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 on Antisemitism.
The European Parliament Working Group on Antisemitism (WGAS), held an event at the European Parliament to discuss the importance of building bridges through cooperation and dialogue as opposed to destructive and counterproductive calls for boycotts, namely by the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Movement (BDS). The event, which was titled “Culture and Education: Bridges, not Boycotts”, consisted…
Statement by MEP Nicola Beer, Chair of the European Parliament Working Group Against Antisemitism: “The number of antisemitic attacks in Germany rose by 13 percent in 2019. According to the latest annual report on political crime by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, there were 2,000 offenses recorded. This amounts to six crimes per calendar…
Statement by MEP Nicola Beer, Chair of the Working Group Against Antisemitism “The coronavirus crisis is fuelling antisemitism across Europe. Fake news, targeted false reports and hate speech are booming in the current crisis. There has been a glaring rise in antisemitic stereotypes, and prejudice and hostility are not only being spread online, but have…
WGAS Chair Nicola Beer (FDP/Renew Europe) calls for an EU-wide ban: 30 April 2020 – The German federal government ban on Hezbollah is a long overdue step for which we liberals have long fought. Now an EU-wide ban must quickly follow. It is unacceptable that Hezbollah can continue to act unhindered and enlist support in…
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….
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…
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,…
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…
(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…
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…
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…
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…
