in a statement issued Wednesday, to support show support for the reached July 14 between Iran and six major world powers, Reuters reported. The agreement provides sanctions relief for Iran in exchange for restrictions on its nuclear program.
The sanctions have been suspended since January 2014 as part of the Geneva interim agreement between Iran and the world powers that led to the current deal.
“The Federal Council wishes today’s steps to be seen as a sign of its support for the implementation of the nuclear agreement and its interest in deepening bilateral relations with Iran,” the statement said.
From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Al Franken backs Iran deal, 5th of 9 Jewish Senate Democrats to do so
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. Al Franken endorsed the Iran nuclear deal, becoming the fifth of nine Jewish senators to back the agreement.
“Many have expressed reservations about the deal, and I share some of those reservations,” Franken, D-Minn., wrote in an Op-Ed on CNN’s website.
“It isn’t a perfect agreement,” he said. “But it is a strong one. This agreement is, in my opinion, the most effective, realistic way to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon anytime in the next 15 years.”
Among Jewish Democratic senators, or those who caucus with Democrats, Franken joins Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer of California, Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, and Brian Schatz of Hawaii in supporting the deal. Among the four other Jewish senators, only Charles Schumer of New York has come out in opposition. The others, all Democrats — Ron Wyden of Wyoming; Ben Cardin of Maryland; and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut — have yet to declare.
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From PressTV
Violent clashes erupt between Israelis, Palestinian protesters
Violent clashes have erupted between extremist Israelis and hundreds of Palestinians who were protesting against force-feeding of a hunger striking Palestinian prisoner.
The violence broke out on Wednesday after a number of Israelis shouted racist and anti-Islam slogans to at least 200 Palestinians, including lawyers and some parliament members, who were holding a demo outside the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon, where the hunger-striking Palestinian prisoner Mohammed Allan is hospitalized.
Israeli police forces used water cannon to disperse the protesters and arrested at least five people, including two Israelis.
Protesters said force-feeding hunger striking prisoners is illegal and they would continue their protests in solidarity with Allan until he is released.
Allan has been on hunger strike for nearly 60 days in protest against his detention without any charge or trial.
Allan’s lawyer Jamil al-Khatib told AFP that Israeli judicial officials had “informed me of the intention to proceed with the force-feeding of Mr. Allan” last Saturday, adding that Allan, himself a lawyer, was placed in intensive hospital care since his body failed to absorb drinking water.
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From Ynet News
Israeli envoy appointment raises ‘dual loyalty’ concerns among Italy’s Jews
Members of Rome’s Jewish community have expressed anger at Prime Minister Netanyahu’s decision to name Jewish journalist and former Italian MP Fiamma Nirenstein as Israel’s next ambassador to Italy.
Daniel Bettini 08.13.15, 13:41
Italy’s Jewish community is furious over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to appoint Jewish journalist Fiamma Nirenstein as Israel’s ambassador in Rome. Many Jews fear that the appointment will be used by those who claim Italian Jews are more loyal to Israel than to their homeland.
Nirenstein, a former Italian parliament member, is an official member of Rome’s Jewish community council. In addition, only two months ago she competed for the position of president of the Italian capital’s Jewish community, but lost.
Although Nirenstein will have to give up her Italian citizenship if the appointment is approved, many are asking who will she really represent as ambassador – Rome’s Jews or Israel?
Many Jews in Rome have voiced concerns of physical harm following the decision. “Netanyahu has turned us into a fifth column in our country,” one Jewish official said in a closed forum. “If a former Italian parliament member, a Jew, becomes Israel’s ambassador, it basically means that we recognize the fact that each of us, and every store we own, is in fact Israeli. People will think we have dual loyalty, and this holds disastrous consequences.”
Fiamma Nirenstein
From The Times of Israel
US Jewish group slams ‘dual loyalty smears’ on Iran deal
After attacks on Schumer, Wiesenthal Center urges Congress to reject ‘gutter politics’ directed against Jewish opponents of nuclear pact
The Simon Wiesenthal Center has called on congressional leaders to roundly reject the “gutter politics” of dual loyalty accusations directed against senators who oppose the nuclear deal with Iran, and urged US leaders to counter such rhetoric.
In a statement released Wednesday, the dean of the Jewish organization, Marvin Hier, and associate dean Abraham Cooper denounced the abuse directed at the Democratic senator Charles Schumer, who declared last week that he would vote against the nuclear deal with Iran deal in an upcoming congressional vote.
“The spectacle of labeling Senator Schumer and other opponents of the controversial Iran nuclear deal as ‘warmongers’ who are more loyal to Israel than America is the lowest form of gutter politics seen in our country since Joe McCarthy,” they said.
“Instead of passionate and reasoned debates based on objective analysis of facts, we are increasingly witness to eblasts, political cartoons, and sound bites that outrageously call into question people’s loyalty to our nation,” Hier and Cooper’s statement said. “We fear that such hateful rhetoric between now and next month’s historic vote will legitimize mainstream hate and anti-Semitism and falsely reduce an important policy decision that impacts on international terrorism, our Arab allies and the future of the Middle East, to a disagreement between the US and Israel.”
