Struggle against antisemitism
04-12-2008 / Britain
Britain - London gallery shows antisemitism in Arab media
An exhibition documenting the widespread use of antisemitic cartoons in the Arab press opened in London.
"Cartoons and Extremism: Israel and the Jews in Arab and Western Media" will run until January 16, with a possible extension, at the Political Cartoon Gallery in central London.
The exhibition shows the frequent use of classic antisemitism to demonize the State of...02-12-2008 / Germany
Germany - Holocaust denier detained
The County Court in
Springe
(Lower Saxony) sentenced the Holocaust denier Arnold Hoefs to 4 month in prison and a fine of 1500 Euros. The 72 years old Hoefs wrote more than 100 letters to public authorities and media under the pseudonym “Herbert Hoff”, in which he claimed that the remembrance of the Holocaust in the USA is only used for fundraising campaigns but is...27-11-2008 / Serbia
Serbia – A law against the neo-Nazis
A proposal for a law forbidding neo-Nazi's organizations and the use of Nazi symbols is taking shape in Serbia. The Law is submitted by the ruling parties, the DS and the LSV.23-11-2008 / Israel
Israel - 8 Neo-Nazi gang members sent to jail
The Tel Aviv District Court sentenced to prison terms eight young men convicted of membership in a neo-Nazi gang operating in central Israel. The gravest punishment given to one of the gang members was seven years in jail. Judge Zvi Gurfinkel wrote in the ruling, "These are horrifying actions no Jews can accept." As part of the organization, which also included...22-11-2008 / Canada
Canada - New trial for leader who made antisemitic comments
Canadian aboriginal leader David Ahenakew will appear before a Saskatchewan court next week after successfully appealing his original 2005 conviction on antisemitic incitement charges.
In a recorded 2002 interview with Saskatoon StarPhoenix reporter James Parker, Ahenakew praised Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler as having “cleaned up a hell of a lot of things” with the systematic...22-11-2008 / Germany
Germany - Police suspect man of antisemitic vandalism
Police in Germany searched Friday the home of a man whom they suspect hung a pig's head over the entrance of an historic Jewish cemetery a week ago. They said the suspect, 48, from the town of Gotha had a criminal record for similar hate offences.
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Germany - Germany bans Hezbollah television station Al-Manar
Germany's Interior Ministry has banned Hezbollah's television station on grounds that it violates the country's constitution, a spokesman said.
Interior Ministry spokesman Markus Beyer said Al-Manar television programming was forbidden under Article 9 of Germany's constitution, which says that organizations cannot operate with the purpose of violating "international...19-11-2008 / Israel
Israel - Israel to boycott 'Durban II' anti-racism conference
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni announced yesterday that Israel has made a final decision to boycott the United Nations "Durban II" conference on human rights this spring, fearing it would be used once again as a forum for anti-Israeli sentiment. Ironically, this year's conference is scheduled for Holocaust Memorial Day. The World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination,...17-11-2008 / Canada
Canada - Firebomber targeting Jewish sites sentenced to 4 years in prison
A Montreal man accused of firebombing a Jewish school was sentenced to four years in prison for what a judge described as a terrorist act.
Azim Ibragimov, 25, pleaded guilty earlier this year to firebombing the Skver-Toldos Orthodox Jewish Boys School in Outremont in 2006, and attempting to attack the Snowdon YM-YWHA the following year.
He also pleaded guilty to uttering...17-11-2008 / Poland
Poland - Poland awards dozens for saving Jews during WWII
President Kaczynski honors nearly 70 Poles with state medals in recognition of their selfless efforts to save Jewish lives during Holocaust.
Dozens of Poles were awarded medals for risking their lives during World War II to save Jews from the Holocaust.
President Lech Kaczynski awarded state medals, many posthumously, to around 70 people from across Poland. First lady Maria...
