Struggle against antisemitism
16-09-2009 / Turkey
Turkey - Six arrested for synagogue bombings
Six people suspected of involvement in 2003 al-Qaeda suicide bombings that killed dozens at synagogues and an HSBC bank branch were detained on Wednesday, Turkish police said.
The detentions were made in Istanbul, where the bombings occurred, police said in a statement.
Seven militants, including a Syrian al-Qaeda member, were sentenced to life in prison for their connection...14-09-2009 / Canada
Canada - Jane Fonda expresses regret over film festival protest
Jane Fonda is expressing regret over endorsing a
protest letter that targets an Israeli film spotlight at the Toronto International Film Festival
.
The celebrity activist appears to back away from the controversy i
n a column posted on the Huffington Post website
just as big-name performers including Jerry Seinfeld, Natalie Portman and Sacha Baron Cohen added their names...14-09-2009 /
Collector of Nazi memorabilia suspended from his job as activist
A leading human rights group has suspended its senior military analyst following revelations that
he is an avid collector of Nazi memorabilia
.
The group, Human Rights Watch, had initially thrown its full support behind the analyst, Marc Garlasco, when the news of his hobby came out last week. The group shifted course and suspended him with pay, "pending an investigation,"...13-09-2009 / Britain
Britain - A student’s guide to antisemitism
For Jewish students, just like all students, University is a time of learning, making friends and expanding horizons. Sadly, for some Jewish students, these positive experiences can sometimes by marred by bigotry, intimidation and racist abuse. To give Jewish students the knowledge they need to fight back against antisemitism should it unfortunately occur, CST and the Union of Jewish...11-09-2009 / Austria
Austria – A Decision against Antismitism
The
Hohenems
City Council passed a resolution against antismitism and racism.
The motive for the decision was the statement by the leader of the FPO – Dieter Egger – about the manager of the Jewish museum in Hohenems. The FPO Party in Hohenems voted against the decision.
Resolution of the Hohenems City Council
Further to the antisemitic and racist remarks made...09-09-2009 / United States
USA - 3 teens arrested in Fountain Hills for spray painting cars
Officials say three teens have been arrested for spray painting hate messages on several vehicles over the weekend In Fountain hills, AZ.
At least a couple hundred people attended a meeting in Fountain Hills Wednesday night where Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced the arrests. Arpaio said the teens are from a "local high school" and are 15, 17, and 18 years old. The...09-09-2009 / Hungary
Hungary - Police probes alleged neo-Nazi camp
Hungarian police said they are investigating whether German neo-Nazi groups held a training camp in western Hungary in July.
"The National Investigation Office is looking into the case and is checking whether the information published in the media is true," police spokesman Laszlo Bartha said.
The German daily Junge Welt reported Saturday that German neo-Nazis trained at a...
08-09-2009 / Russia
Russia - Neo-Nazis face extremism charges for distributing antisemitic films
Two neo-Nazis in Omsk , face extremism charges for allegedly distributing antisemitic films and extremist leaflets. The suspects, both men in their 20s, allegedly pasted extremists leaflets decorated with swastikas on postal boxes during Victory Day last year. In October 2008, the suspects allegedly gave away copies of the antisemitic films "The Eternal Jew" and "Russia with...08-09-2009 / Israel
Israel - Yad Vashem Chairman to El Mundo: ‘inconceivable to give David Irving a platform for Holocaust denial’
Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev said he would not have consented to grant an interview to a Spanish newspaper if he knew that Holocaust denier David Irving would also be interviewed.
Centre-right daily newspaper El Mundo published the interview with Irving
, who has denied Nazi Germany killed six million Jews during the Holocaust, as part of a series of six interviews with...07-09-2009 / Russia
Russia - Chief Rabbi of Russia Denounces Antisemitism
On September 7, at the invitation of the Jewish community of Uzhgorod, Ukraine, Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar took part in a ceremony for the unveiling of a memorial plaque to Holocaust victims, which was erected on the site of a mass grave. At that time, Chief Rabbi Lazar also denounced antisemitic remarks made by Uzhgorod Mayor Sergei Ratushnyak.
