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Success of an Argentinian Jewish philanthropist – Jerusalem Post

22 Jan 2013 Eduardo Elsztain’s first major investment in Israel is in Ganden, the company that controls IDB Holdings. READ MORE »

Report: Israel brings Yemeni Jews – Israel Hayom

22 Jan 2013 A Palestinian weekly reports that a group of Yemeni Jews have arrived in Tel Aviv via Doha on a Qatari flight. READ MORE »

Council of Europe wants ‘racist and anti-Semitic’ members ousted – EURactiv.com

22 Jan 2013 The Parliamentary Assembly of the Strasbourg-based Council of Europe is considering a ban on some of its far-right members if they are affiliated with parties that are “neo-Nazi, racist and anti-Semitic”. READ MORE »

Suspense growing as Israelis elect new Knesset

22 Jan 2013 In Israel, polling stations have opened for Tuesday’s general election as a total of 5,650,000 voters will be able to cast their ballots across the country. READ MORE »

Ban Ki-moon: ‘Give unsung heroes of the Holocaust the regard they deserve’

22 Jan 2013 Statement by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on International Holocaust Remembrance Day (27 January) READ MORE »

Rare Holocaust diary unveiled – YNet

22 Jan 2013 President Peres has received a chilling journal in Polish , published 70 years after start of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Another diary describes the activity of anti-Nazi resistance groups. READ MORE »

British prime minister salutes Holocaust survivor – Times of Israel

22 Jan 2013 In advance of national day of commemoration, David Cameron also meets non-Jewish students who visited Auschwitz. READ MORE »

WJC ANALYSIS – Shifting alliances in the Middle East

22 Jan 2013 Hamas expects that with the appointment of Chuck Hagel as defense secretary the Obama administration will continue with its pro-Muslim Brotherhood policy. READ MORE »