Global News Archives

FEBRUARY 2006


February 28

Danish soccer player won't take part in Israeli match due to cartoon row	Rabbis and cardinals to meet in Berlin next month	Uzbeki Jews call death of their leader suspicious

February 27

Jewish leaders, Vatican officials hold talks about cooperation projects	100,000 French take to the streets in protest against anti-Semitism, racism	Jewish Council for Public Affairs in the US holds annual meeting

Luzzatto hands over reigns of Italian Jewish community to Morpurgo	UK Prime Minister calls suspension of Mayor of London 'silly'	Prime minister-designate: Hamas ready for truce with Israel in 1967 borders

February 24

Jacques Chirac leads tributes in Paris for murdered Jewish man	London's mayor Livingstone suspended for one month over 'Nazi' remark	Mayor of Rome lends support to tolerance magazine

February 23

Paris: Suspect in Jewish murder arrested, protest march scheduled	Communist mayor in Italy under pressure after anti-Israeli statements	Arab League official calls for media guidelines to avoid conflict

February 22

Anti-Semitic motives suspected in murder of young Frenchman	UN conducting investigation into anti-Semitic incidents among staff	Nobel Prize laureate's reputation in question due to alleged Nazi links

February 21

Revisionist historian sentenced to three years in prison for Holocaust denial	French prime minister outlines preconditions for talks with Hamas	Jewish man’s murder draws Parisians to the streets

Italian Jews urged to oppose Berlusconi coalition in polls	Study says that Dresdner Bank was a willing Nazis accomplice	New cartoon controversy in Russia leads to shut-down of newspaper

February 20

Jewish, Christian and Muslim student groups jointly condemn Danish cartoons	Italian soccer player unrepentant after meeting with Shoah survivors	Revisionist Irving expected to plead guilty at the start of his trial in Vienna

February 17

British chief rabbi attacks Anglican divestment policy decision	Israeli, Greek presidents visit Thessalonica Shoah memorial	Günther Grass attacks Danish newspaper over anti-Muslim cartoons

February 16

Chaotic scenes at German trial of Holocaust denier Zündel	Israeli cartoonist wants Jews to do their own anti-Semitic caricatures	Iran's envoy in Lisbon under fire after questioning dimension of Holocaust

Germany will "Stand side by side with Israel" over Iranian threat	Canadian Jewish Congress disappointed with new law on religious court powers	Azerbaijani university opens Hebrew department

February 15

Olmert says Ahmadinejad "obsessed with anti-Semitic hatred"	New archbishop appointed for Catholic Church in the Galilee	Four German couples posthumously made 'Righteous among the Nations'

Presbyterian groups in the US call for policy change over Israel divestment	Late South African chief rabbi receives British award	Israel 'Will cut all ties with PA if Hamas gets key government posts'

Anti-Semitic graffiti daubed on Chicago synagogue	Katsav and Jewish leaders pay visits to Greece	Brazil's president Lula da Silva visits Sao Paolo synagogue

February 10

German Bank to detail links with Nazi regime and the Holocaust	Evangelical group wants to defend Air Force against Christian bias	Gun which may have been Hitler's sells on internet for $140,025

February 09

Jewish Students launch competition to counter anti-Semitic cartoons	Trial of neo-Nazi revisionist Ernst Zuendel resumes in Germany	'Life is Beautiful' for anti-Semitic Italian soccer fans

February 08

Iranian paper tones down Holocaust cartoon competition	UK: Muslim cleric jailed for seven years for inciting racial hatred	Church of England to divest from firms used by Israel in West Bank

February 07

Iranian newspaper launches Holocaust cartoon competition	African Jewish Congress rededicates synagogue in Zambia	Gun which may have been Hitler's up for auction

February 06

Anti-Semitic material appears in response to Mohammed cartoons	Dutch government to return major art collection stolen by Nazis	Nazi rock band banned from playing in Dublin venue

February 03

UK: Prince Harry's Nazi outfit linked to anti-Semitic attacks	Legal action over display of Nazi symbols at Italian soccer game	French minister calls anti-Semitism a 'stain on the flag'

February 02

Major powers agree to report Iran to UN Security Council	President Bush pledges US forces to defend Israel	UK parliament adopts watered down religious hatred bill

February 01

Money being paid out to beneficiaries of 'Gold Train' settlement	Holocaust research center to be built in Vienna	European Court upholds freedom of speech in defamation case

Spielberg's 'Munich' movie nominated for 5 Oscars	President Hugo Chavez meets Venezuelan Jewish leaders	Coretta Scott King, human rights activist, widow of Martin Luther, dies