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☆ Israel’s weapons: Where do they come from and who supplies them?
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Antoinette Radford | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The United States has warned Israel it may stop supplying the country with weapons unless the humanitarian situation in Gaza improves. This is not the first time Israel’s major ally has threatened to turn off supplies. Here’s a breakdown of who supplies Israel with weapons:The United States:The United States is overwhelmingly the biggest supplier of arms to Israel. In 2023 69% of Israel’s arm imports came from the US, according to a report into international arms transfers by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Germany:While in 2023, Germany contributed 30% of Israel’s weapons, that supply has significantly reduced over the course of 2024.

Persons: Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hassan Nasrallah, Olaf Scholz, Kay Nietfeld, Israel “, Antonio Tajani, SIPRI, David Lammy, Gil Cohen, Pedro Sanchez, “, ”, Emmanuel Macron, Macron, CNN’s Mia Alberti, Christian Edwards, Inke Kappeler Organizations: CNN, United, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, US State Department, Foreign Military, International Court, Justice, Bundestag, Pagella, Labour, MIM, Magen, Getty, Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Israel, Spanish, International Court of Justice Locations: United States, Israel, Gaza, Rafah, Stockholm, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Beirut, Nicaragua, Nazi, United Kingdom, AFP, Lebanon

☆ Germany defends support for Israel in international court against accusations of ‘facilitating genocide’ in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Nadine Schmidt | Niamh Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Berlin CNN —Germany has hit back at allegations by Nicaragua that it has been “facilitating genocide” in Gaza, telling an international court on Tuesday that history undergirds German support for Israel. But Germany argued Tuesday that because the “bedrock” of Nicaragua’s case was aimed at Israel and its “alleged violations of international law by Israel,” the ICJ did not have jurisdiction. British lawyer Samuel Wordsworth, who advocated on behalf of Berlin, said the case against Germany is “entirely dependent” upon a “prior finding of breach” of international law by Israel in Gaza. The ICJ is hearing a separate case brought against Israel by South Africa, but has not ruled on whether Israel has breached international law in Gaza. The international court will now consider whether to order the emergency measures requested by Nicaragua.

Persons: Germany’s, Tania von Uslar, Gleichen, Berlin “, “, ’, Von Uslar, ”, ” von Uslar, Netherlands Carlos Jose Arguello Gomez, Alain, Samuel Wordsworth, Israel, Israel –, Christian Tams Organizations: Berlin CNN —, Israel, International Court of Justice, UN, German, Office, ICJ, Nicaraguan, UNRWA Locations: Berlin CNN — Germany, Nicaragua, Gaza, The Hague, Germany, Israel, Nazi, Netherlands, French, Berlin, South Africa

☆ Israel to summon Brazilian ambassador after President Lula likens Israel’s actions in Gaza to Holocaust
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Chris Liakos | Duarte Mendonca | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Israel said Sunday it is summoning the Brazilian ambassador to the country over what it says were “shameful and serious” remarks by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. Speaking earlier Sunday in Addis Ababa at the African Union summit, Lula called what is happening in the Gaza Strip a “genocide.”“What is happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian people has no parallel in history. Israel has said its goal is to completely eliminate Hamas after they attacked Israel on October 7. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz also posted on X saying, “No one will harm Israel’s right to defend itself. I have ordered the people of my office to summon the Brazilian ambassador for a reprimand call tomorrow.”Lula also made comments about the death of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny.

Persons: CNN — Israel, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Lula, Hitler, ”, Benjamin Netanyahu, “ trivializing, “ Israel, Israel Katz, “, ” Lula, Alexey Navalny, Vladimir Putin Organizations: CNN, Sunday, Nazi, Reuters Locations: Israel, Addis Ababa, Gaza, Brazilian, Russian

☆ Factbox-Key Takeaways From the World Court Decision in Israeli Genocide Case
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

The top United Nations court for handling disputes between states was ruling in a case brought by South Africa. The court ordered Israel to refrain from any acts that could fall under the Genocide Convention and to ensure its troops commit no genocidal acts in Gaza. WHAT HAS BEEN THE REACTION TO THE ICJ RULING? "The ICJ judges assessed the facts and the law, they ruled in favour of humanity and international law," Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said. Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said the ruling helped to isolate Israel on the world stage.

