Pope Francis meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Vatican, hailing him as “an angel of peace”.
Source: Pope Francis calls Palestinians’ Abbas ‘angel of peace’ – BBC News
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Pope Francis meets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Vatican, hailing him as “an angel of peace”.
Source: Pope Francis calls Palestinians’ Abbas ‘angel of peace’ – BBC News
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Jewish groups expressed “shock” on Friday over news that the unveiling of a Holocaust monument in Kavala, Greece was delayed because locals reportedly sought the removal of a Jewish star. “There are no words to express adequately our shock and dismay at the news,” said American Jewish Committee Executive Director David Harris. “How can it be that the eternal symbol of the Jewish people – the very symbol that the Nazis required Jews to wear in the death camps and […]
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A French Jewish woman was assaulted by three men in an apparent antisemitic attack in the Paris suburb Sarcelles last Wednesday, the Algemeiner has learned. The three assailants were of African origin and shouted “Hitler did not finish his work” and “dirty race” while assaulting the woman, according to a French antisemitism watchdog. The victim said she was attacked after the son of one of the assailants threw a ball in her direction. The three men approached the woman to […]
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Meet the man whose ultraviolent philosophy came to define the Islamic State – the group’s founder Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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As officials in Israel declared disappointment at the Vatican’s official recognition of the state of Palestine on Wednesday, the move also drew the ire of many in the diaspora Jewish community. The American Jewish Committee said it “regrets the announcement” of the treaty, in which the Vatican refers to the “state of Palestine” rather than the Palestinian Liberation Organization, as it had in previous documents. AJC Executive Director David Harris said the move was “counterproductive to all who seek true […]
Source: Vatican Recognition of Palestine Riles Jewish Organizations | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com