The spokesman for Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party is wanted for arrest following a scuffle on Thursday that was broadcast on live TV. Ilias Ksidiaris was filmed throwing a glass of water at female MP Rena Douru from the left-wing Syriza party before striking another female MP, Liana Kanelli from the communist KKE party, three times.
French police said Wednesday they have detained two suspects in connection with an attack on Jewish youths in Lyon but that the main perpetrator of the assault was still at large.
French Interior Minister Manuel Valls will receive leaders of the Jewish community of France Tuesday afternoon following the brutal anti-Semitic attack last Saturday in Villeurbanne, near Lyon, against three young rabbinical students.
Israel expressed its “profound concern” on Monday following last Saturday's anti-Semitic attack against three youths in Villeurbanne, in southeastern France, stressing it was confident the French authorities would shed light on the facts, according to a statement from its ambassador to Paris.
An anti-Israel rally in Istanbul of Thursday was attended by thousands to commemorate the second anniversary of the Israeli flotilla raid that left nine Turkish activists dead.
The Russian Jewish community has reacted with outrage to news of last week’s Lithuanian state reburial of its controversial former leader. Juozas Brazaitis was head of a short lived WWII-era government accused of collaborating with Nazi Germany after it ousted the Soviets from power in the Baltic state.
One of Britain’s leading exam boards became engulfed in accusations of anti-Semitism, over a national exam paper which asked pupils to ‘justify’ prejudices against Jews.
Unknown vandals hanged bloody pig feet on the memorial in Budapest commemorating Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg who saved the lives of tens of thousands of Jews during WWII.
