Israel, Turkey agree to restore full diplomatic ties / UN declares Yom Kippur an official holiday

2015. december 18 20:07

Israel, Turkey agree to restore full diplomatic ties / UN declares Yom Kippur an official holiday

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 18 December 2015
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United Nations adds Yom Kippur to its list of official holidays

The Jewish Day of Atonement will become an official holiday at the UN. The measure was proposed by Israel and had the support the World Jewish Congress and other Jewish organizations.
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Czech lawmakers reject EU labeling guidelines as ‘political positioning against Israel’

The lower house of the Czech parliament called on the government to ignore the recent European guidelines which require that products made in Israeli settlements be labeled separately from other Israeli goods.
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Russia’s PM congratulates Jews on reopening of far-eastern synagogue – JTA

18 Dec 2015 Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visited the synagogue of Vladivostok in Russia’s far-east shortly after its reopening.  READ MORE »
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Israel, Turkey reach agreement to restore full diplomatic relations

18 Dec 2015 Jerusalem and Ankara are poised to restore full diplomatic ties following five years of frosty relations in the wake of the May 2010 Gaza flotilla raid.   READ MORE »
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New Dolphin submarine leaves Germany for Israel – Israel Hayom

18 Dec 2015 „With a second AIP sub, Israel has seriously bolstered its naval capabilities,” an Israeli Navy official said.  READ MORE »
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Late Austrian scientist Konrad Lorenz stripped of doctorate for lying about Nazi past

18 Dec 2015 Salzburg University on Thursday posthumously stripped Nobel Prize-winning zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist Konrad Lorenz of his honorary doctorate due to his fervent embrace of Nazism.  READ MORE »
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French Prime Minister ‘condemns all campaigns to boycott Israeli products’

18 Dec 2015 French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has told the National Assembly that he and his government were opposed to any form of boycott targeting Israel.  READ MORE »
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Swiss banks release names of holders of dormant bank accounts / Consultation with WJC

16 Dec 2015 The list includes more than 2,600 people whose bank accounts in Switzerland have been dormant for more than 60 years. The Swiss Bankers’ Association was in consultation with the World Jewish Congress on this matter.  READ MORE »