Israel to join Europe group at UN Human Rights Council

 

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 02 December 2013

Israel to join Europe group at UN Human Rights Council

Israel is to join the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) with which it has been feuding for years, an unnamed Israeli official told the news agency AFP.

Israel’s Navy on high alert for ‘reverse flotilla’ from Gaza – Israel Hayom

02 Dec 2013 Dozens of Palestinian and European activists are expected to board boats headed from Gaza toward Israeli Navy ships enforcing the blockade on Hamas. READ MORE »

Iran, peace talks on agenda as Netanyahu meets Pope Francis

02 Dec 2013 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu restated his firm opposition to the Western nuclear deal with Iran at a meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday. READ MORE »

Avi Shavit: In Israel, a dream made real – Wall Street Journal

02 Dec 2013 Against all odds, Zionism has allowed an almost extinguished people to renew itself. READ MORE »

Canadian PM affirms support for Israel, announces visit in January – Times of Israel

02 Dec 2013 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Sunday that he would make an official visit to Israel in January.  READ MORE »

Former anti-Semite turned Jew to speak in Montreal despite protests – JTA

02 Dec 2013 Csanad Szegedi, 31, a leading figure in Hungary’s Jobbik party for a decade who was known for his rabid anti-Semitism, is slated to speak in Montreal next week. READ MORE »

Israel’s foreign minister returns, but abrasive style appears absent – New York Times

02 Dec 2013 Israel’s new-old foreign minister is a bit hard to recognize these days. READ MORE »

World Jewish Congress mourns passing of David Peleg

01 Dec 2013 The former Israeli Ambassador David Peleg, who served as director-general of the World Jewish Restitution Organization, died at the age of 71. READ MORE »

Shechita is safe, British Home Secretary Theresa May pledges – Jewish Chronicle

29 Nov 2013 May gave assurances that Jews would continue to enjoy freedom of religion in the UK and practices such as kosher slaughter would remain safe under the present government. READ MORE »