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Bulgaria

Terrorism / Europe

Bulgarian Court Hands Down Two Life Sentences for 2012 Burgas Bombing

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The verdict did not mention Hezbollah, but the prosecutor’s office showed evidence the two defendants, who were tried in absentia, “had links to the radical wing of the Shi’ite group.”

Israel / Travel / News Briefs / Europe / Coronavirus

Israel Reopens its Skies, with Caveats

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Israelis can fly to Greece, Bulgaria and Croatia, but must be tested for COVID-19 before flying and remain in quarantine upon arrival until receiving the results.

Europe / Diaspora / Holocaust

Jewish Groups Hail Bulgaria for Blocking neo-Nazi March

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The country’s Supreme Administrative Court prohibited the march, ruling that far-right demonstrators could only lay wreaths at Lukov's home.

Israel / Iran / News Briefs / Europe

Iranians with Fake Israeli Passports Caught in Bulgaria

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

This is not the first Iranian nationals attempt at this scam, which is evidently used to gain easy entry to Europe.

Government

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Leads Delegation in 3-Day Visit to Israel

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The excellent bilateral relations between Bulgaria and Israel could be deepened and developed in a number of sectors, said Netanyahu.

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Sports

Violent Bulgarian Soccer Fans Chase Israeli Team off the Field

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The "friendly" game was cancelled after the fans took over the soccer field.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Bulgarian Synagogue Hit with Anti-Semitic Vandalism

By JTA

“Death to Jews” and a swastika were painted on the notice board of the Central Synagogue in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Bulgaria Says Hezbollah Terrorist Carried Out Burgas Bombing

By Jewish Press News Desk

The terrorist who killed five Israelis and their tour bus driver and wounded 32 Israelis in Burgas in 2012 was an Algerian who worked for Hezbollah, Bulgaria said Monday. It was one of the most unsurprising declarations of the year since all signs have pointed to Hezbollah since the attack at the Black Sea resort. […]

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Holocaust

D.C. Street Renamed For Bulgarian Official Who Saved Jews

By JTA

The street in front of the Bulgarian Embassy  in Washington has been renamed Dimitar Peshev Plaza, in honor of the man credited with halting the deportation of about 50,000 Jews. In March 1943, Peshev, who was the deputy speaker of the Bulgarian Parliament at the time, heard of a deportation order and decided he had […]

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Lebanon / European Union

Parts of Bulgarian Bus Bomb Smuggled from Poland

By Jewish Press Staff

Add Poland to Hezbollah’s terrorist network, which smuggled from Poland parts of the bomb that killed five Israelis last summer, a Polish daily reported. Hezbollah paid $100,000 for the attack.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Hezbollah

Bulgaria: Additional Evidence Connects Hezbollah to Burgas Bombing

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Israeli Prime Minister has publicly stated several times recently: "If Hezbollah is not a terrorist organization, I don't know what is a terrorist organization."

Terrorism / Iran

Bahrain Officially Labels Hezballah a Terrorist Organization

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The European Union still refuses to place the Islamic terrorist group Hezb'allah on its official terrorist list; were it to do so, that would likely have a substantial impact on the group's ability to conduct its global terrorism activities.

This Ongoing War

The Meaning of European 'Resolve' Against Terror

By Frimet and Arnold Roth

European politics is populated by a multitude of individuals who are hopelessly ambivalent about Islamists.

Israel / News Briefs

DNA Evidence Helped Lead Investigators to Hezbollah

By Jewish Press News Desk

DNA evidence left on SIM cards helped leader Bulgarian investigators to conclude that Hezbollah was indeed behind the bus bomb attack in Burgas in which five Israelis and one Bulgarian were killed, Ha'aretz reported. Bulgarian Foreign Minister will present the evidence of Hezbollah's guilt in a briefing to other E.U. Foreign Ministers today. The U.S., Israel […]

Terrorism / News Briefs / Europe / Islamists

Bulgaria Kicks Hamas to the Curb

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

although Hamas members entered Bulgaria legally, information was later received which gave security services reason to believe that their presence posed a serious threat for national security

Terrorism / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Amb. Prosor: Many States Classify Hezbollah as 'Charity'

By Jewish Press Staff

"The EU must place Hezbollah on its list of terrorist organizations."

