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Slovenia, Estonia announce new shechitah restrictions – JTA, USA

10 Oct 2012 Slovenia’s National Assembly is set to vote on a proposed ban on all ritual slaughter, which the European Union member country’s government recently submitted for approval. Estonia, meanwhile, has reportedly imposed new restrictions on its already stringent slaughter policy. READ MORE »

Gaza rockets continue to fall on western Negev – Jerusalem Post, Israel

10 Oct 2012 Rockets fired from Gaza exploded in the western Negev on Wednesday morning, with two rockets landing in Sderot and one in Netivot. The latest rocket fire follows an air force strike on smuggling tunnels in the northern Gaza Strip. READ MORE »

Activist says boat with pro-Palestinians seeks to break Israeli naval blockade of Gaza Strip – Associated Press, USA

10 Oct 2012 A boat carrying pro-Palestinian advocates from eight countries is en route to Gaza in the latest attempt to break Israel’s naval blockade on the coastal territory, an activist on board said Tuesday. READ MORE »

Germany law to end circumcision row – BBC News, UK

10 Oct 2012 The German government is to present new legislation aimed at ending a legal dispute over the religious tradition of circumcision. READ MORE »

French Islamic terrorist cell suspected after bombing of kosher grocery outside Paris – Daily Beast, USA

10 Oct 2012 One man is dead after a shootout with police, and 12 suspects are being held in connection with the bombing of a kosher grocery in a Paris suburb, reigniting fears of Islamic violence among France’s Jewish community. READ MORE »

French President Hollande to Jewish leaders: We’ll fight extremism – YNet, Israel

10 Oct 2012 After blanks fired at synagogue near Paris, French president pledges to battle anti-Semitism „with the greatest firmness.” Jewish leader warns against complacency before ‘monstrous ideology’ of radical Islamists. READ MORE »

American Christian leaders call on U.S. Congress to rethink military aid to Israel – JTA, USA

10 Oct 2012 In letter to the US Congress, Christian leaders said it was their „moral responsibility” to question the continuing US assistance to Israel. Jewish groups criticized the move.  READ MORE »

New York museums have not returned Nazi-seized art – New York Post, USA

07 Oct 2012 Between 1933 and 1945, the Nazis seized an estimated 650,000 works of art, taking them from Jewish families and grabbing so-called “degenerate” art — including works by Picasso, Matisse, Chagall and van Gogh — off the walls of German museums. Many of the plundered paintings and other works were destroyed, but others were sold abroad with the cash going back to the Nazi war machine. Some have still not been returned. READ MORE »