Two years ago, Gabriel Boric responded to a Rosh Hashana gift of honey from the local Jewish community by saying they could "start by demanding Israel return the Palestinian territory it illegally occupies."
North Korea, Iran, Myanmar, and Russia, for its activity in Crimea, are the only other countries to be officially condemned by the UN over the past year. Meanwhile, a draft resolution against the Syrian regime for its crimes against humanity was deferred. "The UN's assault on Israel with a torrent of one-sided resolutions is surreal," says Hillel Neuer, executive director of NGO UN Watch.
This is a way to be more competitive, more active, more energetic and more impactful, said Steve Grossman, who served as AIPAC president from 1992 to 1996.
Jewish Board of Deputies CEO Darren Bark said “every tool that is available to stamp out the scourge of hate speech and racism should be used before speech manifests into something more dangerous.”
The former American president uses highly controversial language in a recent interview with an Israeli journalist. US Jewish groups blast Trump for invoking "radioactive antisemitic tropes."
Measure prevents a group of electronics and technology firms from exporting, re-exporting or conducting in-country equipment transfers.
Museum is located next to the Maghain Aboth Synagogue, Asia’s second-largest and Southeast Asia’s oldest synagogue.
"The international community has a heavy sword with which to threaten Iran, but is scared of using it and therefore isn't brandishing it," says one Israeli official.
Italy launches probe into recently revealed documents that allege authorities made an agreement with the PLO in the 1970s to ignore attacks on Jews as long as non-Jewish areas in Italy and Italian assets abroad were unharmed.
Now in their seventh round, talks to bring Iran back into full compliance with 2015 nuclear deal are set to resume in late December, according to three diplomats.
