WJC News Update – UK politician denies suggesting that ‘Zionists sacrificed their own’ in Shoah

WJC News Update – UK politician denies suggesting that ‘Zionists sacrificed their own’ in Shoah

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 26 April 2013

Lauder calls for dismissal of UN official who blames ‘Tel Aviv’ for Boston attacks

Richard A. Falk, 82, blamed America’s support for Israel as one of the reasons that triggered the Boston bombings.

UK politician denies suggesting that ‘Zionists sacrificed their own’ in Shoah

26 Apr 2013 An election candidate of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) was suspended for allegedly claiming that Jews murdered each other in the Holocaust in order to create the State of Israel. READ MORE »

Iranian claims innocence in Thai bombing plot – Times of Israel

26 Apr 2013 Investigators believe Saeid Moradi and a second detained Iranian planned to attack Israeli diplomats READ MORE »

British saw 1948 Jewish fighters as ‘like those of Nazi Germany’ – Jewish Chronicle

26 Apr 2013 The British High Commissioner of Palestine viewed the behavior of Jewish fighters as comparable to that of the Nazis, according to an intelligence report issued two weeks before statehood was declared. READ MORE »

This day in Jewish history / Expulsion from Brazil – Haaretz

26 Apr 2013 Fleeing the Inquisition in Portugal, Jews who settled in Brazil got a breath of freedom under the Dutch. Then the Portuguese kicked them out again. READ MORE »

How Israel’s 1948 struggle inspired Nelson Mandela – Jewish Chronicle

26 Apr 2013 When Nelson Mandela was on the run from the South African authorities in the early 1960s, one of the safe houses he used belonged to a Jewish Communist called Wolfie Kodesh. It was there that he read about other liberation struggles, among them The Revolt, Irgun head Menachem Begin’s account of his war against the British in Palestine. READ MORE »

Australian PM signs up to declaration on combating anti-Semitism

25 Apr 2013 Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has signed a declaration about combating anti-Semitism, saying the bigotry „pollutes our world right now.” READ MORE »