Examples of Antisemitic Incidents
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EXAMPLES OF ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS NOVEMBER 2014 – JANUARY 2015 This document presents the major reported anti-Semitic incidents during this period. Prepared by the European Jewish Congress, Member of the Advisory Board of the EP Working Group on Anti-Semitism TABLE OF CONTENT AUSTRIA ............................................................................................................................................... 4 . Saudi school in Vienna teaches anti-Semitism ............................................................................ 4 BELGIUM .............................................................................................................................................. 4 REPORT: 60 % rise in Anti-Semitic acts in Belgium in 2014 ........................................................... 4 ▪ Belgian Jews slam remarks by Brussels region head ................................................................... 4 ▪ Jewish man stabbed in Antwerp ................................................................................................ 5 ▪ Wooden Magen David set alight in Belgian town ....................................................................... 5 FRANCE ................................................................................................................................................ 5 REPORT: Anti-Semitic acts in France double in 2014..................................................................... 5 STUDY: Sharansky - 50,000 French Jews asked for Aliyah information in 2014 ............................ 6 REPORT: Aliyah from France doubles in 2014 ............................................................................... 6 REPORT: French Front National supporters and French Muslims possess most anti-Semitic attitudes ............................................................................................................................................... 7 . Holocaust memorial vandalised in northern France ................................................................... 7 . Swastikas daubed on French cemeteries ................................................................................... 8 ▪ Former French FM says current PM controlled by Jews ............................................................. 8 ▪ Hundreds of graves desecrated at French Jewish cemetery ....................................................... 9 ▪ Suspect arrested for anti-Semitic graffiti in Paris...................................................................... 10 ▪ French design company places “no Jews” job advert ............................................................... 10 ▪ French soldiers stabbed outside Jewish community centre ...................................................... 11 ▪ Dieudonné continues with anti-Semitic shows ......................................................................... 11 ▪ Jewish bookstore attacked near Lyon ...................................................................................... 11 ▪ Dieudonné investigated on suspicion of justifying terrorist act ................................................ 11 ▪ Fourth air gun attack at Jewish site in Paris.............................................................................. 12 ▪ Number of attacks on Jewish targets in Paris ........................................................................... 12 ▪ French police receive suspended sentences for Nazi salutes .................................................... 12 ▪ Police arrest suspects planning attack on French synagogue.................................................... 13 ▪ Eight year-old Jewish girl bullied at French school ................................................................... 13 ▪ French court fines far-Right publication for anti-Semitism ....................................................... 13 ▪ French president condemns brutal anti-Semitic attack ............................................................ 13 ▪ Leading French anti-Semite accused of racism ......................................................................... 14 ▪ Jewish teenager attacked outside Paris school ........................................................................ 14 Page 1 of 33 ▪ Molotov cocktail thrown at Paris kosher restaurant ................................................................. 14 ▪ French court sentences man for scrawling swastika on synagogue .......................................... 14 GERMANY .......................................................................................................................................... 15 REPORT: Sharp rise in anti-Semitism in Germany ....................................................................... 15 ▪ Jewish cemetery vandalised in northern Germany ................................................................... 15 ▪ German man convicted for “Death to Zionists” remark ............................................................ 16 ▪ Anti-Semitic attack on Israeli in Berlin...................................................................................... 16 ▪ German neo-Nazis demand Jewish addresses in Dortmund ..................................................... 17 ▪ Jewish student spokesman in German town quits after death threats ..................................... 17 GREECE ............................................................................................................................................... 18 ▪ Greek Jewish cemetery daubed with anti-Semitic graffiti ......................................................... 18 ▪ Greek Jews slam anti-Semitic statements by MP ..................................................................... 18 ▪ Greek Jews slam MP's anti-Semitic article................................................................................ 19 ▪ Graffiti scrawled on Athens Holocaust memorial ..................................................................... 19 ITALY .................................................................................................................................................. 20 STUDY: Large increase in Italian Jews immigrating to Israel ....................................................... 20 . Italian neo-Nazis convicted for racist, anti-Semitic activities .................................................... 20 . Digital edition of Mein Kampf downloadable via the website Stormfront Italy ......................... 21 . Swastika on the board against a Jewish professor .................................................................... 21 . "Zionist murderers" ................................................................................................................. 22 . "The Jewish Holocaust is a lie" ................................................................................................. 22 . "N.O.M. News Occult World "Facebook profile conspiracy ...................................................... 22 . The Eye of Horus blog conspiracy ............................................................................................ 23 . "It rains, it rains, the Jew does not move" ................................................................................ 24 . "Rothschild: the Beast that dominates the world" ................................................................... 24 . Racist and anti-Semitic comments on the Facebook profiles of the members of the neo-fascist group "Vanguard ordinovista» ........................................................................................................ 25 . Leaflet threating the mayor of Pontefract "Your destiny is in an oven, just like blacks, Jews and ...» 25 POLAND ............................................................................................................................................. 26 SURVEY: Majority of Polish teens search anti-Semitic websites ................................................. 26 ▪ Warsaw Jewish cemetery fence defaced.................................................................................. 26 ROMANIA ........................................................................................................................................... 27 ▪ Romanian ambassador to Armenia recalled over anti-Semitic comments ................................ 27 SPAIN ................................................................................................................................................. 27 ▪ Spanish imam investigated for anti-Semitic comments ............................................................ 27 ▪ Spanish mayor apologises for “Jewish dog” slur ....................................................................... 27 SWEDEN ............................................................................................................................................. 28 Page 2 of 33 ▪ Swedish kippa-wearing reporter abused in Malmo .................................................................. 28 ▪ Islamists target Swedish Jews .................................................................................................. 28 ▪ Swedish far-Right leader questions “national affiliation” of Jews ............................................. 29 ▪ Swedish rabbi threatened by anti-Semite ................................................................................ 29 ▪ Swedish radio apologises for blaming Jews for anti-Semitism .................................................. 29 THE NETHERLANDS