WJC News Update – Hamas publicly executes 18 Palestinians for allegedly collaborating with Israel

WJC News Update – Hamas publicly executes 18 Palestinians for allegedly collaborating with Israel

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 22 August 2014

British police probe Hamas-linked lawmaker’s call for ‘Israel-free’ city

George Galloway, a controversial UK lawmaker, vowed he would not be silenced after being interviewed by police for publicly declaring a city in England an ‘Israel-free zone’ in protest at the Gaza war.

US joins Europe in push for new UN resolution on Gaza – Times of Israel

22 Aug 2014 The United States has joined Britain, France and Germany in pressing a bid for a new UN Security Council resolution on Gaza, in an effort to end more than six weeks of conflict, diplomats said on Thursday.  READ MORE »

Poll: Israeli Jews, Arabs oppose intermarriage – JTA

22 Aug 2014 Three-quarters of Israeli Jews and nearly two-thirds of Israeli Arabs would not marry someone from a different religion, according to a poll. READ MORE »

Islamic State executes man by stoning for adultery, Pope calls parents of James Foley – Jerusalem Post

22 Aug 2014 Pope Francis called the parents of James Foley, the American journalist killed by Islamic State militants in Iraq, to offer his condolences and support, a Vatican spokesman said on Friday.  READ MORE »

Chuck Hagel: Islamic State ‘beyond anything we’ve seen’- CBS News

22 Aug 2014 US Defense Secretary Hagel defended the failed US attempt to rescue hostage James Foley, but warned that the Islamic extremists who executed the American journalist were „beyond just a terrorist group.”  READ MORE »

Palestinians suspected of collaborating with Israel are executed in Gaza Strip – New York Times

22 Aug 2014 Hamas-led gunmen in Gaza executed 18 Palestinians accused of collaborating with Israel on Friday, a day after Israel tracked down and killed three top Hamas commanders. READ MORE »

Vandals hit one of world’s oldest Jewish schools in Copenhagen

22 Aug 2014 A Jewish school in Denmark had its windows smashed and its walls daubed with anti-Semitic messages. READ MORE »