Global News Archives

APRIL 2006


27 April

Israeli flags burnt at celebrations of Italy's liberation from fascism	Austrian politician denies gas chamber denial	New Jewish community center opens in Sofia

26 April

Stephen Roth Institute reports less anti-Semitic incidents in 2005	Norwegian government defends Hamas parliamentarians' visit	Israeli launches satellite to allow for better monitoring of Iranian activities

25 April

'March of the Living' to Auschwitz camp led by Shimon Peres	Ahmadinejad hints at quitting nuclear body, continues anti-Israeli attacks	Leader of ultra-orthodox Jewish movement in New York dies

24 April

Bin Laden issues new threats against Western world	Iran used Israeli experts to improve measures against earthquakes	Conservative Jews sue over Western Wall praying restrictions

Rabbi Marc Schneier to help Ehud Olmert's Kadima Party in United States	Malaysia rules out diplomatic relations with Israel for now	Jews in the US attend religious services less frequently than Christians

21 April

Germany to open World War II archives to historians and researchers	Two more deported extremists to be tried in Germany for Holocaust denial	Scholar and civil rights campaigner Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg dies at 84

Iran allegedly training thousands of suicide bombers	Swiss banks settlement challenged by American Shoah survivors	Pope prays for peace in Israel, condemns Tel Aviv suicide attack

Hamas funding continues to cause international controversy	Jewish soccer player in Chile to lodge complaint over anti-Semitic jibes	Trainee Imams in London protest against use of fundamentalist text

Legislators from Palestinian Authority denied visas by France	Fight against neo-Nazis to be stepped up after brutal attack in Germany	Priest issues mea culpa after anti-Semitic broadcasts on 'Radio Maryja'

12 April

Racist motives in murder of African student in Russia	Austria was dishonest about its Nazi past, says the country's president	Two suspects in murder of Jewish man in Paris surrender to police

11 April

Investigation to look into Russian passport for chief rabbi	Germans debate Iranian Presidents' attendance at soccer world cup	Czech Jewish community sues to have properties returned

10 April

Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial expands its online resources	Details of Pope Benedict's visit to Auschwitz announced	Ukrainian newspaper editor attacked, anti-Semitic motives suspected

07 April

Czech Jewish community plans museum for wartime victims	Pope considers visit to Israel in early 2007, says Peres	EU stops financial aid to Hamas-led Palestinian government

06 April

Holocaust survivor calls on Poland to crack down on 'Radio Maryja'	Zündel lawyer thrown out of German courtroom for anti-Semitic incitement	French, Spanish satellite companies remove Hezbollah radio station

05 April

Study reveals that Sweden cooperated with Nazis more than thought	Palestinian leader meets with South African Jews and Muslims	Native Canadian leader to appeal sentence for hate comments

04 April

US issues recommendations on discrimination against Jewish students	Round table of religious leaders in Bosnia with European Union delegation	Former Pope’s childhood home to house Shoah memorial

03 April

Auschwitz escapee who informed the world about the camp dies at 82	German railway asked to display Nazi-era photos in train stations	Conference held to mark Pope John Paul II's visit to Roman synagogue