Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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Treasury blocks assets for Iran dealing
The U.S. Treasury blocked the assets of four Chinese companies and a U.S. company for supporting Iranian missile proliferation.
“The companies targeted today have supplied Iran’s military and Iranian proliferators with missile-related and dual-use components,” Stuart Levey, undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a statement.
The Chinese companies include Beijing Alite Technologies Company, LIMMT Economic and Trade Company, China Great Wall Industry Corporation and China National Precision Machinery Import/Export Corporation.
The U.S. company is G.W. Aerospace, located in Torrance, Calif., the U.S. office of China Great Wall Industry.
Adviser: Hamas prepared to offer long truce
Hamas might offer a 50- to 60-year truce if Israel withdraws to its pre-1967 borders, a top Palestinian adviser said.
But Hamas still would not recognize Israel, Ahmed Yusef, a political adviser to Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, told Ha’aretz.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has made clear that Israel has no intentions to withdraw to the pre-1967 borders, which he says are indefensible. Yusef also said suicide bombings do not serve the Hamas government’s interests, despite a call by the terrorist group’s military wing to end a cease-fire because of increasing violence in Gaza.
Committee OKs anti-terrorism cooperation
A U.S. House of Representatives committee approved legislation strengthening anti-terrorism cooperation between the United States, Israel and other nations.
The Homeland Security Committee passed the Promoting Anti-Terrorism Capabilities Through International Cooperation Act on Wednesday in a voice vote, reflecting its bipartisan support. Designated allies include Israel, Britain, Canada, Australia and Singapore.
Companion legislation in the Senate was scheduled to be marked up Wednesday by the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, but was delayed due to an extended markup session on an unrelated bill. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobbied for the bill.
Anti-Semitism cited in immigration debate
U.S. congressional representatives cited anti-Semitic attacks in detailing recent bigotry engendered by the immigration debate.
On Tuesday, Rep. Joe Baca (D-Calif.) cited a recent Anti-Defamation League report on the stereotyping used by anti-immigrant groups. One Internet-distributed game, “Border Patrol 2,” in which players gain points by shooting Mexicans, features a U.S. flag in which the stars have been replaced with Stars of David.
Baca cited other examples in which anti-immigrant groups insinuate that support for “interracial tolerance and mutual respect is somehow Jewish propaganda,” he said.
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