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Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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Nevzlin named in poison probe
Russian authorities said an Israel-based business oligarch could be a suspect in the murder of a former Russian spy in Britain.
“A version is being looked at that those who ordered these crimes could be the same people who are on an international wanted list for serious and very serious crimes, one of whom is... Leonid Nevzlin,” the Prosecutor-General’s Office in Moscow said in a statement Wednesday.
Nevzlin, former manager of the Russian conglomerate Yukos, knew Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian spy who was poisoned to death in London last month.
Nevzlin denied wrongdoing in the case and said he had handed over related files to Scotland Yard investigators.
Nevzlin, who is involved in several Jewish charities, was one of several business moguls forced out of Russia in what many see as a deliberate corporate takeover campaign masterminded by President Vladimir Putin.
Israel delays humanitarian measures
Israel postponed the implementation of a series of humanitarian gestures toward Palestinians in the West Bank.
It was decided Tuesday that the army would not begin removing roadblocks until the beginning of next week, partly due to weather conditions.
The army does not intend to remove the blockade around Nablus because of terrorist cells known to be active there.
Israel approves U.S. extradition
An Israeli court ordered the extradition of a man wanted in the United States for ducking a felony conviction.
The Jerusalem District Court on Wednesday approved the extradition of the man — identified by local media as Dr. Yonatan Efrat — at the behest of the FBI and Interpol.
The man, who changed his name after moving to Israel two years ago, is believed to have been convicted in California of drugging and raping two women in the late 1980s.
It was not immediately clear if he would petition Israel’s High Court of Justice against the extradition.
Gaydamak boosts Bibi
A Russian-Israeli billionaire endorsed Benjamin Netanyahu’s bid to retake the Israeli premiership.
Arkady Gaydamak, whose lavish public philanthropy has stirred speculation that he could enter Israeli politics, said in an interview Wednesday that he did not plan to run in the next election.
Instead he voiced confidence in Netanyahu, Israel’s opposition leader and a former prime minister.
“Of all the people on the list of prime ministerial candidates, Netanyahu is the most fitting and the most responsible,” Gaydamak told Ynet.
He also had warm words for Ami Ayalon, the frontrunner to succeed Defense Minister Amir Peretz as Labor Party leader, but was dismissive of the incumbent, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
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