Struggle against antisemitism
23-10-2007 / Spain
Spain– More Intensive Study of the Holocaust in Asturias
On 23rd October 2007, the Advisor on Education of the Asturias Principality, Jose Luis Iglesias Riopedre commented to the Media that the very fact that the Prince of Asturias Prize had been awarded to Yad VaShem will assist in more in-depth study of the Holocaust by secondary school pupils in the region. Date: October 23, 200718-10-2007 / Belgium
Europe– The EU Initiates Legislature Defining Denying the Holocaust as a Criminal Offense
The European Commissioner for Legal, Domestic and Human Rights Affairs, Franco Frattini, is leading a proposal designed to promote legislation against Holocaust deniers in all the EU countries. Frattini told Isaac Herzog, the Israeli Minister for Diaspora Ties and Combating Antisemitism that the draft law proposes that denying the Holocaust be declared a criminal offense carrying stiff...12-10-2007 / France
France – The Suspected Perpetrator of the Terror Attack on a Synagogue in Paris in 1980 Found in Canada
The French authorities have located in Canada a person of Palestinian extraction suspected of being responsible for the 1980 bombing of the synagogue on Rue Copernic in Paris. In addition, an official source in France has confirmed the report in Le Figaro that the suspect was located thanks to information provided by the German Intelligence services. It has also been reported that the...12-10-2007 / Italy
Italy - Italian Justice Minister strongly denounces anti-Semitism
Italy’s Justice Minister has strongly condemned anti-Semitism and said his government supports the implementation of tough laws against anti-Semitic acts.
He made the statement at an event organized in New York by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to present its "Giovanni Palatucci Courageous Leadership Award" to New York police’s deputy commissioner David Cohen, for his...10-10-2007 / Britain
Britain-Government pledges to support security of Jewish school
The pledge is part ofthe recommendations of last year’s all-party parliamentary report on anti-Semitism. "We recommend that the Home Office provides a greater level of support in addressing the security needs of British Jews, especially with reference to their places of worship and schools," the reportsaid. Speaking in the House of Commons (Parliament) last Wednesday about capital...10-10-2007 / Russia
Russia - Russia supports combating anti-Semitism
President Putin says Russia supports the idea of a unified European approach to combating anti-Semitism and related extremism. The statement was made during a meeting with the members of the European Jewish congress.
Putin said he understands what kind of danger racism poses for a multi-national country such as Russia.
He stressed Russia is concerned that some countries in...08-10-2007 / United States
A Petition Calling on Google to Remove the "Jewwatch" Internet Site
An e-mail petition has recently been circulating calling on Google to remove the antisemitic "Jewwatch" Internet site, which appears among the first results for those searching the word "Jew". This scandal has been going on for quite some time: sine 2004.
In the wake of surfers' protests against the hate site, which has actually been run since 1997 by Frank Volunter (an act called...08-10-2007 / United States
USA - Holocaust-denial film blocked in Aspen
A controversial Holocaust-denial film is raising questions about free speech at Grassroots Television, an Aspen community-access station.
Steve Campbell, founder of Citizens for 9/11 Truth, asked the station to air “Judea Declares War on Germany: A Critical Look at World War II” on Monday, but Grassroots board members stopped the screening.
The one-hour program features...07-10-2007 / Netherlands
Holland – The Holocaust and the European Parliamentary Assembly
In the course of a plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the European Council, the Speaker of the Indonesian Parliament, Laksono, said in connection with the denial of the Holocaust by Iranian President Ahmadiejad, that as he understood it the Iranian President's intention was not to deny the Holocaust but rather to allow it to be studied and researched from a scientific point...07-10-2007 / Portugal
Portugal - Two youths detained in first-ever desecration of Lisbon's Jewish cemetery
Police have detained two youths suspected of vandalizing the Jewish cemetery in the Lisbon, capital of Portugal. The police said that they had arrested two youths, aged 16 and 24, after receiving a complaint from the Jewish Community of Lisbon that about 20 tombs had been vandalized and painted with Nazi swastikas at the community’s cemetery. Source:... ...06-10-2007 / Portugal
Portugal– A Demonstration of Identification with the Jewish Community Following the Desecration of the Cemetery in Lisbon
On 6th October 2007, a demonstration of identification with the Jewish community was held in Lisbon following the desecration of the Jewish cemetery by neo-Nazis on 29th September. Among the participants and speakers at the demonstration were members of the Jewish community, Government Ministers and other Members of Parliament as were as Muslim, Christian and Bahai religious leaders. All...
