News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 14 May 2013

Dangerous far-right party regains political strength in Bulgaria

The far-right Ataka party emerges as kingmaker following Bulgaria parliamentary elections. The far-right party captured some 7% of the popular vote, putting it in a position to dictate terms for the formation of Bulgaria’s next ruling coalition.

China’s pragmatic Middle Eastern surprise

14 May 2013 Chinese President Xi Jinping had the rare opportunity to receive both Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu within days of each other last week. READ MORE »

Jews fear they’ll have to flee Hungary as anti-Semitic party gains ground

14 May 2013 After enduring the dual horrors of the Second World War and Communism, Hungarian Jews are now faced with the spectre of rising anti-Semitism fuelled by the far-right party Jobbik and the country’s faltering economy. READ MORE »

Times of Israel: Venezuela’s ‘anti-Semitic’ leader admits Jewish ancestry

14 May 2013 Nicolas Maduro defends Caracas’s policies toward Israel, says his grandparents were Sephardic Jews who converted to Catholicism READ MORE »