They called on congressional leaders to start “pushing back against the dangerous rhetoric that has the potential to wreak more damage to our society, than any foreign threat.”
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From The Times of Israel
Joe Lieberman to head group opposed to Iran deal
Former senator takes post after chairman Gary Samore steps down citing change of heart to support the accord
Former US senator Joe Lieberman, a Democrat turned independent and a loyal friend of Israel on Capitol Hill, will take the leadership of the United Against Nuclear Iran organization after its current chairman stepped down Monday following a recent change of heart on the Iranian nuclear agreement.
Gary Samore, the former White House coordinator for arms control and weapons of mass destruction under the Barack Obama presidency, recently decided that he ultimately stands in support of the controversial deal and resigned from his post.
In a New York Times report published Tuesday, Samore was quoted as saying, “I think President Obama’s strategy succeeded. He has created economic leverage and traded it away for Iranian nuclear concessions.”
Samore helped establish United Against Nuclear Iran in 2008, long before nuclear negotiations were underway, and will remain on the group’s advisory board. The group’s initial aim was to strengthen international sanctions against Iran.
From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Hundreds of police officers protecting Tel Aviv event in Paris
(JTA) — About 500 police offers are patrolling a controversial beach event in Paris featuring Tel Aviv.
The Tel Aviv on Seine event, part of the weeklong Paris Plages festival, was held Thursday as planned, despite opposition from a Paris lawmaker and pro-Palestinian groups. The festival turns the banks of the Seine River into a beach and this year is devoting each day to a beach in another country.
BNVCA, a French anti-Semitism watchdog, said it asked the Paris police commissioner to bolster security during the festival day devoted to Tel Aviv out of fear of anti-Semitic attacks.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo defended the decision to celebrate Tel Aviv in an Op-Ed in the French daily Le Monde, calling on the people of Paris to attend the event in large numbers. She called the city “progressive” and said that Paris and Tel Aviv have cooperated for many years in the fields of culture and technology.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Iran remains popular among Palestinians, poll finds
(Washington Jewish Week via JTA) — A majority of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza have a favorable view of Iran’s policies, a poll found.
The survey of 919 Palestinians commissioned by The Washington Institute for Near East Policy found that 55 percent of Palestinians in the West Bank and 57 percent in Gaza viewed Iran’s policies favorably, with 29 percent in the West Bank and 13 percent in Gaza rating them as “very good.”
Forty-five percent of West Bank respondents and 43 percent in Gaza gave Iran’s policies a “fairly bad” or “very bad rating.”
The poll was conducted June 7-19, during the nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers. The respondents were interviewed on their views of Iran and neighboring countries.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Bernie Sanders pulls ahead of Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire poll
(JTA) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders surpassed front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton as the leading Democratic presidential candidate in a poll of New Hampshire voters.
Sanders, who is Jewish, led Clinton 44-37 percent among the 442 likely Democratic primary voters who responded in the Franklin Pierce University/Boston Herald poll released Wednesday.
It was the first survey of voters in which Clinton was not the most popular candidate, according to the Boston Herald. A Franklin Pierce/Boston Herald poll in March had Sanders, an independent running in the Democratic race, trailing Clinton by a 44-8 margin.
The poll was conducted Aug. 7-10 by phone and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.7 percentage points.
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From Ynet News
Drill tests Gaza border ‘smart fences’
Fences around Gaza-adjacent communities can now automatically detect possible infiltrations and instantly alert troops, as concerns rise over Hamas attack tunnels; drill checks effectiveness. Israel has installed new “smart” fences around Gaza-adjacent communities in the wake of Operation Protective Edge, featuring the ability to recognize suspicious activity and send troops to the scene in seconds.
Reports have surfaced in recent days, both from Israeli and Palestinian sources, that Hamas has accelerated its construction of hidden attack tunnels. On Tuesday, Ibrahim Adel Shehadeh Shaer, a Hamas operative in Israeli custody, told the Shin Bet of the organization’s plans to use tunnels in a future conflict. Hamas also claimed on Wednesday that it had captured an Israeli drone and made it operational.
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From Ynet News
Jimmy Carter says he has cancer, revealed by recent surgery
Recent elective liver surgery reveals 90-year-old former American president’s cancer is widely spread; Carter says he’ll undergo treatment at Emory Healthcare.
Associated Press 08.13.15, 00:03
ATLANTA – Former US President Jimmy Carter announced he has been diagnosed with cancer in a brief statement issued Wednesday.
“Recent liver surgery revealed that I have cancer that now is in other parts of my body,” Carter, 90, said in the statement released by the Carter Center. “I will be rearranging my schedule as necessary so I can undergo treatment by physicians at Emory Healthcare.”
Former US president Jimmy Carter (Photo: AP)
The statement makes clear that Carter’s cancer is widely spread, but not where it originated, or even if that is known at this point. The liver is often a place where cancer spreads and less commonly is the primary source of it. It said further information will be provided when more facts are known, “possibly next week.”
Carter announced on August 3 that he had surgery to remove a small mass from his liver.
