Antisemitism
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On several occasions covering International Holocaust Remembrance Day, presenters said 6 million “people” had been killed by the Nazis.
The U.S. ambassador to Israel warned of the “poisonous hatred” of antisemitism, calling it “pure evil.”
An EU survey found a sharp rise in belief that events in the Mideast shape perceptions of Jews, alongside growing concern about antisemitism
The Israeli prime minister thanked the president and former president of Republika Srpska for their strong stance against antisemitism.
“I believe that the Nobel committee should take a stand on antisemitism,” Norwegian lawmaker Joel Ystebø tells JNS..
Johann Wadephul defends Israel ties despite a partial arms embargo, vows Berlin will keep buying Israeli defense systems.
“There was nothing that explicitly connects antisemitism studies, which is a subdiscipline more popular in Europe, with the discipline of Holocaust studies,” Professor Adam Rovner told JNS.
The Burlington council separately voted in favor of a measure promoting “restorative community dialogue sessions” on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“Israel will not hesitate to act to defend itself and to ensure that history does not repeat itself,” Ofir Akunis, the Israeli consul general in New York, stated.
Vijay Iyer’s appointment “suggests that those who write fairly about Israel will be marginalized,” Daniel Mariaschin, of B’nai B’rith, told JNS.
Speaking at the Vatican to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the pontiff called on world leaders to remain vigilant so that genocide is never repeated.
Sites from Berlin to Jerusalem lit up in yellow for the World Jewish Congress’s #WeRemember campaign.