15-11-2008 / Croatia
Croatia - Fair pulls antisemitic U.S. book from event
An antisemitic book by U.S. automobile pioneer Henry Ford, reprinted by Iran, was withdrawn from an international book fair in the Croatian capital.
The book, "The International Jew", first printed in the 1920s, was withdrawn from the Iranian stand at the Zagreb Interliber fair after a protest by the Israeli embassy.
Source: www.canada.com13-11-2008 / Canada
Canada - Suspect in French synagogue bombing 1980 held in Canada
Hassan Diab, Man of Palestinian origin in his 50s arrested in Quebec for suspicion of planting bomb that killed three French people, Israeli woman outside Paris synagogue in 1980. Two French judges issued an international arrest warrant against Diab earlier this month. He is suspected of making and planting the bomb that killed three French people and an Israeli woman outside a...11-11-2008 / Belgium
Belgium - Belgian PM: "We must be awakeful for a new anti-Zionism that is a hidden antisemitism"
Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme said "we must be wakeful for a new antisemitism sometimes too easy trivilialized, and for a new anti-Zionism that is a hidden antisemitism that in reality has not accepted the existence of the state of Israel even 60 years after its foundation."
Speaking at a dinner organized in Brussels by the European Jewish Congress (EJC) to commemorate the...11-11-2008 /
Europe- New effort launched to fight antisemitism
Every few months in Austria, vandals topple tombstones in a Jewish cemetery and spray swastikas on the headstones.
But it's not just happening here, officials warned, as Europe's top human rights body joined forces with a global Holocaust education task force to fight what they denounced as a "scourge of antisemitism" across the Continent.
"Antisemitism is still not an issue...09-11-2008 / Vatican
The Vatican - Benedict XVI remembers Kristallnacht
Benedict XVI joined Jews around the world in remembering the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht, or "Night of Broken Glass."
After reciting the Angelus together with the crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square, the Pope lamented the Nazi program that killed or arrested thousands of Jews and destroyed synagogues during the nights of Nov. 9-10, 1938.
After reciting the...08-11-2008 / Germany
Germany - Merkel urges fight against antisemitism on Kristallnacht eve
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Saturday, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of major anti-Jewish riots, on her compatriots to "fight with determination" against racism and antisemitism.
On the night of November 9, 1938, during what became known as Kristallancht (the night of glass), Nazi-inspired mobs destroyed some 200 synagogues, smashed countless windows and wrecked...08-11-2008 / Britain
Britain - Every school to get Holocaust specialist under anti-racism initiative
Every secondary school is to get a Holocaust specialist to ensure that the subject is taught comprehensively and sensitively. One teacher from every school will be offered a place on a Holocaust education training course to combat racism and intolerance. One in ten of those who take the course will also be able to take a master’s degree module in Holocaust education, as...07-11-2008 / Italy
Italy - The Speaker of the Senate links antisemitism and anti-zionism
The Speaker of the Senate, Renato Schifani, has claimed that "there are still too many ambiguous voices being heard, among intellectuals and in the media, over the legitimacy of the existence of the State of Israel". Mr. Schifani grabbed the opportunity to renew support for Israel at the inauguration of a photographic exhibition named 'Israel - 60 Years' held at the Senate Library in...05-11-2008 / Germany
Germany - Two arrested for attacking Rabbi in Berlin
Berlin police have arrested two teenagers in connection with an attack on a van carrying a Rabbi and several students. The suspects, 16- and 18-year-old males, confessed to the crime, according to news reports. Both come from families that immigrated to Germany, and at least one has roots in Lebanon. Source: www.jta.org...04-11-2008 / Germany
Germany - German parliament vows to fight antisemitism
Germany's parliament pledged to fight antisemitism and to encourage the revival of Jewish life in a resolution Tuesday ahead of the 70th anniversary of the Nazis' so-called Kristallnacht pogrom.
The lower house renewed its commitment to "counter with determination every form of anti-Jewish hatred and antisemitism." It said that "strong and varied" Jewish life enriches Germany and...
