Over 2,700 reported anti-Semitic incidents in Germany in 2021
The Department for Research and Information on Anti-Semitism (RIAS) in Germany said on Tuesday that it documented 2,738 anti-Semitic incidents last year, including 63 attacks and six cases of extreme violence.
The German government’s commissioner...
German Jews, politicians up in arms over failure to prosecute synagogue arsonist
On June 5, 2021, a man identified by German media as Serkan P. allegedly attempted to burn down the Ulm synagogue, in the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg. Firefighters extinguished the blaze. Five days later,...
Simon Wiesenthal Center grants Pope Francis 1919 anti-Semitic letter by Hitler
A 30-member Simon Wiesenthal Center international delegation met with Pope Francis on Wednesday to present a facsimile of an original four-page 1919 document authored and signed by Adolf Hitler, in which he openly espouses the destruction of...
Works at German art festival cause stir over anti-Israel, anti-Semitic nature
Anti-Semitic images at a leading art festival in Germany are being removed or covered up after German Jewish organizations and the Israeli embassy in Berlin came together to denounce a biased curation.
The images appeared...
Ex-Russian diplomat: US-Moscow confrontation more likely in Syria than Ukraine
Former Russian diplomat Andrey Balkanov said in a June 19 interview on the Al Jazeera network in Qatar that a confrontation between the United States and Russia is more likely in Syria than in Ukraine, and...
Sweden undertakes measures to address Jewish life, anti-Semitism in country
Sweden is appointing an official to examine the obstacles to Jewish life in the Scandinavian country and make proposals on how to strengthen Jewish life there, according to the European Jewish Congress, which praised...
British Labour Party continues to struggle with anti-Semitism within its ranks
The Labour Party in Great Britain has suspended several local officials in recent weeks after they made anti-Semitic comments as the party struggles to overcome the legacy of its former leader and anti-Israel supporter...
Fury over German court’s ‘anti-Semitic’ pro-BDS ruling
The Stuttgart Administrative Court recently ruled that calls to single out the Jewish state for boycott, divestment and sanctions do not violate Germany’s laws against hate speech and are protected, sparking outrage from critics...
Egypt, Israel, EU sign deal to supply natural gas to European countries
Egypt, Israel and the European Union signed a deal on Wednesday to increase liquified natural-gas sales to E.U. countries that want to diversify from their dependence on Russian energy supplies.
The deal was signed in...
At Ottowa conference, anti-Israel activist Khaled Barakat blames Jews for Palestinian violence
A Canadian resident with ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine took to the stage in Ottawa recently, where expressed his support for arming Palestinians and took aim at the Canadian...