EU calls Abbas Holocaust remarks ‘unacceptable’

The European Union’s foreign service condemned remarks on the Holocaust by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as ‘unacceptable,’ echoing criticism on Wednesday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

World fumes over Abbas’s antisemitism

Friends and foes alike blasted Abbas as an “antisemite” and a “Holocaust denier,” after he charged that the Nazis killed Jews in the Holocaust because they were money lenders.

Trump delays metal tariffs on Canada, EU, Mexico, exempts some others

U.S. President Donald Trump has postponed the imposition of steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, the European Union and Mexico until June 1, and has reached agreements for permanent exemptions for Argentina, Australia and Brazil, the White House said on Monday.

Turkey Calls on Europe to Criminalize “Islamophobia”

At an event held in on April 11 to unveil the 2017 European Islamophobia Report — released by the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called on EU governments to criminalize Islamophobia.

Trump and France’s Macron seek new measures on Iran as deadline looms

U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Tuesday to seek stronger measures to contain Iran, but Trump refrained from committing to staying in a 2015 nuclear deal and threatened Tehran with retaliation if it restarted its nuclear program.

Iranians Hit By ‘Perfect Currency Storm’

Every day, hundreds head to Tehran’s bustling Ferdowsi street to buy foreign currency, only to find that many exchange offices have shut up shop, have turned off their currency-rate displays, or have signs up reading, ‘We don’t have U.S. dollars to sell.’

Turkey’s Erdogan declares early elections on June 24

President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called snap elections for June 24, saying economic challenges and the war in Syria meant Turkey must switch quickly to the powerful executive presidency that goes into effect after the vote.

Europe to Hamas: Disarm and we’ll rebuild Gaza

European groups recently passed on to Hamas a wide-reaching proposition to solve the humanitarian crises in Gaza, The Jerusalem Post’s sister publication Maariv reported on Monday.

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