''Freedom of the press is one of the cornerstones of the Government Press Office (GPO),’’ said its director, Nitzan Chen, as he explained his decision to not revoke the media credentials of the correspondent in Israel of the Qatari-funded Al Jazeera channel.
Auschwitz did not promote Poland as an “attractive tourist destination,” the president of Poland’s national tourist office told the Gazeta Wyborcza daily newspaper.
French President Emmanuel Macron plans to visit Israel next spring in order to promote the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, according to press reports.
Mexico's former former ambassador to UNESCO, Andres Roemer, will be honored by United Nations Watch, the Geneva-based non-governmental human rights group, for refusing to vote an anti-Israeli resolution.
“On behalf of World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder, I would like to stress that your principled public stance against anti-Semitism is admired by Jews around the world,” WJC CEO Robert Singer told UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during a private meeting in Jerusalem.
FJC’s Jewish community of Kherson, southern Ukraine celebrated last week the opening of a memorial complex at the burial site of Rabbi Hillel from Parich.
