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Ambassador Gideon Behar: Arab Anti-Semitism a Danger to Peace
TAI interviewed Ambassador Gideon Behar, Director of the Israeli Foreign Ministry's Department for Combating Anti-Semitism, the dangers of Arab Anti-Semitism for Jewish communities around the world and the prospects for peace. The conversation took place at the conclusion of a workshop (co-organised by the AJC Transatlantic Institute and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung) on Anti-Semitism in the Arab world.
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The AJC Transatlantic Instute and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung held their second annual workshop on anti-Semitism to mark International Holocaust Rememberance Day. This year's event looked at the presence and prominence of anti-Semitism in the Arab world following the revolutionary wave that swept through the region starting in December 2010. Early hopes that the Arab Awakening would usher in a...Read more
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December 22, 2014 – New York – AJC is deeply disappointed with the European Parliament's failure to establish a task force to fight the rise of anti-Semitism across Europe.
"European Parliament inaction on an anti-Semitism...
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With thousands of European Jihadists fighting in Syria...
AJC Transatlantic Institute shocked as Members of the EU Parliament are encouraged to call Israel's actions "Holocaust"
11 September 2014 – Brussels – The AJC Transatlantic Institute is shocked that a panelist invited by the EU Parliament Human Rights Subcommittee encouraged MEP's to call Israel's actions in Gaza “Holocaust."
"Comparing Israel's self...
Nurit Peled Urges MEPs to Call Israel's Actions "Holocaust"
Nurit Peled, an Israeli professor of linguistics and Sakharov Prize laureate, urged MEPs to use the term “Holocaust” to describe Israel's actions in Gaza in 2014. The incident occured on 11 September 2014 during a hearing of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human...
AJC Transatlantic Institute Calls on European Parliament to Address New Wave of Anti-Semitism
24 July 2014 – Brussels – The AJC Transatlantic Institute calls on Members of the European Parliament to address the new wave of anti-Semitism in the European Union and urges as a first concrete step a public hearing on this issue in Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and...
AJC Calls on EU Ministers to Convene Special Meeting on Anti-Semitism
July 21, 2014 – Brussels -- AJC calls on the European Union to convene an extraordinary meeting of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers to address the wave of violence against Jews across Europe.
“From Berlin to Paris, from London to Brussels, we...
Greek Prime Minister Samaras Addresses AJC Transatlantic Institute
June 26, 2014 – Brussels – Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras addressed an AJC Transatlantic Institute dinner last night. While acknowledging the immense challenges facing his country since 2008, including nearly 60 percent youth unemployment, he presented a generally...
Do Jews Have a Future in Europe?
By Simone Rodan-Benzaquen and Daniel Schwammenthal
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AJC Transatlantic Institute Greatly Concerned By Extremists' Success in EU Elections
May 26, 2014 - Brussels - The AJC Transatlantic Institute expressed its great concern over the success of extremist parties in a number of member states in the European Parliament elections.
While the center-right European People's Party...
Vatican, EU Allies in Fighting Anti-Semitism
By Stanley M. Bergman
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“It is important that we dedicate...