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Rubashkin: 27-
Year Sentence
CEDAR RAPIDS (JTA)
-- Kosher meatpack-
ing executive Sholom
Rubashkin was sen-
tenced to 27 years in a
Sholom
federal prison for his
Rubashkin
conviction on federal
financial fraud charges.
U.S. District Judge Linda Reade filed
the sentencing memorandum Monday
and will present the sentence in federal
court Tuesday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Rubashkin was convicted last
November on 86 counts of fraud in con-
nection with the Agriprocessors plant in
Postville, Iowa.
The prison term will be followed by
five years of parole, according to Reade's
ruling. Rubashkin also will be required to
make restitution of nearly $27 million to
several financial institutions.
Prosecutors had requested a 25-year
sentence, according to the Des Moines
Register.
Rubashkin lawyer Guy Cook, noting
the prosecutors' request, called the sen-
tence "unfair and excessive."
"It's essentially a life sentence for a 51-
year-old man, and it's not in the public
interest:" he told the newspaper.
Rubashkin was acquitted earlier this
month in an Iowa state court on 67
counts of child labor violations relating
to 26 teenagers from South America who
worked at the plant.
The Agriprocessors plant was the site
of a federal immigration raid in May
2008 in which 389 illegal immigrants,
including 31 children, were arrested.
Israeli Ship Protested
OAKLAND (JTA) -- Hundreds of pro-
testers gathered at the port of Oakland
to prevent an Israeli cargo ship from
unloading.
About 500 protesters gathered at the
port at 5:30 a.m. Sunday to meet the Zim
lines ship and convinced dockworkers
to agree not to unload it. The ship did
not arrive until 6 p.m. and, at the request
of the demonstrators, a second shift of
dockworkers agreed not to cross the
picket line and did not arrive to unload
the ship.
The boycott was set to last 24 hours, an
activist told the San Francisco Chronicle.
The protest was launched in reaction to
Israel's interception three weeks ago of
a Gaza-bound flotilla in international
waters off Gaza's coast, in which nine
passengers were killed during violence
that ensued when Israeli naval comman-
dos boarded one of the boats.
Protesters marched in the port waving
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Israeli Arrested On Harsen's Island
The U.S. Border Patrol on June 17 arrested an Israeli citizen and two Americans on
Harsen's Island, near the southern end of the St. Clair River.
The Israeli, Eyal Aharoni, was jailed for alleged illegally entering the United States
from Canada. One of the Americans, Gary Clinton Goler, was charged with felony har-
boring and transporting an illegal alien into the U.S.
Monica Hardy, who was with the two, was questioned and released.
The two men are being held in the Macomb County Jail pending further investigation.
Goler could face 10 years in prison on the charges if convicted.
— Alan Hitsky, associate editor
Palestinian and Turkish flags while call-
ing to 'Free Palestine." They also called
for a boycott of Israeli goods and the
rescinding of American aid to Israel.
Broads Increase Philanthropy
LOS ANGELES (JTA) -- Los Angeles phi-
lanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad, who
are former Detroiters, have pledged to
distribute 75 percent of their total wealth,
currently standing at $5.7 billion, "during
and/or after our lifetimes."
In announc-
ing the pledges
last week,
Eli Broad
joined two
of America's
wealthiest phi-
lanthropists,
Bill Gates and
Warren Buffett,
in their so-
Eli and Edythe Broad
called "'Giving
Pledge, which
urges wealthy Americans to donate at
least half their fortunes to charitable
causes. The couple already has given
away more than $2 billion.
Born into a "liberal Jewish household"
of Lithuanian immigrants in New York
City, Eli Broad, now 77, moved to Los
Angeles in 1961, making an initial fortune
as a homebuilder and a second through
the financial services giant Sun America.
His major impact on Los Angeles has been
through support of public schools, the arts
and scientific research.
A 2003 study by researcher Gary Tobin
found that Jewish mega-donors, those
contributing more than $10 million each
year to charities, apportioned only 6 per-
cent to Jewish causes, including support
for Israeli institutions.
According to the Tobin study, the rea-
sons for the modest proportion of big
Jewish giving going to Jewish causes
include the ever-growing integration
of Jewish giving into everything that
includes "repairing the world" and the
timidity of Jewish organizations in devel-
oping projects for mega-donations.
In Broad's case, while he says he
believes in supporting Jewish causes,
his philanthropic decisions are based on
hardheaded business sense.
"Like venture capitalists, we look for
untapped opportunities, and we make
strategic investments:' he declared in his
annual foundation report. "As investors,
we expect a quantifiable return."
Gaza Blockade Eased
JERUSALEM (JTA) Israel's Security
Cabinet voted to ease the blockade on the
Gaza Strip.
The Security Cabinet reportedly
decided Sunday not to remove the naval
blockade, but Israel will ease land-based
imports to the Gaza Strip. Until now, only
items from a preapproved Israeli list were
allowed in; going forward, only items
specifically excluded will be forbidden,
such as items that can be used to pro-
duce weapons, according to reports.
"The United States welcomes the new
policy towards Gaza announced by the
government of Israel, which responds
to the calls of many in the international
community:' the White House said in a
statement issued Sunday. "Once imple-
mented, we believe these arrangements
should significantly improve conditions
for Palestinians in Gaza, while preventing
the entry of weapons:'
The statement also
said, 'We strongly re-
affirm Israel's right to
self-defense, and our
commitment to work
with Israel and our
international partners
Gilad Shalit
to prevent the illicit
trafficking of arms and
ammunition into Gaza. As we approach
the fourth anniversary of the capture of
Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, we call again
for his immediate release and condemn
the inhumane conditions of his detention."
Shalit is an Israeli soldier who was
captured four years ago in a cross-border
raid and has been held since by Hamas
without visits from the International Red
Cross.
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