FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
International
human rights group Simon Wiesenthal Center has recognized 2012’s
biggest anti-Semites in its annual top 10 list of worst offenders.
Tied for the top spot were Muhammad Badie and Futouh Abd al-Nabi Mansour of Egypt’s
Muslim Brotherhood. The two earned the title for the Brotherhood after making a number of inflammatory statements
against Israel,
as well as for a public prayer by Mansour earlier in the year, calling on Allah to destroy Jews and their supporters.
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Monday, 31 December 2012
Sunday, 30 December 2012
Indictment Filed Against Store in Poland for Selling Antisemitic Accessories to Soccer Fans
FSWC Reports:
From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) -- An indictment was filed against a store in Poland for selling anti-Semitic accessories for soccer fans.
The Lodz District Attorney's Office filed the indictment Friday with the district court in that city.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) -- An indictment was filed against a store in Poland for selling anti-Semitic accessories for soccer fans.
The Lodz District Attorney's Office filed the indictment Friday with the district court in that city.
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Friday, 28 December 2012
New Evidence Revealed Against Alleged Former SS Guard Residing in U.S.
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
The case of an 87-year-old Philadelphia man accused by Germany of serving as an SS guard at Auschwitz has largely centered on whether he was stationed at the part of the death camp used as a killing machine for Jews.
Johann "Hans" Breyer - while admitting he was an Auschwitz guard - insists he was never there.
World-War II-era documents obtained by The Associated Press indicate otherwise.
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From ynetnews.com:
The case of an 87-year-old Philadelphia man accused by Germany of serving as an SS guard at Auschwitz has largely centered on whether he was stationed at the part of the death camp used as a killing machine for Jews.
Johann "Hans" Breyer - while admitting he was an Auschwitz guard - insists he was never there.
World-War II-era documents obtained by The Associated Press indicate otherwise.
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Thursday, 27 December 2012
New Statue of Hitler at Site of Warsaw Ghetto Causes Outrage
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
A statue of Adolf Hitler has reportedly been placed in a building located in what used to be the Warsaw Ghetto. The Simon Wiesenthal Center said the statue, which depicts Hitler kneeling in prayer and is titled "Him," is part of a new exhibition by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.
The center issued a statement Thursday calling the display a "tasteless misuse of art."
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From ynetnews.com:
A statue of Adolf Hitler has reportedly been placed in a building located in what used to be the Warsaw Ghetto. The Simon Wiesenthal Center said the statue, which depicts Hitler kneeling in prayer and is titled "Him," is part of a new exhibition by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.
The center issued a statement Thursday calling the display a "tasteless misuse of art."
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Tuesday, 25 December 2012
Remnants of Jewish Tombstones Destroyed in Greece During WWII Found
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
In a find that local Jewish groups have described as highly significant, Greek police said last week that hundreds of marble headstones and other fragments from Jewish graves destroyed during the Nazi occupation in World War II have been recovered.
The 668 fragments were found buried in a plot of land in Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, following a 70-year search for the remains of graves smashed when the city's main Jewish cemetery was destroyed.
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From ynetnews.com:
In a find that local Jewish groups have described as highly significant, Greek police said last week that hundreds of marble headstones and other fragments from Jewish graves destroyed during the Nazi occupation in World War II have been recovered.
The 668 fragments were found buried in a plot of land in Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, following a 70-year search for the remains of graves smashed when the city's main Jewish cemetery was destroyed.
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Friday, 21 December 2012
Canada Adds Iranian Revolutionary Guards Unit to Terrorist List
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
Canada added Iran's Quds Force to a list of terrorist groups on Thursday, saying the elite special operations unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard had been arming the Taliban, Hamas and other terror and militia groups.
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said the Quds Force was responsible for "exporting the Iranian Revolution through activities such as facilitating terrorist operations."
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From ynetnews.com:
Canada added Iran's Quds Force to a list of terrorist groups on Thursday, saying the elite special operations unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard had been arming the Taliban, Hamas and other terror and militia groups.
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said the Quds Force was responsible for "exporting the Iranian Revolution through activities such as facilitating terrorist operations."
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Thursday, 20 December 2012
Ruling Party in South Africa Endorses BDS Campaign Against Israel
FSWC Reports:
From Haaretz:
Johannesburg - The ruling African National Congress voted at its annual conference Thursday night to support the Palestinian boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. The ANC declared it was "unapologetic in its view that the Palestinians are the victims and the oppressed in the conflict with Israel."
