An Italian judge investigating the Red Brigade has accused Israel of trying to destabilize Italy so that the United States would rely on it more for security in the Mediterranean area. According to an interview published in the daily II Messaggerio today. Judge Ferdinando Imposimato claimed that up to about 1978, Italian terrorist groups had […]
The largest direct Arab investment in the United States has touched off inquiries into the potential danger of large-scale Arab investments, particularly in the energy sector, to American national interests, it is reported in the new issue of “Petro-Impact,” bi-monthly publication of the American Jewish Committee’s Institute of Human Relations that reports on “petrodollar influence […]
Returning and Redemption Arab sources will finance a huge new international conference center the government plans to build here, reviving a project approved 10 years ago but abandoned for lack of funds. The deal, reportedly engineered by Chancellor Bruno Kreisky during his recent visit to the Persian Gulf states, has been strongly opposed by the […]
The Cabinet today approved the terms of reference of a committee set up by the government to investigate the publication of the names of public figures and others who are suspected or accused of alleged wrong-doings before any charges are brought against them. The committee, headed by former Supreme Court Judge David Bechor, is to […]
Labor Party Knesset member Moshe (Mussa) Harif, his wife, Moriah, and their son, Hagai, were killed yesterday in western Galilee when their car collided with another at a crossroad. Two people in the other car were injured. Funeral service will be held tomorrow for Harif, who was 48, his wife, who was also 48, and […]
Anti-Semitic incidents in California, ranging from property vandalism to assaults, increased six-fold last year, David Lehrer, an attorney for the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, told a governor’s task force here last week. The task force is investigating reports of an upsurge of hostility against Blacks, Orientals and Jews in the state. Lehrer and Gary […]
The Security Council is scheduled this week to set a new date to vote on a resolution imposing sanctions against Israel for annexing the Golan Heights. The Council was to have voted on a Jordanian draft resolution last Friday, but the meeting was abrupty cancelled at Jordan’s request because, according to observers, the measure did […]
Defense Minister Ariel Sharon left for Cairo today for a four-day official visit during which he will confer with Egypt’s Defense Minister and possibly with President Hosni Mubarak. Aides said that final arrangements have not been made yet. Prior to his departure Sharon said the Egyptians would be mistaken if they believed they could gain […]
President Francois Mitterrand will make his oft-postponed trip to Israel in early March, the Foreign Ministry said last Friday. The visit will be the first by a French head of state. In recent years, Israel has accused France of pro-Arab bias. Mitterrand pledged to go to Israel shortly after his election last May, but twice […]
West Berlin police arrested six Palestinians yesterday suspected of involvement in the bombing of an Israeli restaurant there last Friday night in which 25 persons were injured, including a 14-month-old child reported in critical condition. The suspects were later released. The restaurant, Mifgash Israel, is located in the center of the city. A group calling […]