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\r\n\t\t\t\tThe European Parliament Working Group against Antisemitism (WGAS) held a Board Meeting to\u00a0discuss the ongoing increase in antisemitic incidents in Europe since October 7, following the start of the war between Israel and Hamas. The meeting was hosted by WGAS Chair Nicola Beer MEP (Renew Europe) who was joined by Vice-Chair Sergey Lagodinsky MEP (Greens)...\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\tRead More<\/span><\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\t\t\t\tThe European Parliament Working Group against Antisemitism (WGAS) held a presentation at the European Parliament entitled \u2018Educating against antisemitism, intolerance and discrimination\u2019 \u00a0in the European Parliament in Brussels on 23 May 2023. The event was hosted by WGAS Board Member Ilana Cicurel in cooperation with the European Jewish Congress (EJC) and B\u2019nai B\u2019rith International and...\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\tRead More<\/span><\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\t\t\t\tThe European Parliament Working Group against Antisemitism (WGAS) held a conference\u00a0\"80 Years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Perspectives on Resistance Then and Now\" in the European Parliament in Brussels on 25 April 2023. The event was hosted by WGAS Chair and Vice-President of the European Parliament Nicola Beer in cooperation with B\u2019nai B\u2019rith International and...\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\tRead More<\/span><\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\t
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\r\n\t\t\t\t(Brussels, 8 November 2023) \u2013 The European Parliament Working Group against Antisemitism (WGAS) expresses its deep concern at the sharp increase in incidents of antisemitism targeting Jews and Jewish institutions across Europe since the barbaric attack by the Hamas terrorist organization on Israeli towns and villages, occurred exactly one month ago on October 7. The...\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\tRead More<\/span><\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\t\t\t\t(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 \u201cdisbursed rapidly.\u201d The decision was announced by European Commission President...\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\tRead More<\/span><\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\t\t\t\tStatement by Nicola Beer MEP, Chair of the European Parliament Working Group Against Antisemitism on International Holocaust Remembrance Day<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\r\n\t\t\t
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\r\n\t\t\t\t(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...\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\tRead More<\/span><\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\t
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\u00a0Subject:\u00a0 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….<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\tRead More<\/span><\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Subject:\u00a0 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\u00a0Jourov\u00e1 on…<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\tRead More<\/span><\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Subject:\u00a0 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,…<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\tRead More<\/span><\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\t

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The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) would like to address the spelling of the term \u2018antisemitism\u2019, often rendered as \u2018anti-Semitism\u2019. IHRA\u2019s concern is that the hyphenated spelling allows for the possibility of something called \u2018Semitism\u2019, which not only legitimizes a form of pseudo-scientific racial classification that was thoroughly discredited by association with Nazi ideology, but…<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\tRead More<\/span><\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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(Published in \u0399 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…<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\tRead More<\/span><\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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\u200bI 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\u2019nai B\u2019rith International. Jewish life…<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\tRead More<\/span><\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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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…<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\tRead More<\/span><\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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On 25 April 2017 the Austrian Government adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. A spokesman for the \u00d6sterreichische 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…<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\tRead More<\/span><\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\t

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