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Sweden

Stockholm Jewish football club exposed to antisemitism on Instagram

Henriksdalsbergets FF promoted their match against Makkabi on their Instagram account with a pro-Palestinian song.
Germany

Zentralrat criticized the German government’s decision to resume funding to UNRWA

"The resumption of German payments to UNRWA comes as a surprise and is incomprehensible to me," said Central Council of Jews in Germany President Josef Schuster.
The Netherlands

329 Dutch mayors wrote an open letter denouncing the rise of antisemitism in the country

The mayors wrote that antisemitism never went away after World War II and that antisemitic incidents increased even more after October 7.
Italy

In the Liberation Day marches in Milan and Rome the Jewish Brigade was attacked and insulted

"Those who shout today should open a history book" said UCEI President Noemi Di Segni who participated in the march in Rome.
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Germany

FC Bayern Munich contributes to synagogue restoration

Leading football club FC Bayern Munich is contributing 100,000 euros to the restoration of the Munich synagogue on the Reichenbachstrasse.
Germany

Germany upgrades IHRA’s legal status

Germany recognised the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) as an international institution, strengthening in law its commitment to fighting antisemitism.
Germany

German commission rules museum must return Nazi-looted painting to Jewish heirs

A commission in Germany has ruled that a painting by expressionist Erich Heckel that is in a German art museum was likely unlawfully obtained under the Nazis and should be returned to the heirs of a Jewish historian who once owned it, officials said.
The Netherlands

Germany names Dutch SS veterans still receiving pensions for serving Hitler

Germany has handed over to the Netherlands a list of 34 Dutch citizens who are receiving army stipends from Berlin for serving in the military under the Nazis, including some suspected war criminals and possibly former guards at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.
Poland

One in five Poles “glad WWII led to fewer Jews in Poland”, according to survey

One in five Poles say that it is a "good thing that the Second World War led to fewer Jews living in Poland", according to a new survey by CBOS, a state-linked pollster.
Norway

Norwegian state radio host wishes “vaccine didn’t work” in Israel

A host at Norwegian state-owned radio station NRK P13 went on a live antisemitic rant where he expressed his wish that the COVID-19 vaccine would not work in Israel because it is a "shitty country."
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