WJC News Update – Revealed: Nazi secret police chief was buried in Jewish cemetery

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 31 October 2013

German Jewish leader calls burial of Nazi secret police chief in Berlin Jewish cemetery ‘a terrible iniquity’

Heinrich Müller, the notorious head of the Nazi secret police force Gestapo, was buried in a Jewish cemetery in central Berlin, according to new documents found by historians.

‘Signiﬁcant progress’ in Israeli-Palestinian talks – Jewish Chronicle

31 Oct 2013 The Israeli-Palestinian peace talks have made “significant progress” towards “a comprehensive agreement on all the issues” that will “bring us to the end of the conflict”, according to an Israeli expert with an inside track on the negotiations. READ MORE »

EU demands Israel stop settlement activity, ‘including natural growth’ – Times of Israel

31 Oct 2013 The European Union’s foreign policy chief has condemned Israel’s announcement of building plans in eastern Jerusalem, calling on Jerusalem to desist even from construction intended to accommodate “natural growth.” READ MORE »

Danish crown prince at Yad Vashem: ‘I will remember this visit for the rest of my life’ – European Jewish Press

31 Oct 2013 ‘’I will remember this visit for the rest of my life,” said Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark after visiting Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, as part of a state visit to Israel on Wednesday. READ MORE »

Victims say Sydney attack won’t affect ‘Jewish way of life’ – Sydney Morning Herald

31 Oct 2013 The victims of the alleged anti-Semitic attacks in Bondi, Sydney last weekend have defiantly claimed the incident will not affect their Jewish „way of life”. READ MORE »

Did Hitler escape to Argentina? Bizarre new theory that has historians at war – News.com.au

31 Oct 2013 The notion that Hitler escaped from his Berlin bunker has held conspiracy theorists in thrall since the war ended. It has now reared its improbable head once more. READ MORE »