Global News Archives


OCTOBER 2005


27 October

US Senate wants Hezbollah broadcaster classified as terrorist organization	BMW presents study on company's involvement with Nazi rulers	Cardinal Kasper comments on anniversary of 'Nostra Aetate'

26 October

Iranian president calls for Israel to be 'wiped off the map!'	Four Islamists jailed in Germany for anti-Jewish terror plot	Two court verdicts handed down in Wertheim restitution case

Nine arrested following further anti-racial activity in Spain	Anti-Jewish books on display again at Frankfurt book fair	Muslim Council of Britain backs new anti-hatred bill

21 October

'Nostra Aetate' Declaration commemorated in Australia	Anti-Jewish text included in British poetry book for children	Debate over new anti-hatred legislation in the United Kingdom

20 October

Russian chief rabbi says vandals believe they act with impunity	Spanish police arrest neo-Nazis in Barcelona for defending genocide	Israeli book on Nazi Germany awarded international prize

17 October

Spanish police close to tracking down Nazi war criminal Aribert Heim	Hitler reference in advertisement spells trouble for gubernatorial candidate	Jews welcomed to Muslim fast-breaking dinner in Melbourne

African Americans stage protest march in Washington	Polish city gets first full-time rabbi since World War II	Demonstrators resort to violence during anti-Nazi protests in Ohio

14 October

Argentine Jewish leader accuses authors of anti-Semitism	St. Petersburg: Jewish cemetery desecrated, restaurant vandalized	Afghan President says he is ready to meet with Sharon

Priest who likened Northern Ireland's Protestants to Nazis apologizes	Vatican to trade Toledo synagogue for 'Last Supper' room in Jerusalem?	Jewish playwright Harold Pinter awarded Nobel Prize for Literature

11 October

Russian philanthropist to head global Zionist youth group	Israel refuses to admit pro-Palestinian activist Gretta Duisenberg	US Jewish groups collect donations for earthquake relief in South Asia

10 October

UK's chief rabbi criticizes anti-Semitic atmosphere in the country	Catholic Church beatifies 'Lion of Münster' who defied Nazis	Madonna under fire for praising Kabbalist scholar in new song

Jewish community of Slovenia presses for WWII-related compensation	California commission rejects schoolbook due to anti-Jewish bias	Romania observes Holocaust Memorial Day for the second time

07 October

Holocaust denier Irving denied room for book presentation in Greece	Czech Republic: synagogue vandalized; businessman exploited survivors	Thousands of Jewish pilgrims travel to Ukranian gravesite

06 October

Bush and Putin send Rosh Hashanah greetings to the Jewish people	Israeli President accepts invitation from Pope to visit Vatican	Canadian charged with threatening Jewish community