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The Civil Commission on October 7 Crimes Against Women and Children released what it describes as the most comprehensive report to date documenting sexual and gender-based violence committed during the October 7 attacks and throughout the captivity of hostages.

Raya Kalenova, Executive Vice-President of the European Jewish Congress, remembers him as leaving behind an outstanding legacy for the Jewish world and all democratic societies.

A man convicted of throwing petrol bombs at a rally calling for the release of Israeli hostages, an attack that killed an 82-year-old woman and injured more than a dozen others, has been sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to all state-level charges against him.

The report highlights Hassan’s refusal to characterise the 7 October Hamas attacks as a terrorist attack and her public description of Hamas as a legitimate actor under international law, despite Hamas being designated as a terrorist organisation by the European Union.

MEPs recalled the Commission’s commitment under the 2021 EU Strategy on Combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life to support a European Holocaust monument in Brussels, linked to initiatives in EU capitals, and urged it to ensure delivery by the end of the current Multiannual Financial Framework.

Charity concert in honour of the victims of the Bondi Beach massacre cancelled after Greek choir refuses to perform with Jewish ensemble.