Europe
“Because our community is comprised of many Holocaust survivors and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, we are naturally shocked at the rise of the underground Nazi movement,” said president of Sweden’s Jewish Central Council Aron Verstandig, calling for local politicians to rein in neo-Nazis and their activities.
The annual event brings together hundreds of civil society officials and government representatives worldwide for talks about advancing human rights and other freedoms.
With the rise of Labour Party leader and accused anti-Semite Jeremy Corbyn, Britain grappling with its decision to leave the European Union and Prime Minister Theresa May facing criticism over Brexit, Jewish community members are concerned—concerned enough to consider leaving.
‘To Bear Witness’: Florida college student’s inaugural photo exhibit illustrates starkness of Poland
Images in Poland may be “thought-provoking,” though they touch on the “macabre,” says Alexander (Avi) Davidson, who can relate to life’s darker moments.
A group of Israeli farmers arrived at the International Criminal Court at The Hague to file a war crimes’ complaint against top Hamas officials for arson kite terrorism along the Gaza border.
This development comes a year after Rubicon members vandalized the Israeli embassy in Greece to protest Israeli policies toward Palestinians.
Meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday, the two discussed ways to ensure that humanitarian projects in Gaza are used for their intended purpose.
Many in Israel are against dealing with Europe’s right-wing parties, arguing that they haven’t really abandoned their anti-Semitic past, and that Israel’s acceptance will only legitimize them.
Online travel reservation service Booking.com has erased its categorization of Jerusalem as an “Israeli settlement” after being contacted for questioning by a Belgian Jewish newspaper.
“It is in the interest of the European Union to stop considering the Golan Heights as an ‘occupied territory’ and to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over this territory,” said Fulvio Martuscello, Italian MEP who chairs the European Parliament delegation for relations with Israel.
Building on a Jewish community in existence for generations, a Chabad couple runs an ever-increasing myriad of programming for the estimated 1,300 Jews living in the Helsinki area.
Footage showed a member of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) attacking the boy, who had approached the group as they took a tour organized by the controversial Breaking the Silence organization, which is critical of the IDF.
