News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 11 March 2013

US senator, Treasury press EU to blacklist Hezbollah – Jerusalem Post

11 Mar 2013 In talks over Iranian sanctions, David Cohen says US government is diligently working to convince EU to label Hezbollah as terrorists.  READ MORE »

Iranian lawmakers prepare to vote on AMIA bombing deal with Argentina – MercoPress

11 Mar 2013 The recent agreement between Iran and Argentina to set up a truth commission to investigate the 1994 AMIA center bombing has been submitted to the Iranian parliament for approval. READ MORE »

Peres meets with imams to mark Toulouse massacre – Times of Israel 11 Mar 2013 Israel’s president met with Jewish and Muslim leaders in France to mark a year since the deadly terrorist attack at a Jewish school in Toulouse, in which four members of the city’s Jewish community were murdered. READ MORE »

Israeli Arabs more afraid than Jews of enemy attack, poll finds – Haaretz

11 Mar 2013 Israeli Arabs are more afraid than the Jewish public of being attacked by an enemy state, according to the annual ‘National Resilience’ survey.  READ MORE »

Israeli coalition deal still in works after leaders meet – Jerusalem Post 11 Mar 2013 Coalition negotiations hit a dead end on Sunday night, with Likud Beytenu and Yesh Atid stuck on issues such as equality in the burden of national service and the number of ministers in the next government. READ MORE »

Toronto police investigating nature of bomb threat at Jewish center – Canadian Press

11 Mar 2013 Toronto police are investigating whether a bomb threat that led to the evacuation of a Jewish community center was a hate crime. READ MORE »