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Top 3 ADL Actions Around the Globe | |
October 9, 2019 Halle synagogue shooting aftermath |
Verdict in Halle, Germany Synagogue Attack
ADL welcomed the verdict of a maximum sentence of life imprisonment for the white supremacist terrorist who attacked the synagogue in Halle, Germany on Yom Kippur last year, murdering two people outside the synagogue.
In a statement, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said: “To prevent more white supremacist terror attacks in Europe and around the globe, attention must be given to the hate that drives this violence and to the spread of this hate through white supremacist networks across the world. This terrorist spoke openly of his inspiration by other white supremacist terrorists, who openly share their manifestos and messages.”
Writing in The Forward
following the decision, Marilyn Mayo, Senior Research Fellow at ADL’s Center on Extremism wrote: “Governments must allocate sufficient resources to address the increased threat of white supremacy, including legislation and executive action to increase coordination, accountability and transparency in understanding, detecting, deterring and investigating acts of white supremacy-inspired terrorism and criminal acts. Technology companies also have responsibilities to address white supremacy online....Failure to do so will be a guilty verdict on those who bear these responsibilities.” | |
European Court of Justice (ECJ) Ruling on Kosher Slaughter Sharply Criticized
In a strongly worded statement, ADL expressed deep concern by an ECJ ruling that upholds a Belgian ban on Kosher ritual slaughter. ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said that “tolerance and protection of a safe religious practice, which may offend some, is the essence of religious freedom. Sadly, the ECJ has effectively declared that there is no room for observant Jewish people in the European Union.”
ADL is in close consultation with European Jewish communities regarding possible next steps.
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ADL Israel and The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Co-sponsor #FHFH Webinar Series
ADL’s Israel office continued its webinar series with The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung with two important discussions featuring experts from around the globe, both moderated by Carole Nuriel.
Insights on Jewish Communities in Europe 20 Years from Today: Identity, Security and Other Trends were provided by panelists: Jonathan Boyd, Executive Director of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, Robert Ejnes, Executive Director of the CRIF (Conseil Représentatif des Institutions Juives de France), Bini Guttmann, President of the European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS) and Dalia Grinfeld, ADL’s Assistant Director of European Affairs.
The second webinar delved into American and Israeli perspectives on When Does Criticism of Israel Cross the Line to Antisemitism? featuring: Batya Ungar-Sargon, Opinion editor of The Forward, Nadav Eyal, Chief International Correspondent for Reshet News, and Dr. Tomer Persico, Koret Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish and Israel Studies at U.C. Berkeley. | |
Israel & Broader Middle East
ADL applauded a normalization deal announced by Israel and Morocco, saying the deal was especially significant given the longstanding heritage of the Jewish community in Morocco, and the hundreds of thousands of Jews in Israel and around the world with Moroccan family roots. Writing on the agreement in The Times of Israel
, Deputy National Director Ken Jacobson asserted: “The reality of Morocco now added to the list of normalizers gives new strength to Arab countries who approach the Palestinians from a pragmatic, and hopefully productive, perspective.” Additionally, Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO, wrote to the King of Morocco thanking him for including positive material in textbooks about Jewish heritage and helping fund the Jewish community's House of Memory.
The International Affairs Committee held a special briefing on U.S.-Israel Relations: New Administration, Transforming Conflicts, Entrenched Challenges with Tal Shalev of Walla! News and Natan Sachs of the Brookings Institution.
Washington Director for International Affairs, David Weinberg, who has conducted numerous studies of Saudi educational material, commented on some improvement in the removal of antisemitic and other concerning content in Saudi state textbooks, but with more changes needed.
ADL condemned an apparent campaign by officials in Tunisia to ostracize and investigate singer Noamane Chaari after he performed with an Israeli vocalist.
A normalization deal between Israel and Bhutan was welcomed.
ADL called out Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif for using an anti-Jewish slur to attack Israel.
ADL welcomed an arrest in the suspected terrorist murder of an Israeli woman, Esther Horgan, who was killed near her home in Tal Menashe.
Congressional passage of the bipartisan Middle East Partnership for Peace Act was welcomed.
SVP for International Affairs Sharon Nazarian was featured in an IranWire.com profile about her childhood fleeing persecution in Iran and her work for ADL fighting antisemitism and all forms of hate.
In a Times of Israel blog, Shadi Martini, a member of ADL’s Task Force for Middle Eastern Minorities, reflected on overcoming the anti-Jewish attitudes that were inculcated in him as a child in Aleppo, Syria.
ADL Israel condemned the torching of a Catholic church in Jerusalem.
The sentencing of an advocate for women’s rights in Saudi Arabia was denounced. | |
Europe
The continuing impact of the heinous terrorist attack on the Hyper Cacher supermarket on the French Jewish community was noted following the conviction of accomplices in the attacks on the market and the office of Charlie Hebdo.
ADL welcomed French court charges brought against a suspect of the Palestinian Abu Nidal terrorist organization for his role in the 1982 bombing of a Jewish restaurant in Paris.
The UK’s Premier soccer league’s adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism was welcomed.
ADL participated in the 4th European Commission working group on antisemitism.
Slovenia’s decision to designate the entirety of Hezbollah as a terror organization was welcomed.
Sharon Nazarian, SVP for International Affairs, contributed an essay about ADL’s A League of Respect Initiative to Chelsea’s 49 Flames project on Jewish athletes during the Holocaust.
ADL joined the meeting of the Berlin Senate expert circle on antisemitism.
ADL thanked German law enforcement for confiscating weapons from a Neo-Nazi group.
ADL’s Los Angeles regional office met with the new French Consul General Julie Duhaut-Bedos and German Consul General Stefan Schneider.
Latin America
The acquittal of a suspect involved in the 1994 terrorist bombing of the AMIA building in Buenos Aires was condemned.
ADL welcomed the installation of a Holocaust memorial statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
An Argentinian rugby captain’s past racist remarks were deplored. | |
Global and Communal
ADL condemned antisemitic attacks and trends globally, including: violent threats against Jews on a train in Belgium; the vandalizing of a synagogue in Bulgaria; the antisemitic abuse of a Miss France contestant; an assault on a Jewish family in
France, swastikas on headstones in a French cemetery, antisemitic graffiti on a synagogue and Holocaust memorial in Greece; anti-Jewish graffiti in a cemetery in
Spain; a Hanukkah menorah toppled in Ukraine and an antisemitic diatribe by a Houthi government leader in Yemen
ADL recognized the 72nd anniversary of the UN’s adoption of the Genocide Convention, the first legal international definition of “genocide” which marked the international community’s commitment to “never again.” ADL New England held a special webinar which featured victims of genocides around the world and a conversation with former ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo about his work to bring perpetrators to justice.
ADL welcomed US sanctions against human rights abusers in Yemen, Chechnya, and Haiti, including those responsible for severe abuses against women, LGBTQ people, and Baha'is.
The release of a suspect in the kidnapping and murder of journalist Daniel Pearl was strongly condemned.
Monica Bauer, ADL Director of Hispanic Affairs, led a webinar on hate crimes with the Mexican Consulate in Las Vegas. | |
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