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UNITED KINGDOM |
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UK party suspends candidate for anti-Semitic comments
A candidate for Britain’s United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) in next month’s local elections has been suspended after posting anti-Semitic comments on a conspiracy theory website.
Friday, April 26, 2013
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UK football club will issue life bans for anti-Semitism
Leading UK football club Chelsea will issue a life ban to any supporter found guilty of anti-Semitic abuse aimed at Israeli international Yossi Benayoun.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
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FRANCE |
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Rabbi and son stabbed near Paris synagogue
A rabbi and his 18-year-old son were injured in an attack in Paris by a knife-wielding man who reportedly shouted „Allahu Akbar” — „God is great.”
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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GERMANY |
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Germany investigates man who served in Auschwitz
A 93-year-old man is being investigated by German prosecutors for his Nazi past and being an accessory to the murder of thousands of Jews.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
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LITHUANIA |
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Anti-Semitic slogans scrawled on Lithuanian Holocaust sites
Lithuanian police are investigating anti-Semitic slogans scrawled near the site of a former Nazi labour camp in the Baltic state’s capital.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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MOROCCO |
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Casablanca Jewish museum re-opened
The Museum of Moroccan Judaism, one of the only institutions of its kind in the Arab world, has been reopened in Casablanca following months of renovations.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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POLAND |
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Poland to bring in new regulations for shechita
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the government will bring in new legislation to allow Jewish methods of slaughter of animals for food.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
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NEWS |
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GLOBAL NEWS |
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EU report: Terror threat increasing
A report for the European Union has suggested that terror attacks are on the rise within the 27-member bloc.
Friday, April 26, 2013
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European Parliament delegation again puts off Iran visit
A group from the European Parliament has once again had to put off a visit to Iran after pressure from organisations concerned with the human rights record of the Islamic Republic.
Friday, April 26, 2013
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Hezbollah backing Assad on Iranian orders
A former leader of Hezbollah said that Iran pressed the Shiah terror group to join the civil war in Syria to bolster President Bashar al-Assad’s armed struggle.
Friday, April 26, 2013
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Court backs religious pluralism at Western Wall
A court in Jerusalem has handed the Women of the Wall organisation a significant legal victory in a decision released Thursday, ruling that the state cannot arrest the women for their activities at the site.
Friday, April 26, 2013
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Slimming for peace
Following the bombing attacks in the US city of Boston, a group of Jewish and Muslim women are combining are shredding pounds, reducing their waistlines and gaining cultural understanding.
Friday, April 26, 2013
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Teheran mayor criticises Ahmedinejad Shoah denial
The mayor of Teheran has strongly criticised President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s denial of the Holocaust saying it has caused the Islamic Republic significant damage.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
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UN chief slams official for Boston remarks
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has slammed remarks by a UN rights investigator who suggested the Boston bombings were a response to US foreign policy, and warned UN envoys that their public comments could undermine the world body’s credibility.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
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Report: US plans Middle East peace summit
The American Administration is planning to convene a four-way Middle East peace summit in to include the leaders of Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
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Israel says Syria using chemical weapons
Israel says it has found evidence that the Syrian government repeatedly used chemical weapons last month.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
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Did the lost tribes get to Papua New Guinea?
In a remote corner of Papua New Guinea, the scholar known internationally as the „British Indiana Jones” is tracking a global phenomenon of tribal people identifying themselves as a Lost Tribe of Israel.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
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Spain freezes Gaza consulate proposal
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo has announced that moves to open a Spanish consulate in Gaza were „frozen” because it was probably not the correct move to make at the current time.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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Qaradawi boycotts Doha because of Jewish presence
Influential Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi is boycotting an inter-faith dialogue conference that opened in Doha on Tuesday, rejecting to sit in the meeting also attended by Jewish representatives.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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UN official blames Israel, US for Boston bombings
A United Nations official known for blaming the U.S. for unrest in the Middle East has angered critics again by blaming the Boston Marathon bombings on „American global domination.”
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
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EJC ISRAELI PRESS REVIEW |
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– Israel shoots down drone near Haifa
– Report details failures surrounding „Prisoner X” suicide
– Jerusalem names street after iconoclast philosopher
Friday, April 26, 2013
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