Eastern Europe
Iranian president promises “tragic event” will be investigated • France, Britain and Germany trigger the dispute resolution mechanism in the 2015 nuclear deal, but say they remain committed to the agreement.
Thousands take to the streets calling for the leadership to resign after Tehran admits to mistakenly shooting down a civilian jet, killing 176 • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “Iran lied ... they knew from the start” they had shot down the plane.
It serves cocktails named after Jews with connections to Ukraine or Odessa, such as the “Sholem Aleichem” and the “Meir Dizengoff.”
In Trikala, one of Greece’s oldest Jewish communities, a monument to Holocaust victims was vandalized, and the city’s synagogue exterior was defaced with slogans, including “Jewish snakes out.”
Israel’s Foreign Ministry lauded the move to leave the “anachronistic anti-Israeli” committee of 25 countries.
“Celebrating these individuals is an insult,” wrote Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Joel Lin and Polish Ambassador to Ukraine Bartosz Cichocki.
Whether there is a connection between the two incidents is unknown.
Main festivities, with thousands of Jews expected to attend, are to take place in Kiev, Odessa, Dnepr, Lviv and Kharkov.
Cemetery dates back to second half of 18th century • Slovakia’s Jewish community labeled it “unprecedented barbaric act.”
They are among foreign volunteers working to determine if some buildings are safe in the aftermath of the 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck on Nov. 26 and damaged more than 11,000 buildings.
Expected to be sent to the Czech Republic during 2021-23, they will be compatible with Czech and NATO command and control systems.
The 10-member Israeli team will focus on analyzing the structural integrity of some of the thousands of buildings damaged by the 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Albania.
