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Belgian election campaign marred by anti-Semitic outbursts, says Jewish leader

Recent local elections had triggered “an unprecedented wave of manifestations of anti-Semitism,” Maurice Sosnowski, the president of the Belgian Jewish umbrella organization CCOJB, has said.  READ MORE »

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A victory against anti-Semitic tweets in France – Jerusalem Post, Israel

22 Oct 2012 Tweeter announces that it is removing the offending „good Jew” tweets under “trending tropics.”  READ MORE »

Third arrest after Jewish headstones vandalized – Radio New Zealand

22 Oct 2012 A third person has been arrested in connection with the attack on several Jewish headstones at Auckland’s oldest cemetery. READ MORE »

Crowds march against anti-Semitism in Malmö – The Local, Sweden

22 Oct 2012 Some 300 people joined a demonstration in solidarity with the Jewish population in the Swedish city of Malmö on Saturday after a spate of recent attacks. READ MORE »

Ex-Mossad chief: Dialogue with Tehran is essential – Jerusalem Post, Israel

22 Oct 2012 Former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy on Sunday called on the West to open a dialogue with Iran amid denials of reported talks between the US and Tehran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. READ MORE »

French Jews to sue Twitter over anti-Semitic tweets – Agence France Presse

19 Oct 2012 witter, a day after saying it blocked a neo-Nazi group’s account in Germany in a global first, faced a new battle Friday in France where Jewish students are taking it to court to force it to remove anti-Semitic messages. READ MORE »