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WJC News Update – Lauder: The lesson from Srebrenica is that we can’t just stand by
 

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 09 July 2015

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Lauder: The lesson from Srebrenica is that we can’t stand by when people are butchered

Ronald S. Lauder: „Srebrenica should have been a defining moment for the international community. However, given the events we are witnessing today in so many places, I am wondering if the world has really learnt the lessons.”

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Congress getting nervous about Iran talks, prepares to flex muscle – Fox News

09 Jul 2015 The protracted Iranian nuclear talks, after blowing through several deadlines, are starting to make US lawmakers on both sides of the aisle uneasy – as Congress prepares to weigh in with a potentially big vote.  READ MORE »

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Argentine president refuses to apologize for anti-Semitic slur – Israel Hayom

09 Jul 2015 Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has refused to apologize for a tweet in which she likened investment funds contributing to Argentina’s national debt to Shakespeare’s Jewish moneylender Shylock.  READ MORE »

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Christiane Amanpour – The Srebrenica genocide: A defining moment – CNN

09 Jul 2015 Let’s not forget that this was a deliberate slaughter of civilians — not a war between two armies.  READ MORE »

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European Jewish group slammed for meeting with far-right ‘xenophobic’ politicians – Jerusalem Post

09 Jul 2015 The meeting was arranged to bring together French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and other members of the right-wing caucus Europe of Nations and Freedom Bloc, together with the leadership of a group calling itself the European Jewish Parliament.  READ MORE »

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The troubling question in the French Jewish community: Is it time to leave? – Vanity Fair

09 Jul 2015 Marie Brenner reports on an incendiary wave of anti-Semitism in France and speaks firsthand to one of the hostages from the siege on the Hyper Cacher kosher market.  READ MORE »

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Israeli officials: Two Israeli citizens held in Gaza – Associated Press

09 Jul 2015 Two Israeli citizens are being held in the Gaza Strip, at least one of them by the Hamas militant group, Israeli authorities said Thursday.  READ MORE »

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Gaza, a year on from Operation Protective Edge: Has international opinion turned against the Jewish state? – The Independent

09 Jul 2015 There have been many presumed turning points in the Arab-Israeli conflict, but even some of those on the Israeli right are concerned by what appears to be an ebbing of international support.  READ MORE »