News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 22 February 2013

Barcelona to play soccer match for peace 22 Feb 2013 The top European soccer club FC Barcelona will face a mixed-team of Israelis and Palestinians in Israel in July as part of a peace initiative. READ MORE »

Attack on British soccer fans in France could be anti-Semitic

22 Feb 2013 Fans of the British soccer team the Tottenham Hotspur were targeted in an apparent anti-Semitic attack at a pub in Lyon, France.  READ MORE »

Putin’s idea to house Jewish collections rejected – Associated Press

22 Feb 2013 The US-based Chabad group has rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s suggestion to house disputed historical collections of books at a Jewish museum in Moscow. READ MORE »

Shimon Peres: ‘EU must declare Hezbollah a terrorist group” 22 Feb 2013 Israel’s President Shimon Peres has urged the 27 European Union member states to place Hezbollah on the list of terror organizations. READ MORE »

Calls grow for EU to ban Hezbollah – The Spectator, UK

22 Feb 2013 The White House is piling pressure on the EU to ban Hezbollah after Bulgarian authorities linked it to a bomb blast in Burgas which killed six people last year.  READ MORE »

Hezbollah courier was told to track Israeli flights – New York Times

22 Feb 2013 A Hezbollah operative who worked as a courier for the group in Europe said at his trial in Cyprus that he had instructions to record the arrival times of passenger flights from Israel to Cyprus. READ MORE »