Posts Tagged: Shimon Samuels
Outrage Erupts After Interpol Drops International Warrant for Notorious Palestinian Terrorists Behind Sbarro Bombing
Outrage erupted on Sunday after it was revealed that Interpol had dropped its international warrant for Palestinian terrorist Ahlam Tamimi, who was involved in the...
Top Jewish Group Blasts Online Retailer for Selling Hitler Hoodies
A leading Jewish group slammed an online seller on Sunday for offering a sweatshirt bearing the image of Adolf Hitler. The London-based, Hong Kong-founded discount retailer...
Jewish Groups Offer Condolences, Condemnations in Wake of Vienna Terror Attack
Condolences and condemnations poured in from Jewish organizations around the world following the deadly terrorist attack in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Monday night,...
Paris Car-Rammer Says He Was Motivated by ‘Plight’ of Palestinians
The man who committed a car-ramming attack near the French capital of Paris on Monday reportedly told police he was motivated by a pro-Palestinian ideology. Two...
Leading Jewish Group Protests Rampant Antisemitism Among Supporters of Rotterdam Soccer Team
A major Jewish group has sent a letter of protest to the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) President, Aleksander Čeferin, after soccer fans in...
Still Seeking Justice: One Dutch Holocaust Survivor’s Ongoing Fight With Germany’s Government
At the end of the Second World War, Albert de Leeuw was one of several Dutch Jewish children who turned up at the offices of...
Swedish Neo-Nazis Assault Pro-Israel Activist at Human Rights Festival
A prominent pro-Israel activist in Sweden was brutally assaulted by a neo-Nazi gang at a human rights festival on Thursday. Neo-Nazi activists from the Nordic Resistance Movement (MNR)...
With Anti-Israel Resolutions, UNESCO ‘Fiddling in the Chamber While the Middle East Burns,’ Jewish Human Rights Advocate Says
An official with a prominent US-based Jewish human rights group has criticized UNESCO over two anti-Israel resolutions set to be discussed on Wednesday by the...
Saudi Book Fair Called Out for Display of Antisemitic Titles, Including ‘Mein Kampf’
A prominent US-based Jewish human rights organization has expressed concern over “vicious antisemitic conspiracy texts” that were available at the 2018 Riyadh International Book Fair. In...
UNESCO Has Blood on Its Hands
The following is a transcript of a speech delivered by Dr. Shimon Samuels -- the director of International Relations for the Simon Wiesenthal Center --...
Top French News Agency Apologizes to Jewish Human Rights Group Over Map Excluding Israel
Agence France-Presse (AFP) has apologized to a leading Jewish human rights organization for publishing a map on its Twitter feed earlier this month that excluded...
Leading Jewish Group Warns of Negative Ramifications for Israel if Qatari Diplomat Becomes Next UNESCO Chief
A leading Jewish human rights group is warning that condemnation of Israel at UNESCO will only intensify should a Qatari official assume the director-general's post at the...
Jewish Human Rights Group ‘Horrified’ By British Doctors’ Request to Revoke Israeli Membership From World Medical Association
An international Jewish human rights organization expressed horror at a request made to the World Medical Association (WMA) by a large group of UK doctors that Israel's membership...
International Jewish Human Rights Organization Ridicules Luxembourg Supermarket Chain for ‘Caving’ Selectively to BDS
A major international Jewish human rights organization expressed concern over Luxembourg's largest supermarket chain's decision to pull Israeli produce from its shelves, following an aggressive campaign by...