Persons: Israel, Joan Donoghue, Judge Julia Sebutinde, Aharon Barak, Barak, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Itamar Ben, Gvir, Friday's, Riyad al, Maliki, Sami Abu Zuhri, Cyril Ramaphosa, Anthony Deutsch, Stephanie van den Berg, Gareth Jones, Angus MacSwan Organizations: HAGUE, Reuters, Court of Justice, United Nations, ICJ, National, Palestinian Locations: Israel, Gaza, South Africa, United States, Uganda, Nazi

☆ Revellers Who Fled Hamas Reunite With Holocaust Survivor Who Sheltered Them
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

By Rami AmichayTEL AVIV (Reuters) - As a child, Sarah Jackson survived the Nazi Holocaust. She was four years old when the war started. Jackson gave her testimony as part of an Israeli grassroots initiative of informal gatherings in people's private homes to commemorate the Holocaust. The event, titled 'Zikaron Basalon' (Remembrance in the Living Room), brings together Holocaust survivors or descendants of survivors who share their accounts with younger people. For some survivors, Hamas' attack recalled past atrocities.

Persons: Rami Amichay TEL, Sarah Jackson, Jackson, Ilya Pisatzkov, Pisatzkov, Benel Fransis, It's, Avivit Delgoshen, Maayan Lubell, Timothy Heritage Organizations: Reuters, Nova Locations: Rami Amichay TEL AVIV, Nazi, revellers, Israel, Gaza, Sa'ad, Poland, Siberia

☆ Pope Issues New Anti-War Plea as He Evokes Nazi Holocaust
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has issued a new plea against all wars as he evoked the horror of the mass killing of Jews and other victims of the Nazis ahead of Saturday's Holocaust Memorial Day. "Let us not get tired of praying for peace, for conflicts to end, for weapons to stop, for relief for exhausted populations," Francis added. The leader of the world's more than 1.35 billion Roman Catholics mentioned the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the bombing of civilians in "martyred Ukraine". He repeated his assertion that "war is always a defeat" in which "the only winners, so to speak, are weapons manufacturers". (Reporting by Alvise Armellini, editing by Angus MacSwan)

Persons: Pope Francis, Francis, Alvise Armellini, Angus MacSwan Organizations: VATICAN CITY Locations: Ukraine

☆ 85-year-old Israeli Holocaust survivor taken hostage by Hamas reunited with her family
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Yaffa Adar reunited with her family in Tel Aviv after seven weeks in captivity. AdvertisementYaffa Adar, an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor, was one of the first 13 hostages released from Gaza after 49 days in Hamas's captivity, i24NEWS reports. Yaffa Adar is a mother of three, grandmother of eight, and great-grandmother of seven. The family reunion at Wolfson Hospital in Holon, near Tel Aviv, followed the four-day cease-fire brokered between Israel and Hamas. The hostages released by Hamas have undergone initial medical tests and are reportedly in good condition, per the IDF.

Persons: Yaffa Adar, —, Nahal Oz, Tamir Adar, Adva Adar, Adva, Alon, Orian, Adar, Yael Adar, Yaffa's, Iris Boker, Yaffa Organizations: Service, Wolfson Hospital, National Holocaust Center, Museum, Hamas Locations: Tel Aviv, Gaza, Holon, Israel, Jerusalem, Be'eri, Warsaw, Poland, Nazi, Thailand, Philippines

☆ Germany Arrests Suspected Antisemite Who Threatened Killings -Police
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

