Israel & Broader Middle East
ADL condemned Quds Day speeches by Hezbollah Leader Nasrallah, who called for all Jews to flee Israel, and Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei, who called Israel a “cancerous tumor” and likened Zionism to a virus.  
 
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt criticized “demonizing language” in a NY Times article and tweet that appeared to question Israel’s legitimate security needs.  
 
ADL published a blog on extremist anti-Israel rhetoric related to COVID-19, stating that there is “a small but significant segment of the criticism leveled at Israel in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic has veered into extremism and antisemitism, especially accusations that Israel or Zionists schemed to create and spread the coronavirus or are taking advantage of the pandemic for personal gain.” 
 
ADL expressed condolences to the parents of IDF soldier Amit Ben Yigal who was killed in a Palestinian terror attack in the West Bank.  
 
ADL Israel welcomed an Israeli court’s conviction of Amiram Ben Uliel for murder of three members of the Dawabsheh family in the West Bank Palestinian village of Duma.  

ADL Israel criticized comments by Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion who said that Reform Jews who wished to pray should not do so at the Western Wall, and called on the mayor to apologize.  
 
ADL welcomed House and Senate bipartisan sign-on letters we had endorsed to Secretary of State Pompeo that called for continued U.S. action to oppose unfair and discriminatory action against Israel by the International Criminal Court. 

ADL sent congratulatory letters to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Alternate PM and Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi on forming a new Israeli government, and wished them success in leading Israel during this challenging period. 
 
ADL welcomed the upcoming appointment of Gilad Erdan as the Israel Ambassador to the U.S. and UN.

Europe 

SVP of International Relations Sharon Nazarian and European Affairs Director Andrew Srulevitch held consultations with multiple European Jewish communities, including France and Finland, to hear about current challenges to and activities of the communities and to offer ADL support and cooperation. 

ADL welcomed an investigation into a letter from a Ukrainian police official in the city of Kolomiya that asked for the names and addresses of all Jewish community members. Earlier, ADL had expressed outrage at the letter’s publication, saying it “hearkens back to the darkest times in European history.” The police official was subsequently fired from his position. 

ADL welcomed the decision to try the two accused murders of French Holocaust survivor Mirelle Knoll, who was killed in an antisemitic attack.  

ADL applauded the European Parliament for calling out anti-Israel incitement and hate in Palestinian textbooks. 

ADL commended the German government for banning all Hezbollah activities in Germany and urged other EU countries to take similar action.   

ADL welcomed an announcement by the government of Valencia, Spain that they would not hire BDS activists to teach a course on antisemitism. 

ADL congratulated Greece and Israel on 30 years of diplomatic recognition and an ever-stronger bilateral relationship. 

Latin America
SVP for International Affairs Sharon Nazarian and Director of Latin American Affairs Liat Altman, led a webinar on antisemitism during COVID-19 for the Advisory Council of the Argentinean DAIA, the Jewish umbrella group in charge of fighting antisemitism and discrimination. Participants consisted of smaller and larger Jewish communities all over Argentina including Cordoba, Rosario, Buenos Aires, Entre Rios, Patagonia, among others. Liat also presented on a webinar for the Association of Argentine Jewish Lawyers. 
 
SVP for International Affairs Sharon Nazarian and Director of Latin American Affairs Liat Altman held consultations with the Jewish communities of Guatemala, Ecuador, Chile to hear about current challenges to and activities of their communities and to offer ADL support and cooperation. 
 
ADL welcomed the removal of an antisemitic Facebook user who targeted Brazilian Congress President Davi Alcolumbre, the first Jew to hold that position.  
 
ADL condemned Brazil's Education Minister for repeatedly using Holocaust analogies to criticize the country’s COVID-19 regulations, and called on the Minister to better educate himself about the lessons of the Holocaust. 

ADL repudiated the use of the Auschwitz slogan “Work Will Free Us” by the Brazilian President’s communications department in their video about the government’s response to COVID-19. 
 
ADL condemned an Argentine journalist’s comparison of Zionism to Fascism. 

Global
 

ADL condemned antisemitic attacks and trends globally, including repeated attacks on a kosher restaurant in Amsterdam, the drawing of swastikas on a Jewish-owned golf course in Australia, a bomb threat against a Jewish organization in Britain , Holocaust comparisons by the Foreign Minister of Brazil, two antisemitic incidents in Finland, an antisemitic video by a comedian in France, and a chalk drawing linking Jews and Israel to COVID-19 in Germany. 

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt thanked UN Secretary General Guterres for his video message condemning hate related to COVID-19, writing: “At a time when the world is fighting the #COVID19 pandemic, we must stand together against antisemitism, racism, xenophobia and hate of all kinds.” 

ADL welcomed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's unanimous approval of two foreign policy bills: the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Act (S. 238) and the U.S.-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act (S. 3176). ADL had organized a letter for endorsing the Anti-semitism envoy act that was signed by over 70 Jewish communal groups. 

ADL signed on to a Jewish Rohingya Justice Network letter to Secretary of State Pompeo calling on the US to pressure Burma to halt human rights abuses against the country’s ethnic and religious minorities under the guise of responding to COVID-19.