Iranian top leader: ‘It is not clear if the Holocaust really happened’

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 21 March 2014

Iran’s supreme leader: ‘It is not clear if the Holocaust really happened’

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday voice doubts about the scale of the Holocaust.

Putin won’t torpedo Iran talks, Israeli officials say – Times of Israel

21 Mar 2014 Despite threats that Moscow will stop cooperating to punish West, most experts say it has too much to lose from a nuclear Tehran. READ MORE »

Bernie Madoff: No particular debt to Jews

21 Mar 2014 The convicted American fraudster Bernie Madofftold ‘Politico’ that in his view he does not owe any specific debt to fellow Jews, many of whom – both individuals and organizations – were devastated by his actions. READ MORE »

Protestant church body meets with representatives of the World Jewish Congress in Geneva

21 Mar 2014 The World Council of Churches welcomed representatives of the World Jewish Congress on 20 March at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting was held following reopening of the WJC’s office in Geneva. READ MORE »

German panel rejects claim on Nazi-era relics sale

21 Mar 2014 Commission found that the former Jewish owners did not sell the Welfenschatz treasure under duress. READ MORE »

French minister: Anti-Zionism is new anti-Semitism – JTA

20 Mar 2014 French Interior Minister Manuel Valls called anti-Zionism “an invitation to anti-Semitism” at a Paris memorial remembering four Jews who were murdered in Toulouse in 2012. READ MORE »