More in ‘John Demjanjuk’

• Disputing reports that a deal over captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit has been struck, a Hamas spokesperson said Israel refuses to release 15 specific prisoners upon whom Hamas has insisted. [Haaretz]
• A long article weighs the legitimate reasons for trying accused concentration camp guard John Demjanjuk against the 89-year-old’s apparently frail health. [LAT]
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• The mayor of the West Bank’s Beit Arieh settlement, participating in larger protests, was arrested for disrupting security forces’ implementation of the construction freeze. [AP]
• Violence erupted among Palestinian and Israeli civilians in East Jerusalem after police-escorted residents removed furniture from a Palestinian-built house to which they had won the right. [NYT]
• After finding ...

Germany’s prosecution of John Demjanjuk for allegedly aiding in the slaughter of 27,000 Jews at the Sobibor camp in Poland is notable for more than just the sensational drama involved in attempting to bring an accused génocidaire to justice (especially one whom Israel tried, sentenced to death, and then acquitted on appeal more than a ...

• Israel has begun the fraught process of implementing a 10-month settlement freeze in the West Bank. [Haaretz]
• Israel announced plans to release 980 prisoners in exchange for the release of Gilad Shalit by Hamas; the statement declared that this is not “part of a gesture and/or diplomatic agreement” but rather “an incident of bargaining, ...

• A mother addresses what she calls “one of the biggest Jewish dilemmas”: Can our kids celebrate Halloween? Her conclusion seems to be that the only reason to say yes is that costumes are “cute” and the only reason to say no is that it skeletons are “spooky.” [Jewish Journal]
• The Telegraph takes on a ...

• Surprise: President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize! Among other rationales, the committee cites the fact that “dialogue and negotiations are preferred as instruments for resolving even the most difficult international conflicts.” [WP]
• “Even if one American or Zionist missile hits our country, before the dust settles, Iranian missiles will blow up the ...

• At this week’s conference, Fatah resolves that Israel bears full responsibility for the death of former leader Yasser Arafat. [JPost]
• Still hoping to revive peace talks, the U.S. asks Israel to freeze settlement growth for one year. [Reuters]
• Meanwhile, a group of Republican leaders on a visit to Israel think President Obama should shift ...

Last May, American immigration agents arrived at the suburban Cleveland home of Ivan “John” Demjanjuk to deliver him to a jail cell in Bavaria. A widely published Associated Press photo caught the 89-year-old Demjanjuk being lifted into an Immigration Services van, eyes closed and mouth agape—an expression of either affected bewilderment or honest despondency. His son protested to assembled journalists that the proceedings were “inhuman.”

• 89-year-old convicted former Nazi guard John Demjanjuk has been OK-ed by doctors to stand trial for his war crimes. [JTA]
• Haaretz assess the Netanyahu administration after 100 days in office. [Haaretz]
• And Netanyahu himself, taking stock of the first 100, said, “We have brought a national agreement on the idea of ‘two states ...