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viernes, 24 de septiembre de 2021

80th anniversary of the Farhud pogrom against Iraq’s Jews marked by BBC

Radio 4 broadcast a news package about the 1941 riots in which at least 180 Jews were killed, thousands were injured and 900 homes were looted.

Monument "Prayer" in Ramat Gan in memory of the Jews who were killed in Iraq in the Pogrom Farhud

The 80th anniversary of a pogrom against Iraq’s Jewish community in 1941, was marked by BBC Radio 4 on Sunday.

In a news package, the broadcaster recalled the history of the antisemitic attack against the Baghdadi community over the festival of Shavuot from 1-2 June 1941. It led to the deaths of at least 180 Jews, 1,000 people who were injured and the looting of 900 homes.

lunes, 17 de septiembre de 2018

BEN-GURION’S VISION UNLIKE YOU HAVE EVER HEARD IT BEFORE





In 1956, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion spoke on radio – in English – in the most powerful way about the most basic aspects of Zionism.

His visions have largely been fulfilled, but not all of them.