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Paraguay designates Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as terrorist organisation and expanded classification of Hamas and Hezbollah

The presidential decree issued cited the Guards’ systematic involvement in human rights violations and participation in terrorist activities on a global scale as justification for the blacklisting.
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Aboriginal plan to help Kristallnacht Jews finally heard after 79 years

It took almost 79 years and a trip halfway across the globe for the world’s only public protest, from a private organisation, against Nazi Germany’s Kristallnacht pogroms to reach the German government.

European Parliament president says speakers with terrorist links should be banned

Speakers with terrorist backgrounds or links to organisations on the European Union’s list of terrorist groups will not be allowed to speak at the European Parliament, according to its President Antonio Tajani.

Iran’s army chief warns next war will see “eradication” of Israel

Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, the chief commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), issued new threats against Israel on Thursday, vowing that any future conflict will be the Jewish state's last.

Saudi foreign minister denies country maintains contacts with Israel

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel Jubeir has denied there are relations between Riyadh and Jerusalem, in an apparent response to Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz making the first public disclosure of such ties.

Facebook still allowing discrimination against Jews

A year after Facebook vowed to stamp out discriminatory advertising, landlords can still exclude specific races, minorities and other categories of people from seeing rental adverts on the social media site.

Calls for maintenance of Jewish sites in Afghanistan

Residents and activists in Herat province have urged the Afghan government to rehabilitate synagogues and other Jewish historical sites from when there was a community present in the 1980s.
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EJC saddened by passing of Pope Francis: Sends condolences to Catholics in Europe and round the world

"We have fond and enduring memories of our audiences with the late Pope and his deep commitment to fostering dialogue with Jewish communities and fierce opposition to antisemitism" said EJC Executive Vice-President Raya Kalenova

EJC congratulates Friedrich Merz on his victory in the German elections and expresses its concern over the rise of the far-right party AfD

EJC and WJC call for immediate release of hostages held by Hamas

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