Europe
“What I’m hoping for is that this act will bring solace—some solace to the survivors—and will remind them that we Pennsylvanians will never forget their loved ones,” said Pennsylvania Tom Wolf in Harrisburg.
Relations with Israel cratered her tenure, with Sweden becoming the first Western European state to recognize a Palestinian state.
Asked whether the Polish government had bought controversial telephone-surveillance technology from the Israeli firm NSO Group, Polish premier Mateusz Morawiecki tells opposition lawmakers that “everything that needs to be, will be clarified in due time.”
America has warned not to aid the supertanker possibly headed towards Syria—a violation of sanctions against Iran’s energy sector.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz leads a delegation to Switzerland for high-level meetings to find a solution regarding a Swiss law that allows Israeli military and political leaders to be arrested for war crimes.
Speaking with “Israel Hayom” on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, Andrzej Duda calls it “the most tragic day in the history of the Polish nation.” Regarding reparations, he says the issue “concerns all those who lost property, irrespective of their nationality.”
Community president Moise Kahloun reported “many problems” in the heavily Jewish Sarcelles district, including “anti-Semitism and fear,” which has caused residents to leave for Israel.
A combination of skilled personnel and advanced technology is needed to successfully monitor sea traffic and pick out the threats from the innocent vessels.
In the first cohort of a National Science Foundation-funded program, researchers will study at the University of Haifa’s Marine Sciences school and Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences.
Heiko Maas: If German Jews are afraid to display their religion in public, “it is a disgrace to the state.” Berlin has seen a 14 percent increase in anti-Semitic incidents in the past year.
Holocaust Educational Trust said the memorial is “wholly appropriate” at a time of rising anti-Semitism across Europe • Westminster Council’s rejection of the proposed memorial would be “a calamitous decision that would bring deep international shame on them.”
Poland is the only affected nation that doesn’t have legislation dealing with confiscated restitution. In March 2018, 59 senators called on Poland to pass and enact such a law.
