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Abusive behavior was responsible for 62 percent of incidents with physical attacks accounting for 11 incidents, up from six in 2019.
Holly Huffnagle, the organization’s U.S. director for combating anti-Semitism, said “given the proliferation of anti-Semitism online and offline, ‘Translate Hate’ is increasingly recognized as an essential tool.”
Craig Heimbichner said his writings about conspiracy theories were written from “a scholarly standpoint.”
Israel’s Minister for Strategic Affairs Michael Biton said “the distorted reality presented by Human Rights Watch is part of its ongoing political and obsessive campaign against Israel in recent years.”
It asks U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to consider the Nexus document and Jerusalem Declaration on anti-Semitism, in addition to the official IHRA one.
The “comprehensive” program is set to receive $1.8 billion in funding.
Five civilian leaders have joined, including Devorah Halberstam, whose teenage son was shot and killed in an anti-Semitic attack in 1994.
Congress passed a bill late last year that elevated the position to the rank of a presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed ambassador who reports directly to the secretary of state.
“The purpose is not simply to mandate a look back in history. It is about our forward-facing goal of improving our future as a society by reflecting upon tragedies and injustices of the past from which key lessons must be learned,” said Arizona State Sen. Paul Boyer.
Participants will explore the “potentials and limitations of a state-sponsored definition of anti-Semitism.”
Benjamin Michael Garcia, 30, is facing criminal mischief vandalism charges and could face hate-crime charges as well.
The reports, which sent shockwaves of anger and embarrassment throughout Duxbury, a small Massachusetts community of 16,000, have drawn national press and is the latest anti-Semitic instance involving paid municipal leaders.
