News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 30 January 2013

Germany marks 80th anniversary of Hitler’s rise to power – Associated Press

30 Jan 2013 On 30 January 1933 Adolf Hitler was appointed as German chancellor. Today, a solemn ceremony will be held at a memorial site in central Berlin.  READ MORE »

France: Two suspects arrested in connection with Toulouse killings 30 Jan 2013 French police have reportedly arrested two people in the hunt for accomplices of Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah. READ MORE »

Stanley Fischer resigns as Bank of Israel head – Times of Israel

30 Jan 2013 Noted economist who navigated Israel through world recession to step down in June, two years before the end of his second term. READ MORE »

Senate confirms John Kerry as new US secretary of state – JTA

30 Jan 2013 The US Senate overwhelmingly confirmed Senator John Kerry as the new secretary of state. READ MORE »

OPINION – José María Aznar/David Trimble: Don’t mince words. Hezbollah are terrorists 30 Jan 2013 Officially blacklisting the group will diminish its ability to serve its sinister Iranian masters, argue the former Spanish PM and the former Northern Ireland first minister in an op-ed for UK paper ‘The Times’. READ MORE »

Bureaucracy stalls construction of Italy’s first Holocaust museum – JTA

30 Jan 2013 If all goes according to plan, a starkly modern Holocaust museum will soon rise on the site of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini’s Rome residence. READ MORE »

UK: Sick woman’s appeal sparks rise in Jewish bone marrow donors – BBC News

30 Jan 2013 The number of Jewish bone marrow donors registered with a charity has risen by 985 percent as a result of a campaign to save a terminally ill woman. READ MORE »

Illustrator of anti-Israel cartoon apologizes for timing of publication – JTA

30 Jan 2013 The illustrator of an editorial cartoon depicting Israeli PM Netanyahu building a wall on the bodies of Palestinians and using their blood as cement apologized for the timing of its publication. READ MORE »