Europe
It is the only European Union member-state that has not adopted a national comprehensive private-property restitution law.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis calls the move “a positive first step,” but says sanctions are on the table if Ankara refuses to “return to the path of logic.”
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen: Banning ritual circumcision would break Denmark’s promise to its Jews after World War II.
An exception for religious purposes exemplifies the European Union’s belief in freedom of religion, says Gerard Hogan.
The suspect, a man who had been sought by French prosecutors for the bombing of and shooting at the Jo Goldenberg restaurant, was apprehended due to a change in Norwegian law.
“Denmark saved Jewish life during the Holocaust, and now it may end Jewish life in the kingdom,” says Danish Jewish community president Henri Goldstein.
“As I have been saying in recent days, the circle of peace and recognition of Israel is expanding and additional countries are expected to join it,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Former Pentagon official Michael Rubin called the move “long overdue,” insisting that “Cyprus is a new hot spot. Cyprus is our ally. Those threatening Cyprus are not.”
The item description read, “Is your child studying World War II or the Holocaust? Now you can help her transport back in time to the 1940s.”
Greece reaches an agreement with Egypt on maritime boundaries after Turkey expands its operations in the eastern Mediterranean.
“The need for action is urgent with survivors aging, and having domestic health and welfare needs, so that’s the nature of the focus that I have,” stresses Cherrie Daniels, the U.S. State Department’s Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues.
France joins military exercises in the eastern Mediterranean along with Italy, Greece and Cyprus amid the growing tensions with Ankara over energy resources.
