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Italian Deputy PM Matteo Salvini, left, and PM Netanyahu in Jerusalem, December 12, 2018 (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
December 12, 2018, 1:29 pm
Hosting Italy’s deputy PM, Netanyahu urges stronger action against Hezbollah
Salvini doubles down on dubbing Lebanese group ‘terrorists,’ despite having been criticized at home for use of the term
By Raphael Ahren
Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini during a visit on the Israeli-Lebanese border, where he was shown a Hezbollah attack tunnel, December 11, 2018 (Twitter)
December 11, 2018, 11:24 pm
Far-right Italian minister slams EU for ‘unbalanced’ stance on Israel
‘Whoever wants peace, needs to support Israel,’ Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini says in Jerusalem; stops short of endorsing two-state solution or embassy move
By Raphael Ahren
Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini rides in an Israeli military helicopter after landing in the country, December 11, 2018 (Twitter)
December 11, 2018, 11:43 am
Italy’s controversial far-right deputy PM arrives in Israel
Matteo Salvini, known for hardline anti-immigration policies, to meet Netanyahu and visit Yad Vashem, prompting protest
By Raphael Ahren
The House of Fates Holocaust museum and education center in Budapest. (Yaakov Schwartz/ Times of Israel)
December 6, 2018, 5:17 pm
Israel in talks with Hungary over controversial Budapest Holocaust museum
Some local Hungarian Jews and Yad Vashem are concerned that new institute will whitewash country’s involvement in the Nazi murder of half a million Jewish citizens
By Stuart Winer
Israeli Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer addresses a Hanukkah reception at the Washington D.C. residence of Poland’s Ambassador the US Piotr Wilczek, December 3, 2018 (screen shoot: facebook.com/ambdermer)
December 4, 2018, 11:26 pm
Despite outrage, envoy to US hails Israeli-Polish Holocaust complicity statement
At reception hosted by Polish colleague, Ron Dermer does not mention Shoah, but says controversial joint declaration allows both nations ‘to respect the past’
By Raphael Ahren
A man wearing a kipah looks on, as people take part in a demonstration called by the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France on July 31, 2014, in front of a Lyon synagogue. (AFP/Romain LaFabregue/File)
November 27, 2018, 2:14 pm
CNN poll: Over 20% of Europeans say Jews have ‘too much influence’ worldwide
Survey across 7 countries finds over a third know little or nothing about Holocaust, while 32% say Jews use genocide’s memory to advance their interests
By Stuart Winer
A nun prays beside the casket and photo of 110-year-old Roman Catholic Sister Cecylia Roszak, believed to be the world's oldest nun, and a rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust, during her funeral ceremonies at Church of Our Lady of the Snows the Dominican in Krakow, Poland, November 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Beata Zawrzel)
November 23, 2018, 12:38 am
Polish nun who rescued Jews during Holocaust laid to rest
Cecylia Roszak was thought to be the oldest nun in the world; poet Abba Kovner was one those she and her sisters saved at a local convent
By AP and TOI staff
Cecylia Maria Roszak, right, who was awarded the 'Righteous Among Nations' honor for helping to save Jews during the Holocaust, seen here in Krakow, Poland, May 2018. (Piotr Jantos/Archdiocese of Krakow)
November 21, 2018, 8:58 pm
Polish nun who helped hide Vilna ghetto rebels during Holocaust dies at 110
Cecylia Roszak was thought to be the oldest nun in the world; poet Abba Kovner was one those she and her sisters saved at a local convent
By Stuart Winer
This doll is Lore Mayerfeld’s direct link to the events of Kristallnacht. (Yad Vashem/Getty Images/via JTA)
November 9, 2018, 7:09 pm
A girl’s doll is a poignant reminder of the horrors of Kristallnacht
Lore Mayerfeld donates a children’s toy to a new Yad Vashem exhibition — one which she carried as her family fled to the US after the pogrom indicating the onset of the Holocaust
By Hillel Kuttler
The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City forms the backdrop to a tour guide holding up a picture of the ancient Jewish Temple. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
October 8, 2018, 1:06 pm
Riled tour guides warn new bill could skew tourists’ Israel experience
Legislation that would allow non-licensed guides for pilgrims and some foreign groups, set for Knesset debate this month, would lower standards, threaten livelihoods, guides say
By Sue Surkes
German Chancellor Angela Merkel lays a wreath during a ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem on October 4, 2018 (Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL)
October 4, 2018, 10:46 am
At Yad Vashem, Merkel says Germany has ‘everlasting’ duty to fight anti-Semitism
German chancellor, visiting Israel with her cabinet, says Nazi violence and persecution of European Jews ‘broke with civilization’
By TOI staff and Agencies
A Bedouin child writes on a picture of German Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of her expected visit to Israel on Wednesday, in the West Bank Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar, Oct. 2, 2018. Arabic on the poster reads, "save Khan al-Ahmar" and "save our school." (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
October 3, 2018, 6:33 am
Merkel heads to Israel amid deep disagreements over Palestinians, Iran
Berlin says trip, beginning Wednesday evening, will focus on economy, innovation and technology; chancellor to receive her third Israeli honorary doctorate
By Raphael Ahren
Slomo Koves, chief rabbi of the Chabad-affiliated Unified Israelite Congregation of Hungary (EMIH), speaks during a commemoration marking the Memorial Day of the Hungarian Holocaust victims in the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest, Hungary, on April 19, 2017. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)
September 15, 2018, 3:36 am
Controversial historian won’t run Hungarian Holocaust museum, new owners say
Maria Schmidt has repeatedly equated and lumped together the Holocaust and the Soviet domination of Hungary
By JTA
Jonny Daniels’ From the Depths organization honored three Poles for risking their lives to save Jews. (Jonny Daniels/Facebook)
September 13, 2018, 10:38 pm
Yad Vashem questions honors for 3 Poles as rescuers of Jews from Holocaust
Museum says credit given by From the Depths organization is based on unclear information and could result in public being misled
By JTA
Slomo Koves, chief rabbi of the Chabad-affiliated Unified Israelite Congregation of Hungary (EMIH), speaks during a commemoration marking the Memorial Day of the Hungarian Holocaust victims in the Holocaust Memorial Center in Budapest, Hungary, on April 19, 2017. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)
September 8, 2018, 12:14 am
Chabad Hungary joins Holocaust museum project boycotted by other Jewish groups
The House of Fates has been shunned by Jewish organizations over its leader’s equating of Nazism with Soviet communism
By JTA
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