BERLIN (Reuters) - German police have arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of planning violence endangering the state after he threatened to kill people in online posts and posted right-wing extremist and antisemitic content, officials said on Monday. Police in the western state of Hesse searched the apartment of the suspect last Wednesday and seized computers, arms and ammunition, the State Office of Criminal Investigation and the public prosecutor's office in Frankfurt said in a statement. The suspect had repeatedly published posts online in which he threatened to kill people for political reasons, it said. Several months of investigation had revealed the suspect's "consolidated violent, anti-Semitic and right-wing extremist attitude" according to the Hesse state authorities. Germany has stepped up vigilance for any indication of antisemitic violence in the wake of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by militants from Gaza's ruling Islamist group Hamas.

Persons: Israel's, Ferenc Gaal, Matthias Williams, Mark Heinrich Organizations: BERLIN, Monday . Police, State, Criminal Investigation, Hamas Locations: Hesse, Frankfurt, Germany, Israel, Gaza, Nazi

☆ In Chile, a Palestinian diaspora makes its voice heard on Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Alexander Villegas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

SANTIAGO, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Chile's Palestinian community, the largest outside the Middle East, is a strong force in the Andean nation, involved in local politics, culture and soccer. Now it's making Chile one of the loudest regional voices criticizing Israel over its military action in Gaza. In a recent mass, Abed invited members from Chile's Muslim community and the Palestinian ambassador; keffiyehs, hijabs and Palestinian flags were sprinkled throughout the pews. The prominence of the Palestinian community has sparked strong support from other groups in Chile. "The Palestinian community (here) activates whenever there's aggressions."

Persons: SANTIAGO, Israel, Gabriel Boric, Boric, Joe Biden, Claudia Yarur, Yarur, Georges Abed, Abed, Vera Baboun, Rafael Torres, Torres, Felipe Barria, Barria, there's, Alexander Villegas, Claudia Parsons Organizations: White, Palestinian Social Club, Palestino FC, San Jorge Cathedral, U.S, West Bank, FC, Thomson Locations: Chile, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Washington, Santiago, Palestinian, Ottoman Empire, Israel, Chilean, Syrian, San Jorge, Patronato, hijabs, Bethlehem, South America, Argentina, Brazil, Nazi, America, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia

☆ Vatican’s Silence on Holocaust Was Shaped by Antisemitism and Caution, Archives Show
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Francis X. Rocca | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Pope Pius XII, who led the Catholic Church from 1939 until 1958, never went beyond allusions to the Nazi genocide in his public statements. Photo: Associated PressROME—For decades, controversy over why Pope Pius XII didn’t speak out against the Nazi Holocaust has troubled the Catholic Church. New research has revealed evidence that an antisemitic Vatican aide played a role in the wartime pope’s silence, as did fear of provoking violence against Catholics under Nazi rule and against the Vatican itself.

Persons: Pope Pius XII, Pope Pius XII didn’t Organizations: Catholic Church, Associated, Nazi Holocaust, Nazi, Vatican

☆ How the surge in antisemitism is affecting countries around the world
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Smoke rises following an Israeli strike inside the Gaza Strip, as seen from Israel, October 31. BRAZILJewish leaders have noticed a rise in antisemitic discourse online, and incidents such as graffiti defacing a synagogue in Rio de Janeiro. BRITAINLondon's police force said there had been a 14-fold increase in incidents of antisemitism since the Oct. 7 attack. GERMANYA survey by a civil society observatory, the RIAS, found a 240% year-on-year increase in antisemitic incidents in the period of Oct. 7-15. CHINANo figures are available on antisemitic incidents.

