The Emunah Women of America announced that it was launching a nationwide campaign to alert Congress to the danger of the Administration’s proposal to sell civilian communications equipment to an Arab consortium which includes the Palestine Liberation Organization and Libya. Toby Willig, vice president of Emunah Women’s Public Affairs, said the campaign, in the form […]
Elliott Abrams, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, said here at a press conference that the issue of Soviet Jewry will be brought up by the American delegation at the United Nations Human Rights Commission conference which opened yesterday. In addition, the case of imprisoned Soviet Jewish activist Anatoly Shcharansky […]
A new battery has been developed by Tel Aviv University’s Dr. Emanuel Peled and Herzl Yamin which can be used for a period of up to 10 years, is 50-100 percent higher in energy density per weight than today’s long-term batteries and thus more compact and is cheaper to construct. The new battery, the only […]
As the acrimonious debate on Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights continued today in the General Assembly, the non-aligned states here circulated a draft resolution calling for the imposition of sanctions against Israel. The draft resolution will be submitted to the Assembly tomorrow and a vote is expected to take place Friday. The draft resolution […]
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt declined to explain whether his reference to a “national entity” for the Palestinians during his remarks at the White House today was a call for a Palestinian state. Asked if he had meant a Palestinian state, Mubarak, emerging from a 90-minute working lunch with Secretary of State Alexander Haig at […]
The Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith has asked a New York court to prevent the Palestine Liberation Organization from receiving approximately $25,000 willed to it by a journalist who died a year ago. In a friend-of-the-court brief filed with the New York County Surrogate Court, the ADL said the bequest to the PLO by Fred […]
A 47-page Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) report detailing alleged Israeli intelligence activities all over the world was dismissed here by Prime Minister Menachem Begin’s spokesman, Uri Porat, as a “cheap invention not worthy of comment.” He added- “Israel cannot react every time a journalist thinks he has a big scoop.” Local newspapers suggested that the […]
President Reagan welcomed President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt to the White House today as both Presidents pledged to continue the friendship and cooperation between Egypt and the United States established by the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. They also declared that they would continue to work for Middle East peace, including an agreement on autonomy […]
Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir defended the government today against charges that it had overreacted to an attempted terrorist incursion last week. He also defended his top aide, David Kimche, for remarking that Israel was interested in seeing a strong Iran. Shamir ran into a barrage of criticism from opposition MKs in the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs […]
Sol Granek, a Canadian businessman who became executive director of the United Israel Appeal and resident Canadian representative to the Keren Hayesod in Jerusalem, died at the age of 71 while visiting Florida. Born in Poland, Granek was brought by his family to Canada at the age of nine. The family settled in St. Catharines, […]