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Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov addresses the AJC Global Forum
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov spoke at the AJC Global Forum about lessons from the Holocaust, the importance of combating anti-Semitism, and his nation's support for the State of Israel.
MEP Ana Gomes Defames Jewish Organizations as "Perverse Lobby"
On 28 February 2018, MEP Ana Gomes hosted Omar Barghouti, the founder of the anti-Israel "Boycott, Divest and Sanctions" (BDS) movement, in the European Parliament.
Mrs. Gomes defamed the Jewish organizations that opposed her invitation to...
Anti-Semitism in the EU Parliament: Palestinian Terrorist Leila Khaled Compares Israel with Nazis
Only months after the European Parliament formally endorsed the IHRA Definition of anti-Semitism, Leila Khaled, active member of the EU-designated terror group Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), was on 26 September 2017 given the opportunity to i.a. liken...
AJC Global Forum: Gillian Merron on Anti-Semitism in the UK's Labor Party
Anti-Semitism, an age-old malady, has returned to modern Europe in new guises—a scandal in the UK’s Labour Party, a resurgent National Front in France, and a vulnerable Jewish community in Malmö, Sweden. As Europe faces dramatic demographic change and the rise of nationalism...
Hanif Bali at AJC Global Forum: Many Jews in Europe Have to Hide their Religious Identity
AJC TAI's Michael Sieveking speaks with Swedish lawmaker Hanif Bali about rising anti-Semitism in Europe.
AJC Transatlantic Institute Praises European Parliament for Endorsing in Resolution the Working Definition of Antisemitism
Brussels – 1 June 2017 – The AJC Transatlantic Institute praised the European Parliament for adopting with overwhelming support a Resolution on Combatting Antisemitism which endorses the...
AJC Transatlantic Institute calls on MEPs to vote for the Resolution on Combatting Antisemitism
Brussels – 30 May 2017 - The AJC Transatlantic Institute today called on Members of the European Parliament to vote on Thursday for the Resolution on Combatting Antisemitism, which, in order to be effective, ought to include the...
AJC Transatlantic Institute Condemns Ban on Religious Slaughter in Wallonia
Brussels– 18 May 2017 – The AJC Transatlantic Institute condemns the decision by the Walloon Parliament to ban religious slaughter as an attack not just against the Orthodox community that will be most directly affected but as an attack against Jewish life in Belgium in...
Congressman Ted Deutch Commends EU on adopting Working Definition of Anti-Semitism
Democratic Congressman Ted Deutch commends the European Commission on its use of the Working Definition of anti-Semitism. Congressman Deutch also calls for EU member states to adopt the definition, which will help identifying and combating the age-old hatred....
Video: EU Commissioner Věra Jourová Endorses the Working Definition of anti-Semitism
EU Commissioner Věra Jourová Endorses the Working Definition of anti-Semitism, which includes 1) Calling for, aiding, or justifying the killing or harming of Jews in the name of a radical ideology. 2) Making dehumanizing, or demonizing allegations about Jews — such as the...
European Commission Agreement with Social Media Companies on Hate Speech
Brussels – 31 May 2016 – The AJC Transatlantic Institute welcomes the agreement the European Commission reached today with social media companies on combating illegal hate speech. The signatories to this code of conduct commit themselves to accept EU law...