Jewish groups welcome immigration reform proposals in US that gives citizenship to all illegals

Jewish organizations praised President Obama’s immigration reform proposals, as well as similar measures offered by a bipartisan group of U.S. senators.

In addressing the problem of the 11 million undocumented people in the Unitd States, Obama at a speech Tuesday in Las Vegas stressed the need to enforce current laws and create a path to citizenship.

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Also weighing in was the Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism. Associate director Barbara Weinstein called the proposals “important steps toward resolving the challenges that have plagued our immigration system for far too long.” She noted that Jewish tradition “commands us to welcome the stranger.”

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Meanwhile Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that Israel must be a Jewish state “or there will never be peace”

More on this here: http://newobserveronline.com/netanyahu-demands-jews-only-state-so-why-do-americas-jews-support-open-borders-for-the-us/

Tel Aviv University collating all laws of the world against racism

Much has changed since the 2001 Durban Conference in South Africa turned into a platform for anti-Semitism. European countries have enacted ambitious anti-discrimination legislation, as well as laws governing incitement to racism, xenophobia, Holocaust denial, anti-Semitism and genocide.

Source: Haaretz

Good commentary here:
http://islamversuseurope.blogspot.gr/2013/12/tel-aviv-university-collating-all-laws.html

Holocaust Researchers Catalog 42,500 Nazi Ghettos, Camps; Numbers Are 'Unbelievable'

They've identified more than 42,500 of various sizes, about six times the number they expected to find. The sites ranged from killing centers to brothels to ghettos to labor camps.
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The lead editors of a multi-volume encyclopedia being published by the museum put the number of people imprisoned or killed at the sites at 15 million to 20 million.

Source: http://www.newser.com/story/163726/holocaust-even-worse-than-we-thought.html

"Jews Live In Fear", Says Jewish EU Parliament President

"Yes, Jews are living in fear in Europe. Yes, there are threats," Schulz said. "But, ladies and gentlemen -- why are we not [living in 1929]? Because there is a European Parliament. Because there are common European Institutions. Because a consequence was taken after the Second World War -- after its deepest point of civilization represented by Auschwitz."
Source: JTA

Israel Foreign Minister: Not supporting Israel equates to inviting another holocaust

Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman criticised Europe on Tuesday, saying its treatment of the Jewish state was comparable to policies during the Holocaust.
Source: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/israel-fm-says-eus-jewish-policy-1930s-083254807.html