Poll: Half of Jewish Israeli high schoolers say Arabs shouldn’t vote

 Poll: Half of Jewish Israeli high schoolers say Arabs shouldn’t vote

 
News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 13 April 2016
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Leading Israeli principal warns annual trip to concentration camps fuels extreme nationalism – Time

13 Apr 2016 Instead of trips to Poland, the school will institute a Holocaust-awareness program in Israel, meeting survivors and visiting local museums, learning about the persecution of Jews and other communities.  READ MORE »

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Poll: Half of Jewish Israeli high schoolers say Arabs shouldn’t vote – Times of Israel

13 Apr 2016 New survey finds 59% of high school students consider themselves right-wing, only 13% identify as left-wing.  READ MORE »

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Far-right Austrian leader tours Israel, Holocaust museum – JTA

13 Apr 2016 Israel’s government officially boycotts Austria’s Freedom Party, viewing it as far-right extremist. However, some right-wing Israeli politicians have lobbied for the ban on meeting with Freedom Party leaders to be reversed because its leaders support Israel’s West Bank settlements and oppose Muslims.  READ MORE »

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MKs call on Health Ministry to enforce laws against hospital room segregation – Jerusalem Post

13 Apr 2016 Lawmakers in coalition and opposition speak out against the practice, even when patients request it.  READ MORE »

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Israel’s legendary spy Sylvia Raphael returns to the spotlight – Jerusalem Post

13 Apr 2016 Sylvia goes to Cannes – in a documentary about her life.  READ MORE »

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What did Americans know as the Holocaust unfolded? Quite a lot, it turns out – The Washington Post

13 Apr 2016 The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is looking for American articles on the treatment of Europe’s Jews during the 30s and 40s. Since February, it’s received over 1,000.  READ MORE »