Global News Archives

AUGUST 2006


31 August

Iranian President remains firm as UN deadline looms	El Salvador to move last foreign embassy out of Jerusalem	Muslims stage anti-Israel protests across east Africa

30 August

Japanese honour victims of Theresienstadt Nazi camp	Ahmadinejad rejects UN deadline, challenges Bush to TV debate	German minister criticized for comments on Middle East conflict

29 August

Families sue French railway company over WWII deportations	Ahmadinejad suggests Holocaust invented by Allied powers	Canadian telecom watchdog refuses to shutdown hate website

28 August

Suspended sentence for Polish chief rabbi's attacker	Concern in Uruguay about possible sale of Nazi artifacts	UK film director calls for boycott of Israeli cultural institutions

25 August

Annan condemns anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial	Radical group prevents anti-Iran rally in Buenos Aires	Switzerland: Council of the Religions holds first meeting

24 August

Ukrainian editor says journalists ignorant of anti-Semitism	US unhappy with Iranian proposal for nuclear deal	Hitler themed restaurant causes outrage in Mumbai

23 August

EU to consider contribution to Middle East peace force	Tehran responds officially to offer on nuclear program deal	Mexican rally in support of Israel and peace in the Middle East

22 August

Supreme leader says Iran will not halt nuclear program	Italian Muslim group likens Israel's actions to those of Nazi Germany	Canadian museum returns Nazi-looted painting to owners

21 August

Madonna believes Cabbala can clean up radioactive waste	Lebanese defense minister warns militants against inciting Israel	Germany arrests Lebanese student over failed terrorist attack

18 August

Canadian church supports Israel's right to exist	Ahmadinejad maintains Iran's right to go nuclear	Polish city of Bialystok marks Jewish ghetto uprising

German controversy over return of painting to Jewish heirs	Seattle shooting victim campaigns for tighter gun control	Brothers confess to attack on Oregon synagogue

17 August

Euro-Asian Jewish Congress leaders visit Israel	Costa Rica moves embassy from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv	Bomb scare in front of Jewish politician's NY office

16 August

Iran opens exhibition of anti-Semitic Holocaust cartoons	Sydney synagogue vandalized for the second time in two weeks	German minister cancels Syria visit after Assad speech

Jews in Buenos Aires show public support for Israel	German author defends late admission of SS membership	Row over anti-Semitic jokes at Edinburgh Fringe festival

14 August

German writer Günter Grass admits to Waffen SS membership	Middle East ceasefire comes into effect	Muslim MP says UK muslims immersed in victim narrative

11 August

Seattle shooting suspect expected to plead guilty	French optimistic about UN resolution on Lebanon	UK Jews expect rising tensions following thwarted bomb plot

10 August

Venezuelan President wants to sever ties with Israel	Argentinean and Uruguayan Jews in solidarity visit to Israel	Joe Lieberman loses Democratic nomination in Connecticut

Iran's religious leader: "Muslims have a duty to defend Hezbollah"	Hitler ordered cleansing of Jewish references from bible	Haider insults leader of Austria's Jewish community again

Heirs seek return of victim's suitcase from Auschwitz Museum	Belgian Jews express solidarity with Israel	Mayor of Rome condemns wave of anti-Semitic acts in his city

Britain refuses to extradite Jewish woman to Poland	Hungarians and Poles offer respite to children from Israel	UN Human Rights Council to focus again on Israel

Seattle Jewish center shooting suspect charged	European Jewish student union website hacked	Three held for beating of Jewish youth in France

09 August

Norwegian writer under fire for questioning Israel's legitimacy	Venezuelan Jews upset by government anti-Semitism	Middle East war doubles anti-Semitic incidents in the UK

08 August

Venezuelan President says Israel committing 'new Holocaust'	Malaysian government may supply Hezbollah with weapons	Indonesian extremists recruiting fighters for Middle East conflict

07 August

Chilean Jewish community shows support for Israel	Italians reject clemency for Nazi war criminal	US senators want EU to call Hezbollah terrorists

04 August

UN human rights panel's one-sided focus on Israel criticized by WJC	Gibson receives invitations from Jewish institutions and groups following apology	Dutch cardinal who paved the way for Catholic-Jewish dialogue dies at 96

02 August

Mel Gibson apologizes for anti-Semitic slur at Jewish police officer	Attacks on synagogues around the world	Government plans for Christian ethics at Ukrainian schools criticized by Jewish leaders