Global News Archives

July 2008

31

Ehud Olmert plans to step down as Israeli prime minister	British chief rabbi says religion important for society	Jewish man wins $735,000 in religious discrimination lawsuit

30

American Jewish organization leader June Walker dies	German firm's $156 million Iran gas deal approved	Cautious optimism for Israeli-Syrian talks in Turkey

29

Greek Jews call on mayor to review 'martyred cities' decision	Olmert rules out peace deal in 2008 because of Jerusalem status	Anti-Semitic incidents reported in eastern Germany

28

Spanish court seeks extradition of four alleged Nazi war criminals	McCain wants to move American Embassy to Jerusalem	Jewish inter-faith activist Leon Feldman dies

25

Iran wants to end cooperation with UN nuclear inspectors	Canadian court convicts man of committing hate crime	Bulgarian government finances Sofia shul repairs

24

Iran attacks Argentina over AMIA arrest warrants	Odessa's Jews protest against shopping mall on burial ground	Elie Wiesel attacker found guilty on lesser charges

23

Ahmadinejad rules out "retreating one iota"	Barack Obama arrives for visit to Israel	Ingrid Betancourt campaigns for release of Israeli hostage

22

Nazi propaganda film 'Jud Süß' screened in Budapest	Leningrad siege survivors to be compensated	Iran could face new sanctions as talks stall

18

Pope Benedict condemns use of violence in the name of religion	German Jews against Hezbollah contacts after Beirut celebrations	New Iran sanctions bill approved by Senate Banking Committee

17

Israel mourns soldiers as Hezbollah celebrates return of family killer	Report: US ponders diplomatic presence in Tehran	Ukrainian Holocaust memorial vandalized

16

Hezbollah confirms death of captured Israeli soldiers	US should help Israel with airstrike against Iran, says John Bolton	Mass conversion to Judaism in Uganda

15

Polish elder statesman Bronislaw Geremek dies	Claims Conference increases payments to Holocaust survivors	Ahmadinejad open to bilateral talks with US

14

Nicolas Sarkozy pushes Middle East peace efforts	British neo-Nazi jailed for 16 years over terrorism offenses	Czech group calls on US to fight extremism on the internet

11

French energy giant Total pulls out of Iranian gas project	Olmert agrees to step down if ousted as Kadima leader	Nazi hunters claim to be on trail of 'Doctor Death' in Chile

10

Jewish cemetery in Buenos Aires desecrated	Man vandalizes Berlin Holocaust memorial	European parliamentarians want Hezbollah listed as terrorist group

09

Lithuania court rejects request to jail Holocaust criminal	Iran tests missile that could reach Israel	New arrests in Paris following attack on Jewish teen

08

Israel dismisses Tehran claim on diplomats	Five skinheads arrested in Russia over synagogue vandalism	Jewish pilgrimage to rabbi's tomb in Morocco

07

Israel wants to strengthen Jewish identity in eastern Europe	Man tears off head of Hitler effigy at new Berlin museum	Iran wants to negotiate, but not stop uranium enrichment

03

Palestinian kills three Jerusalem residents in terrorist attack	Zagreb mayor criticizes inaction at extreme-right concert	Colombian Jews praise army rescue of FARC hostages

02

Criticism of Ahmadinejad from within Iran increasing	First rabbis ordained by Polish yeshiva since WWII	Hungarian Jews outraged at court ruling on hate speech

01

Jewish Israelis say Diaspora opinion irrelevant for decision-making	20,000 people attend 'Salute to Israel' parade in London	German Jewish leader defends scholar over anti-Semitism