President Obama called on people to honor the memory of Holocaust victims in a statement released in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day.\n\n
China shares U.S. concerns about Iran\’s nuclear program and agreed to direct its officials to work on a UN sanctions resolution against Tehran, a U.S. official said after talks between U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao.
For Jews, Poland’s late president, Lech Kaczynski, was a man of many firsts.
President Obama and Jordan\’s King Abdullah discussed Iran\’s nuclear program during a bilateral meeting.\n\nAt the meeting Monday, part of the two-day Nuclear Security Summit, the two leaders agreed on the importance of strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Obama stressed the importance of international efforts, such as sanctions, to pressure Iran, while Abdullah argued for resolving the issue through diplomatic avenues.\n
Israel\’s security service wants to question a Ha\’aretz journalist about the whereabouts of 2,000 classified documents.
A Jewish group urged the Italian Bishops\’ Conference to condemn anti-Semitic comments made by a retired Catholic bishop.\n\nGiacomo Babini, bishop emeritus of Grosseto, allegedly told the Catholic Web site Pontifex that Jews are behind the latest round of criticism of the Church\’s handling of clerical sex abuse. Babini, 81, allegedly called the criticism a “Zionist attack,\” saying, \”They do not want the church, they are its natural enemies. Deep down, historically speaking, the Jews are God killers.\”\n
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