News Briefs

Arab Israeli MK Zoabi Blames Israeli Policy for Terror Attack in Bulgaria

By JTA

An Israeli Arab Knesset member said that Israeli policy led to the deadly recent terrorist attack against Israeli tourists in Bulgaria. "Israel is not a victim, and even when civilians are killed, the occupying Israeli policy is to blame," Channel 10 quoted Haneen Zoabi as saying. "If there was no occupation, no repression and no […]

Global

Magen David Adom Races To Bulgaria

By Elliot Resnick

“Wherever there are Israelis in trouble…we are there to help them,” said Yoni Yagodovsky, a spokesman for Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA), told The Jewish Press.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Global

Israel Tightening Security Measures At Home And Abroad

By Steve K. Walz

JERUSALEM – Israel’s global intelligence apparatus is being stretched thin as Iranian- controlled Hizbullah terror squads and pro-Assad Syrian chemical warfare teams are threatening to attack more Israeli citizens abroad and within Israel itself.

News Briefs

'Christians and Jews' Pays for Jewish Agency, Chabad, Security Upgrade

By JTA

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has given $1 million each to the Jewish Agency and Chabad to help them guard against anti-Semitic and terrorist attacks. The money will go to fund infrastructure upgrades and security measures for Jewish communities around the world that are unable to fund security expenses on their own. "There […]

News & Views

The Terrorist Argued with her Husband and Was Blown Up by Remote Control

By Jacob Edelist

New testimony from one of the Israeli women injured in the attack sheds new light on the investigation.

Israel / Global

Bulgaria and Israel to Strengthen Strategic Cooperation on Tourism and Security

By Jewish Press Staff

Israeli Minister of Tourism Stas Misezhnikov, together with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev, at a joint press conference held on Monday in Sofia, Bulgaria, announced that Bulgaria and Israel will strengthen strategic cooperation in the areas of tourism and security.

News Briefs

NYPD Increasing Protection of Jewish Sites After Bulgarian Bombing

By Jewish Press News Desk

The New York City Police Department is stepping up its presence at synagogues and in Jewish neighborhoods the wake of yesterday's deadly bus bombing in Bulgaria, reports NY1. The website cites NYPD officials who say that critical response vehicles have been re-deployed as a precaution. Residents of the Upper East Side told NY1 Thursday morning […]

News Briefs

Peres Says ‘Israel Will Act against Terror’ as Dead, Wounded Return Home

By JTA

President Shimon Peres said in response to the deadly attack in Bulgaria that Israel will "locate and act against terror all over the world," as the wounded and dead began arriving in Israel. "This was a bloody attack against civilians going on vacation. Many of them lost their lives, others were wounded for no reason, […]

Israel / United Nations (UN)

Bulgaria Terror Victims Evacuated to Israel, World Leaders Condemn Attack, Israeli Leaders Warn Iran

By Malkah Fleisher

Israeli rescue teams have gathered the 33 Israelis wounded in Wednesday’s terror attack on a tour bus in Bulgaria, and evacuated them home to Israel for treatment. The death toll in the bombing of the bus of Israeli tourists is listed at 8, with one injured person succumbing to wounds in hospital. A ZAKA rescue service spokesperson told Israel’s Army Radio that the remains were difficult to identify. Five Israeli victims will be flown home for burial Thursday evening after completion of the formal identification process. World leaders condemned the attack. Israeli leaders vowed to respond to Iran.

A Soldier's Mother

Trying to be Normal...Again

By A Soldier's Mother

My stomach is tied in knots. I'm tense and I can feel my heart racing. It's been so long since I had this sense of dread choking my throat. A terrorist has blown up a bus of Israelis. Not in Israel - in Bulgaria. I'm following the news. Three dead. Five dead. At least seven dead.

Israel / Global / News Briefs

Similar Terror Attempt in January?

By Jewish Press News Desk

Was there a similar terror attack attempt against Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, back in January?

News Briefs

White House Statement on Bulgarian Terror Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

Statement by President Obama on the Terrorist Attack in Bulgaria: I strongly condemn today’s barbaric terrorist attack on Israelis in Bulgaria. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of those killed and injured, and with the people of Israel, Bulgaria, and any other nation whose citizens were harmed in this awful event. These attacks […]

News Briefs

First MADA Plane Lands in Burgas

By Jewish Press News Desk

The first plane carry MADA (Magen David Adom) medical personnel just landed in Burgas, Bulgaria. A second plane is expected to land within a half an hour.

Global / News Briefs

UPDATE: Terror Attack Kills 7 Israeli Tourists In Bulgaria

By Jewish Press Staff

At least seven passengers were killed and 30 injured in an explosion on a tour bus carrying Israeli tourists in Bulgaria in an apparent terror attack.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter VII

By Ruchama Feuerman

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