WJC News Update – Push to blacklist Hezbollah still opposed by several EU countries

WJC News Update – Push to blacklist Hezbollah still opposed by several EU countries

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 05 June 2013

Push to blacklist Hezbollah still opposed by several EU countries

Several European countries, including Finland, Sweden, Austria, Italy and Ireland, are reportedly still opposed to including the Lebanese movement into the EU list of terror organizations.

Iran calls Argentine prosecutor ‘Zionist’ and denies infiltrating Latin America

05 Jun 2013 In a brief but aggressive statement, Iran’s Foreign Ministry has denied all charges leveled against the country in a report by the Argentine Prosecutor Alberto Nisman. READ MORE »

Moshe Kantor: Norwegian cartoon just the latest in rising European anti-Semitism – Jewish Tribune

05 Jun 2013 The ‘Jewish Tribune’ asked Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress, to discuss the Norwegian cartoon in the context of the rise of European anti-Semitism. READ MORE »

Limmud FSU holds Jewish conference in Belarus – Jerusalem Post

05 Jun 2013 The latest incarnation of Limmud FSU (former Soviet Union) took place for the first time in Belarus over the weekend, one of the most storied countries in Jewish history. READ MORE »

100 Jewish students kicked off flight in New York after refusing to turn off phones – Daily Mail

05 Jun 2013 A large group of Jewish high school students have been kicked off a flight after some refused to turn off their cell phones for take-off.  READ MORE »

Golden Dawn submits draft bill ‘to combat racism against Greeks’ – Enet

05 Jun 2013 Extreme right party seeks harsh punishment for immigrants who attack Greeks. READ MORE »

‘A custodian of the Jewish people’ – Senator Frank Lautenberg remembered – Jewish Week

05 Jun 2013 The son of poor immigrants, was a giant of liberal and Jewish causes and a critical advocate for Soviet emigrés. READ MORE »

Claims Conference faces more calls for fraud probe – Jerusalem Post

05 Jun 2013 Samuel Norich, a member of the board for the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, has joined the growing chorus of calls for an independent probe of the Holocaust restitution organization. READ MORE »