Poll: 59% of French people think Jews responsible for anti-Semitism

 Poll: 59% of French people think Jews responsible for anti-Semitism

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 04 February 2016

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Dutch Foreign Ministry denies reports of halting Holocaust survivors’ payments – i24news

04 Feb 2016 Denial came after the Knesset Finance Committee revealed Tuesday that the Dutch government’s decision was made following their finding out that an equivalent benefit was given to survivors from Israel’s Finance Ministry.  READ MORE »

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Minors handed life sentence, 21 years for Abu Khdeir murder – Times of Israel

04 Feb 2016 Hussein Abu Khdeir, the father of the murdered teen, called Tuesday for Israeli authorities to destroy the homes of the murderers in keeping with the policy of demolishing the homes of Palestinian terrorists.  READ MORE »

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Amid Israel protest, CBS amends ‘biased and dishonest’ headline – Jerusalem Post

04 Feb 2016 Israel’s Foreign Ministry moved swiftly on Wednesday to change what it termed a “horrible headline” CBS News had put on its story about the terrorist attack at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate.  READ MORE »

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13-year-old girls stab security guard in Israel

04 Feb 2016 Two Arab-Israeli teenagers on Thursday stabbed a security guard near the central bus station of Ramle, in central Israel.   READ MORE »

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From Groucho Marx to Seinfeld, Jewish jokes dominate top 100 list – JTA

04 Feb 2016 New York Magazine’s culture section, Vulture, this week published a mega-listicle, “The 100 Jokes That Shaped Modern Comedy.” The editors compiled the most important jokes ever uttered. And Jews dominate the list.  READ MORE »

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Jewish-owned Seattle business targeted with swastikas – JTA

04 Feb 2016 The Nazi symbol was painted on the front of a Jewish-owned business in Seattle, Washington.  READ MORE »

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Six in 10 French people think Jews are responsible for anti-Semitism, survey finds – The Independent

04 Feb 2016 A total of 59 per cent of French people think members of the Jewish community are at least partially responsible for anti-Semitism, a survey conducted by the Fondation de Judaisme Français and Ipsos has suggested.   READ MORE »

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Jewish Voice for Peace takes credit for Israel-bashing fake New York Times – Forward

03 Feb 2016 The activists distributed a product meant to resemble the New York Times both online and in printed copies handed out in New York City. Twitter suspended an account set up for the stunt. A website that mimicked the New York Times’s design was also suspended by its host.   READ MORE »

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Columbia students to hold BDS event demanding university ‘end investments in Israeli apartheid’ – Algemeiner

03 Feb 2016 Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace have dubbed their joint organization “Columbia University Apartheid Divest” (CUAD), and are advertising their “first-ever” event on Thursday evening at the Ivy League school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.  READ MORE »