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Thursday, September 15, 2005
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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Chief rabbis meet pope
Israel’s two chief rabbis called on the pope to condemn the Palestinian destruction of abandoned synagogues in the Gaza Strip.
In what was described as a cordial and heartfelt meeting Thursday with Pope Benedict XVI, the rabbis also urged him to establish an annual day for Catholics to reflect on Catholic-Jewish relations and join with Jews around the world to discuss how to fight anti-Semitism.
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger and Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar met for 45 minutes with the pope at his summer residence south of Rome. It was Benedict’s first formal meeting with them and was part of commemorations marking the 40th anniversary of the Vatican’s Nostra Aetate declaration that opened the way for Catholic-Jewish dialogue.
House committee backs Israel on world panel
A congressional committee passed a resolution supporting Israel’s accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
The resolution, sponsored by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) passed the U.S. House of Representatives’ International Relations Committee on Thursday. It says that the Jewish state has met the economic and institutional criteria to join the body and shares the commitment to a market economy of its other members.
“A reaction of support for Israel by the international community in general, and the OECD in particular, would prove mutually beneficial to all parties with a vested interest in pursuing peace, security and economic prosperity in the region, Ros-Lehtinen said.
Charges filed against Israelis in Britain
Palestinians from eastern Jerusalem whose homes were demolished lodged criminal complaints in Britain against Jerusalem building inspectors.
The action follows recent moves by activists to issue arrest warrants against Israeli military officials for alleged war crimes.
The British law firm handling the cases, Hickman and Rose, was approached by the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions about six months ago with the idea of filing war crimes charges against Interior Ministry and municipality employees who issued orders to demolish Palestinian homes that were built illegally without permits. “Our main charge is that the demolition of the homes of an innocent civilian population is a violation of international law, specifically of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits an occupying state from harming the civilian population except in the course of a military operation,” the committee’s Meir Margalit told Ha’aretz.
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