EU labor union president denies charges he is anti-Semitic, saying incident has been ''blown out of proportion''; complainant says she was physically and verbally attacked.
The President only needs one third of one house of Congress to ensure passage of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed in Vienna between the world powers and Iran, because that number is the minimum necessary to uphold a presidential veto.
A senior official of the European Commission in Brussels has been the victim of an anti-Semitic attack by another Commission staffer in the EU quarter in July, Belgian daily Le Soir reporterd citing the Belgian League Against Anti-Semitism.
A successful resolution disapproving the deal will send a clear message to the world: America, on a bipartisan basis, has severe doubts concerning the agreement going forward.
The recent discovery in south-west Poland of a train that may contain gold, precious stones and other valuable property that may have been looted from Polish Jews by the Nazis during WWII has triggered a debate referring to who would have the right to legally claim the precious load.
The Belgian Government has confirmed its commitment to finance 4 million euros ($4,4 million) for structural measures to strengthen the security of Jewish institutions in Brussels and Antwerp.
The goal of the initiative is to mobilize the philanthropic community to increase the number of funders and grant dollars supporting a culture of acceptance within the Jewish community.
For the first time since 2010, an official delegation from Turkey visits Israel on Monday, a new sign of a thaw in the relations between the two countries.
Israel’s foreign ministry has approved the appointment of Mark Regev, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's long-time spokesman, as Israel’s next ambassador to Britain.
