A győztes Alexander Van der Bellen is „bevándorló család gyermeke”, hiszen a második világháború végén Ausztriába menekült észt-orosz családban született, és az ellenőrzött bevándorlást támogatja.
Austria: Far-right candidate only narrowly defeated in presidential electionNews updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 23 May 2016
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Norbert Hofer, the candidate of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ), only narrowly failed to win the country’s presidency. |
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Zakia Belkhiri is under fire for writing in 2012 that „Hitler didn’t kill all the Jews, he left some. So we know why he was killing them.” |
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23 May 2016 The call to action was made by Cardinal Kurt Koch, the Vatican’s head of ecumenical relations, during a meeting in Cambridge. READ MORE » |
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23 May 2016 A bill allowing the death penalty for convicted terrorists, reportedly part of a deal for having the Yisrael Beytenu party join Israel’s governing coalition – would in practice only apply to Palestinians, a Likud source was reported as saying. READ MORE » |
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23 May 2016 Whoever ends up winning the presidential election in November, one thing seems certain: For the first time in history, Jews will be in the president’s inner family circle. READ MORE » |
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23 May 2016 British Jewish groups and British lawmakers have called on the Labour Party to suspend a Member of Parliament who compared Israel to the Nazis. READ MORE » |
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20 May 2016 Israel ranks sixth in the world, with an average life expectancy of 82.5 years. READ MORE » |
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20 May 2016 The exhibition, in a corridor near a popular cafe in the U.N. basement, includes panels on Israel’s Arabs, its technology innovations and other aspects of Israeli life. READ MORE » |
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20 May 2016 Moshe Ya’alon’s resignation comes amid a dramatic coalition shake-up in which his post has been handed to Avigdor Lieberman in a bid to bring Lieberman’s Yisrael Beitenu party into Netanyahu’s governing coalition. READ MORE » |
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