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March 2023
ADL Delegation In Chile for High-level Meetings and Partnerships



CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, National Chair Ben Sax, and SVP for International Affairs Marina Rosenberg led an ADL leadership mission to Chile. The delegation met with government officials, Jewish community figures and other groups and individuals from across Chilean society. The Chilean Jewish community, which numbers around 18,000, encounters frequent anti-Israel sentiment from Chile’s Palestinian population as well as on the governmental level.


Following the mission, Marina Rosenberg, who had previously served as Israel’s Ambassador to Chile,
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shared her personal perspective on the mission and on the Chilean Jewish community.


Highlights from the ADL mission included:
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Meetings with Chile's
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Foreign and
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Education Ministers, former president
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Sebastian Pinera , the presidents of the Chilean Senate and
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Chamber of Deputies , former Minister of Health, the
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Governor of Santiago , and other Parliamentarians.
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A cocktail reception hosted by
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US Ambassador Bernardette Meehan.
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Panel discussions with Jewish
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high school and
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college students, and university professors about the impact of antisemitism and anti-Zionism on their lives.
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Presentation by
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Rudi Haymann , a 101 Holocaust survivor and activist, about non-Jewish allies who commit themselves to Holocaust education and fighting antisemitismIn addition, ADL signed Memoranda of Understanding to bring our expertise and resources to Chile in partnership with on-the-ground experts: One with
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the Jewish Museum of Chile to develop the COAJ “Combatiendo el Odio y el Antisemitismo Juntos” (Combating Hate and Antisemitism Together) initiative, and the second with
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Jewish Museum of Chile and the Jewish Community of Chile , to collaborate on issues of security and antisemitism.


ADL Joins UAE Government in Opening of Manara Co-Existence Center



An ADL delegation, led by Jonathan Greenblatt, Ben Sax, and Marina Rosenberg, visited the United Arab Emirates to formally announce the
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opening of the Manara Center for Co-Existence in Abu Dhabi.


The Center will support core UAE values and initiatives, such as the Year of Tolerance and the Abrahamic Family House. ADL will serve as a flagship partner to help implement key educational programming, including forging relationships with universities across the Middle East and Southeast Asia to promote peace and prosperity through coexistence around the world, with specific trainings designed for university students and young learners.


While in the UAE, the ADL delegation also held a several meetings with high-level political and
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diplomatic officials and visited key
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religious and other sites.


Pause in Israeli Judicial Reforms are Welcomed

In a
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joint statement with other major US Jewish organizations , ADL welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s announcement that he was halting the judicial reforms legislation. ADL encouraged all Knesset factions, coalition and opposition alike, to use the pause to build a consensus that includes the broad support of Israeli civil society. Amidst weeks-long protests across Israel ADL had
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called on PM Netanyahu to suspend the legislation and work towards achieving a compromise.


Earlier in the March, Jonathan Greenblatt visited Israel for a series of meetings and consultations on the reforms with leaders from across the political spectrum, as well as legal scholars, civil society leaders and others, and reflected on his discussions in a
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Times of Israel blog. Jonathan used the meetings to share how the reforms and the protests were impacting millions of Jews in the Diaspora, and called on Israeli leaders to safeguard Israel’s social fabric, uphold Israel's democratic values, and ensure minority rights are protected.


AROUND THE WORLD


Israel and the Middle East


ADL condemned a
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Palestinian terrorist attack in Tel-Aviv where three Israelis were wounded.


ADL criticized
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comments by Israeli Minister Bezalel Smotrich who expressed support for “wiping out” the West Bank Palestinian village of Huwara. ADL also
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condemned Smotrich for falsely claiming that Palestinians have no national identity.


ADL
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condemned extremist far-right groups who engaged in anti-Arab violence and rhetoric during pro-judicial reform protests.


An
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op-ed by Meir Javedanfar , ADL’s Iran Consultant, examines how, on the 44th anniversary of the Iranian revolution, the Iranian public has grown increasingly disenchanted by the regime’s anti-American and anti-Israel propaganda.


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expressed support for the Turkish Jewish community’s newspaper’s call for introducing Holocaust education in Turkish schools.

Europe


ADL
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commended the Greek police for arresting two individuals believed to be planning attacks directed by the Iranian regime on Jewish sites in Athens.




ADL
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trained 22 new trainers from 16 European countries in an intensive four-day Words-To-Action Train the Trainer seminar in Berlin.

Latin America


Antisemitism Uncovered, ADL’s guide to understanding antisemitic myths, was
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translated into Spanish .


ADL op-eds were translated into Spanish and published, including:
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Marina Rosenberg Interview on ADL’s Chile Mission (Agricultura FM/TV)
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Vlad Khaykin on Anti-Zionism's Connection to Soviet Propaganda (El Espanol)
US and Global


ADL
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applauded FIFA’s decision to remove Indonesia as the host of the 2023 U-20 World Cup, due to calls from Indonesian political leaders to ban Israel’s team.

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