The Jews of Europe will not stand idle while one of our communities is prevented from practising the free expression of their religion,” said Thursday Serge Cwajgenbaum, secretary general of the European Jewish Congress.
The Argentine Jewish community commemorated the 19th anniversary of a deadly attack on the AMIA community centre in Buenos Aires Thursday, as representatives called for justice for the 85 fatalities in the as-yet unsolved terrorist attack.
The European Union appeared Friday set to put the military wing of Hezbollah on the EU terror list now that that it has clear evidences of the Lebanese group’s involvement in terrorist activities in Bulgaria and Cyprus, a decision that will be taken Monday by the 28 European Foreign Ministers at their meeting in Brussels.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has given his consent to the establishment of a special committee in order to find a solution to the problem of kosher slaughtering in his country after the Polish parliament last week rejected a government-sponsored bill to legalize the Jewish ritual known as shechita.
Despite PM's denial he agreed to talks based on 1967 lines, Bayit Yehudi sources say Bennett ''had to reassure his constituency that he has red lines''; Yacimovich vows to provide safety net for talks should Bennett quit gov't.