Suspect arrested after swastikas spray-painted on Montreal synagogue
A man has been arrested after a synagogue in Montreal was vandalized on Wednesday.
Multiple swastikas were spray-painted on the front doors of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim. The 16-year-old synagogue has been closed due to the...
Etsy removes ‘Camp Auschwitz’ shirt following mob invasion of US Capitol
Etsy has removed a T-shirt with the words “Camp Auschwitz” following the Jan. 6 mob invasion of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump.
The e-commerce site made the move six hours...
Jewish groups welcome European handbook on anti-Semitism
European Jewish groups welcomed the publication of a handbook for the practical use of the Working Definition of Antisemitism of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) as a tool to fight against Jewish hatred...
Building bridges: 2020 a successful year for Israel-Europe relations
The past year was relatively successful in terms of Israel’s relationship with Europe, according to a survey presented by Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi on Monday to the Jewish state’s ambassadors to European countries.
Among...
The French Connection between Islamism and BDS
Paris, 6 January
Mr. President,
You recently called Islam “a religion in crisis.” You also shut down mosques allegedly frequented by extremists, as centres emanating a hate that encouraged a wave of violence and terrorism.
Your policy...
Greece, Israel to sign largest-ever defense procurement deal
Greece has approved Israel’s bid for a 20-year, $1.68 billion defense contract for the establishment of a flight school for the Hellenic Air Force, Israel’s Defense Ministry announced on Monday. The defense procurement agreement,...
France gives $10 million to pro-BDS Palestinian group
France’s government has given roughly $10 million to a Palestinian group that supports boycotting Israel, despite the fact that in the country, promoting BDS is illegal.
The French Development Agency, or AFD, which focuses on...
Wiesenthal Center releases list of 2020’s 10 worst anti-Semitic incidents
The Simon Wiesenthal Center on Tuesday unveiled its list of 2020’s top 10 worst anti-Semitic incidents.
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean and director of Global Social Action Agenda at the Wiesenthal Center, said that while it was...
Ukraine Airlines to compensate Israeli couple over anti-Semitic slurs
An Israeli court has ruled that Ukraine International Airlines will have to pay an Israeli couple 5,000 shekels ($1,550) in compensation for publicly humiliating the two in an incident that happened two and a...
German court sentences Halle synagogue attacker to life in prison
A German court sentenced the shooter of a 2019 attack on a synagogue in Halle that killed two people to life in prison on Monday.
The court found Stephan Balliet, 27, a German neo-Nazi from Saxony-Anhalt, guilty...