Jerusalem News
(October 26, 2020, 8 Heshvan, 5781)
Contents:
1. BBC Apologizes for Broadcasting Segment With Hamas Terrorist Behind Jerusalem Pizzeria Massacre
2. EU Donates E30 Million to Anti-Semitic, Terror-Tied NGOs in 2019 E Report
3. WATCH: Ivanka Trump prays at grave of Lubavitcher Rebbe
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1. BBC Apologizes for Broadcasting Segment With Hamas Terrorist Behind Jerusalem Pizzeria Massacre
https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/10/21/bbc-apologizes-for-broadcasting-segment-with-hamas-terrorist-behind-jerusalem-pizzeria-massacre/
by Algemeiner Staff
Extracts:
The BBC has apologized for a recent segment in one of its programs that featured a Hamas terrorist convicted for the 2001 bombing of a Jerusalem pizzeria.
The British public broadcaster's Arabic-language show Trending reported that Ahlam Tamimi, who helped plan and carry out the deadly attack on the Sbarro pizzeria in which 15 people were killed and dozens wounded, was appealing to Jordanian King Abdullah II to intervene after her husband's Jordanian residency was revoked.
The report said: 'The staff of the [BBC] programme Trending reached out to Ahlam to hear her request to the Jordanian king. Let's listen.'
On Wednesday, the BBC conceded that the segment with Tamimi should not have been broadcast.
But the parent of one of the victims of the Sbarro bombing slammed the 'coldheartedness' of the BBC's apology.
Arnold Roth. whose 15-year-old daughter Malki was among those murdered in the attack. said that he had been 'stunned by the coldness of the BBC's formalistic, paint-by-numbers reaction to the torrent of criticism they received from an enraged public.'
"I urge everyone with a sense of justice to re-read the detached, distorted, disingenuous response they issued (not to me or my wife, we haven't heard a word from them) and ask themselves whether this empty, cruel, pointless and evasive 'sorry not sorry' note ought to close the chapter," Roth told the Jewish News.
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2. EU Donates E30 Million to Anti-Semitic, Terror-Tied NGOs in 2019 - Report
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency - 4 Heshv
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/europe/eu/eu-donates-e30-million-to-anti-semitic-terror-tied-ngos-in-2019-report/2020/10/22/
Extracts:
The European Commission's recent report on grants it gave to non-governmental organizations indicates that in 2019, 32 grants totaling E30.1 million ($35.67 million) were issued for projects listed under 'Palestine,' and an additional nine grants totaling E3.3 million were approved for projects listed under 'Israel,' this according to a new report by NGO Monitor.
The European Commission is the executive branch of the European Union (EU), responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, and managing the day-to-day business of the EU.
Analysis by NGO Monitor, which specializes in tracking anti-Israel organizations that use the cover of humanitarian activity to hurt Israel, found that the funding included three grants totaling E5.8 million involving NGOs tied to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), an EU-designated terrorist group.
An additional seven grants totaling E5.6 million were approved for NGOs that promote anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and glorify acts of terrorism against Israelis.
Seven grants totaling E11.8 million involved 'Jerusalem,' including highly politicized objectives such as 'preserving Palestinian identity of East Jerusalem' and 'protecting Islamic and Christian religious and cultural heritage from Israeli violations and threats.'
Another three EU grants totaling E1 million aimed to directly influence Israeli democracy via public influence campaigns, lobbying, and legal intervention.
For example, in 2019, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), Human Rights Defenders Fund (HRDF), and Movement for Freedom of Information were partners of the EU-funded grant 'Democratizing Israeli democracy: accountable, transparent, inclusive and participatory governance, and respect for human rights in Israel.'
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3. WATCH: Ivanka Trump prays at grave of Lubavitcher Rebbe
https://worldisraelnews.com/watch-ivanka-trump-prays-at-grave-of-lubavitcher-rebbe/
October 25, 2020
Ahead of the U.S. elections, President Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka, prayed at the graveside of the renown Jewish leader, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, a well-known pilgrimage site for members of the Jewish faith.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYFcUJotnFM