Following widely-circulated pro-Palestinian statements during the conflict in Gaza by Spanish actors Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, close to 200 high-profile Hollywood figures have signed a statement criticizing the actions of Hamas.
The Chabad Jewish center in Mumbai, India has reopened following the terrorist attacks of November 2008 in which a rabbi, his wife and four other people were killed.
A Jewish school in Copenhagen, Denmark, had its windows smashed and anti-Semitic graffiti referring to the conflict in Gaza spray-painted on its walls on Friday, the Copenhagen Post reported.
As Hamas rocket fire into Israel continued Thursday the European Union and the US pushed for a United Nations Security Council resolution to end the fighting. Israel responded with air strikes on several terror targets.
French President Francois Hollande has called on Israel and the Palestinians to resume ceasefire talks after it collapsed in the wake of renewed barrage of rockets from Gaza into Israel. He said the demilitarization of the enclave and a lifting of a blockade should be part of a deal.
The European Union reiterated its call for ‘’all terrorist groups in Gaza to disarm and said the situation in the Gaza Strip ‘’has been unsustainable for many years and a return to the status quo prior to the latest conflict is not an option.’’
European Union Foreign Ministers discuss on Friday in Brussels an urgent call by France to send arms to the Iraqi Kurds fighting the terrorist Islamic State in northern Iraq.
One of the lead plaintiffs’ lawyers said evidence would show that the bank required ''all employees to donate 5 percent of their salaries'' to the second intifada.
