Jan 9, 2025 · “Ignoring history of 6 million murdered Jews and linking Holocaust to Gaza is exactly why the schools must take part in such ceremony, says European Jewish Association Chairman Rabbi Menachem Margolin in a reaction to the schools decision. Two schools in Anderlecht, one of the 19 communes of Brussels, have refused to take part

Nov 10, 2024 · The Dutch press reported that over the past year, some taxi drivers in Amsterdam have refused to pick up passengers with Jewish or Israeli names. During the violent attack on Israeli football fans in Amsterdazm on Thursday night after a Europa League game between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax Amsterdam, Muslim Uber drivers were

Oct 11, 2024 · We live in a world in which morality has been sickeningly turned on its head. By Melanie Phillips, JNS Earlier this week, there was a sound that has become all too rare. It was a Western political leader expressing unequivocal moral clarity. Asked about U.S. President Joe Biden’s opposition to Israel striking Iran’s nuclear facilities in defense

Nov 18, 2024 · “We stand with the Jewish people, who will no longer accept being unjustly blamed or targeted,” says lawmaker Pedro Frazão. By Etgar Lefkovits, JNS The Portuguese Parliament (Assembleia da República) in Lisbon launched an Israel Allies Caucus on Monday, seeking to build political support for Israel as part of an international network of …

Nov 21, 2024 · “Israel rejects with disgust the absurd and false actions and charges against it by the International Criminal Court,” the prime minister said. By JNS ) “The antisemitic decision of the International Criminal Court is equivalent to a modern-day Dreyfus trial—and it will end like it. “Israel rejects with disgust the absurd and false actions and

Nov 4, 2024 · Last week, the Knesset made it illegal for UNRWA to operate in Israeli territory, and for state officials to cooperate with the agency. By JNS Israel has terminated the 1967 agreement outlining the legal basis for relations between Jerusalem and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), a week after the Knesset passed legislation

Jan 3, 2025 · As another year begins, let us take look ahead at what’s to come in the EU over the coming 12 months, writes EU Reporter. 2025 promises to be another eventful and challenging year for us all. Both at home and abroad there is much to be done, while there will be several significant milestones to

Dec 1, 2024 · Donald Trump has promised to reinstitute “maximum pressure” on the Islamic Republic. By Amelie Botbol, JNS. Britain, France and Germany have agreed to continue nuclear negotiations with Tehran following a meeting on Friday in Geneva and amid threats by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to reinstitute a “maximum pressure” campaign on the Islamic Republic once he assumes office in January.

Dec 29, 2024 · For years after World War II, he worked with the U.S. military to track down and identify SS leaders who had disappeared. By JNS Josef Lewkowicz, a Holocaust survivor who became a world-acclaimed Nazi hunter, died on Dec. 26. He was 98 years old. As a teenager, Lewkowicz was sent to the Płaszów camp outside

Dec 22, 2024 · Some 44% of European Jewish youth have faced antisemitic harassment. By Nissan Shtrauchler, Israel Hayom via JNS. In a powerful display of Jewish pride and resilience, hundreds of Jewish youth from across Europe gathered at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate—once a symbol of Nazi power—to celebrate their identity, despite …