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David Triesman, who also resigned as the whip in the House of Lords, remarked, “It [is] time to recognize the reality. I always said it was worth hanging on to fight so long as there was a prospect of winning. I now don’t believe with this leadership there is.”
A California Department of Justice report documents 126 instances of anti-Semitic hate crimes in 2018—an increase from 104 in 2017, but down from 160 in 2009.
A conference on anti-Semitism in Berlin revealed varying ideological roots of contemporary anti-Semitism according to different parts of the world.
Real estate agents note that the sense of danger and insecurity among Diaspora Jews is prompting them to buy homes in the Jewish state.
“I wasn’t involved in the decision,” said British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. “It was an independent panel set up through the national executive. They examined the case and decided to admit him back in, albeit with a reprimand.”
“The sounds we heard at Pittsburgh and Poway do not allow us to act with restraint,” said Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon.
“We pride ourselves as being a home for every Jew—a welcoming environment for everybody,” said Rabbi Moshe Bleich. “The last thing we would want is that people should not feel safe and not feel comfortable to come to a synagogue.”
This year’s meeting in Jerusalem hosted 350 pro-Israel and Jewish leaders and activists from 40 countries, with the goal of strengthening and consolidating the global pro-Israel advocacy network.
Kelly Craft said “there’s no place” for the United Nations to establish a blacklist of businesses that work with or are in Israel, an effort by some to further the anti-Israel BDS movement.
The university’s Union of Jewish Students said “it is chilling to see a crowd of students laugh off flagrantly anti-Semitic comments. Freedom of speech is not a joke when it incites hatred against one people.”
Anti-Semitic incidents in Canada rose by 16.5 percent in 2018, with a total of 2,041 total incidents reported.
Legislation has been introduced in states like Ohio, and in Congress, to provide funding to religious institutions to protect attendees from potential attacks.
