Army returns fire at Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon; additional mortar shell fired from Lebanon hits a home in Kfar Rajar on the Israeli side of the border.

Jewish organizations in Belgium on Wednesday condemned as ‘’outrageous’’ remarks made be the head of the regional Brussels government, Rudi Vervoort, who compared a measure to deprive citizenship of those convicted of acts of terrorism to the Nazi regime.

In order to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive, Britain will create a new national memorial and a educational center, British Premier David Cameron announced on Tuesday at a Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony in London that was also addressed by Prince Charles.

''Today we cannot only commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the Holocaust without committing ourselves against anti-Semitic terrorism, '' said Antonio Tajani, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajan, in a speech at a ceremony in the European Parliament commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

'Once again, young Jewish boys are afraid to wear kippahs on the streets of Paris and Budapest and London', Lauder said.

This year’s remembrance of the liberation of Auschwitz has been marred by some German politicians’ bizarre liking for Iranian Holocaust deniers and terrorists.

After two years of waiting in the wings, Tsipras and his Syriza party stormed to power in Sunday's snap election.

Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian says Iran told the US that the '' Zionist regime should await the consequences of their act.''

As figures published Tuesday showed the number of anti-Semitic acts in France had doubled in 2014, French President Francois Hollande promised to protect the Jewish community from anti-Semitism and told them: ''''Your place is here''''.

A Jewish couple in Sweden is fighting for the right to educate their children according to their religious belief, as the international is marking International Holocaust Memorial Day.