Palestinians want the Security Council to decide on their bid for full U.N. membership soon so they can pursue \”other options\”, the Palestinian U.N. envoy said, repeating charges that Washington is procrastinating to avoid a vote.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center called on the Swedish government to assume the cost of protecting the Jewish community. Senior officials of the organization, who visited Stockholm and Malmo during a weeklong fact-finding mission, accused the government of making the Jewish community pay the equivalent of a \”Jewish tax,\” requiring the community to pay for most security measures, including barriers against attacks in front of the synagogue during services.
A U.S. Muslim umbrella group strongly endorsed plans to bring Gaza Strip youths to the U.S. Holocaust museum in the wake of Hamas opposition. The Islamic Society of North America wrote to the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, which solicited endorsements in the wake of reports that Hamas, the terrorist group that controls Gaza, had criticized the the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for including the museum on a forthcoming U.S. tour for top Gaza students. \”We want to ensure that the UNRWA delegation of students visits the nation’s capital and its various museums and institutions, including the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum,\” Islamic Society national director Sayyid Syeed said in a letter Dec. 20 to Rabbi Marc Schneier, the president of the foundation. \”We believe that this museum, in particular, has tremendous educational value and helps visitors appreciate the historical result of unbridled hate and human manipulation. We have taken delegations of Muslim leaders and imams to visit the museum, and each time, we have seen how transformative an experience it is.\”
The rocket landed Sunday not far from the home of Mayor Eli Moyal
Some charges criticizing Israel are distortions and slanted, based on faulty information and half-truths, animus, and even classic anti-Semitism.
However, the situation and history are complex, and unfortunately, Israel is not perfect.
Current statistics suggests that, even though France is depicted as less than empathetic to the Jewish community, the Jewish population there has actually grown.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni nominated Sallai Meridor on Oct. 4 to be Israel\’s next ambassador to Washington.
Goldberg recently won the Anti-Defamation League\’s Daniel Pearl Award and goes so far as to suggest that being Jewish has benefited him in his dealings with terrorists.
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