Europe
The two unidentified men ripped her cellphone out of her hands and punched her in the face, asking “Are you afraid, you Jewess?”
“Hopefully, the Dutch decision will serve as a precedent for other European parliaments,” said Palestinian Media Watch senior analyst Nan Zilberdik.
The survey of 16,500 Jews living in 12 European Union nations found that 90 percent of the respondents said anti-Semitism has worsened in their countries over the past five years.
Several tombs were tagged with swastikas, and inscriptions were written on the walls of the cemetery, among them “Crif = Zog” or “88,” a formula used by the neo-Nazi groups to designate Hitler.
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini began his trip in the Jewish state touring Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, where the IDF has uncovered cross-border attack tunnels built by Hezbollah.
A unique lamp wick dating back to the Byzantine period was uncovered by the Antiquities Authority at the Negev Desert Roman Empire settlement of Shivta.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asks Naftali Bennett for a solution after Bennett warns that Israel is unprepared to accommodate 200,000 French Jews who want to make aliyah • Bennett: Israel has a moral obligation to help French Jews come to Israel.
Nearly one-third (30 percent) of respondents said they had personally experienced anti-Semitic attacks. Most of those were people whose appearance identified them as Jews.
A comprehensive survey conducted by CNN found alarming levels of anti-Semitic attitudes among Europeans, with statistics on anti-Semitic acts across Europe “mind-boggling.”
Vandal smashes window of Basel’s Chabad synagogue with worshippers inside for Shabbat services • “The attackers want to intimidate us, but they will not succeed,” says Rabbi Zalmen Wishedski.
The senator also mentioned an increase in anti-Semitism in Europe being of significant concern.
“I look at what they do, at what they say also on the European level,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
