Statements

"What we see and hear is merely silence, a lack of empathy, and indifference when it comes to Jewish victims" said EJC President Dr Ariel Muzicant.

The EJC notes a growing wave of antisemitic attacks in France, which have spiralled since the October 7 brutal murderous attack on Israel.

The EJC and its Portuguese affiliate, the Jewish Community of Lisbon, express their absolute rejection of attempts to impute antisemitic intent to the Costa government's actions in tightening regulations on the granting of Portuguese citizenship to descendants of Sephardic Jews.

The European Jewish Congress is appalled by the decision of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to request arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on alleged war crimes charges.

The European Jewish Congress has called upon the rectors of Europe’s leading universities to protect Jewish student rights free from intimidation and attack, as European universities see occupations and demonstrations from anti-Zionist activists.

“The centrality of Iran in the destabilisation of the whole of the Middle East is evident to all and we welcome the Parliament’s resolution noting this fact. The time has come for total exclusion of the Islamic Republic from the international arena and targeted sanctions” said EJC President Dr Ariel Muzicant.