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The United States slaps new sanctions on Iran’s drone program and restrictions on the access to technologies by the Islamic Republic

In response to Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel, the US is taking sweeping actions against several actors involved in Iran’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program.

63% of US Jews feel less safe than they did last year, survey says

The survey found that one-quarter of American Jews said they have been the target of antisemitism in the past year.

Columbia University to be investigated over handling of antisemitism on campus

Columbia University joins the US House Committee on Education and the Workforce's list of universities under investigation for its handling of antisemitism on campus.

Las Vegas adopts IHRA antisemitism definition

The Las Vegas City Council is the 91st U.S. municipal body to adopt the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism.

Margaritis Schinas: “Antisemitic hate crimes have ‘exploded’ in EU since Oct. 7”

“This is simply unacceptable,” Schinas says, calling for EU member countries to get behind national and European efforts to stamp out antsemitism and racism.

Pope Francis decries ‘terrible increase in attacks against Jews’ worldwide

"We, Catholics, are very concerned about the terrible increase in attacks against Jews around the world,” the Pope wrote in a letter addressed to “my Jewish brothers and sisters in Israel” made public by the Vatican.

New Jersey man pleads guilty to series of violent assaults in antisemitic attack spree

He was charged with willfully causing bodily injury to five people, and attempting to kill and injure four of them because they were Jewish.

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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.