Antisemitism
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“The study of anti-Semitism has taught us a lot of things ... if you allow it space to grow, it will metastasize. It is a resilient cancer in our society,” said Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center to Counter Digital Hate.
“Over 30 countries have adopted the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism, but only 10 countries announced they wouldn’t participate,” says Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan.
Titled “Beyond the Textbooks,” a report uncovers 22 recent cases of UNRWA staff provocation that violates the agency’s own rules.
It was placed by the media watchdog group CAMERA, which has used the platform before to raise awareness of Jewish issues.
Her nomination was hailed by numerous Jewish organizations, which over the past months had been lobbying the White House to appoint a candidate as violent acts of anti-Semitism have surged.
The incident is a reminder to “embrace each other and our history,” says Lori Palatnik of the Jewish organization Momentum. “Now at a time when no Jew is imprisoned; our only prison is ignorance of our own history. Now it’s no longer ‘let my people go.’ Now it’s got to be ‘let my people know.’ ”
An electrical engineer and computer analyst, she survived the “Farhud” pogrom in Iraq as a child.
Nine other countries—the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Austria, Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Israel—announced that they will not be attending the conference.
Jewish politicians and organizations responded by pointing out that these types of incidents are why the administration must name an anti-Semitism envoy immediately.
District Attorney Eric Gonzalez named the defendants: Daniel Shaukat, 20, of Bensonhurst; Haider Anjam, 21, of Midwood; and Ashan Azad 19, also of Midwood.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken highlighted the global challenges for democracy, the plight of political prisoners around the world and the importance of combating anti-Semitism in all of its forms.
John Earnest, 19 at the time, called 911 and said he committed the act because Jews were trying to “destroy all white people.”
