European Jewish Congress-Newsletter 23-25 October 2019
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NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES
BELGIUM 
BELGIAN JEWS SLAM DECISION BY GOVERNMENT BODY TO EXONERATE CARNIVAL OF ANTISEMITISM The Coordinating Committee of Belgian Jewish Organisations (CCOJB) has slammed a report by the Unia government anti-discrimination watchdog with regard to an antisemitic float during this year’s carnival in Aalst.
Friday, October 25, 2019
Read moreCZECH REPUBLIC CZECH PARLIAMENT CONDEMNS ANTISEMITISM AND ANTI-ISRAEL BOYCOTTS The Czech Chamber of Deputies passed a resolution that condemned both antisemitism and anti-Israel boycotts as well as affirmed Israel’s right to self-defense.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Read moreGERMANY NEW PROPOSED MEASURES TO COMBAT ANTISEMITISM AND RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM IN GERMANY More police protection in front of synagogues, tougher regulations against online hate speech and a further tightening of the weapons law are measures included in a statement published after a special conference in Berlin.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Read moreHUNGARY HUNGARIAN JEWS CONDEMN VIOLENCE ON ANNIVERSARY OF 1956 REVOLUTION The Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary (MAZSIHISZ) has condemned in a statement the disgraceful violence that took place in Budapest on the anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
Friday, October 25, 2019
Read moreUNITED KINGDOM BDS SUPPORTERS PLACE FAKE ANTI-ISRAEL ADS ON LONDON UNDERGROUND Supporters of the BDS movement against Israel put up fake advertisements on a line of the London Underground, which Transport for London called “an act of vandalism.”
Friday, October 25, 2019
Read moreHEADSTONES SMASHED AT HISTORIC JEWISH CEMETERY NEAR LONDON Police are appealing for witnesses after headstones were found shattered and upended at a historic Jewish cemetery in Kent in south-eastern England.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Read moreBRITISH LABOUR PARTY SHORTLISTS FOR PARLIAMENT TWO MEMBERS REPORTED FOR ANTISEMITISM Two members of Britain’s Labour party have been shortlisted to become members of Parliament despite both having been reported for alleged antisemitism.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
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“CULTURAL PRACTICES, WHICH DENIGRATE, DISCRIMINATE AND PROMOTE HATRED CAN NEVER BE CONSIDERED CULTURAL HERITAGE”, SAYS EJC PRESIDENT “UNESCO should require no further evidence to remove the Aalst Carnival from its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity immediately”, said EJC President Dr. Moshe Kantor.
Friday, October 25, 2019
Read moreNEWS & VIEWS
IRAN BANNED FROM WORLD JUDO UNTIL IT AGREES TO FACE ISRAEL Iran was banned from international judo competitions on for refusing to let its athletes fight Israeli opponents.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Read moreFACEBOOK REMOVES DOZENS OF ANTI-ISRAEL FAKE ACCOUNTS FROM IRAN Facebook announced that they removed dozens of Iran-originated accounts for engaging in “coordinated inauthentic behaviour,” many of which seemed to be characterised by an anti-Israel agenda.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
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