Israel expands Palestinian fishing zone off Gaza’s coast

 Israel expands Palestinian fishing zone off Gaza’s coast

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

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Israel expands Palestinian fishing zone off Gaza’s coast – New York Times

04 Apr 2016 Zone in southern portion of Gaza’s coast expanded to nine nautical miles from six, allowing fishing in areas that had been off limits for a decade.  READ MORE »

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U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, congressional delegation meet in Jerusalem with Netanyahu – jta

04 Apr 2016 The delegation arrived in Israel on Sunday and is scheduled to meet with senior Israeli government officials “to discuss the important relationship between our two countries as well as security issues affecting the region and the world,” according to a statement from Ryan’s office.  READ MORE »

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The six-month Intifada: Remembering Israel’s casualties – Haaretz

04 Apr 2016 Since October 1, 2015, 34 people – Israeli soldiers and civilians, as well as foreign nationals and Palestinians – have been killed in stabbing, car-ramming and shooting attacks.  READ MORE »

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Anti-Zionism is the new anti-Semitism, says Britain’s ex-chief rabbi

04 Apr 2016 „The hate that begins with Jews never ends with Jews,” Rabbi Jonathan Sacks writes in Newsweek. „In a world awash with hate across religious divides, people of all faiths and none must stand together, not just to defeat anti-Semitism but to ensure the rights of religious minorities are defended everywhere.”  READ MORE »

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Hundreds of Israeli companies and shareholders listed in Panama Papers – JTA

04 Apr 2016 The 11.5 million documents was published on Sunday, following a year-long investigation of their contents led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and the German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung.  READ MORE »

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UN censors exhibit on Israel set for NY headquarters – JTA

04 Apr 2016 Three of the 13 panels in the exhibition “Israel Matters,” which is set to open Monday, will be deleted, the U.N. decided over the weekend. The censored panels deemed “inappropriate” are on the subjects of Zionism, Jerusalem and Arab-Israelis.  READ MORE »

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French BDS activists lose high court appeal over racism convictions – JTA

04 Apr 2016 The ruling delivered last week by the French Cassation Court concerned seven activists whom a criminal appeals court in Caen in southern France slapped with a $1,000 fine each and a conviction for calling for discriminatory acts during the 2010 demonstration outside a supermarket that sold Israeli goods.  READ MORE »

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U.K. Labour Party former mayor under fire over Facebook post, saying Hitler killed ‘six million Zionists’ – The Jewish Chronicle

04 Apr 2016 Khadim Hussain was suspended by Labour after complaints were lodged over the comments on social media – included a suggestion that Israel was secretly arming terrorist group Daesh.  READ MORE »