Posts Tagged: Shimon Samuels
Jewish Group Singles Out Panasonic Over Air France Maps Excluding Israel
Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) on Thursday singled out electronics giant Panasonic for its complicity in Air France's exclusion of Israel...
Jewish Group Rejects Air France Apology for Excluding Israel From Flight Maps
When passengers who flew on Air France flights recently notified the company that Israel's place on the flight map was conspicuously absent, though the West Bank and Gaza...
Egyptian Justice Minister Invokes Antisemitic Tropes to Damn Terrorists Behind Cairo Bombing
Egyptian Justice Minister Ahmed el-Zend invoked antisemitic tropes in cursing the terrorists behind a bomb blast in Cairo that killed state prosecutor Hisham Barakat earlier this week. "God Almighty will...
Jewish Rights Group Demands UEFA Investigate Spanish ‘Deportivo’ Paper Over Antisemitism
Jewish rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center called on the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to investigate a major Spanish sports publication over a...
Don’t Let BDS and Palestinians Turn Soccer Into a Political Football
On 6 December, 2001, at an International Commission of Jurists session on the boycott of Israel held at the United Nations in Geneva, Jibril Rajoub...
Major Jewish Group Demands Clarification From Spanish Foreign Minister Over Financing of Anti-Semitic Activities
Spain's Foreign Ministry has been taken to task by the Simon Wiesenthal Center for funding what the Jewish advocacy group described as "antisemitic activities and...
French Anti-Semites Dieudonné and Alain Soral Announce Formation of New Political Party
French comedian and political activist Dieudonné M'bala M'bala together with former National Front politician Alain Soral - both widely known for their anti-Semitics beliefs -...
German Model Aircraft Manufacturer Herpa Apologizes for Negative Reference to ‘Zionism’ in Magazine Article
The German company Herpa, the world's leading manufacturer of quality model airplanes, has apologized for an article in its monthly magazine, WingsWorld, which included hostile...
German Model Aircraft Manufacturer Under Fire for Negative Portrayal of ‘Zionism’ in Magazine Article About El Al
A leading German manufacturer of model airplanes is at the center of row concerning remarks about Zionism that were published in a feature about El...
Opinion: Does Britain Seek a Mandate Over Palestine? An Open Letter to David Cameron
Dear Mr. Prime Minister, Born and bred a British-Jew, I have often been confused in dealing with that hyphenated identity in the context of U.K. policy. Last...
At UNESCO, Finally a Glimmer of Hope
The acknowledgment of Palestine as a member state of UNESCO (United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organisation), in November 2011, turned the status of...
Simon Wiesenthal Center Urges Swift Belgian Response to ‘Pogrom of the Antwerp Hayder School Bus’
Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center on Tuesday urged Belgium to respond to the stoning of a Jewish school bus by teens. In...
French Synagogue Threatened by Armed Motorcyclists, Emulating Toulouse Attack
A synagogue in Paris on Saturday night was threatened by two armed men on motorcycles, emulating the 2012 Toulouse Jewish school shooting, according to Simon...
Simon Wiesenthal Center to Swedish Education Minister: ‘Prevent Nazification of Sweden’s Schools’
Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center has urged Jan Björkland, Swedish Minister for Education and Deputy Prime Minister, to take a firm stand...
