European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 15-17 December 2019
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EVENTS AND MEETINGS
EJC ATTENDS SECOND WORKING GROUP MEETING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COUNCIL DECLARATION ON THE FIGHT AGAINST ANTISEMITISM Raya Kalenova, EJC Executive Vice-President and CEO, and Ariella Woitchik, EJC Director of European Affairs attended the second meeting of the EC working group on the implementation of the Council Declaration on the fight against antisemitism.
Sunday, December 15, 2019
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FRANCE CRIF SLAMS MELENCHON FOR ANTISEMITIC STATEMENTS FOLLOWING CORBYN DEFEAT The CRIF umbrella organisation of French Jewssharply criticised a leading far-left politician after he made antisemitic remarks following the UK general election.
Monday, December 16, 2019
Read moreUNITED KINGDOM JENNY TONGE BLAMES “PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY” FOR CORBYN’S DEFEAT In a public message on Facebook, Independent member of Britain’s House of Lords, Baroness Jenny Tonge said that “The Chief Rabbi must be dancing in the street,” because of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s historic defeat in the UK General Election.
Monday, December 16, 2019
Read moreUK GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL SAYS THAT BRITAIN WILL PASS ANTI-BDS LAW The new government in the UK will pass a law making it illegal for public bodies to engage with BDS, UK Special Envoy for post-Holocaust issues Eric Pickles said.
Monday, December 16, 2019
Read moreDENMARK MOSSAD HELPED DENMARK THWART TERROR ATTACKS LAST WEEK Israel’s Mossad helped Denmark foil a series of terror attacks, providing it with information that led to the arrest of several suspected jihadists.
Monday, December 16, 2019
Read moreBOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BOSNIA URGED TO REFORM DISCRIMINATORY CONSTITUTION Human Rights Watch has criticised Bosnian officials’ failure to end what the watchdog called “second-class status” for minorities such as Jews and Roma.
Monday, December 16, 2019
Read morePOLAND POLISH FAR-RIGHT LEADER ARRESTED FOR INCITING ANTISEMITISM Polish authorities arrested a far-right leader and plan to charge him with public incitement of hatred against Jews, officials said.
Monday, December 16, 2019
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IRAN LEADER MAKES CASE FOR ‘BRAVE AND TIRELESS’ HOLOCAUST DENIER Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei derided France for prosecuting a prominent Holocaust denier in the 1990s.
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Read moreRED ARMY VETERANS IN ISRAEL TO RECEIVE STIPEND FROM RUSSIA For the first time ever, Russia will pay its veterans who live outside the country’s borders a special stipend, starting with the 4,500 veterans living inside Israel’s borders.
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Read moreJEWISH REFUGEES LEFT BEHIND $150 BILLION IN MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES, ISRAEL ESTIMATES Jews fleeing Iran and the Arab world in the decades following the establishment of Israel left behind approximately $150 billion worth of property, according to an internal Israeli government analysis.
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
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