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32nd anniversary of the terror attack on the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires

Hezbollah, calling itself a "party of God", claimed responsibility for the attack. To date, no one has been brought to justice for these attacks.

Biden named historian Deborah Lipstadt as Envoy to Combat Antisemitism

US President Joe Biden formally named Deborah Lipstadt as the next US Ambassador to Combat and Monitor Antisemitism.

Top social media platforms fail to act on reported antisemitism, study finds

Social media platforms are mostly not acting against antisemitic content even when...

Israeli filmmakers land in Israel after 20 days in Nigerian prison

Three Jewish filmmakers who were detained by Nigerian security forces nearly three weeks ago have been released and returned to Israel.

After swastika carved at State Department, Biden vows no place for antisemitism

U.S. President Joe Biden said, following the discovery of a swastika carved in the U.S. State Department building, that there was no place for antisemitism in his administration.

50 U.S. professors quit union after it calls Israel a “settler-colonial state”

At least 50 professors at the City University of New York have quit their union following passage of a resolution condemning Israel.

Trudeau says Canada to spend $5M to strengthen security at Jewish institutions

Amid an unprecedented number of antisemitic incidents in Canada, the government is set to spend more than $5 million to shore up the security of the nation’s Jewish community institutions.

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European Jewish Congress calls on EU and UN leaders to cease its one-sided Israel bashing that has direct consequences for Jews in Europe

“The constant flow of Israel-bashing by senior leaders in the EU and the UN with little to no criticism of Hamas terror is clearly the main contributory factor to huge growth in antisemitism recorded by all European Jewish communities since October 7 last year,” said EJC President Dr Ariel Muzicant.