WJC News Update – Peace talks between Palestinians, Israelis to resume this week, says Kerry

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 22 July 2013

Lauder welcomes ‘long overdue’ EU decision to list Hezbollah’s military wing as terrorist entity

The foreign ministers of the 28 European Union countries agreed in Brussels on Monday to put the military wing of Lebanon’s Hezbollah on the EU list of terrorist organizations.

French presidents insists fight against anti-Semitism is ‘priority for the entire government’ – European Jewish Press’

22 Jul 2013 French President Francois Hollande met with the new head of CRIF, Roger Cukierman, at the Elysee Palace in Paris last week. READ MORE »

500-year-old Jewish skeleton found in Brazil – Jerusalem Post

22 Jul 2013 Brazilian archaeologists unearthed what they said are the 500-year-old remains of a Jewish man in Recife. READ MORE »

Peace talks between Palestinians, Israelis to resume this week, says Kerry

22 Jul 2013 Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations are expected to resume later this week, following the announcement by US Secretary of State John Kerry last Friday in the Jordanian capital Amman. READ MORE »

Israel agrees to release ‘hardcore’ Palestinian prisoners as part of John Kerry’s bid to restart peace talks – Daily Mail

22 Jul 2013 Israel has agreed to release some ‘hardcore’ Palestinian prisoners as part of John Kerry’s efforts to restart Mideast peace talks, but it will not meet other longstanding Palestinian demands before negotiations resume, according to an Israeli minister. READ MORE »

Kate’s in labor – in a Jewish-funded hospital wing – JTA

22 Jul 2013 When the duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton was rushed to the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s Hospital earlier today, anxious to avoid hundreds of paparazzi camping outside, she almost certainly missed the little plaque at the entrance. The memorial pays tribute to the anonymous donor “who was not unmindful of his neighbors’ needs” and who paid for the wing in 1937. READ MORE »