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Rubashkin Charges
New York/JTA — Federal
prosecutors filed a new
142-count criminal indict-
ment against former man-
agers of Agriprocessors.
The new filing, made
Friday in U.S. District
Court for Northern Iowa,
replaces a 79-count indict-
ment issued in March.
Former plant manager
Sholom Rubashkin and
fellow managers now face
Prime Minister Netanyahu meets with President
71 counts of harboring
Obama at the White House on Monday.
illegal immigrants, in
addition to other charges.
Obama And Bibi
Prosecutors dropped identity theft
Washington/JTA — President Obama
charges in the wake of a U.S. Supreme
said he would reassess his policies of
Court decision that would have made
engagement with Iran by the end of
conviction on those charges difficult to
this year. Obama, who appeared before
achieve.
reporters Monday with Israeli Prime
Agriprocessors was the nation's larg-
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after
est producer of kosher meat before a
their first White House meeting, also
massive federal immigration raid last
said that the United States was consid-
year resulted in the arrest of hundreds
ering all options in dealing with Iran's
of its employees and set off a cascade
suspected nuclear weapons program.
of legal problems for the company,
"I assured the prime minister that
which ultimately filed for bankruptcy
we are not foreclosing a range of steps,
protection.
including sanctions, in ensuring that
Iran understands that we are serious,"
Palestinian Allocation
Obama said following the 2 1/2-hour
Washington/JTA — The U.S. House of
meeting, which also included close
Representatives approved the Obama
advisers to both leaders.
administration's request for $865 mil-
Netanyahu arrived in Washington
lion in assistance for the Palestinians.
hoping to find out how long the Obama
The funds approved May 14 include
administration was giving the Iranians
$300 million in humanitarian assis-
to respond substantively to the presi-
tance for the Gaza Strip, which is con-
dent's offer of outreach.
trolled by Hamas, a terrorist group, and
After the meeting, Obama rejected
more than $100 million for training a
artificial deadlines for engagement with security service answering to the more
Iran, but added, "We're not going to
moderate leadership of the Palestinian
have to talk forever; we're not going to
Authority.
have a situation where talks become an
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
excuse for inaction. We will probably be Clinton pledged to Congress that the
engaged and have an assessment by the Gaza funds would be subject to strict
end of the year."
restrictions and would not reach
Obama reiterated his commit-
Hamas.
ment to a two-state solution while
The funds, backed by an array of
Netanyahu resolutely refused to com-
pro-Israel groups, are part of a $96.7
mit to Palestinian statehood. Instead,
billion war supplemental package for
Netanyahu again said Israel was serious the Iraqi and Afghanistan operations.
about resuming the full range of nego-
The package must now be approved by
tiations with the Palestinians.
the U.S. Senate.
Obama said that both sides must
abide by previous commitments,
Space Mezuzah
calling on the Palestinians to rein in
Washington/JTA — One of the astro-
violence against Israel, but also urging
nauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis is
Netanyahu to stop settlement expan-
carrying a mezuzah with him to honor
sion and allow humanitarian goods
the life of the first Israeli astronaut.
into the Gaza Strip.
Mission Specialist Mike Massimino,
Both leaders said that Iranian and
who has been working to repair the
Israeli-Palestinian issues have a causal
Hubble telescope, took a replica of the
effect on one another, but rejected any
Barbed Wire Mezuzah by San Francisco
formal linkage between the issues.
artist Aimee Golant with him into space
to honor Ilan Ramon, who carried the
original mezuzah in the space shuttle
Columbia. Ramon and the entire crew
were killed in the Columbia disaster in
2003. Massimino and Ramon trained
together in flight school.
The original mezuzah was commis-
sioned by the1939 Club, a group of
Holocaust survivors and their families
in Los Angeles. After the Columbia
tragedy, the 1939 Club commissioned
Golant to make another Barbed Wire
Mezuzah to give to Ramon's widow,
Rona, as a gift. Rona Ramon asked the
artist to make the third mezuzah for
Massimino to take into space, accord-
ing to the artist's blog.
Terrorist Recruiting
Jerusalem/JTA — Terrorist groups
are trying to recruit Israeli citizens as
agents using social networking sites
such as Facebook, Israel's Shin Bet has
warned. The groups are offering bribes
in exchange for information, the Israeli
security agency said in a warning
released to the public Monday.
Meetings set up through the sites
also could be a ruse for one of the
groups to kidnap Israeli citizens, the
warning said.
The terrorist groups also are search-
ing sites often visited by Israelis, espe-
cially former soldiers in elite Israel
Defense Forces units, in order to obtain
information, according to the Shin Bet.
The Shin Bet warned Israeli citizens
to keep personal information, such as
addresses and phone numbers, off of
their personal profile pages.
Answering
Israel's Critics
The Charge
A sociology professor at University
of California-Santa Barbara recently
sent an e-mail to some students
comparing Israel Defense Forces
actions in Gaza with Nazi attacks on
Jews during World War II.
The Answer
The Scholars for Mideast Peace orga-
nization calls the professor's remarks
a demonization of Israel, a vilifica-
tion of Israeli leaders and a clear
anti-Semitic bias.
- Allan Gale, Jewish Community
Relations Council
of Metropolitan Detroit
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