The World Jewish Congress says it was ‘’deeply disturbed and disappointed’’ by the Polish government’s apparent failure to intervene to remove a flagrantly anti-Semitic banner at the entrance to a guest house near the western city of Wroclaw, and to prosecute those responsible for posting it.
Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman has informed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that he intends to resign Sunday in protest at railway works scheduled to take place over the Shabbath.
The United Kingdom is to spend £78 million (€ 81,9 million) to purchase a missile defence shield based on Israel’s Iron Dome to protect the Falkland Islands, British media reported Wednesday.
CRIF, the umbrella group of French Jewish organisations, expressed outrage after anti-Semitic inscriptions, such as ‘Jew’, were found on storefronts and garage doors in the center of the city of Marseille in southern France.
Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow celebrated its 5th birthday this week. Opened in 2012 with the initiative of FJC of Russia’s leadership, today the museum is an important part of cultural life in the Russian capital.
The European parliament has endorsed a proposal of its president, Antonio Tajani, to systematically deny access to all persons, groups, or entities involved in terrorist acts.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated Israel’s strong objection Wednesday to an ongoing Iranian military presence in Syria following the end of that country’s civil war. In a half-hour phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Palestinian Authority froze links with the US Consulate in Jerusalem in protest at the State Department’s refusal to renew the certification for the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s (PLO) office in Washington DC.
