Jewish group applauds arrest of Canadian Nationalist Party leader advocating hate
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) applauded the arrest of Canadian Nationalist Party leader Travis Patron, who has been charged with the willful promotion of hate in connection to an anti-Semitic video he created...
Germany urges Iran not to block IAEA inspectors from nuclear sites
A German diplomat said on Tuesday that if Iran follows through on its threat to block International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors’ access to its nuclear sites, the move would be “completely unacceptable.”
“We urge Iran to refrain...
French lawmakers pass bill to combat Islamist extremism, separatism
France’s National Assembly passed a bill on Tuesday trumpeted by President Emmanuel Macron as a means to address the problem of Islamist extremism and separatism.
“It’s an extremely strong secular offensive,” French Interior Minister Gerald...
Spain’s Jewish communities insist on investigation into neo-Nazi rally
The Federation of Jewish Communities in Spain (FCJE) called on the country’s hate-crimes public prosecutor to investigate anti-Semitic hate speech made during a demonstration in Madrid on Feb. 13 of more than 300 people...
Karim Khan elected to replace Fatou Bensouda as ICC prosecutor
The Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute elected British attorney Karim Khan as the new chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Friday.
Khan, a criminal lawyer and human-rights expert, is currently...
Report: Decrease in anti-Semitic incidents in UK, though numbers remain high
A report released on Thursday shows a slight decrease in the number of anti-Semitic incidents in 2020 across the United Kingdom, even though the numbers still remain quite high.
These were the findings of the United Kingdom’s Jewish communal...
Former Portugal leader sends anti-Jewish COVID tweet, Nazi salutes on Portuguese TV
A leader of Portugal’s 1974 revolution is being criticized after he posted anti-Semitic tweets earlier this week about the COVID-19 vaccine. The criticism comes just days after a contestant in a Portuguese TV show...
Germany, Hungary criticize ICC ruling on Israel probe
The foreign ministers of Germany and Hungary on Tuesday criticized last week’s ruling by the International Criminal Court that Judea and Samaria, the Gaza Strip and eastern Jerusalem are within its jurisdiction, clearing the...
Polish court ruling on Holocaust libel case causes profound concern among Jewish groups
A ruling issued by a court in Poland on Tuesday is meeting fierce criticism from Jewish groups and others who claim that the decision will silence further examination of the role of Polish citizens...
UNRWA textbooks under scrutiny by EU Parliament committee
Palestinian textbooks provided by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) came under scrutiny during a recent hearing of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee.
The attention was prompted by a report issued by the Institute for...