WJC News Update – Governors of all 50 US states sign anti-BDS statement

WJC News Update – Governors of all 50 US states sign anti-BDS statement 

Governors of all 50 US states sign anti-BDS statement – I24 NewsThe governors reaffirmed their commitment to ‘the principle of two states for two peoples’. Danish foreign minister plans to grant $8 million to Pro-BDS Palestinian NGOs – Israel HayomPrime Minister Netanyahu meets Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen on Wednesday, urges him to halt assistance.

UK Conservative Party defends leaving Israel and anti-Semitism out of manifesto – Jewish News18 May 2017 Party says despite not directly addressing the issues, the manifesto ‘sets out a number of policies for our Jewish communities’.  READ MORE » Holocaust survivor’s family donates collection of documents to Auschwitz museum – JTA18 May 2017 The family of Wladyslaw Rath handed over 1,893 documents and 29 photographs, the museum announced Thursday.  READ MORE » The secret transcripts of the Six-Day War, part I – Tablet Magazine18 May 2017 The Six-Day War was run by a committee. A highly classified committee, whose transcripts have never been seen for 50 years. Until now.  READ MORE » ‘Kangarusski’: Helping Russian speakers Down Under reconnect to Jewish roots18 May 2017 The Zionist Federation of Australia has implemented its Kangarusski program, aimed at the country’s 40,000 Russian-speaking Jews.  READ MORE » Minister makes Cannes statement with Jerusalem dress – Times of Israel18 May 2017 Attending film festival opening, Miri Regev wears picture of Western Wall, Dome of Rock to mark 50 years since reunification of city.  READ MORE » Iran has its own hard-line populist, and he’s on the rise – New York Times18 May 2017 Ebrahim Raisi, 56, a hard-liner who made his career in Iran’s judiciary, seems to have come out of nowhere, and he is seen as a favorite and possible successor to Iran’s 78-year-old supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.   READ MORE »