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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.

Israeli lawmakers walk out of international summit amid anti-Israel barrage

A delegation of Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday stormed out of an international...

EU leaders to recommit to Iran deal whatever Trump decides

European Union leaders on Thursday reaffirmed their full commitment to the 2015...

Eight European countries demand compensation from Israel for West Bank demolitions

Eight European Union countries wrote an official protest letter to Israel, demanding...

Jewish restitution group concerned as Polish legislation ignores Holocaust

The World Jewish Restitution Organisation welcomed Poland's intention to tackle the issue...

World’s first museum of Mountain Jews set for Azerbaijan

Mountain Jews settled in the Caucasus more than two thousand years ago. Located...

Former French minister becomes first Jewish head of UNESCO

Former French culture minister Audrey Azoulay has been elected as UNESCO's next Director-General. The...

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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.