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Europe

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany

Nazis Continue to have their Evils Undone

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Denied her doctorate by the Nazis, 102 year old woman will finally receive it, nearly 80 years later.

Terrorism / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Danish Buses Burned in Anti-Israel Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

Four buses in Copenhagen were found on fire on Friday morning, and a fifth bus was covered with anti-Israel graffiti.

UK / Elections / News Briefs / Europe

British Voters Clobber Labour and Vote for Pro-Israel Cameron

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hamas' mouthpiece George Galloway lost his seat. Cameron may have a majority.

UK / Elections / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

PA Negotiator Erekat Says New Coalition Wants to 'Kill'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

He says the government will "work against peace and stability," meaning it won’t adopt the Obama agenda.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Ukraine / Aliyah / Geulah

Anti-Semitism Drives European Jews to Israel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"It is indisputable that the dominant factor behind Aliyah to Israel from Western Europe is anti-Semitism."

Israel / UK / News Briefs / Europe

Netanyahu Congratulates Cameron on Birth of Princess

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has congratulated Britain on the birth of daughter, a new British princess, by Prince William's wife on Saturday. The 8-pound, 3-ounce baby is the fourth in line to the throne. "Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a daughter at 8.34 a.m.," the Kensington Palace press office […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

BDS-Linked Mob of 40 Hoodlums Attack 2 Jews in Paris

By Jewish Press Staff

The assault was on the same street where Ilan Halimi was kidnapped, tortured and murdered in 2006.

News Briefs / France / Islamists / On Campus / Education / Religion

Only in France: Girl's Modest Skirt Deemed Illegal

By Jewish Press News Desk

French school ruled a Muslim student's long skirt an ostentatious sign of religiosity, ordered her parents to dress her in more appropriate short skirts.

Syria / US / Iran / News Briefs / European Union

Latest EU Brilliance: Have Iran Star in Syrian Civil War Negotiations

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The EU's foreign policy chief is pushing Iran to play a major - but productive! - role in the Syrian civil war negotiations.

Uncategorized / News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust / Eastern Europe

Lauder at 70th Bergen-Belsen Liberation Ceremony: 'Silence Emboldens Tyrants'

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Lauder: 'Jews demanded no 'Right of Return' to Germany or Austria or Poland or any other European country.'

US / News Briefs / Europe / Russia

Russian Hackers Reading Obama's Personal E-mails

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The emails are unclassified but include sensitive information of correspondence with ambassadors.

Israel / Iran / News Briefs / Europe / Russia

Russia Backs Down and Says Iran Won’t Get S300 System in 'Near Future'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kremlin says the lifting of the ban on selling the anti-missile systems to Iran was only a "political and legal decision."

News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust

Survivors to Testify in Trial of 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Oskar Groening's admission of crimes and denial of guilt exposes the depths and truth of evil.

Syria / Government / Iran / News Briefs / Europe / Hezbollah / Russia

Netanyahu Warned Putin of Israeli Attacks on Weapons to Hezbollah

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

if Iran tries to move a Russian s-300 antimissile system to Syria or Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israel will make sure it doesn't get there.

UK / News Briefs / Europe / Islamists / Religion

British Posters Warn Muslim Voting in Elections Violates Islamic Law

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The West grants the right to vote. Islamists want to take it away. Will they tell US Muslims not to vote?

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / European Union

Liberman Suggests EU Print ‘Made in the West Bank’ Label on Yellow Star

By JBN / Jewish Business News

The EU wants to label Settler products. Liberman want to remind them of the last time they labeled Jews.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany

Berlin Teacher Taught Students to March and Sing Nazi Anthem

By Jewish Press Staff

The teacher could face three years in jail for displaying Nazi symbols, which includes singing Nazi songs.

US / UK / Iran / News Briefs / France / Germany / Russia / China

Corker-Menendez Bill So Bipartisan that Even Obama No Longer Objects

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Congressional oversight of Iran bill unanimously passes Committee, President no longer threatens veto.

