Report: France backs designating Hezbollah militiamen terrorists

Published on March 29, 2013

The French government supports adding the armed wing of Hezbollah to the European Union’s list of terrorist organizations, an Arabic daily reported.

Cyprus court jails Hezbollah man for plotting to attack Israelis

Published on March 28, 2013

A Cyprus court sentenced a member of Lebanon's Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah movement to four years in jail on Thursday on charges of plotting to attack Israeli interests on the island.

The Devil in the details of the Shoah in Greater Bulgaria

Published on March 20, 2013

For over sixty years Bulgaria has been urging the world to accept five words as telling its Holocaust story: “We saved all our Jews.” To which we reply with six words: “Would that it were completely true.”

Bulgaria expels visiting Hamas lawmakers

Published on February 18, 2013

Bulgaria reportedly expelled a group of Hamas lawmakers who were visiting from the Gaza Strip.

Hamas delegates told to leave Bulgaria

Published on February 15, 2013

Bulgarian security forces ordered a group of Hamas officials visiting Sofia to leave the country.

Iran denies involvement in Bulgaria bomb attack

Published on February 8, 2013

Iran played no part in the bombing of a bus last year that killed Israeli tourists, its ambassador to Bulgaria said on Friday, rejecting Israeli charges that it was involved in the attack.

Hezbollah denies involvement in Burgas attack

Published on February 7, 2013

Hezbollah denied it was involved in a terrorist attack in Bulgaria that killed six, including five Israelis.

Israel says Iran, Hezbollah waging global terror campaign

Published on February 5, 2013

Two men with links to the terrorist organization Hezbollah were implicated in a terrorist attack in Bulgaria that killed six, including five Israelis, a Bulgarian official has said.

EU official: Hezbollah may not make terror list, even with Bulgaria bombing

Published on January 28, 2013

Hezbollah may not be included on the European Union's list of terrorist groups even if it did bomb Jewish tourists in Bulgaria, the EU's top counter-terrorism official reportedly said.

Report: Bulgaria lacks proof of Hezbollah involvement in terrorist attack

Published on January 18, 2013

Bulgaria says there is no evidence that Hezbollah was behind an attack on Israelis last year.

Burgas bombing investigator dismissed for leaking info to media

Published on January 7, 2013

An investigator in the deadly July bombing in Burgas was dismissed for leaking classified information to the media.

Bulgarian police identify accomplice in Burgas bombing

Published on January 3, 2013

Bulgaria’s security services reportedly have discovered the identity of one of the perpetrators of the July bombing in Burgas that killed five Israelis and a Bulgarian.

Shapiro at 9/11 ceremony: U.S. won’t allow Iran to have nuclear weapon

Published on September 11, 2012

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro said that the United States “would not permit Iran to be armed with a nuclear weapon.”

Families of Burgas victims attend memorial ceremony, visit attack site

Published on August 28, 2012

The families of the Israelis killed in a terror attack at the airport in Burgas, Bulgaria, attended a ceremony for the victims.

Bulgarian police release photo of bomb attack accomplice

Published on August 16, 2012

Bulgarian police released a computer-generated image and a fake driver's license photo of a man believed to be an accomplice in the bombing of an Israeli tour bus in Burgas that killed six.

Report: Calls between Lebanon and Burgas increased before attack

Published on August 9, 2012

Israel has evidence of many telephone calls between Lebanon and Burgas in the two months before the bombing that killed six people, The New York Times reported.

July 31, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on July 31, 2012

Arab Israeli MK Zoabi blames Israeli policy for terror attack in Bulgaria

Published on July 27, 2012

An Israeli Arab Knesset member said that Israeli policy led to the deadly recent terrorist attack against Israeli tourists in Bulgaria.

Iran accuses Israel of plotting Bulgaria bus attack

Published on July 25, 2012

Iran's U.N. envoy accused Israel on Wednesday of plotting and carrying out a suicide bomb attack on a bus in Bulgaria a week ago in which five Israeli tourists were killed.

Editorial Cartoon: The Endless Relay Race

By Steve Greenberg
Published on July 25, 2012

Suicide bomber behind Bulgaria bus attack had help, Bulgarian prime minister says

Published on July 24, 2012

A suicide bomber who killed five Israeli tourists when he blew up a bus in Bulgaria last week was backed up by an organized group who helped him plan and carry out the attack, Boiko Borisov, the Bulgarian prime minister, said on Tuesday.

Hezbollah: Uncertain future, but still dangerous

Published on July 23, 2012

Hezbollah may have hurt Israel with last week’s bus bombing in Bulgaria, but the Lebanese terrorist faction faces an uncertain future as one of its main sponsors -- Syria’s Assad regime -- faces a serious revolt and weakening support from once Arab allies, according to analysts.

In Bulgaria, Israel’s tourism minister vows to continue tourism ties

Published on July 23, 2012

Israeli Minister of Tourism Stas Misezhnikov traveled to Bulgaria to shore up the relationship between the two countries in the wake of the deadly attack on a bus full of Israeli tourists.

A meditation on the Bulgaria and Colorado tragedies

Published on July 20, 2012

The month of Av has come upon us in a manner true to historical form. Mishenikhnas Av, m’ma’atin b’simha… When the month of Av begins, we are told, we are instructed to diminish our joy. Sadly, a week of violence and tragedy all over the world has done it for us.

Lebanese forces prepared to repel Israeli attacks against Hezbollah

Published on July 20, 2012

Lebanon’s army is prepared to defend the country following Israel’s claim that the Iran or its allies such as Hezbollah carried out the deadly terrorist bombing in Bulgaria.

New York tightens security around Jewish venues

Published on July 20, 2012

Up to 100 critical response vehicles have been deployed in New York Jewish neighborhoods and around synagogues following the terrorist bombing in Bulgaria targeting Israelis.

