WJC News Update – UN body to include Yad Vashem Shoah testimonials in heritage list

2013. június 20 16:53

WJC News Update – UN body to include Yad Vashem Shoah testimonials in heritage list

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 20 June 2013

Ido Aharoni: When artists scapegoat Israel – A letter to Alice Walker

Israel’s Consul General in New York Ido Aharoni writes an open letter to the American author who has called for a boycott of Israel.

UN body to include Yad Vashem Shoah testimonials in world heritage list

20 Jun 2013 The millions of testimonials of Holocaust survivors kept at Vad Vashem in Jerusalem are to be included in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.  READ MORE »

Former Mossad chief Dagan: 1967 borders are defensible – Israel Hayom

20 Jun 2013 Speaking at the President’s Conference in Jerusalem, former Mossad chief Meir Dagan said Israel would be able to defend the country even if it were to withdraw to the pre-1967 borders. READ MORE »

Netanyahu to top EU official: If Hezbollah is not a terrorist group, who is? – Jerusalem Post

20 Jun 2013 Ahead of a meeting with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, the Israeli prime minister expressed frustration that Europe still hasn’t blacklisted Hezbollah. READ MORE »