In another resolution referring to Israeli anti-African protests in June that turned violent in south Tel Aviv, the conference declared: "The ANC abhors the recent Israeli state-sponsored xenophobic attacks and deportation of Africans and requests that this matter should be escalated to the African Union."
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From Haaretz:
Johannesburg - The ruling African National Congress voted at its annual conference Thursday night to support the Palestinian boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. The ANC declared it was "unapologetic in its view that the Palestinians are the victims and the oppressed in the conflict with Israel."
In another resolution referring to Israeli anti-African protests in June that turned violent in south Tel Aviv, the conference declared: "The ANC abhors the recent Israeli state-sponsored xenophobic attacks and deportation of Africans and requests that this matter should be escalated to the African Union."
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Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Iranian Media Outlet: Newtown Massacre was an Israeli Conspiracy
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
"The Newtown massacre was the result of an Israeli conspiracy" an Iranian news website proclaimed Tuesday.
The United States is still reeling from the murderous rampage that left 20 children and six adults dead in Newtown, Connecticut, on Friday. Tehran – which on Sunday offered its condolences to the victims and their families – is now promoting an alternative explanation to the horrific event.
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From ynetnews.com:
"The Newtown massacre was the result of an Israeli conspiracy" an Iranian news website proclaimed Tuesday.
The United States is still reeling from the murderous rampage that left 20 children and six adults dead in Newtown, Connecticut, on Friday. Tehran – which on Sunday offered its condolences to the victims and their families – is now promoting an alternative explanation to the horrific event.
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Sunday, 16 December 2012
Six-year old Jewish Boy Youngest Victim of Shooting Rampage in Newtown, Connecticut
FSWC Reports:
From Haaretz:
A Jewish child was identified as the youngest of the 26 victims killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.
First grade student Noah Pozner, the youngest of the victims murdered on Friday, had just turned 6 years old November 20. He will be laid to rest on Sunday.
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From Haaretz:
A Jewish child was identified as the youngest of the 26 victims killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.
First grade student Noah Pozner, the youngest of the victims murdered on Friday, had just turned 6 years old November 20. He will be laid to rest on Sunday.
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Thursday, 13 December 2012
New Law in Germany Protects Circumcision
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
German politicians passed a law on Wednesday to protect the right to circumcise infant boys in a show of support for Muslims and Jews angered by a local court ban on the practice in May.
The ban – imposed on the grounds that circumcision amounted to "bodily harm" – triggered an emotional debate over the treatment of Jews and other religious minorities, a sensitive subject in a country still haunted by its Nazi past.
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From ynetnews.com:
German politicians passed a law on Wednesday to protect the right to circumcise infant boys in a show of support for Muslims and Jews angered by a local court ban on the practice in May.
The ban – imposed on the grounds that circumcision amounted to "bodily harm" – triggered an emotional debate over the treatment of Jews and other religious minorities, a sensitive subject in a country still haunted by its Nazi past.
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Should Trudeau Speak at Islamic Conference?
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center remains concerned that Justin Trudeau's scheduled appearance at an upcoming Islamic conference in Toronto will lend credibility to the terror organization Hamas and violates traditional Liberal values.
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Painting Made From Ashes of Holocaust Victims Pulled from Swedish Art Gallery
FSWC Reports:
From Haaretz:
A Swedish art gallery in Lund reportedly has cancelled the exhibition of a painting made of Holocaust victims’ ashes.
The gallery owner, Martin Bryder, is quoted as telling Sydsvenskan, a local newspaper, that he decided to pull the exhibition of a painting by Carl Michael von Hausswolff because of protests by the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Jewish community of Malmo. The Simon Wiesenthal Center called the painting a "desecration" and "abomination."
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From Haaretz:
A Swedish art gallery in Lund reportedly has cancelled the exhibition of a painting made of Holocaust victims’ ashes.
The gallery owner, Martin Bryder, is quoted as telling Sydsvenskan, a local newspaper, that he decided to pull the exhibition of a painting by Carl Michael von Hausswolff because of protests by the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Jewish community of Malmo. The Simon Wiesenthal Center called the painting a "desecration" and "abomination."
