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EJC IN ACTION |
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EJC and CCOJB condemn delegitimisation of Israel in Belgian media
The Coordination Committee of Jewish Organisations in Belgium (CCOJB) and the European Jewish Congress (EJC) strongly condemn the demonisation of the State of Israel, once again displayed by the Le Soir newspaper in its columns of Wednesday, June 19, 2013.
Friday, June 21, 2013
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UPDATES FROM OUR COMMUNITIES |
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SWEDEN |
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Web hits for Swedish far-right more than for governing parties
Website hits for three far-Right Swedish website far outnumbered that of the country’s mainstream political parties, a report has found.
Friday, June 21, 2013
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SWITZERLAND |
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Racist incidents rise in Switzerland
Racist incidents in Switzerland increased in 2012 rising from a recorded level of 156 in 2011 to 196 last year.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Switzerland launches national database for Nazi-looted art
A national internet portal has been created by the Swiss government to document all Nazi-looted art works.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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GIBRALTAR |
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Gibraltar’s religious harmony inspires religious leaders
A high level religious delegation from the Council of Christians and Jews (CCJ) in the UK visited Gibraltar on Wednesday.
Friday, June 21, 2013
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BELGIUM |
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Government backs Belgian prince’s visit to Israel
Belgian’s Foreign Minister Didier Reynders has strongly backed a recent visit by the country’s Prince Laurent to Israel.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
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FRANCE |
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French court throws out Le Pen appeal for Holocaust denial
France’s top appeals court has thrown out a request from far-Right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen to quash his guilty verdict for comments made in 2005 regarding the Nazei occupation of France.
Friday, June 21, 2013
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GERMANY |
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Michelle Obama visits Berlin Holocaust memorial
Michelle Obama and her two daughters visited the Holocaust memorial site in Berlin on Wednesday.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
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Cologne museum to return Nazi-looted painting
A museum in Cologne is to return a Nazi-looted painting to the heirs of an art dealer.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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HUNGARY |
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Hungarian man charged with Nazi war crimes
Hungarian prosecutors have charged a 98-year-old man, Laszlo Csatary, with participation in Nazi war crimes.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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LATVIA |
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Latvia bans Nazi and Soviet symbols
Latvia’s parliament has approved in the third and final reading amendments to legislation that ban the display of Soviet and Nazi symbols at all public events.
Friday, June 21, 2013
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THE NETHERLANDS |
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Dutch singer makes anti-Semitic comments about Streisand
Holland’s deputy premier condemned an anti-Semitic comment about Barbra Streisand made on Dutch television by a local singer.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
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NEWS |
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GLOBAL NEWS |
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PA Prime Minister offers to resign after two weeks in office
The newly appointed Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has offered his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas, a government source said.
Friday, June 21, 2013
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UNESCO adds Yad Vashem database
The names and testimony of six million Jews killed during the Holocaust now held by the Yad Vashem memorial museum have been included to UNESCO’s registry of documentary heritage.
Friday, June 21, 2013
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Lebanon PM urges Hezbollah pull-out from Syria
Beirut – President Michel Suleiman has called on the Lebanese Shi’ite Muslim Hezbollah movement to pull its guerrillas out of Syria, saying any further involvement in its neighbour’s civil war would fuel instability in Lebanon.
Friday, June 21, 2013
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„Italian Schindler” was Nazi collaborator
The man often called the Italian Schindler and credited with helping to save 5,000 Jews during the Holocaust, appears to have been actually been a Nazi collaborator.
Friday, June 21, 2013
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Religious restrictions increase after Arab Spring
While the onset of the Arab Spring at the end of 2010 and the beginning of 2011 brought hope that the uprisings would lead to more freedoms, they in fact ushered in an era of increased restrictions on religion, a new study has found.
Friday, June 21, 2013
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UK bid at EU to proscribe Hezbollah meets opposition
A British drive to put Hezbollah’s armed wing on the EU’s terror list again has run into resistance from governments concerned it would fuel instability in the Middle East.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
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Le Pen set to lose parliamentary immunity for anti-Muslim comments
The justice committee of the European Parliament has strongly backed a report calling for the lifting of parliamentary immunity for French far-Right leader Marine Le Pen.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
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New York synagogues alert police to KKK threat against Muslims
Synagogues in the New York area alerted police after a member of the Ku Klux Klan offered them a radiation-emitting device to attack Muslims.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
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Syrian rebels: Hezbollah using chemical weapons
The major organization of Syrian rebels, the Free Syrian Army, announced Wednesday that forces affiliated with the regime of Bashar-al-Assad and Hezbollah fighters employed chemical weapons in battles at the outskirts of Damascus.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
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Former Norwegian PM opposed to sanctions against Israel
Norway is unlikely to boycott or sanction Israel or even implement a labeling regime for settlement products, the country’s former prime minister said Wednesday.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
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Former South African envoy accuses Israel of replicating apartheid
The recently retired South African ambassador to Israel has taken a parting shot at the country’s treatment of Palestinians, calling it a „replication of apartheid.”
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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100,000 Gaza children enrol in military-style summer camps
As has become customary in recent years, this summer will see hundreds of thousands of small children in Gaza enrol in summer camps organised by terrorist groups
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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EJC ISRAELI PRESS REVIEW |
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– Security guard shot and kills Jewish man at Western Wall
– Chief Rabbi placed under house arrest on bribery, fraud allegations
– Minister endorses Arab peace initiative
Friday, June 21, 2013
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– Syrian mortar hits Golan
– Large increase in national service participation by Israeli Arabs
– Eritrean immigrants mark refugee day
Thursday, June 20, 2013
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– Israel celebrates Peres’ 90th birthday
– PM, politicians condemn racist attacks in Arab village
– Israel wants total halt to Iranian nuclear enrichment
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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