Burgas bombing victims laid to rest

Published on July 20, 2012

The five Israelis killed by Wednesday's terrorist attack in Burgas, Bulgaria were buried Friday in Israel.

U.S. official: Bulgaria bomber a Hezbollah operative

Published on July 20, 2012

The suicide bomber who perpetrated the attack on Israeli tourists in Burgas, Bulgaria, was a member of Hezbollah, U.S. officials said.

Jewish organizations raising funds to help victims of the attack in Bulgaria

By Ryan Torok
Published on July 19, 2012

Jewish organizations are reaching out to help the victims of Wednesday’s terror attack by a suicide bomber in Bulgaria, which killed five Israeli tourists and a bus driver and wounded more than 30 others. To help, the Jewish Federations of North America, the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Orthodox Union all are soliciting funds to aid the wounded and the families of those killed.

Strangers to hate crimes, Bulgarian Jews reeling from Burgas bombing

Published on July 19, 2012

Until this week, leaders of Bulgaria’s small, generally placid Jewish community said felt untouched by hate crimes or terrorism.

Israel names five victims of Bulgaria terror attack

Published on July 19, 2012

The names of the five Israelis killed in a suicide bombing in Bulgaria were released Thursday, after Israeli authorities had confirmed their identification and informed the families.

Deadly Bulgaria attack survivors recall chaos, tragedy

Published on July 19, 2012

Vered Kuza was standing with her daughter, Amit, on an airport shuttle bus at Sarafovo International Airport in Burgas, Bulgaria, when she suddenly heard a blast.

Suspected suicide bomber had fake U.S. I.D.; Surveillance camera captures image

Published on July 19, 2012

A suicide bomber carried out an attack that killed seven people in a bus transporting Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, the interior minister said on Thursday, and Israel said Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants were to blame.

Planes with wounded return to Israel; Peres: ‘Israel will act against terror’

Published on July 19, 2012

President Shimon Peres said in response to the deadly attack in Bulgaria that Israel will "locate and act against terror all over the world," as the wounded and dead arrived in Israel.

Netanyahu on deadly Bulgaria bombing: ‘All signs point to Iran’

Published on July 18, 2012

A Black Sea coast town in Bulgaria became the scene of carnage when a bus carrying Israeli tourists exploded, killing at least five people and injuring at least 33. Nine people reportedly were missing.

Obama condemns deadly bus attack on Israelis in Bulgaria

Published on July 18, 2012

President Barack Obama strongly condemned an attack on Wednesday that killed at least four Israeli tourists in an explosion on a bus outside a Bulgarian airport.

Bus blast in Bulgaria kills 7, injures more than 30 — Israel blames Iran

Published on July 18, 2012

At least seven Israeli tourists were killed on Wednesday in an explosion on a bus outside a Bulgarian airport that Israel blamed on Tehran, promising a strong response to "Iranian terror."

Israeli appointed to top U.N. counterrorism position

Published on July 18, 2012

An Israeli who worked as a government attorney was appointed a leader in the United Nations Security Council's counterterrorism effort.

Bulgaria blast: Fresh updates from Shmuel Rosner’s Twitter feed

By JewishJournal.com
Published on July 18, 2012

Shmuel Rosner's live Twitter feed

WITNESS ACCOUNT: ‘We think that (it was a suicide bomber)’

Published on July 18, 2012

A suicide bomber probably caused an explosion on a bus at Bulgaria's Burgas airport which killed three people, an Israeli woman who was on the bus said.

At least 7 Israelis reported killed, dozens injured in Bulgarian terror attack

By JewishJournal
Published on July 18, 2012

Three people were killed and over 20 injured by an explosion on a bus carrying Israeli tourists outside the airport of the coastal city of Burgas on Wednesday, Bulgarian authorities said.

New Bulgarian conversion course offering a pathway to ‘official’ Judaism

Published on May 21, 2012

As a child, Gabrielle Pavlova pored over pictures of her Jewish paternal grandmother, who died decades before Pavlova was born.

A Jewish community president who can’t be called to the Torah? Meet Bulgaria’s Alex Oscar

Published on March 28, 2011

Under a cloudless blue sky, in a square wedged between the National Assembly and the Rectorate of the University of Sofia, Alexander Oscar, the young president of Sofia’s Jewish community, issued a blunt message to his countrymen. The occasion was Bulgaria's Holocaust remembrance ceremony on March 10, a day meant to celebrate the country's heroic rescue of its 50,000 Jews during World War II, a feat unequalled in any Nazi-allied country and a rightful mark of pride here.

Bulgaria marks its Holocaust remembrance day

Published on March 10, 2011

Leaders of the Bulgarian Jewish community marked Holocaust Remembrance Day at a ceremony in Sofia. The event, known officially as the Day of the Salvation of the Bulgarian Jews and of the Victims of the Holocaust and of the Crimes Against Humanity, was held Thursday morning opposite the National Assembly building. National politicians, ambassadors, Holocaust survivors and other dignitaries were on hand for the ceremony in the Bulgarian capital.

Peres visiting Bulgaria, Romania to boost relations

Published on August 11, 2010

Israeli President Shimon Peres is on a state visit to Bulgaria and Romania aimed at bolstering bilateral relations with the two Balkan nations.

Jewish school in Bulgaria vandalized

Published on March 25, 2010

Anti-Semitic graffiti was spray-painted on the walls of a Jewish school in the capital of Bulgaria.

A Star of David equated with a Nazi swastika and the words "stop occupation" were spray-painted on the wall of the Dimcho Debeljanov Jewish School, the only Jewish school in Sofia.

Olmert goes to China; Hezbollah is back; Euro righties caucus; Jews get blamed again

Published on January 11, 2007

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