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Friday, August 18, 2006
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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Officials: U.S. helped stop Iranian shipment
The United States reportedly blocked an Iranian cargo plane’s flight to Syria last month because it was carrying weapons for Hezbollah.
Officials from two different U.S. intelligence agencies confirmed to USA Today that U.S. diplomats persuaded Turkey and Iraq to deny an Iranian plane laden with sophisticated missiles and launchers access to their airspace en route to Syria.
The incident occurred July 20, shortly after the outbreak of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
AJCommittee: Consider war’s impact on Israel
The American Jewish Committee wants international human rights groups to consider the Lebanon war’s impact on Israel.
The AJCommittee’s Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights published a 22-page study of the 34-day war Friday, and noted that the U.N. Security Council resolution that ended the conflict called only for assistance to Lebanon.
“It is to be hoped that the information presented in this profile will draw the attention of the international community, both governmental and private sector organizations and agencies, to the need also to extend their expertise and assistance to the Israeli people as well, in an effort to address the very serious impact of the rocket attacks from Hezbollah and to contribute to the reconstruction effort required to deal with the damage and displacement experienced often tragically by Israeli citizens as a result,” the report’s conclusion says.
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