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EASTERN EUROPE

	Russia calls on countries to agree on Moscow Mideast conference date Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has urged countries set to take part in a Mideast peace conference in Moscow to agree on a timetable for the meeting as soon as possible.

Poland drops Nazi war crimes probe into 'Ivan the Terrible'

The investigation was dropped due to a lack of evidence to incriminate Demjanjuk for murder.

'My Eretz’: a photographic exhibition on the State of Israel in Prague

The exhibition is the culmination of three years work by the photographer Vladimir Zelensky.

Israeli rocker regains Polish citizenship stripped in 1968

As a child he left the Polish city of Bytom with his family as one of thousands of Jews exiled by Poland's Communists.

More Eastern Europe:

	Yad Vashem to host largest conference on Holocaust education
	EU French Presidency condemns ‘heinous terrorist attack’ in Jerusalem
	Zagreb mayor slams police over pro-Nazi symbols at concert
	European Jewish body urges EU to enforce sanctions against Iran 'in the strictest manner'
	UNICEF called to reconsider decision to reject donations from Jewish philanthropist
	Jewish community outraged by Hungarian court rejection of hate speech amendments
	UNICEF called to reconsider decision to reject donations from Jewish philanthropist

Exclusive Interviews
	Interview with Jan Tombinski, Ambassador of Poland in France
	Ukraine minister requests support
	Belgrade mayor speaks out
	Baltic president on Jewish vitality

Landmark Libeskind tower under construction in Warsaw Work has begun on a landmark futuristic residential skyscraper designed by acclaimed US architect Daniel Libeskind in Poland's capital Warsaw.		EJC president: 'Israelis should think how they could strengthen our communities.' European Jewish Congress president Moshe Kantor said that today European Jews 'hould think only how they could strengthen Israel' and 'sraelis should think how they could strengthen our communities.'

Day in history

4 July 1976
The Entebbe Rescue

256 hostages from an Air France plane are held prisoners by Palestinian terrorists and Ugandan soldiers at Entebbe airport.

After 8 days they are rescued by Israeli commandos in a brilliant ruse under the command of Yonatan Netanyahu who was shot in the back during the rescue.

EJP PICTURE OF THE WEEK

Around 45,000 people joined last Sunday the Salute to Israel Parade and Rally in central London and Manchester, celebrating Israel's 60th anniversary.