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Australia passes tough hate crime laws in bid to stem wave of antisemitism

Legislation includes mandatory jail time for Nazi salutes, 6 years for those found guilty of terrorism; Prime Minister Albanese says perpetrators must be held to accountable.

U.S. Justice Department forms task force to battle antisemitism focusing on campuses

The task force follows an executive order from President Donald Trump in which he warned "resident aliens who joined in pro-jihadist protests" that they would be deported.

According to survey, 83% of Jewish US college students have experienced antisemitism since Oct 7

The survey, which polled 1,030 Jewish and 1,140 non-Jewish students from 135 colleges and universities across the United States during the fall semester of 2024, painted a grim picture of Jewish campus life.

Statement by the members of the European Council on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Today, we are witnessing an unprecedented increase in antisemitism on our continent, not seen since the Second World War. We condemn in the strongest possible terms the alarming rise in violent antisemitic incidents, Holocaust denial and distortion, as well as conspiracy theories and prejudice against Jews.

Claims Conference releases survey exposing fading knowledge about basic facts of the Holocaust worldwide

The countries surveyed include the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Austria, Germany, Poland, Hungary and Romania.

Trump designates Yemen’s Houthis as a “foreign terrorist organisation”

"The Houthis' activities threaten the security of American civilians and personnel in the Middle East, the safety of our closest regional partners, and the stability of global maritime trade," the White House said in a statement.

Harvard adopts IHRA working definition of antisemitism after settling antisemitism lawsuits

Harvard will incorporate the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, and the contemporary examples appended to the definition, when evaluating allegations of discrimination.

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Statements

Declaration of the EJC on the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau

The Shoah, the systematic and deliberate mission of the Nazis and their collaborators to annihilate the Jewish people, resulted in the murder of six million Jews between 1939 and 1945. This unparalleled atrocity in world history must never be trivialised, contextualised, or compared, as such acts perpetuate the suffering of its victims and their descendants.