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Global Antisemitism and Israel-Hamas War Top Meeting Agenda |
As part of the annual United National General Assembly gathering in NY, ADL staff and volunteer leaders met with dozens of world leaders, foreign ministers and other dignitaries on issues of concern to ADL and the Jewish community.
Among the issues ADL advocated on were the hostages being held in Gaza, the spike in global antisemitism, the need for governments to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism and implement national action plans to combat antisemitism, Iran’s malign behavior, and the systematic antisemitism and anti-Israel bias within the UN system.
ADL also raised concerns with countries who announced their intention to prematurely recognize a Palestinian state, explaining why this action emboldens Hamas and does little to advance Israeli-Palestinian peace, and pushed back against governments like Spain whose leaders have taken overtly anti-Israel positions.
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ADL Leadership Mission to Israel |
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt and SVP for International Affairs Marina Rosenberg led an ADL leadership mission to Israel for meetings and engagements with key Israeli leaders, institutions and communities. The delegation met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Supreme Court President Justice Yitzhak Amir, Deputy Foreign Minister Sharon Haskel, U.S.
Ambassador Mike Huckabee and others.
The delegation also visited the site of the Nova Festival, met with hostage families and the Bedouin community in Rahat, toured Haifa's Bahá'í World Center and Ahmadiyya Mosque, and strengthened partnerships with
Israel's Druze community in Julis while expressing solidarity with Syrian Druze facing violence in Suwayda.
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ADL Survey Reveals Most Global Jewish Students Conceal Identity |
A groundbreaking global survey by ADL and the World Union of Jewish Students revealed that 78% of Jewish university students worldwide hide their religious identity and 81% conceal their Zionist identity for safety reasons.
The first comprehensive study of its kind, conducted across 1,727 Jewish students from over 60 countries, found that more than one in three respondents know Jewish peers who were physically threatened, and one in five know peers who were physically attacked on campus this past year. The survey also showed that Orthodox Jewish students experience twice the level of discrimination as other Jewish students, and nearly 30% of Jewish students requesting religious accommodations are denied or only sometimes granted them, with the problem most severe in Europe.
Read the Full Survey Here >>>
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Israel and the Middle East
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ADL welcomed the comprehensive deal announced by President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza, which includes the immediate release of all remaining hostages and the demilitarization of Gaza. ADL urged governments worldwide to pressure Hamas to accept and implement the agreement.
ADL expressed deep concern about several countries' premature recognition of a Palestinian state outside the framework of direct negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians, arguing that this decision effectively rewards Hamas terrorism.
ADL condemned a terror attack at the Ramot Junction in Jerusalem, where Palestinian terrorists killed six people and wounded at least 12 others.
ADL expressed alarm about the violent targeting of the Druze community in Syria by Sunni extremist groups affiliated with ISIS and al-Qaeda – supported by the Syrian government - including massacres in Suwayda, and called for international action to protect the Druze and other minority communities.
ADL celebrated the release of Princeton student Elizabeth Tsurkov who was inhumanely held captive for over 900 by terrorists in Iraq, and thanked the Administration for securing her freedom.
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ADL welcomed the EU Council’s snapback sanctions against Iran's nuclear proliferation activities and urged all countries to enforce these measures to the fullest extent.
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ADL delivered over a dozen Words to Actions trainings and sessions in Latin America, reaching hundreds of Jewish high-school students across the region.
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ADL joined our Canadian Jewish communal partner CIJA in successfully advocating for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to reinstate "The Road Between Us," a documentary about October 7, after TIFF initially withdrawn the film. The documentary won the People's Choice Award at the festival.
ADL congratulated Michael Waltz on his confirmation as U.S. Ambassador to the UN, and expressed a commitment to working with him in fighting antisemitism and anti-Israel bias within the UN system.
A new ADL petition calls on countries work to reform the UN Special Rapporteur system and stop giving antisemites a global platform. |
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