Alarming Findings Show Anti-Semitism is Thriving in Europe and the US
January 24, 2018PAST EVENT
All over Europe, there is concern about an increase in anti-semitism, and deliberation over how to respond, according to Erasmus from the Economist. According to a report from the Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, 2017 saw a record number of anti-Semitic incidents in Germany, Britain, and France. Britain alone reported a 78% rise in the number of cases of physical violence perpetrated against Jews. The Ministry of Diaspora Affairs released their report on worldwide anti-Semitism ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which will be marked on Saturday.
The United States of America has also seen anti-semitic incidents spike 86 percent in early 2017, according to the Anti Defamation League. There is speculation over how much hostility towards Israel corresponds to anti-semitism.Eitan Begar will discuss the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs’s 2017 Anti-Semitism Report on global anti-semitism. Eitan Ori Behar is the director of the World Zionist Organization’s Center for Diaspora Communications & Countering Antisemitism. During and following the Israeli general elections Eitan was anointed the editor of Benjamin Netanyahu’s website as well as the Likud party’s blogger. |
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