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Antisemitic Incidents Report 2016

February 8, 2017SecretariatIncident Report

This document presents the major reported antisemitic incidents in 2016. Prepared by the European Jewish Congress, Secretariat and Member of the Advisory Board of the European Parliament Working Group against Antisemitism.

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Meetings

Remarks by WGAS Chair Nicola Beer at the International symposium “Addressing conspiracy theories through education”

June 29, 2022Xavier
WGAS Chair Nicola Beer addressed on Monday 27 June the International Symposium hosted by EJC and UNESCO to explore how education can help people debunk conspiracy theories to prevent their spread:  Dear honourable guests, distinguished panelists, Dear Friends, I would like to thank the European Jewish Congres and UNESCO for organising this important symposium and...
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WGAS holds briefing with YouTube and industry experts

June 16, 2022Xavier
(Brussels, 15 June 2022) The European Parliament Working Group against Antisemitism (WGAS) and the Inter-Parliamentary Task Force to Combat Online Antisemitism held a joint briefing with Clara Dutoit-Sommier from YouTube Government Affairs and Public Policy team and Eliyahou Roth, CEO at Online Antisemitism Task Force, to discuss the current state of play of antisemitism in...
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WGAS holds exchange of views with Inter-Parliamentary Task Force on Online Antisemitism

December 8, 2021Xavier
(Brussels, 9 December 2021) The European Parliament Working Group Against Antisemitism held an exchange of views with the Inter-Parliamentary Task Force to Combat Online Antisemitism, a cross-party group of lawmakers from Israel, the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK. On behalf of WGAS, Chair MEP Nicola Beer (Renew Europe), Vice-Chairs MEP Sergey Lagodinsky (Greens) and...
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Statements

European Parliament Members condemn EU decision to release funds to PA as a reward for hate

June 16, 2022Xavier
(Brussels, 15 June 2022) - The Members of the European Parliament Working Group Against Antisemitism (WGAS) have criticised the decision by the European Commission to release funds destined for the Palestinian Authority that had been withheld due to antisemitism in Palestinian textbooks and would be “disbursed rapidly.” The decision was announced by European Commission President...
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Statement by Nicola Beer MEP, Chair of the European Parliament Working Group Against Antisemitism on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 27, 2022Xavier
77 Years after the liberation of Auschwitz, we see a growing gap of knowledge of the Holocaust among young people in the EU. This must be of deepest concern to us. 77 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, knowledge of the Holocaust is in decline worldwide including in the EU. According to a survey by...
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WGAS welcomes first ever strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life

October 5, 2021johanan
(Strasbourg, 5 October 2021) The Working Group Against Antisemitism (WGAS) of the European Parliament has welcomed the first-ever EU Strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life. The strategy, presented today by European Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas, follows joint political efforts by the European Parliament, the European Commission and the European Council over the last...
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WGAS MEPs discuss upcoming Strategy on combating antisemitism with European Commission Vice-President Schinas

July 15, 2021Xavier
The Working Group against Antisemitism in the European Parliament has been constantly calling for measures to combat antisemitism to be improved at the European level. Nicola Beer, Vice-President of the European Parliament and WGAS Chair: “The Corona crisis is fuelling antisemitism across Europe. Fake news, targeted false reports and hate speech are booming during the...
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MEP Frédérique Reis condemns the explosion of antisemitic hate speech across Europe

May 19, 2021Xavier
MEP Frédérique Ries addressed the European Parliament during a debate on the "EU strategy towards Israel-Palestine". During her intervention she expressed her concerns on the recent explosion of ant-Jewish hatred across Europe. “Added to the Middle east tragedy there is another one, an odious reality. The calls for the murder of Jews heard this weekend...
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Parliamentary Activities

Congratulations letter from the Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism in the United States House of Representatives

June 28, 2017Secretariat
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EP Motion for resolution on combatting Antisemitism

June 1, 2017Secretariat
The European Parliament passed with an overwhelming majority the ‘Motion for resolution on combating antisemitism’, which includes  a call to Member States to adopt and use the IHRA working definition of antisemitism and to increase cooperation with Jewish communities on security issues. getDoc
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Parliamentary question: The impact social media stakeholders have on European citizens and rising anti-Semitism in the wake of increasing radicalisation

January 7, 2016EP WGAS

 Subject:  The impact social media stakeholders have on European citizens and rising anti-Semitism in the wake of increasing radicalisation The threat from terrorism remains strong in Europe and the Internet creates more and more opportunities to become radicalised, acting as an echo chamber for extremist beliefs and connecting like-minded individuals from across the world 24/7….

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Parliamentary question: Combating the rise in anti-Semitism

November 3, 2015EP WGAS

Subject:  Combating the rise in anti-Semitism In the light of figures indicating a steep rise in the number of anti-Semitic incidents in the UK in 2015 compared with 2014, can the Commission please indicate what funding and other forms of assistance it will provide to combating this rising scourge anew? Answer given by Ms Jourová on…

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Parliamentary question: Hate speech on the Internet and in online media

August 25, 2015EP WGAS

Subject:  Hate speech on the Internet and in online media The Internet and online media enable users to create, publish, distribute and utilise multimedia content in many different ways, thus providing an arena for creativity and communication. In the sphere of human rights, the language of hatred, as such, is not a new problem. However,…

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Experts Blog

Spelling of antisemitism

July 1, 2019Secretariat

The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) would like to address the spelling of the term ‘antisemitism’, often rendered as ‘anti-Semitism’. IHRA’s concern is that the hyphenated spelling allows for the possibility of something called ‘Semitism’, which not only legitimizes a form of pseudo-scientific racial classification that was thoroughly discredited by association with Nazi ideology, but…

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Why antisemitism is still alive?

May 9, 2018Secretariat

(Published in Ι Kathimerini Newspaper April 5, 2018)   By Photini Tomai* The experience gained from the close monitoring of anti-Semitism and Holocaust issues for over two decades leaves no scope for misjudgments: anti-Semitism is still here; so are its derivatives, regardless of their grade and intensity, whenever and wherever onset. At his opening address…

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Germany, the Holocaust and the Rise of Anti-Semitism

May 7, 2018Secretariat

​I am German, I am Jewish, my Grandmother is a Schindler survivor. Her fate living through the Holocaust has led me to my academic and professional career and is the driving motivation behind my work combating anti-Semitism and advocating for Holocaust remembrance in Europe as director of EU Affairs for B’nai B’rith International. Jewish life…

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The European Parliament Resolution on combating antisemitism praised by intellectuals

July 24, 2017Secretariat

The Resolution on combating antisemitism, adopted by the European Parliament in June, was welcomed by twelve intellectuals who commended in a public letter this undertaking in support of the fight against antisemitism and anti-Zionism. They praised the decision of the European Parliament to include anti-Zionism in the definition of antisemitism as a form of expression…

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Austrian Government adopts working definition of Antisemitism

May 4, 2017Secretariat

On 25 April 2017 the Austrian Government adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. A spokesman for the Österreichische Volkspartei said that Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz’s approval of the working definition should send a “national and international signal”. The Austrian Government noted that the working definition was the first such working…

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