Israel / Iran / News Briefs / Europe / Russia

Putin Lifts Ban on Selling Iran S-300 Missiles in Return for Oil

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Russia gives Iran a bear hug and also gives Israel another reason to show Obama that the "deal" is worse than bad.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Islamists / ISIS

ISIS Terrorists Plotted to Bomb Spanish Synagogues

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The gang planned to target two Spanish princesses and Jewish bookshops and synagogues.

Travel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Ukraine / Russia

Plane to Russia Burst Into Flames at Ben Gurion Airport

By Jewish Press Staff

A small plane departing for Russia burst into flames just before takeoff at noon Wednesday at Ben Gurion Intl Airport.

US / Iran / News Briefs / Europe

Iran Warns US on Sanctions: 'All or Nothing'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Iran already is threatening to rip up the deal if Obama does not annul all sanctions forever.

Terrorism / Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs / France / Germany / Russia / China / European Union

Iran Deal: US and Allies are the Junior Varsity (Little League?)

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The Iran nuclear deal allows continued uranium enrichment, a bunkered centrifuge center and no snap inspections. Lucky Iran.

Iran / Europe / Russia

Russian Foreign Minister Leaves Lausanne

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Lausanne has become the center stage of act that would put the world's best novelist or Broadway producer to shame.

US / Iran / News Briefs / Europe / United Nations (UN)

Iranian Journalist Defects, Says US Team Speaking for Iran

By Jewish Press News Desk

“The US negotiating team are mainly there to speak on Iran’s behalf with other members of the 5+1 countries and convince them of a deal.”

News Briefs / France / Germany

Germanwings Co-Pilot Intentionally Crashed Plane and Killed Passengers

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Authorities have ruled out terror but don’t know of the co-pilot's motives.

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / France / Jerusalem

French Firm Pulls Out of Jerusalem Cable Car Project after PA Pressure

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian Authority’s chief negotiator, had contacted French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius to complain about the project.

Jewish / News Briefs / Ukraine

Ukrainian Jews Fleeing War Arrive in Israel in Time for Passover

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

With one week to go before Passover, 110 new Ukrainian immigrants landed in Israel on Tuesday morning, March 24. The majority of newcomers are refugees who fled the fighting zones in the eastern part of the Ukraine including the husband of a woman killed by a direct rock hit that slammed into their house in […]

Iran / News Briefs / Europe / Russia

Iran Confers with Russia before Resumption of Talks with P5+1

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has consulted with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in preparation for a resumption of negotiations Wednesday with the P5+1 towards reaching an interim agreement before the end of the month on Tehran's nuclear program. Russia is a member of the P5+1 but also has a vested interest in Iran's […]

News Briefs / Settlements / European Union

New EU Report Calls For Tougher Sanctions Against Israel Over Construction

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Additionally, the report recommends new restrictions against “known violent settlers.”

US / UK / News Briefs / France / United Nations (UN) / Germany

Iran's Rouhani Optimistic 'Possible to Reach Agreement' on Nuclear Deal

By Jewish Press Staff

Iran's Pres. Rouhani is optimistic an agreement can be reached on a nuclear deal, says there's "nothing that cannot be resolved."

US / Iran / News Briefs / France

France Joins Netanyahu Chorus Against Bad Obama-Iran Deal

By Jewish Press News Desk

As France demands the Iran deal be a robust deal, Obama faces new challenger to nuke deal.

Terrorism / Jewish / News Briefs / France

HyperCacher Reopens

By Jewish Press News Desk

2 months after the terror attack that killed 4 Jews, the store reopened with new staff.

Bedouin / News Briefs / Jerusalem / European Union

Israel Demolishes EU-Funded Illegal Buildings near Hebrew University

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The EU used European's tax money to fund construction on land zoned for a national park.

News Briefs / Europe / Saudi Arabia

Sweden Rips Up Saudi Military Deal After Cairo Spat Over Human Rights

By JBN / Jewish Business News

Swedish politicians have been attacking Riyadh’s preference for sharia law, complete with flogging and beheading, and how that relates to our common notion of human rights.

