Europe
The 32-million-page archive covers mostly Dutch people investigated for collaboration with occupying German forces during World War II.
It is the third time that the menorah has been kindled together by interfaith groups in Lublin.
Israel’s top diplomat noted a rise in immigration from France and Britain amid surging global antisemitism.
Pro-Palestinian protesters called for a boycott of the game, saying hosting it “legitimizes the murderous Zionist regime.”
Jew-hatred and the “cowardice” of officials have eroded the confidence of Londoner Mervyn Kersh, the 100-year-old told JNS.
For years after World War II, he worked with the U.S. military to track down and identify SS leaders who had disappeared.
Critics said the juxtaposition in the annual Christmas address was misguided and an exercise in “looking the other way.”
The heaviest punishment was six months in jail, a quarter of the requested time and a fraction of the maximum.
“We are witnessing a paradigm shift in Europe” as the radical right draws closer to the Jewish state, said Belgian lawmaker Sam van Rooy.
Polish media had speculated that the Israeli premier was not traveling for the event due to fear of arrest.
Swedish and Norwegian security services have raised alarms about these Tehran-backed operations.
Some 44% of European Jewish youth have faced antisemitic harassment.
