IDF general backtracks: ‘Not my intent to liken Israel with Nazi Germany’

IDF general backtracks: ‘Not my intent to liken Israel with Nazi Germany’

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 05 May 2016

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March of the Living marks Holocaust Remembrance Day at Auschwitz – Times of Israel

10,000 people, including Israeli officials, making three-kilometer walk between Nazi death camps in Poland in annual ceremony.

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Rivlin at Holocaust Memorial ceremony: Israel doesn’t do enough for Holocaust survivors – Jerusalem Post

Rivlin said that the issue required “soul-searching” by the country, saying that Holocaust survivors have not received the respect they deserved.

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Ex-London mayor Ken Livingstone: Creation of Israel ‘a great catastrophe’ – JTA

05 May 2016 Livingstone said the existence of Israel in the Middle East could lead to nuclear war and advocated an international boycott on Israeli products during an interview Wednesday with the London-based Arabic-language television station Al-Ghad Al-Arabi.  READ MORE »

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IDF general backtracks: ‘Not my intent to liken Israel with Nazi Germany’ – Jerusalem Post

05 May 2016 Maj.-Gen. Yair Golan said during a speech at Kibbutz Tel Yitzhak that he had noticed ‘horrific trends’ in present-day Israel that were reminiscent of what took place in 1930s Germany.  READ MORE »

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David Duke says opposition to Donald Trump proves Jews are ‘real problem’ – The Forward 

05 May 2016 Duke praised Trump’s win, calling it an “amazing victory.”   READ MORE »

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Amid anti-Semitism scandal, Jewish support for UK’s Labour at historic low – JTA

05 May 2016 A poll by London’s Jewish Chronicle published Wednesday found that 38.5 percent of Jews give the party the worst possible grade on anti-Semitism— 5 out of 5. READ MORE »

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Israel denies it detained Turkish right-wing leadership – Jerusalem Post

05 May 2016 According to the Foreign Ministry statement, the men entered the duty free area of the airport at 8:00 a.m., and boarded the plane on time.  READ MORE »

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Hamas militant arrested by Shin Bet, reveals details about Gaza tunnels

05 May 2016 The militant crossed into Israel last month wielding two knives; second tunnel found extending into Israel from Gaza; cross-border violence continues despite Egyptian efforts to mediate restoration of 2014 truce.  READ MORE »

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Vandals burn Israel flag at Babyn Yar memorial in Kyiv – Interfax Ukraine

05 May 2016 Vitali Klitschko, the Kyiv Mayor, requested law enforcement authorities to investigate this act of vandalism.  READ MORE »

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German art rejected by Nazis Is embraced in Israel – New York Times

05 May 2016 The 50 paintings in “Twilight Over Berlin: Masterworks from the Nationalgalerie, 1905-45,” many of them labeled degenerate by the Nazis, have become a cause célèbre since the show opened at the Israel Museum in October.  READ MORE »