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Top 3 ADL Actions Around the Globe | |
Politicization of Antisemitism is Threatening Jewish Life in Europe
In a new report, ADL warned that attempts to politicize antisemitism could pose a threat to the future of Jewish life in countries such as Germany, Hungary and the United Kingdom. The report, titled Choosing Antisemitism: Instrumentalization and Tolerance of Antisemitism in Contemporary European Politics
, shows how governments, political parties and leaders have used new forms of antisemitism to advance their own political goals to the detriment of Jews.
It identifies three major categories of politicization of antisemitism, including politically motivated accusations of antisemitism against opponents; political appeals to antisemitic beliefs among the public, including conspiracy theories about Jewish control of government and the economy; and tolerance of antisemitism within political movements as a strategy for increasing popular support. | |
Antisemitism is Rampant in Iranian Textbooks, ADL Study Finds
A new comprehensive ADL study of Iranian state textbooks, Incitement: Antisemitism and Violence in Iran’s Current State Textbooks, exposed how students in Iran are being taught antisemitism, hatred and incitement to violence against America, Israel and the Jewish people.
The report, authored by Washington Director for International Affairs David Weinberg, revealed that current editions of the regime’s school textbooks even go so far as to blame Western media for hyping the pandemic to undermine last year’s celebration of the Iranian revolution. It is the first comprehensive study of antisemitism, intolerance, or extremism in the official Iranian curriculum in nearly half a decade, and was also translated into Spanish. ADL has conducted similar studies of textbooks in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE. | |
Op-Ed on How Biden Admin Can Effectively Combat Global Antisemitism
A new op-ed by SVP for International Affairs Sharon Nazarian explains why the recent surge in global antisemitism is a threat to American interests. Sharon argues that US foreign policy will be effective only by replacing obsolete strategies with new ones using a global, technological, and intersectional lens, writing:
“The effectiveness of the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to combat global antisemitism will be judged by the degree to which it prioritizes this threat. But it will also be judged by its approach to addressing this disease. Will it be piecemeal or holistic? Will it use obsolete and archaic tools, or ones that are innovative and technologically advanced? Will it be merely reactive, or strategic, proactive and intersectional?” | |
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Israel & Broader Middle East | |
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ADL expressed deep concern at the ruling by International Criminal Court to investigate crimes in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In a Times of Israel blog
on the subject, ADL Deputy National Director Kenneth Jacobson writes: “The ICC decision, which will undoubtedly serve to reinforce efforts to demonize and delegitimize Israel, is a leftover of the failed international approaches of past decades. There is a new dynamic in the region and the ICC is not only out of step with this new dynamic, but it also threatens to undermine it by playing into the hands of extremists in the region, rather than those who seek accommodation and compromise.”
The formal establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and Kosovo was applauded.
ADL said it was troubled by reports that Israeli PM Netanyahu was again allying with far-right Israeli political parties who espouse hate-filled ideologies.
ADL welcomed US Secretary of State Tony Blinken’s affirmation of the US's commitment to fighting systemic anti-Israel bias in the UN Human Rights Council. ADL had previously urged the US to fight against the Council’s anti-Israel bias, advocate against antisemitism and prevent human rights abusers from hijacking the Council’s agenda.
ADL welcomed the release of human rights and women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul from a Saudi prison. | |
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An antisemitic graphic published by Turkish-state media was criticized.
ADL's Washington Director for International Affairs David Weinberg was interviewed by the Washington Post regarding the removal of some antisemitism passages from the latest Saudi state textbooks following ADL's 2018 monograph on the subject. | |
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Europe
ADL marked the anniversary of the antisemitic abduction and murder of Ilan Halimi, a French Jew.
Latin America
SVP for International Affairs Sharon Nazarian signed a memorandum of understanding with the Jewish museum in Chile to collaborate on utilizing educational materials such as ADL’s Pyramid of Hate.
ADL welcomed the removal of antisemitic objects previously sold across Latin America on Mercado Libre, an online marketplace.
ADL hosted a presentation in Spanish on hate crimes and extremist groups for the Consulate of Mexico in Santa Ana. | |
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ADL condemned antisemitic attacks and trends globally, including: the vandalizing of a Holocaust memorial in Armenia; antisemitic graffiti on stores in Canada; a mezuzah on a Jewish home smashed in the Netherlands; an antisemitic rally in
Spain; and a toy pig and bacon left in front of a synagogue in Switzerland.
On February 5, ADL welcomed a Congressional sign-on letter encouraging the Biden Administration to swiftly nominate a U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism.
The Canadian parliament's labeling of China’s treatment of the Uighurs as a genocide was welcomed.
ADL condemned a spike in anti-Asian hate crimes in Vancouver, Canada. | |
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