Antisemitism
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“We want to have a clear engagement to denounce any antisemitic attitude or feeling in the system,” said Miguel Moratinos, who monitors antisemitism at the United Nations. “Our plan is similar to the European strategy. We will be inspired by certain elements.”
Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli introduced the measure at the Cabinet meeting.
Opponents of Ajax Amsterdam often refer to the club as “The Jews,” as the team has had several Jewish chairmen and notable players.
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“When you see antisemitism, that’s not just hatred against Jews. That’s a breakdown in the fundamental systems that protect us all,” said Daniel Pomerantz, CEO of RealityCheck.
From spray-painted swastikas and hateful fliers to the arrest of a Holocaust-denying vandal and the sentencing of would-be terrorists aspiring to sabotage America’s power grid.
“The targeting of Jewish schools and businesses and destroying the Israeli flag send a hateful message to Canada’s Jews,” said Michael Levitt, CEO of the Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
The cartoon depicted outgoing BBC chairman Richard Sharp, who is Jewish, with exaggerated features and carrying a puppet of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
The social-media company “should be very specific about Jew-hatred, calling out Holocaust denial specifically,” said Kenneth Marcus of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law.
The Florida governor signed a bill to help his state combat antisemitism and vowed to keep the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem.
“Why do you kill in Palestine” was spray-painted outside a Chabad synagogue in the city.
Realtor Tariq Khan praised a convicted terrorist, denied the Holocaust and portrayed trope-laden images of the Israeli prime minister.