“The Holocaust is not just a tragic...07-09-2009 / Hungary
Hungary – The Prime Minister has called for the combat against antisemitism during the ceremony for the 150est anniversary of th
While the radical right strengthens in his country, the Hungarian Prime Minister, Gordon Bajnai, calls to combat antisemitism. During the ceremony held for the 150est anniversary of
the Great Synagogue in Budapest, Bajnai said that "it is sad that, now-a-days, we need to protect the synagogue from attacks. Each citizen must be mobilized into the combat against hate in his...07-09-2009 / Ukraine
Ukraine – The rabbi of Russia has refused to take the medal from the mayor of Uzhgorod
During the reception held after the memorial ceremony and the laying of a tombstone in the memory of people buried in a mass grave in the city of
Uzhgorod, a special envoy was sent by the mayor of the city, Sergey Ratushniak, with a medal meant for the chief rabbi of Russia and a member of the European rabbis council, Rabbi Barel Lazar.
Before all the people attending the event, the...07-09-2009 / Italy
Italy - Italian MP rips Carl Bildt over antisemitism
At the EU foreign ministers' meeting in
Visby, Sweden
, Italian MP Fiamma Nirenstein ripped Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt for his refusal to condemn
the Aftonbladet blood libel.
Statement by MP Fiamma Nirenstein, Vice-President of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
:
During the discussion following the speech of Sweden...06-09-2009 / Vatican
Vatican - Pope Condemns Holocaust at WWII Anniversary Mass
Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II, Pope Benedict XVI recalled the “tragedy of the Holocaust” and the deaths of “tens of millions” in the conflict.
Speaking at an outdoor Mass in Viterbo, north of Rome, Benedict said: “We cannot forget the major events that took place during one of the most terrible conflicts in history, that left tens of millions...05-09-2009 / Spain
Spain - Spanish FM criticizes 'El Mundo' interview with Holocaust denier
Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos said in Stockholm that he regretted the Spanish newspaper El Mundo's decision to run an interview with Holocaust denier David Irving as part of a retrospective on the start of World War II 70 years ago.
"The foreign minister, while maintaining the most absolute respect for freedom of expression, regrets that space was given to a...04-09-2009 /
Boycotting the Israel boycotters by Charles Lewis
I picked up the National Post this morning to see the highly glossed faces of a group of actors, musicians and writers who have decided to protest the showing of a 10-film program to be highlighted at the Toronto International Film Festival.
It is no surprise that they are targeting a series of 10 films about Tel Aviv. Every protest today by intellectuals or artists who think they...04-09-2009 / United States
USA - ADL: Newspaper's interview with holocaust denier "an embarrassment for Spain"
Calling it "an embarrassment for Spain," the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) voiced outrage at the publication of an interview with notorious Holocaust denier David Irving in the leading Spanish newspaper El Mundo, which identified him as an "expert" on World War II.
"There is no reason to believe that the editors of El Mundo were deceived by David Irving, whose bona fides as Holocaust...02-09-2009 / Britain
UK - Taking a stand against hate crime in Northern Ireland
THE Housing Executive (NIHE)
and the
Police Service of Northern Ireland
(PSNI) have launched an initiative to encourage minority groups to report incidents of Hate Crime.
The initiative will see the introduction of a Hate Crime Card, produced in 9 different languages to be distributed across
Northern Ireland
.
Each card will carry...02-09-2009 / Netherlands
Holland - Dutch to prosecute Arabs over Holocaust cartoon
Dutch prosecutors said Wednesday they will charge an Arab cultural group under hate speech laws for publishing a cartoon that suggests the death of 6 million Jews during World War II is a fabrication.
The public prosecutor's office in the city of Utrecht said the cartoon insults Jews as a group and is therefore an illegal form of discrimination.
Prosecutors plan to press...01-09-2009 / United States
USA - Community Stands Against Anti-Gay, Antisemitc group
More than 100 UVM (University of Vermont) students and Burlington residents piled onto a street corner in Burlington in order to counter protest the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), an anti-gay rights and antisemitic religious group.
The WBC, carrying signs expressing their anti-gay and antisemitic beliefs, came to Vermont to protest the first official day of the state’s gay marriage...
