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European Parliament condemns Iran’s attack on Israel and calls to list IRGC as terror group

MEPs reiterate their full support for the security of the State of Israel and its citizens and condemn the simultaneous rocket launches carried out by Iran’s proxies.

Tripoli authorities secretly trying to convert synagogue into Islamic centre

In utmost secrecy, Libyan authorities are attempting convert the Sla Dar Bishi Synagogue in Tripoli into a modern centre of Islamic culture.

Jordanian professor accuses Jews of “ruling the world, controlling our language”

A Jordanian professor of Islamic law said earlier this month that while the term "Zionists" must be used instead of "Jews" lest one be "cancelled," and that there is no difference between the two.

Legislation Introduced in US Congress to reclaim unpaid insurance policies of Holocaust victims

Nearly 800,000 unclaimed Holocaust-era insurance policies are the focus of new legislation introduced in the US Congress in a bid to “restore the rights of Holocaust-era insurance beneficiaries in recovering billions in unclaimed payments that were left behind amid the chaos and destruction of World War II.”

“They were survivors”: the Jewish cartoonists who fled the Nazis

A new exhibition celebrates the work of three Austrian artists who escaped their country as Nazis took over and created daring work in the years after.

Holocaust survivors use social media to spread knowledge

Holocaust survivors took to social media to share their experience of how hate speech paved the way for mass murder, as part of the #ItStartedWithWords campaign by the Claims Conference.

Over 350 academics sign letter supporting the IHRA Definition

Over 350 leading academics and intellectuals from around the world have signed an open letter, supporting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism. 

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EJC welcomes European Parliament resolution calling for extended sanctions against Iran

“The centrality of Iran in the destabilisation of the whole of the Middle East is evident to all and we welcome the Parliament’s resolution noting this fact. The time has come for total exclusion of the Islamic Republic from the international arena and targeted sanctions” said EJC President Dr Ariel Muzicant.