A lengyel külügyminiszter,és a Zsidó Világkongresszus vezetői részt vesznek Jeruzsálemben debütáló film bemutatóján

WJC :A lengyel külügyminiszter,és a Zsidó Világkongresszus vezetői részt vesznek Jeruzsálemben debütáló film bemutatóján

WJC News Update – Polish foreign minister, World Jewish Congress leaders attend Jerusalem debut of movie about Holocaust-era hero Jan Karski

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 15 June 2015

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Film debut in Jerusalem of movie about Holocaust-era hero Jan Karski in presence of Polish foreign minister, WJC leaders

Poland’s Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna and WJC President Ronald Lauder were among the 300 guests at Jerusalem’s Menachem Begin Center. Both warned of passivity and silence when faced with mass murder.

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Anti-Semitic joke haunts Madrid city official – Times of Israel

15 Jun 2015 Guillermo Zapata, elected to city council, posted offensive remark about Nazi crematoriums to his Twitter feed.  READ MORE »

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CEO of Orange meets with Netanyahu to apologize for remarks – New York Times

12 Jun 2015 The chief executive of a French telecommunications company made an extraordinary personal pilgrimage to apologize to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Friday after his recent declaration that he wanted to disentangle from an Israeli mobile provider prompted a diplomatic uproar.  READ MORE »

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Irish Israel boycotters filmed agreeing to buy goods from tyrannies – JTA

12 Jun 2015 An American Jewish reporter secretly filmed three Irish retailers who boycott Israeli products agreeing to do business with Sudan, Iran and North Korea.  READ MORE »

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No charges over Palestinian children killed in Gaza beach bombing – Deutsche Welle

12 Jun 2015 The Israeli army has dropped criminal proceedings over four Palestinian children killed by an airstrike on a Gaza beach last July.  READ MORE »

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Jewish groups slam radio host for Sanders’s ‘Israeli’ accusation – Times of Israel

12 Jun 2015 Jewish groups have broadcast their unhappiness with a public radio host who accused Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders of holding dual citizenship a day earlier, calling the question “offensive.”  READ MORE »

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Palestinian official: Netanyahu implements Nazi strategy to blame PA for stagnation in negotiations – Jerusalem Post

12 Jun 2015 Nimr Hammad, a political adviser to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, has compared Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Nazis’ chief propagandist Joseph Goebbels.  READ MORE »

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Prince William praises British Jews at charity dinner…and charms 101-year-old Dolly with a kiss! – Daily Mail

12 Jun 2015 The British heir to the throne attended an event in support of the Jewish welfare charity Jewish Care.  READ MORE »

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UK business minister slams BDS, pledges more trade with Israel – Arutz Sheva

12 Jun 2015 Britain’s new business secretary has hailed the UK’s booming economic ties with Israel, in a speech which saw him deliver a robust rejection of calls to boycott the Jewish state.   READ MORE »

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Spain passes citizenship plan for descendants of Jews exiled centuries ago – BBC News

12 Jun 2015 Spain’s parliament approved a law that will ease the path to citizenship for descendants of Jews who fled the country five centuries ago.   READ MORE »