Global Antisemitism This Week

NORTH AMERICA

US

• Sanders: You can support Israelis without backing their 'racist' government
• Cleveland park vandalized with swastikas and graffiti saying ‘Fk the Jews
• Michigan State student sprays swastika on his own fraternity house
• Large swastika painted on Jewish-owned business in New Jersey

EUROPE

BELGIUM

• Israel calls on Belgium to scrap this weekend's parade over anti-Semitism

GERMANY

• Germany says security threat from far-right extremism, anti-Semitism 'very high'
• Germany's minorities call for action after shisha bar shootings

NETHERLANDS

• Record number of anti-Semitic incidents documented in the Netherlands in 2019

NORTH MACEDONIA

• North Macedonia's 1st Jewish minister ousted for standing by country's old name

POLAND

• Polish former priest indicted for hate speech and Holocaust denial

RUSSIA

• Russian lawmakers call for relaxing rules on Nazi symbols

SWEDEN

• Sweden sees anti-Semitism rise as ‘Big Brother’ contestants confess Jew hatred

UK

• 'Zionist' UK Labour leadership candidate endorses Palestinian right of return

Global Antisemitism This Week

INTERNATIONAL

UN

• Israel freezes ties with UN rights chief after release of settlement blacklist

NORTH AMERICA

US

• 'People are afraid' Malcolm Hoenlein says anti-Semitism is changing US Jewry
• Anti-Semitism on US campuses may force schools to choose free speech or bigotry
• Andrew Yang retracts saying all Palestinians have 'right to return' to Israel
• UC Berkeley student gov't won't condemn display featuring Palestinian terrorists
• Viral Antisemitism in Four Mutations
• Congresswoman calls AIPAC a ‘hate group’ after it attacks her in ad

EUROPE

NETHERLANDS

• Dutch city to keep street signs identifying Israeli cities as being in Palestine

SWEDEN

• Woman kicked off Swedish 'Big Brother' for anti-Semitism

UK

• Antisemitism is an essential issue in the Labour leadership race

MID-EAST

IRAN

• Top Iranian official We're looking for a pretext to raze Tel Aviv to the ground

 

Global Antisemitism This Week

INTERNATIONAL

• Coronavirus spread sparks anti-Semitic views and conspiracy theories
• Myth of Jews killing Christian children persists, says new book on blood libel

NORTH AMERICA

US

• Trump's White House grants access to a hate group
• With 6 employees and under $2 million, her mission is to stop NYC anti-Semitism
• Facebook takes down New Jersey page accused of anti-Semitism

EUROPE

GERMANY

• German appeals court denies bid to remove anti-Semitic 'Jew pig' relic

ITALY

• 15% of Italians say Holocaust never happened

NETHERLANDS

• Swastikas, anti-Semitic slogans painted on headstones at Dutch Jewish cemetery

PORTUGAL

• Portuguese politician sorry for calling Holocaust rescuer of Jews a ‘loan shark’

SWEDEN

• Bag with Star of David, soap left outside Swedish Holocaust exhibit

UK

• UK anti-Semitism soars to record high, up 7% since 2018
• UK Jewish leader Anti-Semitism worse than ever since WWII yet we're ignoring it
• UK's ex-parliament speaker says he suffered 'subtle' anti-Semitisim in House
• English soccer player faces suspension over anti-Semitic tweet

ASIA

CHINA

• China apologizes after envoy says Israel’s travel ban reminiscent of Holocaust