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Breaking News Britain May Support Palestinian Statehood Bid
Britain said on Wednesday it would support a Palestinian bid for a diplomatic upgrade at the United Nations if it were assured that the Palestinians would return to peace talks and would not pursue Israel through the International Criminal Court. The United Nations is due to hold a vote on Thursday on an upgrade of…
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Breaking News Kantor Wins New Term Leading Europe Jewry
The incumbent president of the European Jewish Congress, Moshe Kantor, was re-elected to serve another four years. Sixty out of 86 representatives of European Jewish communities voted for Kantor at the EJC general assembly meeting in Brussels on Wednesday, and 22 voted for Richard Prasquier, the president of the umbrella group of France’s Jewish communities,…
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News Palestinians Launch New Push for Statehood
Palestinians have launched a diplomatic blitz aimed at garnering a strong majority for a vote granting them non-member statehood at the United Nations slated for next month, officials said on Tuesday. Despite heading for a sure victory in the U.N General Assembly, mostly consisting of post-colonial states historically sympathetic to the Palestinians, West Bank diplomats…
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Breaking News Europe NGO’s Say Trade Boosts Israel Occupation
Twenty-two European non-governmental organizations have accused the European Union of aiding Israeli settlements by trading with them. The accusation came in a letter sent on Monday undersigned by the NGOs and by Hans van den Broek, a former European Union foreign policy chief and ex-Dutch foreign minister, AFP reported. The E.U. currently imports $300 million…
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Breaking News Seeking To Protect Kosher Slaughter and Circumcision
European Jewish Congress President Moshe Kantor has unveiled a model bill designed to set “strict legal terms” on religious freedoms in order to enshrine them in Europe. Kantor, who is also co-chairman of the European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation, or ECTR, presented the model bill on Oct. 15 at the European Parliament. Designed to…
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Breaking News Netanyahu Praises Europe for Iran Sanctions
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the European Union on Tuesday for ramping up sanctions against Iran, saying such measures were having a strong impact on the Iranian economy. “I want to commend the EU for the tough sanctions that were adopted yesterday against the greatest threat to peace in our time,” Netanyahu said in…
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Breaking News George Soros Calls on Germany To Save Euro
The European Union could be destroyed by the “nightmare” euro crisis, and Germany needs to take the responsibility to save the common currency, billionaire fund manager George Soros said on Monday. Soros, who made his mark as an investor on a big bet against the British pound in 1992, said the other alternative is for…
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Breaking News Europeans Launch E-Survey on Anti-Semitism
The European Union has launched an online survey into how Jews experience anti-Semitism in nine member states. Results will be published in an EU report next year, Henry Nickels of the European Union for Fundamental Rights Agency said on Tuesday at a conference in Brussels. His Vienna-based inter-governmental body and the Institute for Jewish Policy…
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