Greek police arrests Golden Dawn leadership accused of forming criminal gang

WJC News Update – Greek police arrests Golden Dawn leadership accused of forming criminal gang

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 30 September 2013

WJC welcomes support of Polish bishops for overturning of religious slaughter ban

The support of the Poland’s Catholic Episcopate for the campaign to overturn the ban on religious slaughter in Poland was “especially significant and warmly welcome,” Ronald Lauder said.

Greek police arrests Golden Dawn leadership accused of forming criminal gang

Golden Dawn leader Nikos Michaloliakos appeared in court on Saturday on charges of heading a criminal gang after police mounted an unprecedented crackdown on the neo-Nazi party,

Iran approves memorandum for joint probe of AMIA bombing – JTA

30 Sep 2013 Iran approved the memorandum signed nine months ago with Argentina to jointly probe the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires. READ MORE »

Obama and Netanyahu to discuss Iran at White House encounter

30 Sep 2013 Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with US President Barack Obama on Monday in Washington and is expected to warn that Iran’s diplomatic overtures to the West should not be trusted. READ MORE »

Amid nuclear issue, Israel said to arrest Iranian spy – New York Times

30 Sep 2013 Israel announced that it had recently arrested an Iranian spy who had photographed the United States Embassy building in Tel Aviv, among other things, as Israel scrambled to ward off any speedy international embrace of the new Iranian leadership. READ MORE »