France backs move to list Hezbollah as terror group

23 May 2013 by eju team

France supports a British proposal to add Hezbollah's military wing to the EU's list of terrorist groups, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius  said Wednesday, citing Hezbollah's decision to fight alongside troops loyal to the Syrian regime.

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Angela Merkel honoured for her support to the Jewish community

23 May 2013by eju team

"The fight against anti-Semitism is a paramount duty of a free democratic state," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, calling the Holocaust, the murder of six million European Jews instigated by Germany,  a "break with civilization."

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Britain wants the EU to blacklist Hezbollah’s military wing

22 May 2013by eju team

Britain has asked the European Union to put Hezbollah’s military wing on the EU list of terrorist organizations.

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Holocaust Remembrance Day marked worldwide

09 April 2013by eju team

US Secretary of State John Kerry laid a wreath at the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marked its annual Holocaust Remembrance Day. 

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Margaret Thatcher, Britain's Iron Lady, died at 87

Margaret Hilda Thatcher (13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013).

08 April 2013by eju team

Britain's first and only female prime minister Margaret Thatcher has died peacefully following a stroke at the age of 87.

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Poland kosher meat running out amid ban

08 April 2013by eju team

Jewish leaders in Warsaw are warning that Poland may run out of kosher meat within the next month after a law banning religious slaughter methods came into effect earlier this year.

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'Witnesses in uniform': IDF officers in Auschwitz

Members of Israeli army delegation visit concentration camps.

07 April 2013by eju team

Members of Israeli army delegation visit concentration camps, meet with German soldiers to discuss Judaism, politics, and Islam in Europe. 'We had to salute while German anthem was playing; this was not easy,' Major Rabinstein says.

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Air France fined for kicking pro-Palestinian activist off flight

05 April 2013by eju team

A French court on Thursday ordered Air France to pay a $12,800 fine for ordering pro-Palestinian activist Horia Ankour off a flight to Tel Aviv, the L'independant reported.

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New UK rules get tough on European migrants

04 April 2013by eju team

Social housing residency tests, jobless benefits for no more than six months, and national healthcare restrictions, are all plans UK Prime Minister David Cameron is hoping to introduce in relation to European migration. But is he right to do so?

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‘France tipped the rest of the vote’ on Palestinian statehood

04 April 2013by eju team

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius paid tribute to Egypt as “a major power in the Middle East” as he sought to emphasise Europe’s desire for a two state solution to be realised to end Israeli- Palestinian conflict, in his meeting on Tuesday with his Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Kamel Ali Amr in Paris.

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Berlin wants Hizbullah on EU terrorist group list

03 April 2013by eju team

The German government wants to push for Hizbullah to be added to the EU list of terrorist organizations. 

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Twitter sued by French Jewish students in hate speech case

02 April 2013by eju team

The legal battle between Twitter and France’s Jewish Student Union continues, with the Union now suing the company and its director, Dick Costolo, for 50 million dollars.

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France ready to add Hezbollah on the EU list of terror groups?

02 April 2013by eju team

France is ready to add Hezbollah's military wing to the European Union’s list of terror organizations, according to Arabic newspaper Al-Hayat published in London.

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