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Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Teacher in France Fired After Complaining About Antisemitism in Her Classroom
FSWC Reports:
From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
A school in France terminated the employment of a teacher shortly after she complained about anti-Semitic behavior by her students.
Lyonmag.com, a news site, reported that the teacher’s contract at the Condorcet secondary school in Saint-Priest, a southern suburb of Lyon, was terminated on Nov. 28, following the publication of an open letter about her written by Lyon’s chief rabbi, Richard Wertenschlag.
Wertenschlag published the “worried” letter about the teacher, who is in the process of converting to Judaism, in the Bulletin de Tilsitt, a local publication. The rabbi wrote that she had told him her students repeatedly insulted her in connection with her conversion.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
A school in France terminated the employment of a teacher shortly after she complained about anti-Semitic behavior by her students.
Lyonmag.com, a news site, reported that the teacher’s contract at the Condorcet secondary school in Saint-Priest, a southern suburb of Lyon, was terminated on Nov. 28, following the publication of an open letter about her written by Lyon’s chief rabbi, Richard Wertenschlag.
Wertenschlag published the “worried” letter about the teacher, who is in the process of converting to Judaism, in the Bulletin de Tilsitt, a local publication. The rabbi wrote that she had told him her students repeatedly insulted her in connection with her conversion.
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THOUSANDS CHEER HAMAS PLEDGE TO DESTROY ISRAEL
FSWC Reports. . .
From the National Post
From the National Post
For four days, an emboldened Khaled Meshaal has sprouted fiery rhetoric to hundreds of thousands of hero-worshipping Gazans.
The Hamas leader, often with Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh by his side, has repeatedly called for the destruction of Israel and pledged never to accept a two-state solution. He also urged Hamas and the Palestinian Authority (PA) to heal their rift and work together — a reconciliation that would almost certainly doom any peace process, say commentators.
On Monday, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, accused the international community of a “deafening silence” in response to Mr. Meshaal. He also directed his anger at Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas for not speaking out.
Monday, 10 December 2012
Sale of Barbed Wire from Former Concenctration Camp Halted Amid Protests from Jewish Groups
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
The foundation in charge of a former Nazi concentration camp in the Netherlands has cancelled the planned sale of pieces of barbed wire dug up at the site after protests from Jewish groups.
Kamp Amersfoort Foundation director Harry Ruijs said he would no longer sell the 50 pieces of wire for €10 ($13) apiece to finance an exhibition of artifacts discovered at the site around 50 kilometers (30 miles) southwest of Amsterdam.
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From ynetnews.com:
The foundation in charge of a former Nazi concentration camp in the Netherlands has cancelled the planned sale of pieces of barbed wire dug up at the site after protests from Jewish groups.
Kamp Amersfoort Foundation director Harry Ruijs said he would no longer sell the 50 pieces of wire for €10 ($13) apiece to finance an exhibition of artifacts discovered at the site around 50 kilometers (30 miles) southwest of Amsterdam.
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Sunday, 9 December 2012
European Jewish Congress Slams Antisemitic Attacks in Sweden
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
Dr. Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress (EJC), has warned that the Swedish Jewish community is in grave danger after a series of anti-Semitic incidents, most notably an attack on two Jewish women in Malmo early last week.
“The situation is intolerable for Jews in Malmo and every week we hear of another attack,” Kantor said. “The community is slowly being pushed out; it is dying of '1,000 cuts.' Each attack should be seen and dealt with as a part of a greater pattern to make Jewish life unsustainable in Sweden.
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From ynetnews.com:
Dr. Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress (EJC), has warned that the Swedish Jewish community is in grave danger after a series of anti-Semitic incidents, most notably an attack on two Jewish women in Malmo early last week.
“The situation is intolerable for Jews in Malmo and every week we hear of another attack,” Kantor said. “The community is slowly being pushed out; it is dying of '1,000 cuts.' Each attack should be seen and dealt with as a part of a greater pattern to make Jewish life unsustainable in Sweden.
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Saturday, 8 December 2012
Swedish Art Gallery Defends Painting Made from Ashes of Holocaust Victims
FSWC Reports:
From Haaretz:
A Swedish art gallery owner defended his gallery’s decision to show a painting made of Holocaust victims’ ashes as “having no moral flaws.”
Martin Bryder, who owns a gallery in Lund, told Sverige Radio that he “sees no moral problem or flaw with exhibiting” the painting created by artist Carl Michael von Hausswolff using the ashes of victims from the Majdanek extermination camp.
