If the Dutch had indeed taken such a step, ''there is no justification,'' said Colette Avital, chairwoman of the Center of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel.
A group campaigning in Germany against the nuclear deal with Iran has called on German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier to publicly condemn Iran’s Holocaust denial and the anti-Semitic Holocaust cartoon competition during his visit in Tehran this week.
Israel, Greece and Cyprus have adopted a joint declaration spelling out the areas where the three countries pledged to cooperate in seven fields: energy, tourism, research and technology, environment, water management, anti-terrorism and migration.
Pro-Israel groups and the Jewish community in Spain slammed the Spanish foreign ministry for expressing “deep concern at the loss of many dozens of lives” of Palestinians as a result of Israel’s “use of force” in reaction to attacks against its citizens.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s omitted to mention Jews in his statement last week on International Hololcaust Remembrance Day, causing furious reactions on social media, but the the text was reportedly an incorrect one issued by error.