Iran’s supreme leader questions Shoah again – on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Iran’s supreme leader questions Shoah again – on Holocaust Remembrance Day

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 28 January 2016

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WJC and UN to host director Simon Curtis for special screening of Woman in Gold

Film screening at the United Nations headquarters to be followed by panel discussion, moderated by UN Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, Christina Gallach, featuring Curtis and Wesley A. Fisher of the Claims Conference.

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Iran’s supreme leader questions Shoah again – on Holocaust Remembrance Day

On the day the world remembered the victims of the Holocaust, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei released a video in which he again questioned the Nazi genocide of six million Jews.

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WATCH: The world is full of Holocaust deniers

At this very moment, thousands of people are watching Holocaust denial videos. 21 million views and counting. No more lies and slander! This is what really happened. www.stopholocaustdenial.org

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Saying ‘We are all Jews,’ Obama honors Americans’ lifesaving efforts in Holocaust – New York Times

28 Jan 2016 On Wednesday was the first time a sitting American president has made a speech at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC.  READ MORE »

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Obama: ‘An attack on any faith is an attack on all of our faiths’

28 Jan 2016 Transcript of the speech given by US President Barack Obama at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, on 27 January 2016.  READ MORE »

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Tel Aviv terrorist vows to ‘die’ and ‘kill’ on cellphone videos – Israel Hayom

28 Jan 2016 Several hours before going on a killing spree in Tel Aviv, terrorist Nashat Milhem lost his mobile phone. Videos recovered by police from his phone reveal a strong hatred for the „enemies of Islam” – Jews, Christians and Shiite Muslims.  READ MORE »

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United Nations chief rejects criticism from Israel: ‘Nothing justifies terrorism’ – YNet

28 Jan 2016 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon rejected accusations from Israel that he was „giving terror a tailwind,” reiterating on Wednesday that „nothing, absolutely nothing justifies terrorism.”  READ MORE »

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Report: Jordan cites security as reason for banning Jews from bringing religious items into country

28 Jan 2016 The Foreign Ministry in Amman apologized for an incident in which an Israeli family was told by a border official to leave behind their yarmulkes, but insists Jewish prayer items can’t be brought into the kingdom.  READ MORE »

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1,700-year-old rabbis’ tombstones reflect Jewish life in Galilean city – Times of Israel

28 Jan 2016 Three 1,700-year-old funerary inscriptions written in Aramaic and Greek bearing the names of rabbis were recently uncovered near the ancient Galilean city of Tzippori, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Tuesday.  READ MORE »

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Europe’s Jews are ‘living in fear’, warns head of EU parliament – Daily Telegraph

28 Jan 2016 Martin Schulz, the German head of the European parliament, marked Holocaust Remembrance Day with a speech warning that anti-Semitism was still rife 70 years after the end of the Second World War.  READ MORE »