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Monday, November 07, 2005
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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McCain: Israelis don’t torture
Sen. John McCain cited Israel as an example of a nation that successfully combats terrorism without resorting to torture.
A bill by McCain (R-Ariz.) restricting all U.S. government employees to interrogation techniques in the army manual passed 90-9 last month, but is meeting fierce resistance from the White House, which wants to exempt CIA agents.
In recent TV appearances, McCain said he consulted with Israelis about his initiative. “The people in this world that suffer more threats from terrorist attacks and get them every day are the Israelis,” McCain said Monday on NBC’s “Today” show. “The Israeli Supreme Court outlawed torture, outlawed cruel and inhumane treatment. And I have talked to Israeli officials, and they say they do very fine without it.”
McCain made a similar argument on “Fox News Sunday.”
Petitioners want to revoke Nobel
A petition being circulated protests a Nobel Prize recently awarded to an Israeli academic.
The petition protests the 2006 Nobel in economics given to Robert Aumann because he “uses his analysis to justify Israel’s occupation,” according to the document. Aumann is a specialist in game theory, the study of how rival groups — whether business colleagues or warring parties — interact to secure ideal outcomes.
Aumann is pessimistic about the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, believing the Arabs are not yet ready to accept a Jewish state in their midst.
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