Persons: Evelyn Hockstein, Karen Bass, Justin Trudeau, Ricardo Berkiensztat, Hitler, Gerald Darmanin, Darmanin, Eddo, David Saks, we'll, Rabbi Alexander Boroda, Andrew MacAskill, Layli Foroudi, Julia Harte, Chen Lin, Eliana, Maytaal Angel, Andrew Osborn, Carien du Plessis, Steven Grattan, Wa Lone, Thomas Escritt, Stephanie Van Den Berg, Estelle Shirbon Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, UNITED STATES, Defamation League, White, CANADA, Argentine, Local, BRAZIL Jewish, Jewish Federation of, State of, Community Security Trust, FRANCE Interior, Hamas, SOUTH, South African Jewish Board, Deputies, Russia's Federation of Jewish, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Los Angeles, Canada, Toronto, ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires, Argentine, BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro, State, State of Sao Paulo, BRITAIN, Britain, FRANCE, GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, SOUTH AFRICA, RUSSIA, Dagestan, Tel Aviv, CHINA, Beijing, Nazi, Wa

☆ Israel's Holocaust survivors struggle with Gaza war as trauma deepens
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Jonathan Saul | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/4] People look up at the damage caused when a rocket, fired from Gaza towards Israel, at a Holocaust museum at a Kibbutz near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, October 24, 2023. Blumenfeld, 89, is one of tens of thousands of elderly survivors of the Nazi Holocaust who live in Israel and are once again facing up to the reality of war, with more than 220 Israelis taken hostage in Gaza. "I went through the Holocaust and all the wars, but it is not like before, the noise is deafening. According to the latest study published in April by the government's Holocaust Survivors' Rights Authority, there were 147,199 survivors in Israel, with an average age of 85, including 462 who were over 100. "To say that it's worse than the Nazis, I think that's the worst trigger for a Holocaust survivor."

Persons: Violeta Santos Moura, Sarina Blumenfeld, Blumenfeld, Joe Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Rivkah, Neot Mordechai, Israel, Har Arieh, Shelly Feigenblat, Jonathan Saul, Rami Amichai, Amar Awad, Crispian Balmer, Gareth Jones Organizations: REUTERS, Islamists, Nazi Holocaust, Reuters, Hamas, Hezbollah, Gaza's Health, ' Rights Authority, Foundation for, Welfare of Holocaust, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Israel's, Israel New Gaza, ASHDOD, Ashdod, Europe, Neot, Lebanese, Bulgaria, Tel Aviv

[1/3] In half a century of public life, U.S. President Joe Biden has demonstrated unwavering support for Israel. Biden, who is of Irish Catholic descent, has used similar words in the past to profess his affinity for Israel. U.S. and regional sources have expressed doubt that Israel, which vows to destroy Hamas, has yet crafted an endgame. As vice president, Biden often mediated the testy relationship between Obama and Netanyahu. "Whenever things were getting out of hand with Israel, Biden was the bridge," said Ross, now at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Aaron David Miller, Barack, Golda Meir, Obama, Dennis Ross, Obama's, Ross, Israel, Lindsey Graham, Graham, Rashida Tlaib, Khaled Elgindy, Matt Spetalnick, Jeff Mason, Steve Holland, Patricia Zengerle, Suzanne Goldenberg Organizations: Israeli, Hamas, U.S, Irish Catholic, Israel, Democratic, Republican, Reuters, Democratic Party, Nazi, U.S ., Senate, Washington Institute for Near, Republican U.S, Republicans, American, Younger, ., Middle East Institute, Thomson Locations: U.S, Israel, Tel Aviv, WASHINGTON, Gaza, Palestinian, Irish, East, East Jerusalem, Iran, America, Washington

☆ Biden offers Israelis support, Palestinians aid in Tel Aviv
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Steve Holland | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks as he visits Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 18, 2023. Biden traveled to Tel Aviv on a rapid visit to offer staunch U.S. support in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attack on Israeli villages and military bases by Gaza-based Palestinian Hamas gunmen who killed 1,400 people and took about 200 hostages. "Based on the information we've seen to date, it appears the result of an errant rocket fired by a terrorist group from Gaza," Biden said. Biden said the U.S. would provide $100 million in new funding for humanitarian aid in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. The United States has urged Israel to allow humanitarian aid in to help Palestinians.

