The World Jewish Congress announced its support for a change in United States law that presently allows certain presumed Nazi war criminals who were granted US citizenship by making false statements to immigration authorities to keep their social security entitlements in case they voluntarily leave the country.
EU Foreign Ministers, meeting Monday in Luxembourg agreed to strenghten the EU sanctions against the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad ‘’as it continues its brutal war against its own people.’’
More than 500 people staged a protest demonstration Monday at New York’s Metropolitan Opera to condemn the premiere of the Opera ‘’Death of Klinghoffer,’’ a production they say ‘’promotes terrorism and anti-Semitism.’’
A delegation from the Belgian Jewish community met Monday with Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Jan Jambon whose recent statements regarding wartime collaboration sparked a controversy and a debate in the country.
The US State Department has denied claims that US Secretary of State John Kerry made statements on Thursday suggesting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was fueling the spread of Islamic terror in the Middle East.