Syria / UK / News Briefs / Europe / ISIS

Jihadi John Tells Mom and Dad: Gee, Sorry, but Work is Work

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

His family has gone into hiding, and the family lawyer quit after filing lawsuits for slander.

Israel / Travel / News Briefs / Germany

Number of Israeli Tourists to Germany Rises by 14 Percent

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Israel was the sixth-highest source for tourists to Germany in 2014.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany

Germany’s Central Council Of Jews Warns Against Wearing Yarmulkes

By JBN / Jewish Business News

"It is a development that I did not expect five years ago and that's a bit shocking."

Israel / US / UK / Iran / News Briefs / France / Islamists / United Nations (UN) / Germany / Russia / China

'Apocalyptic' Iran Deal: Details Increasingly Reveal Bibi is Right

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Details of the negotiations with Iran reveal Bibi's warnings correct: this is a very bad deal.

Police and Crime / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust / Assimilation

Berlin 2015: Jewish Magazines Now Arrive in Plain Paper for Safety

By Rachel Levy

In Berlin 2015, a major Jewish monthly magazine is now delivered in plain wrapping paper -- to minimize the chance of attack.

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs / France / Islamists / ISIS

France Seizes Passports, ID's of 6 Wannabe Jihadists

By Jewish Press News Desk

France seized the passports and identity cards of six wannabe jihadists on Monday who tried to travel to Syria.

Israel / US / UK / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe

Kerry Sets Up Israel as Fall Guy if Palestinian Authority Goes Bankrupt

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The US constantly badgers Israel to reward Abbas for joining ICC by forking over tax revenues.

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / European Union

Swedish Journalist Blamed Jews for anti-Semitism, Israeli Ambassador Wins the Day

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Would you blame a woman for being raped? Then why ask whether Jews are responsible for anti-Semitism.

News Briefs / Europe / ISIS

Copenhagen Terrorist Pledged Allegiance to Islamic State

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Islamic State's tentacles throughout the world were confirmed to have reached Denmark.

News Briefs / Europe / Islamists / Religion

Muslim Gang Removes 'Un-Islamic' Flowers from Copenhagen Vigil

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The flowers had been placed where Danish police killed the terrorist.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Former French Foreign Minister Not Taking Back PM Jewish Wife Slur

By JBN / Jewish Business News

When the interviewer asked Dumas directly: "Is he under Jewish influence?" the late Socialist President François Mitterrand's foreign minister responded, "Probably, I would think so."

Terrorism / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Danish Jewish Community Grapples With Attack Aftermath

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

“It’s a hard time to be a Danish Jew whether you’re in Denmark or living outside the country,” said Shimon following the deadly attacks in Copenhagen...

News Briefs / Europe

Copenhagen Terrorist Fooled Police by Acting Drunk

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Two policemen were nearby when he murdered a Jewish guard, Police arrest two suspected accomplices.

Terrorism / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Religion / European Union

Suspected Accomplices of Copenhagen Killer Arrested

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Two people suspected of assisting Copenhagen killer have been arrested.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Jewish Cemetery Desecrated in France

By Jewish Press News Desk

Swastikas and antisemitic slogans were painted on the headstones.

News Briefs / Europe / Aliyah / Geulah

Netanyahu Calls on European Jews to Move to Israel

By Jewish Press Staff

"Israel is the home of every Jew," the Prime Minister told the Cabinet Sunday.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

European Rabbi Says EU Leaders 'Bury their Heads in the Sand'

By Jewish Press Staff

Rabbis and Jewish leaders soon will take self-defense courses to protect themselves against terrorists.

News Briefs / France / ISIS

France Arrests Teen Who Used E-Mail to Threaten Israeli Envoy

By Jewish Press News Desk

Police in Paris have arrested a 19-year-old Muslim who sent e-mail threats on the life of Israeli consul to Marseilles, Barnea Hasaid and French Jewish Member of Parliament Meir Habib. The threat included video clips of Islamic State (ISIS) beheadings. The ISIS published a new "A Message to France" video on Saturday that threatened new […]

Terrorism / News Briefs / Europe

UPDATED: Jewish Guard Killed at Synagogue Prevented Mass Casualties

By Jewish Press News Desk

Terrorists opened fire on a Copenhagen Synagogue just hours after the cafe attack.

