Source: JTA, 3-8-13
Ed Miliband, the leader of Britain’s Labour Party, has pledged to oppose boycotts of Israel and to protect Jewish customs, including circumcision and ritual slaughter….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on March 8, 2013
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Source: JTA, 2-11-13
Pope Benedict XVI said he is stepping down, citing his “advanced age” and, apparently, failing health….
A spokesman for Israeli Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger wished the pope well and said relations between Israel and the Holy See had become the best ever during Benedict’s papacy….READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on February 11, 2013
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Source: JTA, 7-18-12
At least seven passengers reportedly were killed in an explosion on a bus carrying Israeli tourists in Bulgaria in what is being described as a terrorist attack.
Israeli and Bulgarian outlets reported that as many as seven people were killed in the explosion Wednesday afternoon at Sarafovo Airport in Burgas, a city on the Black Sea Coast popular with Israeli tourists. At least 33 passengers have been rushed to the hospital, and nine are missing, reported the Bulgarian news agency Novinite.com. The explosion hit one of three tour buses carrying Israelis, Israel’s Channel 1 reported. Some 40 people are reported to have been on the bus, and several media outlets have described the passengers as “Israeli youth.”
The explosion occurred while the bus, which was scheduled to take the Israeli tourists to their hotel, was still in the terminal. Some news reports said a suicide bomber boarded the bus as it was taking the Israeli tourists to the terminal. Others quoted Burgas Mayor Dimitar Nikolov as saying that explosives were in the luggage area of the bus.
The explosion occurred on the 18th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires that left 85 people dead.
“All signs point to Iran,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. “In just the past few months we’ve seen Iran try to target Israelis in Thailand, Indian, Georgia, Cyprus and more. The murderous Iranian terror continues to target innocent people. This is a global Iranian terror onslaught and Israel will react forcefully to it.”…READ MORE
Posted by bonniekgoodman on July 18, 2012
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Source: PMO, 7-17-12
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this morning in his Jerusalem office, met with Hungarian President Janos Ader. The two men discussed advancing bilateral relations, Iran’s race to develop nuclear weapons, the unrest in the Middle East, ways to advance the negotiations with the Palestinians, and anti-Semitism.
Prime Minister Netanyahu said: “There is concern in Israel and the Jewish world over a resurgence of anti-Semitism in Hungary. Such a dangerous phenomenon must be uprooted before it can spread.” Hungarian President Ader underscored his firm opposition to any manifestation of anti-Semitism.
At the end of the meeting, President Ader invited Prime Minister Netanyahu to visit Hungary.
Posted by bonniekgoodman on July 17, 2012
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