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Monday, July 17, 2006
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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Thousands rally to support Israel
Several thousand protesters descended upon the United Nations in New York City to show American support for Israel.
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel and Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Dan Gillerman, were among the speakers Monday in defense of Israel’s actions and its campaign against terrorism.
Clinton condemned the “unwarranted, unprovoked attacks from Hamas, Hezbollah and their state sponsors” and called these groups “the new totalitarians of the 21st century.” She added: “We will stand with Israel because Israel is standing for American values as well as Israeli ones.”
Several protesters required medical attention because of the extreme heat.
Terror case begins in U.S. court
Opening arguments were expected Monday in a case involving art and Iran’s support of a terrorist attack in Israel.
Lawyers for victims of the 1997 attack want the U.S. court to force the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute to sell Persian antiquities to help raise some of the money for a $423.5 million damages judgment made in 2003 against Iran for backing Hamas, which was behind the attack.
The university, Iran and the United States are all opposing the victims; the U.S. government generally says such judgments infringe on the ability of U.S. officials to conduct foreign policy
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