Chinese embassy posts, then deletes, anti-Semitic image on Twitter
The Chinese embassy in Japan recently uploaded, and then deleted, an anti-Semitic image on its official Twitter account.
The embassy tweeted on Thursday a cartoon image that showed the United States as the Grim Reaper, dressed in...
How can the US and Israel better align to meet challenges posed by China?
Greater awareness over the presence of China in worldwide technology and infrastructure spheres competing directly for influence against the United States will require more careful consideration of the type of investments allies such as...
International Federation imposes four-year judo ban on Iran over discrimination
The International Judo Federation suspended Iran on Thursday for attempting to prevent its athletes compete against opponents from Israel, reported The Associated Press.
The IJF imposed a four-year ban that prevents Iranian judokas from competing at...
EU Parliament passes resolution censuring UNRWA for teaching hate in schools
The European Union Parliament passed a resolution on Wednesday that targeted the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for teaching “hate speech and violence” in its schools.
The resolution demanded that hateful...
France’s justice minister aims to change law after court ruling on Halimi murder
France’s Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti plans to introduce a bill to change French law after a court ruled that the 27-year-old man who killed Jewish woman Sarah Halimi in a 2017 anti-Semitic attack would...
Vienna communal report: Anti-Semitic incidents in Austria hit record in 2020
The number of anti-Semitic incidents in Austria last year reached the highest level since the Jewish community began its official records 19 years ago, according to a report published on Monday and cited by Reuters.
The...
French magazine devotes cover story to ‘post-COVID’ Israel
Israel’s success in beating back the coronavirus pandemic continues to attract attention in international media outlets, and this weekend, the French magazine Le Parisien devoted a cover story to Israel as an example of life “after”...
Netherlands inaugurates museum on site of former Nazi concentration camp
A museum built on the site of a former Nazi concentration camp in the Netherlands was inaugurated on Monday, also the 76th anniversary of the day the camp was handed over to the Red Cross and...
French Jews plan mass rally in Paris to demand justice for Sarah Halimi
The Jewish community in France is planning a mass rally in Paris on Sunday afternoon to demand justice for Sarah Halimi, a 65-year-old French Jew who was murdered in her home by a Muslim...
EU to present action plan for combating anti-Semitism
The European Union will release a detailed action plan later this year aimed at combating anti-Semitism, spokesperson Margaritis Schinas announced on Tuesday.
The strategy “will provide a comprehensive framework to complement and support member states’...