Global News Archives

JUNE 2006


30 June

Canadian Jews blast Israel boycott	Israeli Magen David Adom congratulated on Geneva vote	Neo-Nazis in Chile bury their leader

29 June

Turkish Prime Minister Urges West To Lessen Tensions With Muslim World	Polish police arrest 'neo-Nazi' suspected of attack on Grand Rabbi	Romanian President says children should be taught about pogrom of Jews

15 June

Auschwitz Committee president to receive Germany's highest honor	Claims Conference obtains extra funds from Germany for Holocaust victims	Olmert praises France for clamp-down on anti-Semitism

14 June

Poland cracks-down on hate websites following knife attack	350th anniversary of Jewish resettlement in the UK celebrated	Anti-Muslim sentiment in Europe likened to 1930s anti-Semitism

13 June

Austrian journalist who helped uncover Waldheim's past dies at 50	Belarus Jewish kindergarten forced to remove religious symbols	US Court rejects review of appeal ruling on Austrian class action suit

12 June

Jews demonstrate against Iranian leader during World Cup soccer match	Croatian parliament adopts strengthened anti-hate laws	British teachers union rescinds call for boycott of Israeli academics

09 June

German outrage at Iranian vice president’s visit to soccer World Cup	South African trade union supports Canadian call for boycott of Israel	Former Canadian Native leader to get retrial over anti-Jewish remarks

08 June

Sweden labels Golan wine as 'Made in Israel-occupied Syrian Territory'	EJC calls on Croatia to adopt tougher laws against anti-Semitism	US government to help restore synagogue in Ukraine

07 June

Charlotte Knobloch elected as new leader of Germany Jewish community	CIA and West Germany knew where Adolf Eichmann was in the 1950s	Court finds French railway company SNCF was complicit in Nazi crimes

06 June

Ethiopian government promises better protection of Jewish cemeteries	Confusion and concern over possible Germany visit by Ahmadinejad	Call by Canadian public worker union to boycott Israel draws sharp protests

02 June

EU parliamentarians want Ahmadinejad declared persona non grata	Pope Benedict XVI speaks out against anti-Semitism	Rabbi from US holds discussions with Senegalese president

01 June

US offers to engage in direct talks with Tehran over nuclear program	French Interior minister promises clampdown on anti-Semitic group	European Union hosts high-level roundtable meeting of religious leaders