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France

Man suspected of abducting and raping Jewish woman in Paris ‘to avenge Palestine’

The suspect was charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment, rape and making death threats.
Austria

Austrian police arrest Germans visiting Hitler’s birthplace

Officers took action when they saw a woman in the group performing a Nazi salute.
Spain

Alleged antisemitic aggression during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Madrid

According to the claims made in the video, one protester pushed, spat on, and insulted another for being Jewish.
France

French man sentenced to three years for antisemitic attack in Paris

The assailant, a 31-year-old individual, assaulted a 62-year-old man wearing a kippah, knocking him to the ground and hurling antisemitic slurs, including calling him a "dirty Jew."
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Austria

Austrian government still wants to give citizenship to descendants of Holocaust victims

Austrian officials insisted that the government in Vienna remains fully committed to advancing legislation granting citizenship to the descendants of Austrian Holocaust victims.
Spain

Spanish Jews pray at former synagogue they want returned from Catholic Church

Spanish Jews held a prayer and cultural event at a former synagogue that the community is trying to recover from the Catholic Church.
France

French Jewish cemetery near Strasbourg defaced with antisemitic graffiti

Several tombstones were defaced with antisemitic graffiti at a Jewish cemetery near the French city of Strasbourg.
Italy

Plaques honouring Rome’s deported Jews stolen

Rome's mayor, Catholic groups and politicians joined Italy's Jewish community in denouncing the theft of 20 small bronze plaques honoring a Jewish family deported during the Holocaust.
Ukraine

Historic Ukrainian Jewish cemetery in the town of Agnon and Wiesenthal renovated

The European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative (ESJF) has just completed the restoration and fencing of the historic Jewish cemetery of Buchach in Ukraine's Ternopil region.
United Kingdom

British PM Theresa May: Criticism of Israel not an excuse for antisemitism

British Prime Minister Theresa May strongly condemned rising antisemitism in Europe, saying that it was a critical component of fighting all racial hatred.
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