Poland's president Andrzej Duda has threatened to strip an esteemed Polish-American scholar of a state honor in punishment for his work that exposes uncomfortable historical episodes of Polish anti-Semitism.
''On the part of the federal government, we have made it clear that there cannot be normal friendly relations with Iran, as long as the existence of Israel is not recognized, even though Iran has agreed to a landmark deal curbing its nuclear activities,’’ German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday in Berlin at a joint press conference with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to meet Tuesday in,Berlin with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the framework of the sixth government-to-government meeting between Germany and Israel.
Ten years ago, 23-year-old young Parisian Jew, Ilan Halimi, was murdered after being kidnapped and tortured for thre weeks by a gang which tried to extort his family for ransom money.
The British government is preparing new rules, to be outlined this week, that will make possible to prosecute publicly funded local councils, quangos and universities, which have taken it upon themselves to single out and discriminate against Israel by boycotting companies or Israeli goods.
''I truly believe that this is a shameful approach and the wrong kind of engagement,’’ said Saba Farzan, Executive Director at the Foreign Policy Circle, a Berlin-based think tank, in response to a question about the current visit in Brussels of Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif.
‘’Israel and the European Union have agreed to put relations between us back on track,’’ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday at the weekly cabinet meeting.
