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Antisemitic attacker sentenced to two years in prison for the 2021 beating of a Jewish individual in Times Square

Salem Seleiman was the last of six attackers to be sentenced for the beating of Joey Borgen, a Jewish man, on the sidelines of an anti-Israel protest in Times Square.

United States sanctions United Nations rapporteur Francesca Albanese over “political and economic warfare”

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the step against Albanese was taken in light of “her illegitimate and shameful efforts to prompt International Criminal Court action against US and Israeli officials, companies, and executives.”

Report finds that Hamas used sexual violence as a systemic weapon of war

The sexual attacks were "all aimed at a total dehumanization of Israelis and Israeli society," reads the report. 

Synagogue door set alight and Israeli restaurant stormed in latest antisemitic attacks in Australia

About 20 people were inside the synagogue in the downtown area of East Melbourne when a man poured flammable liquid on the front door of the synagogue on Albert Street before setting it on fire.

82-year-old Jewish woman dies from injuries sustained in Boulder attack

Karen Diamond, 82, died weeks after the Molotov cocktail attack in the Colorado city of Boulder. 

Argentine judge orders 10 accused in 1994 Jewish community centre bombing to be tried in absentia

The attack, which caused devastation in Latin America's biggest Jewish community, has never been solved, but Argentina and Israel have long suspected Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah group of carrying it out at Iran's request.

According to EUROPOL report, a total of 58 terrorist attacks were reported by 14 EU Member States in 2024

Online terrorist and violent extremist propaganda instrumentalised the conflict in Gaza and ignited hatred, with antisemitism being a common denominator in both.

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EJC strongly condemns proposal to remove the name of Herzog Park in Dublin

We call on Dublin City Councillors to reject this motion and to send a clear message that Jewish history is Irish history and that attempts to marginalise or diminish it have no place in a democratic society.