The exhibition is scheduled to open at the Martin Bryder Gallery on Dec. 15. According to a local newspaper, Sydsvenskan, von Hausswolff had collected the ashes more than 20 years ago.
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From Haaretz:
A Swedish art gallery owner defended his gallery’s decision to show a painting made of Holocaust victims’ ashes as “having no moral flaws.”
Martin Bryder, who owns a gallery in Lund, told Sverige Radio that he “sees no moral problem or flaw with exhibiting” the painting created by artist Carl Michael von Hausswolff using the ashes of victims from the Majdanek extermination camp.
The exhibition is scheduled to open at the Martin Bryder Gallery on Dec. 15. According to a local newspaper, Sydsvenskan, von Hausswolff had collected the ashes more than 20 years ago.
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Friday, 7 December 2012
Swedish Artist Uses Ashes of Holocaust Victims for Painting
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
A Swedish artist is accused of desecrating the bodies of Jewish Holocaust victims by using ashes taken from the crematoria of the Majdanek concentration camp to paint a picture, the British Daily Telegraph newspaper reported Wednesday.
According to the report, artist Carl Michael von Hausswolff mixed the ashes from the Nazi facility with water to compose a small painting of grey streaks, and his work is now on display in a gallery in the Swedish city of Lund.
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From ynetnews.com:
A Swedish artist is accused of desecrating the bodies of Jewish Holocaust victims by using ashes taken from the crematoria of the Majdanek concentration camp to paint a picture, the British Daily Telegraph newspaper reported Wednesday.
According to the report, artist Carl Michael von Hausswolff mixed the ashes from the Nazi facility with water to compose a small painting of grey streaks, and his work is now on display in a gallery in the Swedish city of Lund.
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Thursday, 6 December 2012
German States Seek to Ban Neo-Nazi Party
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
The heads of Germany's 16 federal states unanimously agreed on Thursday to push ahead with a legal bid to ban the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) despite reservations from Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The agreement follows a similar recommendation by regional interior ministers on Wednesday. The Bundesrat upper house, which represents the federal states, will now vote on Dec. 14 on whether to file a case with the Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe.
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From ynetnews.com:
The heads of Germany's 16 federal states unanimously agreed on Thursday to push ahead with a legal bid to ban the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) despite reservations from Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The agreement follows a similar recommendation by regional interior ministers on Wednesday. The Bundesrat upper house, which represents the federal states, will now vote on Dec. 14 on whether to file a case with the Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe.
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Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Ecuadorian President Equates Jewish Victims of Terrorism with Libyans killed in NATO bombings
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
Jewish leaders expressed outrage Wednesday over a statement Ecuador's President Rafael Correa made about Argentina's worst terrorist attack. Correa told a TV interviewer that he was familiar with the 1994 bombing that killed 85 people in the AMIA Jewish Center in Buenos Aires. The bombing was the worst terror attack in Argentina's history.
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From ynetnews.com:
Jewish leaders expressed outrage Wednesday over a statement Ecuador's President Rafael Correa made about Argentina's worst terrorist attack. Correa told a TV interviewer that he was familiar with the 1994 bombing that killed 85 people in the AMIA Jewish Center in Buenos Aires. The bombing was the worst terror attack in Argentina's history.
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Miami Beach Menorah Vandalized (Again)
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
A large menorah decorated with an assortment of seashells, which is on display in Miami Beach, was vandalized Sunday night with the words "You Killed Jesus" scrawled on its base, Fox News reported Tuesday.
This specific menorah has a history of its own, being torn down three times throughout its first year in the public space. The anti-Semitic writing was added on the 11th anniversary of the first time it was vandalized.
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From ynetnews.com:
A large menorah decorated with an assortment of seashells, which is on display in Miami Beach, was vandalized Sunday night with the words "You Killed Jesus" scrawled on its base, Fox News reported Tuesday.
This specific menorah has a history of its own, being torn down three times throughout its first year in the public space. The anti-Semitic writing was added on the 11th anniversary of the first time it was vandalized.
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Tuesday, 4 December 2012
New York City would-be synagogue bomber pleads guilty
FSWC Reports:
From ynetnews.com:
An Algerian immigrant charged with plotting to blow up synagogues in New York City has pleaded guilty to state terrorism charges.
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