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Mauritania expels Israel's diplomats
Israeli diplomats have left their embassy in the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott today, (Friday), after the authorities gave them 48 hours to leave the country.
Bulldozer driver shot after Jerusalem attack
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FO man suspended
Rowan laxton, who allegedly made antisemitic remarks after watching TV reports of Israel’s operation in Gaza has been suspended by the Foreign Office, a spokesman confirmed this week. Laxton was arrested after the incident.
BBC miss out World at War genocide episode
The BBC dropped from its schedule this week an episode of classic documentary series The World at War which focuses on the Holocaust and concentration camps.
The 1970s series, produced by Sir Jeremy Isaacs, is currently being repeated on weekday afternoons on BBC Two.
On Monday, the 19th of 26 episodes was shown, featuring the Battle of the Bulge and Arnhem.
But Tuesday’s episode was number 21, focusing on the final invasion of Germany.
The missing episode, Genocide, looks at Nazi policy between 1941 and the end of the war.
Anti-Israel daubings found near Belfast
Anti-Israel graffiti was daubed on a centre used by a messianic Jewish community in response to the Gaza conflict.
“Zionist killers of Palestinian children” and other offensive phrases were painted on the council-run building in Donaghadee, County Down, east of Belfast, where the Shalom Messianic Congregation meets twice a month.
The community was set up in May 2007 and has not previously been the target of an attack.
Developer loses appeal over four metres of land
A property developer and his son have lost their appeal in an action that centred on a piece of land less than four metres wide.
Lord Justice Mummery told the Court of Appeal that the legal costs of the dispute between two London Sephardi families — Freddy Ezekiel and his son Mark, and brothers David and Haim Kohali — had “probably topped” the price of the original land deal.
In September 1999, the Ezekiels agreed to buy two plots of land from the Kohalis in Hendon, North-West London, for £300,000.
Nazi-joke councillor suspended
A councillor who dressed as a Nazi officer at a fancy dress party and claimed it was evidence of his “great sense of humour” has been suspended by his party.
Sean Aspey, a member of Porthcawl Council in South Wales, near Bridgend, is now the subject of a local Liberal Democrat party inquiry.
Pictures of Mr Aspey wearing the stormtrooper outfit were brought to the attention of fellow councillors last week.
Poles take Coren fight to European Court
A complaint against The Times and its columnist Giles Coren has been lodged at the European Court of Human Rights by the Federation of Poles in Great Britain.
It is the latest bid by the FPGB to censure the newspaper over a column written by Mr Coren on July 26, headlined: “Two waves of immigration, Poles apart.” The Press Complaints Commission rejected a complaint by the organisation lodged shortly after the article appeared.
Book week sells out
The organisers of Jewish Book Week are celebrating the festival’s highest-ever ticket sales.
Around 14,000 seats were sold during the nine-day event, which ended on Sunday with sell-out sessions by authors Alain De Botton and A B Yehoshua.
Book Week director Geraldine D’Amico said: “Every event was well-attended and lots of sessions sold out. There was a real buzz about the place and everyone was on a high. We were blessed with many great speakers.
“We are very pleased because we have obviously not felt the credit crunch, despite the difficult times.”
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