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Home Equity Line of Credit

Israel Not Spying

Jerusalem/JTA — Ariel Sharon
denied that Israel is spying on the
United States. The Israeli prime
minister's comments came after
reports that the FBI is probing the
alleged leak of classified Pentagon
material to analysts with the
American Israel Public Affairs
Committee, the pro-Israel lobby,
that may have ended up in
Israeli hands.
"Israel is not conducting any espi-
onage activity whatsoever in the
United States," Sharon told the
Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. AIPAC
also has denied the allegations.

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Peace Now

New York/JTA — A group of U.S.
Jews launched a petition urging the
next president to take further steps
to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian con-
flict.
The Open Letter campaign,
launched Tuesday, is supported by
left-leaning American Jews and vari-
ous U.S. Jewish groups, including
actor Theodore Bikel, Rabbi Arthur
Hertzberg and Americans for Peace
Now.
"As American Jews who strongly
support Israel, we call on you to
commit our nation to vigorous and
persistent engagement in the resolu-
tion of the Israeli-Palestinian con-
flict," the petition states.
"We ask that within the first hun-
dred days of your administration
you appoint an internationally
respected envoy at the highest level
to signal your intentions to pursue
full implementation of the disen-
gagement plan and a renewal of
negotiations leading to a final status
accord."

Probes Into War Criminals

New York/JTA — The number of
new probes against suspected
Holocaust-era criminals increased by
nearly 150 percent, according to a
new report.
Between April 1, 2003, and
March 31, 2004, probes were
launched against at least 335 sus-
pected Nazi-era criminals, the
Simon Wiesenthal Center said in a
report released Tuesday. Seven
World War II criminals were con-
victed during that period, all in the
United States.

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