News Briefs / France / Islamists / European Union

UPDATED: Shooting at Copenhagen Free Speech Event, Police Wounded, 1 Confirmed Death

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Copenhagen Cafe scene of shooting attack; presence of Mohammad dog-head cartoonist believed target.

News Briefs / Ukraine / Chabad

Lubavitch Teacher Killed, Rockets Land Near Synagogue In The Ukraine

By Chabad.org

“This is yet another extraordinarily difficult day that we have endured, and sadly, we have recently known many especially difficult and terrible days."

News Briefs / Ukraine / Russia

Putin Agrees to Cease-Fire in Ukraine

By Jewish Press News Desk

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday morning he has agreed to a cease-fire brokered by France and Germany to end the 10-month stand-off in Ukraine. The deal is amends the cease-fire agreement last September that failed. Each side has agreed to retract heavy weapons, release all prisoners and allow more autonomy to separatists in eastern […]

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Attack on London Kosher Restaurant Appears to be 'Random'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Obama's term of "random attacks" that "happen" to target Jews may be accurate in one incident in London.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Sweden Imports Jew-hatred

By Jewish Press Staff

Most Swedes have never realized that one minority group may expose another minority group to violence and intimidation.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Man Burns Israeli Flag Outside Paris HyperCacher

By Jewish Press News Desk

Will President Obama describe this as a random event too?

News Briefs / Islamists / Egypt / Germany / ISIS

Sisi: 'Muslim Brotherhood is the Origin of all Islamic Extremism'

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Egypt's Sisi calls the Muslim Brotherhood the progenitor of modern Islamic extremism.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Europe

Yuval Steinitz: Trapped Between a Rock and a Hard Place

By Jewish Press News Desk

Steinitz had another important meeting, but if he walked out on VP Joe Biden's speech, Obama-Israel relations would have crashed to the ground.

US / Politics / Government / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / Germany / European Union

No White House Worries Over 'Election Proximity' with Herzog

By Rachel Levy

Top US leaders huddle with Israeli opposition candidate Isaac Herzog on sidelines of Munich security talks. Why no 'election proximity' worries?

Bedouin / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / European Union

"The EU Funds Illegal Construction" Claims a Report by Israeli NGO

By Yotam Rozenwald / Tazpit News Agency

According to a special report by "Regavim", an Israeli NGO, the EU is actively funding and supporting the creation of illegal Bedouin villages in Area C.

Jewish / News Briefs / France / Islamists / ISIS

Woman in ISIS 'Blow up France' Video May Be Linked to Attack on Jews

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The women may be the fugitive husband of the murdered of four Jews in the attack on a kosher deli.

Terrorism / US / News Briefs / France / Islamists / Iraq / ISIS

ISIS: We Will Behead Obama, Make US Part of the Caliphate

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

ISIS threatens to behead Obama, turn the U.S. into a Muslim province, and destroy France and Belgium.

News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Italian Jewish Leader Arrested For Trying To Escape From Auschwitz

By JBN / Jewish Business News

Locked in Auschwitz, their cries for assistance were not heard, so they escaped through an open window, setting off an alarm.

Jewish / History / News Briefs / Europe

Holocaust Survivors Return to Auschwitz to Mark 70 Years of Liberation

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

Fifteen Auschwitz survivors, aged 80-94, returned this morning, Monday January 26, to the infamous death camp, Auschwitz, some for the first time.

Haredim & Hassidim / UK / News Briefs / Europe

'Let's Go Jew-Bashing' Muslims Hauled into British Court

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Maybe the court will forgive the gang because one of them apologized.

News Briefs / France

UPDATED: Jean-Marie Le Pen Injured in House Fire (and Not Shot)

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

French far-rightist politician Jean-Marie Le Pen suffered a facial injury.

