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B’nai Brith International says such trivialization “deeply disrespects the victims of the greatest tragedy in the history of mankind.”
“You can only convert so many people, but you can mobilize leftist students who don’t necessarily agree with Shia Islam but radical political causes Iran agrees with,” says Emanuele Ottolenghi.
Pedro Guinzberg, 21, who grew up in a small Jewish community in the Argentinian city of Bahía Blanca, says the choice to make Israel his home came out of a love for the Jewish people.
Argentine Jews skeptical, saying the report could be “propaganda” designed to help pave the way to a new nuclear deal with Tehran.
“Holocaust remembrance, education and research are the keys to fighting intolerance, hatred and anti-Semitism,” said Yad Vashem chairman Dani Dayan, who also discussed the rise in hate speech with the Argentinian president.
“This is a part of the world that is far physically from Israel but not distant from our point of view,” said Ruth Cohen-Dar, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ director of the Department for Combating Anti-Semitism.
The man was rushed to the hospital, but the medical staff was unable to save his life.
Few countries in the region have adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of anti-Semitism, and few have anti-discrimination laws.
U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt was in Argentina for the AMIA bombing ceremony, where attendees waved black-and-white photos of the victims.
Anti-Semitism envoy Deborah Lipstadt will participate in a ceremony commemorating the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.
“[We are] honored to be part of this great story between these two countries, working in coordination with legislators whose support for Israel stems from their Judeo-Christian values,” said Israel Allies Foundation Latin America director Leopoldo Martinez.
“If you had told me a year ago that would be the first place I would go, obviously, you’re dreaming,” said Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Deborah Lipstadt.
