European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 15-16 July 2019
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OP-ED BY MOSHE KANTOR: ‘WE MUST PULL BACK FROM THIS NUCLEAR PRECIPICE’ “There is an urgent need to revive nuclear diplomacy to improve understanding, trust and transparency between the players. Without a diplomatic “safety net,” there is potential for tensions to escalate, risking a renewed nuclear arms race and increasing the likelihood of a nuclear catastrophe that could claim hundreds of millions of lives.”
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Read moreHAMAS WALKS BACK CALL TO PALESTINIAN DIASPORA TO KILL JEWS EVERYWHERE A senior Hamas official attempted to walk back his call for members of the Palestinian diaspora to kill Jews around the world, as the terrorist group distanced itself from his remarks.
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Read morePOPE FRANCIS SENDS LETTER TO JEWISH ORGANISATION ON 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMIA TERROR ATTACK Pope Francis sent a letter to the Argentine Jewish political umbrella organisation DAIA ahead of the 25th anniversary of the attack that killed 85 people at the AMIA Jewish centre in Buenos Aires.
Monday, July 15, 2019
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FRANCE FRENCH JUDGE RULES SARAH HALIMI KILLER NOT RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE HE SMOKED MARIJUANA A French judge ruled that the man who killed Sarah Halimi in Paris is probably not criminally responsible for his actions because he had smoked marijuana beforehand.
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Read moreYELLOW JACKET ACTIVIST RECEIVES SUSPENDED PRISON SENTENCE FOR ANTISEMITIC VERBAL ASSAULT A 36 year-old man who shouted antisemitic insults at French Jewish philosopher Alain Finkielkraut received a two month suspended jail sentence from a court in Paris.
Monday, July 15, 2019
Read moreGERMANY GERMAN JEWISH LEADER CONDEMNS ANTISEMITIC ITEMS ON AMAZON The Central Council of Jews in Germany – the country’s EJC affiliate – denounced online retail giant Amazon for allowing the sale of antisemitic books and pro-Nazi merchandise, calling for the practice to immediately stop.
Monday, July 15, 2019
Read moreGERMAN MAGAZINE PROMOTES ANTI-JEWISH CONSPIRACY Der Spiegel’s weekend publication alleged that two small pro-Israel organisations are directing German Middle East policy, with echoes of an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
Monday, July 15, 2019
Read moreGREECE NEW GREEK MINISTER DENIES DARK ANTISEMITIC PAST A newly-appointed Greek minister with a long history on the far-right denied antisemitic beliefs after a prominent Greek Jewish official charged he had a “dark past.”
Monday, July 15, 2019
Read moreIRELAND DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO RENOVATE IRELAND’S OLDEST JEWISH CEMETERY Dublin City Council hopes to renovate and reopen Ireland’s oldest Jewish burial ground.
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Read moreUNITED KINGDOM UK JEWS PUSH FOR GERMAN CITIZENSHIP A group of descendants of Jewish refugees who fled the Nazi regime during the Holocaust are challenging the German government’s rejection of their applications to restore their German citizenship.
Monday, July 15, 2019
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