WHAT HAPPENED? TODAY IN JEWISH HISTORY Upcoming Holiday: Tisha B'Av (July 16)
June 18: IAEA Chief Yukiyo Amano Says in Interview that International Sanctions Have Had Little to No Impact in Slowing Down Iran's Progress for Building its Nuclear Program June 17: Hassan Rouhani - politician, academic and former nuclear negotiator - Elected as Iran's Next President to Replace Mahmoud Ahmadinejad June 13: U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Martin Dempsey Describes Iran as a "Threat" to America's security, Adds the U.S. is Determined to Prevent Iran from Acquiring Nuclear Weapons. Delegation of High-Ranking Indian Water Authority Officials Finish Educational Trip to Israel to Learn More about Water Management Solutions June 11: IDF Facilitiated the Crossing of 5,439 truckloads - 146,829 tons - of goods, including food and medical supplies, into Gaza During Month of May Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Oversees Installation of Containers at Arak Heavy Water Nuclear Facility; Plant Could be Fully Operational by Early 2014 June 7: U.S. State Department Grants Exemptions on Iran Sanctions to China and 8 Other Countries June 6: President Obama Extends Congressional Waiver on Jerusalem Embassy Relocation Act to Keep Embassy in Tel Aviv, Citing National Security Concerns Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Calls of PA President Mahmoud Abbas to Set Aside Pre-Conditions and Return to Negotiating Table June 5: PA President Mahmoud Abbas Appoints Palestinian Academic Rami Hamdallah as PA Prime Minister to Replace Salam Fayyad June 4: U.S. President Obama Approves New Executive Order Authorizing Implementation of Sanctions on Iran's Currency and Automative Sector June 3: India and Israel to Collaborate on Agricutlure Technology to Help Boost Fruit and Vegetable Yield New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg Passed Away at the Age of 89
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This Week in Jewish History: JUNE 13: Bergen-Belsen War Crimes Trial Commences (1946) JUNE 14: Pope Benedict XIV Pens Letter on Relationship Between Jews & Christians (1751) JUNE 15: Unofficial Start of Israeli-Egyptian War of Attrition (1967) JUNE 16: Nazis Declare Berlin, German as "Judenrein" (1943) JUNE 17: Future Nazi Leader Martin Bormann Born in Germany (1900) JUNE 18: UN Certifies Full Israeli Withdrawal from Southern Lebanon (2001) JUNE 19: Jewish Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas Born (1910) Find: Today In Jewish History Prepare: Jewish Holidays 2013-2014
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