French soccer player fined and banned for five matches after giving Nazi-style salute

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 28 February 2014

Pope Francis calls meeting with Argentine inter-faith group ‘moving’

A delegation of 45 Argentinean Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders and politicians was received by Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thursday, following the group’s goodwill tour to the Middle East

French soccer player banned for five matches after giving Nazi-style salute

England’s Football Association suspended French player Nicolas Anelka for five games and fined him the equivalent of US$ 133,400 for making the ‘quenelle’, widely considered as a Nazi salute in reverse.

WJC rejects Amnesty International’s allegations against Israel

Amnesty International has alleged in a new report that Israeli troops were regularly using excessive, reckless violence in the West Bank.

Egyptian regime, Muslim Brotherhood accuse each other of being ‘Jewish’ – Jerusalem Post

28 Feb 2014 The violent struggle for power in Egypt between the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of Egyptian army chief al-Sisi has led to mutual accusations of being Jewish and implementing the ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’. READ MORE »