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...family's claim is the largest ever made to the Dutch government. After the war, it reclaimed many works of art stolen or bought by the Nazis during the occupation of the Netherlands. Destitute and trying to build up its coffers, the government discouraged claims, wanting returning Jewish families to buy back their art instead. It was an impossible feat for many. Claims were dismissed as thousands of works of art held by the state were loaned to Dutch institutions, many prominently on display for decades in national museums as their families tried to get them back...
...which have been reported on by the Committee. The government has so far followed the Committee's advice in all cases, some 75 percent favorably resolved for the claimants. "They've made a big effort to make right what was done wrong," says Joel Cahen, Director of the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam. Ministry of Culture spokesman Bob van het Klooster says people can submit claims indefinitely, although they expect the Katz' are the last of the big claims. "There aren't any more big art dealers left who had to flee...
Argentina has accused Iran of complicity in the deadly 1990s bombings of the Israeli embassy and a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. Do Chavez's close ties to Iran affect Argentine relations with Venezuela in that regard? I can't select another head of state's friends any more than I can select another head of state. We have good relations with Israel, which has close ties to England; but should I let Argentina's differences with England over the Malvinas [The Falkland Islands] affect our relations with Israel? You have to respect certain aspects of another nation...
...fool he truly is.It is a great shame that Ahmadinejad chose the latter. He gave ludicrous and non-committal answers such as “we [Iran] are a peace-loving nation…we love all nations” and “we are friends with the Jewish people.” Some of Ahmadinejad’s answers were simply inaccurate (“Jews, Christians and Muslims…don’t have any serious problems”), while other comments confirmed Bollinger’s existing suspicions that Ahmadinejad is “either...
...those who’ve seen pictures of Berlin’s Jewish Museum, actually arriving there can be a confusing experience. I had expected the surroundings to match Daniel Libeskind’s jagged zinc zig-zag of a building. As unlikely as such a construction might be in other cities, Berlin loves its cutting-edge architecture. And the museum fell along the border between the eastern and western parts of the city, suggesting that it might be part of one of the many deconstructionist paradises that sprang up on land formerly occupied by the Berlin Wall. Instead...