Anti-Semitism Jumps By More Than 100% In New England
Anti-Semitic incidents in New England are up more than 100% this year, according to numbers released this week by the Anti-Defamation League.
A Third of All Americans Believe Boycott of Israel Justified
NEW YORK – Thirty-three percent of Americans and forty percent of Britons believe that boycotting Israel is “justified,” according to a poll conducted in the United Kingdom and the United States this month by the market research firm Ipsos.
French Jews Flee Paris Suburbs Over Rising Anti-Semitism
When Alain Benhamou walked into his apartment near Paris in July 2015 and saw the words “dirty Jew” scrawled on the wall, he knew it was time to leave.
‘French Jews’ Situation Worst Since 1945’
French Jews are experiencing the most difficult situation they have encountered since the end of World War II, the newly-elected president of France’s umbrella of Jewish communities said.
United Kingdom – Israelis Are ‘Like A Rash,’ Says Irish Member Of European Parliament
United Kingdom – Martina Anderson, an Irish member of the European Parliament, said Israeli lobbyists were “all over this place like a rash” during a parliament meeting on Wednesday.
WHO Singles Out Israel As World’s Only ‘Health Rights Violator’
The World Health Organization (WHO) called for an investigation into alleged abuses of “mental, physical and environmental health” rights by Israel, the only country singled out during the U.N. agency’s annual assembly in Geneva.
French Politician Investigated Over ‘No Dogs and Jews’ Twitter Account
City prosecutors in southern France are investigating a local politician for his Twitter account, which was marked “forbidden to dogs and Jews” and featured tweets mocking and denying the Holocaust.
Amsterdam – Woman Stabbed In Amsterdam Kosher Eatery
Amsterdam – A patron at a kosher cafe in Amsterdam has been hospitalized after an apparently unprovoked stabbing.
Vandals Destroyed 14 Jewish Gravestones In “Sickening” and “Abhorrent” ‘Anti-Semitic Hate Crime’
Vandals destroyed headstones at a Jewish cemetery in Manchester on Wednesday, in what a senior police officer called “a sickening act of anti-Semitism.”
Jewish Woman Forced To Hide From Anti-Israel Activists At UC-Irvine
An event hosted by a pro-Israel student group ended abruptly Wednesday night as police were called to protect attendees from an angry mob that had gathered. One student who never made it inside the venue called 9-1-1 as she hid in fear from anti-Israel activists who chased her into a building on the University of…