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| October 8, 2012
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French President to Jewish Leaders: We will fight anti-Semitism with ‘greatest firmness’

Meeting between President Hollande & community heads comes after raids on Islamist cell, shooting incident near Parisian synagogue.

France is boosting security at Jewish religious sites after blanks were fired at a synagogue west of Paris amid renewed concerns about anti-Semitism around the country.

French President Francois Hollande meeting with Jewish leaders.


France’s President Francois Hollande and French Jewish leaders following a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on October 7, 2012. Photo by AFP

French President Francois Hollande met Sunday with leaders of the country’s Jewish community and pledged to fight extremism and anti-Semitism “with the greatest firmness.”

He said that authorities “in the coming days, in the coming hours” will increase security at Jewish religious sites so they won’t be subject to the kind of attack that targeted a synagogue in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil on Saturday night. Continue Reading »

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| October 6, 2012
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French anti-terror police kill man linked to attack on Jewish shop

In 4 simultaneous operations, elite French police units arrest 10 individuals after DNA evidence links suspected jihadist cell to last month’s attack on Jewish store.

By Reuters

 

French police shot dead a suspect during an anti-terrorism raid in the northeastern city of Strasbourg on Saturday that was part of an investigation into a grenade attack last month on a Jewish market, judicial and security sources said.

French officials say DNA on the grenade led them to suspected jihadist cell of young Frenchmen recently converted to Islam.

The Sarcelles store after the attack

Sarcelles Mayor Francois Pupponi, left facing, and Rabbi Chalom Berros, right, in front of the kosher store where a bomb exploded in Sarcelles, north of Paris, Wednesday, Sept.

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| October 5, 2012
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Greta Berlin: Zionists ran concentration camps

Free Gaza group’s head Tweets: “Zionists operated the concentration camps & helped murder millions of innocent Jews.”

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

The US head of the pro-Palestinian group The Free Gaza Movement unleashed a wave of criticism over the last several days because of a Twitter post asserting that Zionists ran concentration camps and murdered Jews.

Greta Berlin, the American co-founder of the group Free Gaza, tweeted on September 30 “Zionists operated the concentration camps and helped murder millions of innocent Jews.”

Mavi Marmara

Mavi Marmara – Photo: Stringer Turkey/Reuters

Berlin’s tweet blaming Zionists for the Holocaust caught the eye of Avi Mayer, who oversees social media for the Jewish Agency for Israel. Continue Reading »

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| September 29, 2012
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Jewish Community Center in Malmo, Sweden Bombed

Blast causes no injuries, only damage to community center. Malmo, where Muslim immigrants make up 30%-40% of the population, sees between 50-100 anti-Semitic incidents per year.  In 2010. the number of incidents doubled previous year’s, with 79 complaints filed.

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A bomb exploded at a Jewish community center in Malmo, Sweden early Friday morning, causing damage but no injuries. The door leading into the community center was shattered, as were several windows.

Anti-Israeli protesters in Malmo, Sweden in March 2009. – Photo: Reuters

Several eye witnesses told police officers that they saw two vehicles speeding away from the scene immediately after the explosion before dawn Friday.

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| September 28, 2012
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Senior Jewish Figure Threatened on Streets of Berlin

A Berlin police spokesman said ‘mutual threats’ during the Yom Kippur incident were being investigated, but would not give more details.

By DPA

One of Germany’s leading Jewish figures said Thursday he had been threatened on a Berlin street because of his religion.

A Berlin street.


A Berlin street. – Photo by Wikicommons/Alexrk2

“The culprit evidently felt provoked by the sight of a Jewish prayer book,” said Stephan Kramer, general secretary of the Central Council of Jews.

A city police spokesman said “mutual threats” during the Wednesday incident were being investigated, but declined to give more details.

The President of the Central Council, Dieter Graumann, told dpa that “this had the appearance of being an act of racism.” Continue Reading »

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| September 27, 2012
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Anti-Semitism alive at Northeastern University’s Faculty

A 30 minute video showing anti-Semitic faculty activity at Northeastern University was released by a ‘tolerance organization’.

By Arutz Sheva staff

 

Americans for Peace and Tolerance (APT) today released a 30 minute video showing how Northeastern Professor Denis Sullivan and other Northeastern faculty abuse academic freedom to promote anti-Israel lies and anti-Semitism as defined by the U.S. State Department.

Sullivan is a tenured professor and director of the Northeastern Middle East Center for Peace, Culture and Development.  The video examines Professor Sullivan’s lectures, invited guests, reading lists and student trips to the Middle East, all of which seem designed to provide students with a one-sided view of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Continue Reading »

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| September 26, 2012
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Jewish cemetery outside of Prague vandalized

Czech police say unidentified vandals desecrated 26 headstones in a Jewish cemetery south of Prague.

Czech police say unknown vandals knocked over 26 tombstones in a Jewish cemetery south of Prague.

A Jewish gravestone is desecrated with Nazi symbols


A Jewish gravestone is desecrated with Nazi symbols at a cemetery in Dortmund, Germany, Monday, Jan. 10, 2005. – Photo by AP

Police spokesman Miroslav Doubek says the tombstones were likely overturned in the last two months. The cemetery, which is no longer used for burials, is located in the woods near the village of Prudice, about 65 kilometers (40 miles) south of Prague. Continue Reading »

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| September 22, 2012
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Le Pen, leader of France’s National Front party: Ban Wearing a Kippah

French politician says,“Obviously, if the veil is banned, the kippa [should be] banned in public as well,”

By JTA

 

French right-wing politician Marine Le Pen said she supports a ban on wearing kippot in public in addition to a ban on Muslim headscarves.

