WJC News Update -French politician suggests Hitler ‘didn’t kill enough’ Gypsies

WJC News Update -French politician suggests Hitler ‘didn’t kill enough’ Gypsies

Did Schwarzenegger help to sway Austria in favor of Hezbollah ban?

Austrian-born ‘Governator’ Arnold Schwarzenegger reportedly lobbied Vienna to persuade the government there of the importance of an EU move to blacklist Hezbollah.

Teens suspected of smashing Jewish headstones in Serbia

23 Jul 2013 Serbian police suspect three teenagers are responsible for desecrating 39 Jewish graves in the northern city of Subotica. READ MORE »

French politician suggests Hitler ‘didn’t kill enough’ Gypsies

23 Jul 2013 The mayor and member of the French National Assembly Gilles Bourdouleix is facing expulsion from his party after publicly attacking Roma. READ MORE »

Nazi-themed cafe vilified abroad, a hit in Indonesia – AFP

23 Jul 2013 The Holocaust is weak on the radar in Indonesia, home to the world’s biggest Muslim population, where the Jewish community numbers a mere 20 people. READ MORE »

Dutch retailers ban goods from settlements – YNet

22 Jul 2013 At least two retail chains in the Netherlands have reportedly stopped selling goods produced in Israeli settlements.  READ MORE »

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 »