Global News Archives

October 2007

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Australian PM says he is not responsible for far-right views of supporter	Elizabeth Taylor allowed to keep Nazi-looted Van Gogh painting	Jewish graveyard in New Zealand desecrated again

30

Jewish community in German city to boycott “Kristallnacht” commemoration	Archbishop of Canterbury to meet with Israeli chief rabbis	Israeli FM presses China to support tougher Iran sanctions

29

Antwerp mayor apologizes to Jewish community over Nazi-era collaboration	Ukrainian government seeks to mollify Jewish criticism	Archbishop Tutu asks US Jews to support Palestinians

26

Local Councils in UK to pay for security at Jewish schools	Belarus leader tries to calm tensions after Jewish ‘pigsty’ remarks	Polish senator who questioned Holocaust given important post

25

Actress Halle Berry apologizes for anti-Semitic slur	Bridge builder between Christians and Jews, dies at 86	Senior European official condemns anti-Semitism in Budapest protest

24

David Irving sues newspaper after being called ‘active Holocaust denier’	Euro-Asian Jewish Congress outraged by Armenian reception of Ahmadinejad	Czech court allows neo-Nazi march through Prague’s Jewish quarter

23

Belarusian president makes anti-Semitic statement	Ohio police officer “shocked” after posting racist videos	Israeli and American leaders warn of downplaying Iranian threat

22

Evangelical support for Jewish emigration from Iran to Israel	Religion must not be vehicle of hate, says Pope Benedict	Ukrainian president meets with Jewish leaders following attacks

19

US federal court upholds principle of religious freedom	A quarter of Germans believe there were positive aspects of Nazism	Hundreds of Jews gather in Moscow for Limmud conference

18

Polish Jewish leader condemns right wing party’s election ad	Comparison of EU treaty with Nazi appeasement shocks UK minister	EJC President cancels trip to Ukraine over rising anti-Semitism

17

Election advertising by Polish far-right party seen as anti-Jewish	Israeli Prime Minister urges Diaspora Jews to live in Israel	Russian President invites Iranian counterpart to Moscow for talks

16

Latvia complains after Putin accuses baltics of glorifying Nazism	World powers divided over Iran as Putin arrives in Tehran	Controversial speakers invited to Oxford debating society spark outrage

15

‘Butcher of Mauthausen’ claimed to have been assassinated in 1982	German Chancellor backs US call for tougher sanctions against Iran	South Africa Advertising body deems billboard offensive to Jews

12

Paris synagogue bombing of 1980 resolved?	98-year-old saviour of Jewish children nominated for Nobel Peace Prize	Conservative pundit angers Jewish Democrats in the US

11

Poland honors righteous gentiles	German-Iranian player refuses to take part in Israel soccer match	Seoul bar with Nazi theme outrages foreign diplomats

08

Authorities ban planned neo-Nazi march in Prague’s Jewish quarter	Slovak Jewish Communities condemn honor for Nationalist priest	Shoah survivor and activist Kurt J. Goldstein has died

01

Kirchner condemns Iran's president over 1994 AMIA bombing	Pope responds to European Union of Jewish Students over Darfur	Proposal for Israel boycott by British teachers union abandoned