Category Archives: World
Publisher’s Omission Of Israel From Map Is Outrageous And Dangerous Pandering
B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: The omission of Israel from maps publisher HarperCollins is selling to Middle East schools is an outrageous effort to insert a political agenda into an educational tool. This exclusion will only reinforce the insular teachings of Israel’s many foes that Israel has no right to be. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Deplores PA Approach to International Criminal Court as Grave Undermining of Peace
B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International strongly condemns Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas’s reported unilateral application to some 20 international bodies, including the membership of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Read more » »
JNS: B’nai B’rith Commends U.N. Security Council Vote On Israel
A vote by the United Nations Security Council brought positive news for Israel, as a Palestinian proposal to force Israel out of the West Bank by 2017 and create a Palestinian state based on pre-1967 lines was rejected. B’nai B’rith International commended the efforts of the Security Council, which fell one vote short of passage. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Commends Rejection of PA Resolution at U.N. Security Council
B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement: B’nai B’rith International commends the United States and Australia for voting today against a Palestinian resolution submitted to the United Nations Security Council on Monday that would have imposed an arbitrary deadline and terms for settling the Palestinian-Israeli issue. Read more » »
Jewish Chronicle: The Wonders Of Cuba: What’s Not To Love?
With the release of Alan Gross and increased relations between Cuba and the United States, the tiny island nation has made major headlines in December. B’nai B’rith International recently returned from its annual Chanukah mission to Cuba as part of the Cuban Jewish Relief Project . Read more » »
BBI write to the Swiss Ambassador regarding convening the signatories to the 4th Geneva Convention
Report by Helene Briskman Director B’nai B’rith UK London Bureau of International Affairs Some members may have read about Switzerland convening the signatories to the 4th Geneva Convention (on the rules of war) to censure Israel for its actions in the West Bank and Gaza. Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Condemns EU’s Removal Of Hamas From Terror List
Last week’s announcement that the European Court of Justice had ruled that the terrorist group Hamas be removed from the European Union terror list on „procedural grounds,” was met with staunch opposition from B’nai B’rith International . Read more » »
B’nai B’rith Writes Secretary Kerry, Urging Pledge to Veto U.N. Motions Imposing Terms on Israel
On Dec. 22, B’nai B’rith International sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to request a clear, public pledge of American opposition to Palestinian and other efforts to impose political demands on Israel through the United Nations. Read more » »
Mariaschin Op-Ed: Once Again, Palestinians Looking to Circumvent Negotiations With Israel Through
In an op-ed to the Algemeiner, Executive Vice President Daniel S. Mariaschin predicts a „perfect storm of bias” brewing against Israel at the United Nations in 2015. Read more » »
Joué-lès-Tours, Dijon : actes de fous ou terrorisme ?
Tribune libre de Marc Knobel, Historien, directeur des etudes du CRIF, membre du conseil éditorial de la Revue Civique Joué-lès-Tours, samedi 20 décembre 2014, un homme d’une vingtaine d’années agresse des policiers avec un couteau en criant « Allah Akbar », dans un commissariat avant d’être lui-même abattu. Read more » »
