Australian man arrested after allegedly throwing bacon during antisemitic hate crime

Police in the Melbourne, Australia, area have arrested a man who they say threw a “packet of bacon” at someone who interrupted his attempts at antisemitic graffiti. The arrest, announced Tuesday, is the latest in a string as police crack down on antisemitic incidents in Melbourne and Sydney, home to Australia’s two largest Jewish communities. […]

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Contradicting Trump, Saudi Arabia says no change in its demand for Palestinian state

Within minutes of Donald Trump’s meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Saudi Arabia threw cold water on one of the U.S. president’s pronouncements. On Tuesday evening, when asked whether Saudi leaders were demanding the establishment of a Palestinian state in exchange for a treaty with Israel, Trump said they were not. “Everybody’s demanding one […]

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Far-right Polish lawmaker disrupts moment of silence for the Holocaust to decry ‘Jewish genocide in Gaza’

A far-right Polish member of the European Parliament with a history of antisemitic statements disrupted a moment of silence for the victims of the Holocaust in order to decry “the Jewish genocide in Gaza.” Grzegorz Braun, chairman of the far-right Confederation of the Polish Crown party, known as KKP, interrupted the minute of silence on […]

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Senior employee of Canadian pro-Israel media watchdog charged for anti-Palestinian graffiti

An assistant director for a Canadian pro-Israel media watchdog group is facing 17 criminal charges in connection with a string of profane anti-Palestinian graffiti that included the phrase “F— Gaza.”  Robert Walker, 39, remains employed by Honest Reporting Canada months after his November arrest. The organization, which is headquartered in Toronto, has not made any […]

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Holocaust distortion more dangerous than denial, warns departing IHRA chief Kathrin Meyer

As the world marks 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, one of Germany’s most prominent Holocaust scholars says twisting the facts about the Nazi extermination of 6 million Jews is far more harmful than outright denial — and that such distortion is “a stepping stone from antisemitism into the mainstream.” Kathrin Meyer, secretary-general of […]

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Jews removed from Irish Holocaust memorial event for protesting president’s remarks on Gaza

A Holocaust memorial ceremony in Dublin was disrupted after Jewish attendees were forced to leave for protesting Irish President Michael Higgins’ remarks about Gaza. In his speech, Higgins commemorated the Holocaust and lamented Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel as well as the civilian death toll in Gaza. He also wished for an end […]

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