On June 2-3, 2015 in Kyiv and on June 5 in Lviv, Ukrainian Jewish Encounter and partners will host an international seminar titled “The Seduction of Propaganda: Mass Violence in Ukraine in the 20th and 21st Centuries”.
Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund, the largest environmental organization in Israel, has been banned from participating to the Maailma Kylässä, the ‘’World Village’’, an annual festival organized this weekend in Finland.
A Lebanese man arrested by Cypriot police on Wednesday was planning an attack on Israeli interests on the Mediterranean island after they found almost two tonnes of ammonium nitrate in his basement, Cypriot newspapers reported.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Thursday he would visit Israel and the Palestinian territories in June, as he plans to submiit a resolution in the UN that would set a timeframe and parameters for renewed peace talks.
The head of the Palestinian Football Association announced on Friday that he has decided to drop a bid to suspend Israel from FIFA, the world football governing body, for the meantime.
Although the FIFA Congress, which opened on Friday, has been overshadowed by the arrest of several senior FIFA executives on corruption charges, a vote is still expected to take place on a Palestinian motion to suspend Israel from the world football governing organisation, effectively banning the country from the sport.
Rolf Bloch, a former president of the Swiss Jewish community and a key figure during the Holocaust asset discussions, died at the age of 84, Swissinfo.ch reported.