Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to reignite his country’s feud with Israel Wednesday, despite reports of bilateral diplomatic attempts to normalise relations between the estranged former allies in recent weeks, as he told the Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna that Zionism constitutes a “crime against humanity”.
US Secretary of State John Kerry began his tour of Europe and the Middle East as he told British counterpart William Hague the concept of a two state solution in the Middle East was “the only way to achieve a lasting peace” in the region.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has criticized a sketch performed during Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles by host Seth MacFarlane that it says ''sends false messages about Jews'' to a global audience who may be more inclined to accept the stereotypes as factual.
French police arrested two men on suspicion that they helped Mohammed Merah in two killing sprees in the Toulouse area last year, including at a Jewish school.