World IN BRIEF : ISRAEL : Jewish Agency Head Quits Amid Charges

The head of the agency primarily responsible for organizing the immigration of Jews to Israel stepped down after prosecutors charged him with fraud, breach of trust and fraudulent receipt of goods. Jewish Agency chairman Simcha Dinitz was accused of running up thousands of dollars of personal charges on an agency credit card. “I am innocent beyond any shadow of a doubt,” said Dinitz, also a senior member of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s Labor Party. The charges against Dinitz, a former ambassador to the United States, were initiated by lawmakers from right-wing opposition parties.