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Jerusalem Post: Russia turns to Israel for help in investigation into train bombing


http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1259831456324&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
By JPOST.COM STAFF

Russia asked Israel on Thursday for assistance in securing its public transportation system in the wake of last week's terrorist attack on a train near Moscow, Army Radio reported.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Victor Zubkov, requested that Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman allow the committee investigating the attack to visit Israel.

It is suspected that last week's attack, in which 26 people were killed, was perpetrated by a Chechen-Muslim terrorist organization.


Reuters: INTERVIEW - Rabbis fear Europe's Jews next after minaret ban


http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-44447020091203
Fri Dec 4, 2009 4:23am IST

By Michael Stott

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Switzerland's ban on building minarets will fuel xenophobia and risks making Jews the next target of religious intolerance, according to European rabbis meeting in Moscow.

The Conference of European Rabbis condemned the outcome of last Sunday's Swiss referendum in a resolution passed during their two-day meeting, international relations director Philip Carmel told Reuters on Thursday.

"We don't have a situation of the extreme right in Europe attacking Jews because they are content to attack Muslims," he said. "But the Swiss example is classic: it's not just Muslims who are going to be targeted by the extreme right."

Swiss voters approved a ban on building new minarets in a referendum, defying the government and parliament which had rejected the right-wing initiative as violating the Swiss constitution, freedom of religion and a cherished tradition of tolerance.

Speaking after the conference ended, Carmel said any movement towards xenophobia or extreme nationalist sentiment was "bad for Jews", adding: "The growth of the far right legitimises xenophobic opinion."

The Conference, which represents over 800 rabbis in more than 40 countries, was concerned that Jews might be the next targets of a rise in right-wing sentiment aroused by the minaret ban, he said.

The rabbis met in Moscow at the historic Choral Synagogue, scene of protests by Jews during the Soviet years when so many KGB agents stood inside that worshippers preferred to meet on the street outside. The building has been restored.

Rabbis said they were delighted by the revival of Jewish life in Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union, where their faith was relentlessly persecuted, leading to an exodus of tens of thousands.

They said the growth of Muslim extremism in western Europe's capitals was making life difficult for Jewish communities there.

Jonasan Abraham, a London rabbi, said it was "tragic to think that it's safer now to walk the streets of Moscow as a Jew than in many Western European capitals where you feel hostility".

In some European cities, Jews were living under tight security at schools and synagogues because of the threat from Islamic fundamentalists, the rabbis said.

"You can't talk about the Holocaust in certain classrooms because the Muslim children will stand and complain about why it is being discussed," Carmel said.

The rabbis called for European governments to combat Muslim extremism by making a commitment not to engage in dialogue with fundamentalist organisations and their representatives.

"Because of the lack of structure of umbrella Muslim groups, politicians have a tendency to prefer dialogue with those who seem to be the loudest but they are not necessarily representative," Carmel said.

(Editing by Andrew Dobbie)



Itar-Tass: Lavrov to "reset" relations with NATO

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14603601&PageNum=0
04.12.2009, 06.00

BRUSSELS, December 4 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will participate on Friday in the first Russia-NATO ministerial meeting after the five-day war in the Caucasus last year to “reset” relations spoiled by Georgian attack on South Ossetia and subsequent Russian retaliation.

Three documents have been prepared for the meeting, including a road map on Russia-NATO relationship, instruction to ambassadors to carry out the first joint analysis of security threats, and a plan to streamline Russia-NATO Council performance.

“All the three documents have been agreed and are awaiting approval by the ministers. Russian approaches were taken into account,” Russia’s Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said.

The general analysis of threats causes most interest, as ambassadors will have to clarify who threatens NATO and Russia and from where. Russian and western military believe the analysis will expose coincidence of threats. If so, it will prove the necessity of strategic cooperation between Russia and NATO.

As for Russia-NATO Council reform plans, Russia insists it has to focus on streamlining Euro-Atlantic security system. Rogozin said the Council will “reject political bureaucracy in favor of practical work, in particular, by creating separate dialogue formats at the level of experts for each cooperation vector, first and foremost, in Afghanistan.”

The ministers will also give a general assessment of Russia-NATO relations, including contradictions on CFE Treaty, the situation around South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and alliance enlargement plans.

Preparations for the first visit to Russia by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on December 15-17 will also highlight the meeting.

NATO froze relations with Russia after the conflict in South Ossetia in August 2008 and accused Moscow of disproportional retaliation against Georgian aggression. In December 2008 NATO foreign ministers agreed it was necessary to restore relations with Russia, as it was crucial for supporting the operation in Afghanistan.

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