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On Feb. 2, 1978, JTA reported that Palestinian terrorists had sabotaged Israeli exports and poisoned Jaffa oranges with mercury. [[READMORE]] The poisoned oranges were discovered in the Netherlands, where 5 Dutch children were poisoned. Sadly, this was the first of several incidents through 1988. Archive Notes: In 2008, two Palestinians were arrested in a plot to […]

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Planned Parenthood is in the news after the Susan G. Komen For the Cure Foundation announced it would no longer fund breast cancer testing for the organization. Many are decrying the Komen Foundation’s move as political. For the American Jewish community, birth control has long been a contentious issue. [[READMORE]] In 1923, seven years after Margaret […]

On Feb. 1, 1948, the office building shared by the Palestine Post and the Jewish Telegraphic Agency was rocked by an explosion on Ha-Solel street. [[READMORE]] The incident ranks as one of the most dangerous moments in JTA history since 1923.  Check out British newsreel video recapping the incident.  

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