Boy looks at selection of kippot in shop

Boy looks at selection of kippot in shop – Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post

“Obviously, if the veil is banned, the kippa [should be] banned in public as well,” the French daily Le Monde quoted Le Pen, leader of the National Front, as saying in an interview published on Friday.

Le Pen’s anti-immigrant, anti-Islamist party long has supported a ban on Muslim headscarves, niqabs and burkas.

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| September 20, 2012
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Jewish History Being Ignored

The display of statues at Třebíč Ghetto synagogue is just another example of European insensitivity

By Yochanan Visser

 

Fresh manifestations of European anti-Semitism raised their heads once again when Jewish religious leaders were physically attacked by thugs in Berlin and Vienna at the end of August.

Jewish cemetery in Prague – Photo: Ronnie Shelo

Recent data show that anti-Semitism in Europe is on the rise again, especially in Eastern Europe. The situation seems to be worst in Hungary, Poland and Ukraine. A recent Jewish Anti Defamation League poll carried out in Hungary revealed that a majority of that country’s population holds anti-Semitic views. Continue Reading »

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| September 15, 2012
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Porn director behind the film ‘Innocence of Muslims’ that sparked anti-U.S. protests in Muslim World

Ties found between ex-convict, Christian charity  & insurance salesman, who produced the film over a belief that radical Islam threatens the world; cast & crew believed they were participating in film on ancient Egypt, had no idea of its Islamophobic nature.

 

A schlock softporn director named Alan Roberts has been identified as the director of the film that ridicules Muslims and the prophet Muhammed and has incited violent protests across the Middle East, according to a report by Gawker published Saturday.

A screenshot of the film 'Innocence of Muslims.'

A screenshot of the film ‘Innocence of Muslims,’ which incited protests throughout the Muslim world.

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| August 7, 2012
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Anti-Semitism In Egypt Is Back in Fashion

The Egyptian revolution that overthrew  Mubarak, held great promise &  exposed the challenges facing Egyptian politics & culture. Anti-Semitism, if nothing else, has always been a sign of a deeply damaged culture.

 

 

A travel tip for the international executive class: If you find yourself doing business in Egypt and you feel the urge to insult your interlocutor, 1) try not to insult your interlocutor; and 2) if you must, cast aspersions on the chastity of the person’s mother or sister. This insult will be taken hard, but it may eventually be forgiven.

Whatever you do, don’t accuse the person of being Jewish. Continue Reading »

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| July 26, 2012
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PA: “Sports are meant for peace, not for racism”

The PA is against the moment of silence because they view the murder of Israelis by Palestinians not as terror but as heroism.

By Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik

 

 

The Palestinian Authority is against the moment of silence at the Olympics to commemorate the Israeli athletes murdered at the Munich Olympics in 1972. According to the headline in the official PA daily, “Sports are meant for peace, not for racism.”

The 11 members of the Israeli Olympic Delegation that were murdered by Palestinian terrorists.

According to Jibril Rajoub, President of the Palestinian Olympic Committee:

“Sports are meant for peace, not for racism… Sports are a bridge to love, interconnection, and spreading of peace among nations; it must not be a cause of division and spreading of racism between them [nations].”
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| July 26, 2012
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BBC capitulates on Israel’s profile page for 2nd time.

BBC heeds anger caused by its choice of aggressively bias picture on Israel’s profile page; changes it to one of architecture

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The British Broadcasting Corporation has finally changed the picture placed on its website’s profiles page for Israel, replacing the aggressive image of a confrontation between a Border Guard officer and a Palestinian, to that of landmark Bauhaus architecture in Tel Aviv.

(Photo: AP)

Bauhaus architecture in Tel Aviv – Photo: AP

The unique style of architecture, knows the “White City of Tel Aviv” has been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage site.

The BBC came under fire recently for failing to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on its Olympic Games website. Continue Reading »

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| July 26, 2012
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Olympic Team Salutes Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital In Response to BBC’s Map

Israel’s Olympic team responds in a special video to the BBC’s claim that Jerusalem is not Israel’s capital

By Elad Benari

 

Israel’s Olympic team has decided to respond to the BBC’s assertion that Jerusalem is not Israel’s capital, by preparing a video in which Israeli athletes are seen saying they are proud to represent Israel “and its capital Jerusalem.”

The British broadcast authority, which has often been charged with bias against Israel, has come under fire for listing “East Jerusalem” as the capital for the “Palestinian Olympic team” while leaving Israel listed without a capital.

After Israel and Jews around the world complained, the BBC partly corrected its mistake and stated that Israel’s “seat of government is Jerusalem” while still omitting Jerusalem as the capital. Continue Reading »

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| July 24, 2012
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Clinton: Push back at Holocaust deniers

US Sec. of St. calls on international community to respond to criticism of Israeli policy if it crosses the line to antisemitism.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on the international community to “act against anti-Semitism” at a keynote address at a symposium on ending genocide, held at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington on Tuesday.

Clinton delivers the keynote address - Photo: REUTERS

Clinton delivers the keynote address – Photo: REUTERS

Clinton reaffirmed her support for Israel and the Jewish people at the Holocaust Museum, stating: “When heads of states and religious leaders deny the Holocaust, we must not let their lies go unanswered…we must respond when criticism of Israeli government policy crosses over to anti-Semitism.”

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