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February 2020
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Top 3 ADL Actions Around the Globe
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Anti-Semitic Titles at State Book Fairs in Middle East Assailed
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called on the governments of Egypt and Oman to remove a number of virulently anti-Semitic titles promoted for sale in Arabic through their annual state-run book fairs in Cairo and Muscat. Titles on sale include “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf,” and “The International Jew.” ADL recently completed
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a yearlong study of state-run book fairs across the Arab world. The study found a broad array of virulently anti-Semitic books exhibited in cities such as Doha, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait City, Muscat, and Jeddah. In one positive development, the State of Qatar appears to have removed the vast majority of anti-Semitic books from its latest state-run book fair in response to ADL concerns.
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Human Rights Council’s “Blacklist” on Israeli Settlements Strongly Rejected
ADL strongly condemned the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) decision to publish their so-called “blacklist” database of 112 companies they maintain have ties to Israeli settlements in the West Bank. In a
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statement , ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said: “As we have previously stated, the blacklist will only serve as ammunition for the BDS movement’s anti-Israel campaign, and do nothing to promote constructive initiatives for reconciliation and peace between Israelis and Palestinians. This is perhaps not surprising, considering the UNHRC’s history of obsessively focusing on criticizing Israel while ignoring many human rights abuses and issues occurring throughout the world.”
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Latin American Students Come to ADL for Training on Combatting Anti-Semitism
High School students from Jewish schools in Mexico and Venezuela
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visited ADL’s New York office to learn skills to combat anti-Semitism with a
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Words to Action training and presentations about ADL’s work around the globe. ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt spoke to the students about the origins of ADL and its relevance today.
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AROUND THE WORLD
Middle East
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examined the Israeli-Palestinian peace plan released by the President Trump at the White House, and documented some critiques of the plan that utilized anti-Semitic tropes.
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concern about the dozens of rockets fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza at southern Israeli cities and towns.
Sharon Nazarian, ADL’s SVP for International Affairs,
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spoke on an panel at the prestigious
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INSS conference with historian Dr. Yehuda Bauer, where she
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shared her thoughts about the state of global anti-Semitism.
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sander’s denigration of the AIPAC Policy Conference
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was called “offensive” by ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.
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welcomed the ruling by the Israeli Supreme Court that same sex couples and single men be allowed access to child surrogacy services
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condemned the vandalism of over 170 vehicles and a mosque in the Israeli-Arab town of Gish in the Upper Galilee.
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said it was “very upsetting” to see a 36% increase in hate speech and violence directed at the LGBTQ community in Israel.
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condemned 3 suspected terror attacks in Israel which occurred within a spate of 24 hours.
Europe
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commemorated the 14th anniversary of the murder of French Jew Ilan Halimi with the publishing of an English translation of a book by Halimi’s mother about his kidnapping.
In the aftermath of the mass shooting in Hanau Germany, ADL worked in partnership with extremism researchers at Berlin’s Amadeu Antonio Foundation to
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analyze the attacker’s 24-page manifesto and other online materials allegedly posted by him.
ADL endorsed a bipartisan House resolution on combating anti-Semitism in Europe (
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H. Res. 837 ) that was introduced by Chairman Bill Keating (D-MA) of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment with extensive prior input from ADL.
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welcomed former UK Member of Parliament Luciana Berger for a discussion on the issue of anti-Semitism within the UK’s Labour Party.
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expressed alarm about a new report by the CST, ADL’s UK partner, highlighting a 25% increase in anti-Semitic incidents in the UK during 2019.
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expressed concern about a report by CIDI, ADL’s Dutch partner, highlighting a 35% increase in anti-Semitic incidents in 2019.
Global
ADL condemned anti-Semitic attacks and trends globally including: The anti-Semitic imagery and tropes used in the Aalst carnival in
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Belgium ; An attempted harassment of a visibly Jewish man on a
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Paris metro; An explosive device that was placed at the entrance to a concentration camp in
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Germany ; An Anti-Semitic
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comment by Iran’s Supreme Leader and subsequent
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denial of the existence of anti-Semitism in Iran by its Foreign Minister; a
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threat by the Iranian government to replace a historic Jewish tomb with a Palestinian consular office; Anti-Semitic graffiti repeatedly daubed on Jewish homes in
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Italy ; A Nazi-themed float in a parade in
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Spain ; A bag of soap and anti-Semitic screeds that were left outside a Holocaust exhibition in
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Sweden ; The publication of a
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UK textbook claiming Israel was a cause for the 9/11 terror attacks.
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welcomed a report by the South African Board of Deputies highlighting a decline in anti-Semitic incidents in 2019 across South Africa.
ADL’s Task Force on Middle East Minorities
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endorsed three pieces of bipartisan legislation designed to increase U.S. support to vulnerable minority groups: the Deferred Removal for Iraqi Nationals including Minorities Act (
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H.R. 2537 ), the Resolution Supporting Coptic Christians in Egypt (
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H. Res. 49 ), and the Resolution Calling for the Global Repeal of Blasphemy, Heresy, and Apostasy Laws (
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H. Res. 512 /
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S. Res. 458 ).
ADL’s Washington Director for International Affairs David Weinberg represented ADL in Congressional lobby days with the Alliance for Middle East Peace and with the Jewish Rohingya Justice Network, including to lobby for the bipartisan Partnership Fund for Peace Act (
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H.R. 3104 /
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S. 1727 ) and the bipartisan UIGHUR Act (
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S. 178 )
International Affairs in the Regions
Florida: At the ADL 2020 Community Briefing at Boca West Country Club, attendees heard from Consul General of Mexico in Miami Jonathan Chait who asserted: “…Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed in 2018 a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ADL in order to generate synergies with Mexico`s diplomatic offices to fight against all forms of hate, prejudice, discrimination, intolerance, and anti-Semitism. ADL has provided us with the leadership and tools to confront hate in all its forms and never lose sight of how love, respect, and understanding of what might be perceived as ‘the other’ can overpower hate.”
Jerusalem: ADL Israel Director Carole Nuriel
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spoke at the Muni World 2020 gathering of mayors from around the world in Israel.
ADL Israel facilitated a workshop on current anti-Semitism to a group of TALI teachers - a network of schools which provide a pluralistic Jewish studies program to secular schools in Israel in advance of their visit to the US to learn about American Jewry
ADL Israel facilitated half a day in the Ort Arab high school in Ramle for Good Word Day. The session was devoted to the importance of words, the way they can hurt and incite, or alternatively create respect and inclusion.
Seattle: Miri Cypers, Regional Director for ADL’s Pacific Northwest Region, presented alongside Dr. Roberto Dondisch, the former Consul General of Mexico to Seattle, at Latino Lobby Day for 400 advocates in the Washington State legislature. Miri and Dr. Dondisch presented on the rise of anti-Semitism and hate targeting minority communities, ADL’s partnership with the Mexican Consulate, and best practices for reporting hate crimes and advocacy around stronger laws.
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