Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada or parliament Thursday confirmed the appointment of Volodymyr Groysman as new Prime Minister in a bid to end months of political gridlock and unlock vital aid to the war torn-state.
J Street has since its inception backed an assertive US role in advancing peace talks, while AIPAC counsels greater US deference to Israel on whether and how to initiate peace talks.
A senior European Union official said a request to accommodate religious Jewish customs for university students is ‘’understandable” and ‘’part of freedom of religion as a fundamental right which we defend.’’
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland vowed to protect Jewish burial grounds in Central and Eastern Europe, during a visit to Frampol, a small town in southeastern Poland where the residents helped protect a local Jewish cemetery.
A Jewish man who stormed a Paris synagogue dressed as a jihadist and shouting “Allahu Akbar” was summoned to the police to explain his actions and later released, the French media reported.