Persons: Joe Biden, Evelyn Hockstein, Biden, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Steve Holland, Doina Chiacu, Jeff Mason, Heather Timmons, Howard Goller Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Islamic Jihad, West Bank, The United, U.S, United Nations Security, Israeli, Twitter, Thomson Locations: Israel, Tel Aviv, TEL AVIV, Gaza, U.S, Al, Ahli, States, The United States, United States, Palestinian, Nazi

☆ Ukraine marks 82nd anniversary of Babyn Yar killings by Nazi forces
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy takes part in a commemoration ceremony for the victims of Babyn Yar (Babiy Yar), one of the biggest single massacres of Jews during the Nazi Holocaust, in Kyiv Ukraine September 29, 2023. Over the next two years, many more people were killed at Babyn Yar. The Ukrainian foreign ministry urged the world to prevent such killings happening again and drew attention to Russia's invasion of Ukraine 19 months ago. "The memory of Babyn Yar and the slogan 'Never again' are the moral basis of humanism and opposition to any forms of aggressive-chauvinistic ideologies, in particular, Russian aggression against Ukraine," it said in a statement. Zelenskiy is Ukraine's first ethnically Jewish president, although he is not publicly religious.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Babyn Yar, Babiy Yar, Roma, Anna Pruchnicka, Timothy Heritage, Philippa Fletcher Organizations: Nazi, Thomson Locations: Nazi, Kyiv Ukraine, KYIV, Ukraine, Kyiv, Babyn, Soviet Union, Ukrainians, Ukrainian, Russia

☆ Harrowing migrant drama puts spotlight on Europe border cruelty
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Crispian Balmer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] The 80th Venice Film Festival - Premiere for the film "Zielona Granica" (Green Border) in competition - Red Carpet - Venice, Italy, September 5, 2023. "Green Border", which premieres at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday, tells the story of refugees, charity workers, activists and border guards, whose lives intersect in the cold, swampy forests between the two east European countries. Migrants started flocking to the border in 2021, after Belarus, a close Russian ally, opened travel agencies in the Middle East offering a new unofficial route into Europe - a move the European Union said was designed to create a crisis. "If we go further on this road ... the European Union, Europe, the continent of freedom, democracy (and) human rights will disappear. "Green Border" is one of 23 movies competing for the Golden Lion award at the Venice festival, which runs until Sept. 9.

Persons: Jalal Altawil, Dalia Naous, Mohamad Al Rashi, Maja Ostaszewska, Agnieszka Holland, Behi Djanati Atai, Tomasz Wlosok, Marcin Wierzchoslawski, Fred, Holland, Crispian Balmer, Nick Macfie Organizations: Migrants, European Union, Nazi Holocaust, Golden, Thomson Locations: Venice, Italy, VENICE, Polish, Belarus, Russian, Europe, Poland, Syria, Afghanistan, Holland, East, Africa, Ukraine

☆ Bollywood film ‘Bawaal’ accused of trivializing Holocaust and demeaning victims
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

They travel to Europe to prominent World War II sites, where their love for one another deepens. And we want what others have.”In another scene in the film, she says: “Every relationship goes through their Auschwitz”. The dialogue and plot has sparked outrage with the SWC calling on the Amazon Prime to stop monetizing the film. Tiwari, Kapoor and Dhawan have not publicly addressed the SWC statement. Dhawan said he respected everyone’s opinion, adding that critics are harder on Hindi movies and give more leeway to Western films.

Persons: New Delhi CNN —, Simon Wiesenthal, Nitesh Tiwari, Janhvi Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Kapoor, We’re, Adolf Hilter’s Nazi, Dean, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, “ Nitesh Tiwari, India’s, Shantanu Das, “, Tiwari, Dhawan, ”, ” Kapoor Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Amazon Prime, Nazi, SWC, Prime, Global, CNN, Hindustan Times, ” Locations: New Delhi, Indian, Europe, India

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