The Czech parliament sharply denounced the vote of an Arab countries-proposed UNESCO resolution on Jerusalem which ignores the Jewish ties to the Temple Mount and the Wailing Wall.
CRIF, the umbrella representative group of Jewish organisations in France, firmly condemned ‘’nauseating’’ remarks by Jean-Frederic Poisson, a candidate for the French center-righ wing party presidential primary, who stated that “Hillary Clinton’s support among Wall Street financial giants and her submission to Zionist lobbies are dangerous for both Europe and France.”
Ahead of a vote in the plenary session of the European Parliament next week, the AJC Transatlantic Institute urged all MEPs to support crucial amendments submitted by Dutch Liberal MEP Marietje Schaake to a report on the EU strategy towards Iran after the nuclear agreement.
‘’We support @btselem to maintain human rights of vulnerable Palestinian communities in Area C,’’ the EU delegation in Israel tweeted as a public message of support to the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem which angered Israel when its director criticized Israel’s settlement policy during a session of the United Nations Security Council in New York.
“The retaking of the IS’ northern Iraq stronghold, Mosul, may lead to the return to Europe of violent IS-fighters,” the EU Commissioner for security Julian King said in an interview with German dialy Die Welt.
The Executive Board of UNESCO, Paris-based United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, on Tuesday ratified a resolution ignoring Jewish connection to Jerusalem holy sites despite Israel's effort to delay the ratification
CRIF, the umbrella representative group of French Jewish institutions, deplored France’s abstention during a vote on a UNESCO resolution that denies the historic Jewish connection to the Temple Mount and the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