US / News Briefs / France / Aliyah / Geulah / Judaism / Assimilation

Jewish Agency Planning for Massive Aliyah of 120,000 French Jews

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If US Jews were to make Aliyah at the rate the Jewish Agency expects from France, Israel would have 1 million more Jews.

Israel / France

Israeli Media Bias May Explain Criticism Of Netanyahu’s Visit To Paris

By Patrick Goodenough

Haaretz also said that Hollande’s displeasure had been evident during a ceremony at the Grand Synagogue in Paris on Sunday night, when it said the president left while Netanyahu was at the podium.

News Briefs / France / Media / Islamists

Paris Mayor: 'We Will Sue Fox News' for Shaming the Honor of Our City

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The mayor of Paris is threatening to sue Fox News for segments she claims have insulted her city.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / Islamists

France Forces City to Allow Burial of Charles Hebdo Terrorist

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A Paris court also banned a planned rally under the banner "Islamists out of France."

Jewish / News Briefs / France

European Rabbi Says He Was Misquoted on Arming Jews with Guns

By Jewish Press News Desk

European Jewish Association (EJA) director Rabbi Menachem Margolin has "clarified" reports that he supports arming European Jews with guns and said he does not advocate widespread gun use. It was the EJA that posted the original report, published here by The Jewish Press on Friday, that European Union countries should allow Jews to carry guns to […]

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / France / Islamists / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion / Israeli Arabs

Muslims Burn French Flag on the Temple Mount

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It is not the "occupation" and the "Zionist enemy" that are the targets of angry Muslims.

Terrorism / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Islamists / European Union

Belgian Jewish Schools Close Down in Fear of Terrorism

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Allowing Jews to carry guns won't stop the fear of terror threatening Judaism and Jews in Belgium.

Terrorism / News Briefs / France

Possible New Terror Attack in Paris

By Jewish Press News Desk

A policewoman was deliberately hit by a car...

Terrorism / News Briefs / France / Islamists

Latest Charlie Hebdo Issue Sold Out in Minutes

By Jewish Press News Desk

The magazine printed 3 million copies. Their normal print run in 60,000.

Terrorism / US / Police and Crime / News Briefs / France / Islamists / Egypt / Religion / ISIS

Egypt’s Top Islamic Cleric Warns 'Charlie Hebdo'

By Rachel Levy

Egypt's top Islamic cleric warns Charlie Hebdo staff to pull its 'provocative' cover.

Terrorism / Jewish / News Briefs / France / Aliyah / Geulah

Suddenly Everyone Wants French Jews!

By Jewish Press News Desk

French Jewry probably hasn't felt this much love in a long time.

News Briefs / France / Religion

Last Edition of Charlie Hebdo Magazine Selling for $600 on eBay

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The deadly attacks on Charles Hedbo's offices and on a Paris kosher deli have made the magazine a household name.

US / News Briefs / France

Obama Had 'No Public Schedule' during Paris Rally

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

White House admits "higher-profile" official should have attended "I am Charlie" rally against Islamic terror.

Terrorism / Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / France

Heartwarming Show of Solidarity During French Victims' Funerals

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Thousands of Israelis showed their solidarity and sympathy at the funerals of the four victims killed by a terrorist attack on the kosher supermarket Hyper Cacher in Paris.

Terrorism / Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / France

PhotoEssay: French Terror Victim Funerals in Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

Photoessay from the Jerusalem funeral for the HyperCacher terror victims.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / France

'Israel is Charlie'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

One of the four Jewish victims of French Islamic terror will join his son, who is buried in Jerusalem.

Terrorism / Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / France

Israel’s ZAKA Volunteers Join Paris Colleagues at Terror Site

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

"It was a very difficult scene inside the supermarket. It was as if time stood still, with shopping carts full of food in preparation for Shabbat in the cashier aisles and deliveries waiting to be sent to customers..."

Israel / News Briefs / France

Netanyahu Thanks French Jews for Warm Welcome

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with French Jewish leaders Monday morning and said that that terrorism will spread and worsen if the world does not join forces to fight it. "Israel supports Europe in the struggle against terrorism and the time has come for Europe to support Israel in the exact same struggle, he said. […]

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