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NBC News found that at least 150 paid “Premium” subscriber X accounts and thousands of unpaid accounts have posted or amplified pro-Nazi content on...

The paid accounts posting the content all consistently posted antisemitic or pro-Nazi material. Examples included praise of Nazi soldiers, sharing of Nazi symbols and denials of the Holocaust. 

ECTR awards 2018 European Medal of Tolerance to Prince Albert II of Monaco

The European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation’s (ECTR), EJC’s partner organisation, has bestowed the 2018 European Medal of Tolerance upon HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco for his exceptional personal leadership and inspiration to advance truth, tolerance and historical reconciliation.

European Jewish student leader slams MEP over antisemitic comments towards Jewish groups

The president of the European Union of Jewish Students, Alina Bricman, has slammed MEP Ana Gomes for antisemitic remarks directed against Jewish organisations during an event hosted at the European Parliament.

Former Argentinian president to go on trial for alleged cover-up of bombing of Jewish centre

Former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will go to trial over accusations that she covered up the alleged involvement of senior Iranian officials in the 1994 AMIA bombing.

First Poland Holocaust law complaint targets Argentinian newspaper

An Argentinian newspaper has become the first outlet to be targeted by Poland’s controversial new Holocaust law, after a nationalist group filed a case on Friday hours after the legislation entered into force.

Guatemala to move embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in May

Guatemala will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv in May, two days after the U.S. embassy makes the same move, Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales declared at a conference in Washington.

YouTube pulls neo-Nazi videos

Less than a day after YouTube said it would not remove videos from the violent hate group Atomwaffen Division, the video streaming giant reversed course.

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European Jewish Congress expresses solidarity with Israel and condemns Iranian attack on Jewish State

We urge the European Union and its member states to totally isolate Iran economically and politically from the international family of nations by strongly enforcing and extending sanctions against the Islamic Republic.