05-10-2007 / Spain
Spain - Convicted Holocaust denier extradited to Austria
Convicted Austrian Holocaust-denier Gerd Honsik was extradited to Austria from Spain where he was arrested in August
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"Honsik, 65, was convicted in 1992 under Austria’s strict laws against denying the Holocaust for his book "Acquittal for Hitler" and sentenced to 18 months in prison.
But he fled to Spain, where he spent the next 15 years.
In the book, Honsik...03-10-2007 / Spain
Spain– The Arrest of a Man for Nazi Incitement over the Internet
On 3rd October 2007, a court in Pontevedra sentenced Cesar Fernandez Barroso to two one-year terms and a 1,400 euro fine for crimes of denying the Holocaust and for incitement to hatred and violence against a racist and antisemitic background. Five years ago, Barroso, 33, launched an Internet site in which he praised Nazi ideology and presented the page as a portal for National Socialism...01-10-2007 / Argentina
Argentina – A Holocaust Memorial Dedicated in the Town of Coronel Pringles
On Monday, 1st October 2007, the Israeli Ambassador to Argentina and senior national and regional government figures participated in the dedication of a memorial to the Holocaust in the town of Coronel Pringles in southwestern Buenos Aires Department. This is the second memorial to the Holocaust to be erected in Argentina. The idea for the memorial originated in the local Jewish community...30-09-2007 / Spain
Spain– An International Conference on the Holocaust
On 26th September 2007, the Conference in Madrid on "The Holocaust and its Meaning Today" closed. The Conference, organized by the Yad VaShem Research Institute, was held in the Spanish High Academy of Sciences and was attended by researchers and lecturers from Israel, Spain and all over Europe. In the course of the Conference, the General Director of the Ministry of Education announced...30-09-2007 / Britain
Britain - Chelsea Warn Fans Over Anti-Semitic Abuse
Some of the taunts that were made by home supporters in Saturday's 0-0 draw with Fulham crossed the line with.
"We welcome constructive points of view but we've had a few which could be seen as racist and anti-Semitic," said Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck.
"This is one thing we will not tolerate whether written, on banners, or through singing and it must stop immediately."...29-09-2007 / Britain
Britain – The Boycott of Israel by British Academic is Declared Illegal
The resulution by the largest union of academic lecturers in Britain to mount an academic boycott of Israel because of its policies in the Territories was declared illegal and unenforceable in a legal decision requested by the union's General Secretary. In practical terms this means that the boycott must be lifted.
According to this decision, the call, directly or indirectly, for...28-09-2007 / Argentina
Argentina– A Person who Threatened his Jewish Neighbors Must now Pay Restitution and Do Community Service
A person who threatened his Jewish neighbors over the Internet say that he would "make soap" out of them has been sentenced to do community service at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Buenos Aires and must also pay the family restitution. The decision was handed down by Federal Judge Norberto Oyarbide at the request of the General Procecutor and with the agreement of the...26-09-2007 / United States
USA - Organizations offer reward for information on synagogue defamation
Several Jewish organizations banded together to announce a reward to help find the person behind several anti-Semitic messages found in Brooklyn Heights earlier this week.
The American Jewish Committee, Anti-Defamation League and Jewish Community Relations Council are offering $10,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
Police say a total of 19 locations...25-09-2007 / United States
