Muslim employees of D.C. hotel say they were barred from floors where Israelis stayed

Muslim employees of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington said they felt discriminated against after being barred over the weekend from floors where an Israeli delegation was staying, a Muslim advocacy group said. The hotel’s general manager, Amanda Hyndman, said the hotel rearranged some shifts and told some workers not to come in after a…

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Warning over record number of anti-Semitic attacks in Britain

A record number of anti-Semitic attacks is “deeply troubling,” Prime Minister Gordon Brown said today. More than 924 reports of bigoted violence and abuse — 460 of which were in London — were received last year by the Jewish Community Security Trust. The charity, which monitors anti-Semitism in Britain, said the figures marked the worst…

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Police officer knocked out at Gaza protest

A policeman has been knocked unconscious and two others have been injured during a protest in London against the fighting in Gaza. An initially peaceful demonstration ended with a group of protesters throwing missiles at police and smashing windows on Kensington High Street near the Israeli Embassy. Riot officers from the Metropolitan Police force charged…

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Pro-Palestinian protest in Paris turns violent

A large pro-Palestinian protest in the shopping district in Paris turned violent. A pro-Palestinian umbrella group, including France’s Communist Party, led more than 21,000 demonstrators, according to reports, in a march Saturday afternoon protesting Israel’s military actions over the past week in the Gaza Strip. Police blocked the demonstrators from reaching the Israeli Embassy. Protesters…

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