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Iran’s leader: Tehran will aid anyone confronting "cancer" Israel - Associated Press, USA 03 Feb 2012

Iran will help any nation or group that confronts the “cancer” Israel, the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday. read more »

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Germany has immunity from lawsuits brought by foreign Nazi victims, international court rules 03 Feb 2012

The International Court of Justice in the Dutch city of The Hague has confirmed that Germany has legal immunity from being sued in foreign courts by victims of Nazi atrocities committed during World War II.  read more »

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Leading official of Hungarian extremist party accuses Jews of colonializing country 03 Feb 2012

In an interview with the 'Jewish Chronicle', Márton Gyöngyösi, deputy leader of the far-right Jobbik party, openly questioned the Holocaust. He also claimed that Jews were colonizing Hungary and that Israeli's treatment of the Palestinians was like a "Nazi system". read more »

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Amsterdam rabbi reinstated after homosexuality row - Jerusalem Post, Israel 03 Feb 2012

The Orthodox Jewish community of Amsterdam has reinstated its chief rabbi, Aryeh Ralbag, after briefly suspending him last month for having co-signed a statement in which homosexuality was described as an inclination from which one can be “healed.” read more »

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Australian flag-maker says swastika will stay despite Jewish anger - News.com.au, Australia 03 Feb 2012

A flag-maker says Nazi flags flying outside his home will not be removed despite calls by members of the Melbourne Jewish community. read more »

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Netherlands returns two paintings looted by Nazi leader Göring to Jewish heir - Bloomberg, USA 03 Feb 2012

The Dutch government said today it will return two paintings that were looted more than 70 years ago by Hermann Göring for his country estate to the descendants of a Jewish antiques dealer in Paris.  read more »

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Austrian president cancels award to far-right leader over anti-Semitic remarks - Haaretz, Israel 03 Feb 2012

Prestigious award is retracted after Austrian daily quotes Freedom Party leader Heinz Straché as saying, 'We are the new Jews,' in response to protesters who heckled guests arriving at a ball coinciding with International Holocaust Remembrance Day. read more »

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American Jewish leaders offended by Georgia preacher's ceremony - Associated Press, USA 03 Feb 2012

Jewish leaders are criticizing a ceremony that involved a controversial church leader being wrapped in a Torah scroll and exalted as a "king" to the applause of his parishioners. read more »

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US rabbi admits Torah tales were a fraud - New York Times, USA 03 Feb 2012

Rabbi Youlus has pleaded guilty to fraud, admitting to a scheme to steal money while claiming to be saving and restoring historic Torahs. One of those who was initially dubious was Menachem Z. Rosensaft, general counsel of the World Jewish Congress. read more »

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Shin Bet chief: Iran trying to hit Israeli targets in response to attacks on nuclear scientists - Haaretz, Israel 03 Feb 2012

Iran was trying to strike Israeli targets around the world in a bid to stop the assassinations of its nuclear scientists, the head of the Israel's internal security service, Yoram Cohen, has said. read more »

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Amichai Magen: Is Israel a ‘good’ democracy? 02 Feb 2012

When looked at critically, but soberly and fairly, how does Israel fare on measures of democratic quality? read more »

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Herzog: Israelis uninformed about Diaspora - Jerusalem Post, Israel 02 Feb 2012

Israeli and Jewish leaders, including WJC Secretary-General Dan Diker, discussed relations between Israel and the Jewish Diaspora at the Herzliya Conference. read more »

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Greece honors former Jewish parliamentarians - JTA, USA 02 Feb 2012

Greek Jewish parliamentarians from 1915 to 1936 were honored in a ceremony at the old Parliament building in Athens. read more »

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WJC praises German financial commitment to Yad Vashem 02 Feb 2012

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has called Germany's decision to give €10 million (US $13 million) to Israel's Holocaust memorial institution Yad Vashem over the next ten years "highly commendable". read more »

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British rabbis targeted by "bomb plot terror suspects" - Jewish Chronicle, UK 02 Feb 2012

Two rabbis in the UK were said to be among a group of potential targets for a gang of nine terror suspects, a court has heard. read more »

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Iran talks yield further meetings but not tangible progress - Washington Post, USA 02 Feb 2012

IAEA inspectors have agreed to return to Tehran later this month for a second round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program, while acknowledging that meetings this week achieved no significant breakthroughs, diplomats have said. read more »

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Army chief says Israel needs to build up military to strike Iran - Bloomberg, USA 02 Feb 2012

IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz said Israel must build up its military capabilities and be prepared to strike if economic sanctions fail to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.  read more »

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Greater Manchester has highest anti-Semitic crime rate in UK 02 Feb 2012

More anti-Semitic crime took place in the Greater Manchester are than in London in 2011, despite seven times more Jews living in the capital, the Community Security Trust has found. read more »

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Palestinians praise killer of Jewish family - Israel Today 02 Feb 2012

The mother and aunt of a young Palestinian man who brutally slaughtered nearly an entire Jewish family last year went on Palestinian Authority television recently to praise his murderous actions and to denounce Israel. read more »

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Czech FM: "Israel needs to engage EU, not call it irrelevant" - Jerusalem Post, Israel 02 Feb 2012

Czech Foreign Minister Karl Schwarzenberg, considered one of Israel’s strongest supporters inside the EU, has said Israel needed to engage more intensively with Europe. read more »

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