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France

An armed man attempted to set fire to a synagogue in Rouen

The man was armed with a knife and an iron bar and was attempting to set fire the city’s synagogue.
United Kingdom

Antisemitic incident in central London as knife-wielding woman arrested

The woman was filmed shouting at a Jewish man, "You are to blame for all the problems in the world. You always start fights! Who started World War II? The Jews!."
Germany

Germany bans pro-Hamas group supporting ‘Palestinian resistance’

German authorities banned Palestine Solidarity Duisburg, which had expressed solidarity with “Palestinian resistance in all forms."
Norway

Norwegian woman found guilty of antisemitism following dissemination of hateful comments against Jews online

In total, the police registered 77 messages with illegal content sent to the Jewish Community of Oslo from the beginning of November 2023 to the end of February 2024.
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Belgium

Man armed with knives tried to enter Antwerp synagogue

A man armed with three knives who pretended to be Jewish attempted to enter an Antwerp synagogue before being apprehended.
France

France smashes neo-Nazi cell over plot to attack Jews and Muslims

French police arrested members of a neo-Nazi cell accused of planning to attack Jewish or Muslim houses of worship, as well as the national event of the French Jewish umbrella organisation CRIF.
Czech Republic

Prague memorial to Jewish children who fled Nazis vandalised

A memorial honouring the escape of mostly Jewish children from the Nazis has been damaged in an apparently carefully planned attack.
Greece

Greek Jews honour Crete community drowned in entirety en route to Auschwitz

A new exhibit at the Jewish Museum of Greece commemorates the history of the Crete Jewish community through artifacts gathered from families who left the island before the war.
France

Antisemitic graffiti scrawled at home of mother of Merah victims

The home of Latifa Ibn Ziaten, mother of one of the victims of Mohamed Merah was marked with threats and antisemitic graffiti.
Belgium

Belgium drops case against cafe owner who welcomed dogs but not Jews

Prosecutors in Belgium dropped criminal complaints against a café owner who put up a sign banning Jews.
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