Crispian Balmer
By Crispian Balmer
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Fast Forward Holocaust Survivor Gets Police Escort After Death Threats
ROME (Reuters) – Holocaust survivor Liliana Segre has been placed under police protection after she received threats from far-right fanatics, security sources said on Thursday, highlighting concern about rising extremism in Italy. Segre, 89, called last month for the creation of a parliamentary commission to investigate hate, racism and anti-Semitism after she was the subject…
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Fast Forward Israelis Line Up Behind Gaza War — Even as Casualties Mount
(Reuters) — When 20-year-old Israeli soldier Daniel Pomerantz died in a Hamas ambush in the Gaza Strip, his small village near Tel Aviv decided they finally needed a cemetery to bury their dead. Surrounded by hundreds of relatives and friends, some sobbing uncontrollably, his flag-draped coffin was lowered into the ground at sunset on Thursday,…
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Fast Forward Pope Francis Poised To Arrive in West Bank
Pope Francis flies to the West Bank on Sunday to start the most delicate part of his stay in the Middle East, with visits to the Palestinian Territories and Israel, where his every word will be scrutinized. Church officials say his three-day tour of the region, which started on Saturday in Jordan, is purely focused…
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