Antisemitic events
08-03-2010 / Egypt
Egypt - Antisemitic cartoon "Jews Controlling Obama"
This cartoon was
published in Al Ahram, the most widely circulated newspaper in Egypt.
It depicts U.S. President Barack Obama being manipulated by Jews, a common theme among antisemitic cartoons.
Source:
www.fighthatred.com
07-03-2010 / Germany
Germany - Cologne tolerates antisemitic exhibit
An anti-Israel display in Cologne, which features a cartoon of an Israeli eating a Palestinian child, does not incite racial hatred, the public prosecutor has ruled.
The image is part of a longstanding display put up in Cologne’s Cathedral Square by Walter Herrmann, named the “Wailing Wall”.
The display has now been removed from the square but Mr Herrmann has posted a sign that he...
07-03-2010 / Canada
Canada - Antisemitic graffiti
Antisemitic graffiti was discovered in the second-floor men’s bathroom in Residence Commons. Ilan Orzy, a first-year political science student at Carleton discovered the racial slurs. He said the message was inscribed in orange marker and read “Kill the Jews slowly + painfully.” Below the inscription was written “Nuke Israel” in the same colored marker. Source:... ...07-03-2010 / Spain
Spain – Antisemitic books on sale online
Antisemitic, Holocaust denial, xenophobic and Nazi content books, symbols and Nazi uniforms are on sale in Spanish online web sites. For example: http://www.libreriaeuropa.es/
Holocaust denial is not illegal in Spain. The Spanish Constitutional Court itself, in a ruling in 17 November 2007, stated that Holocaust denial was covered by the freedom of expression proclaimed by the 1978 Spanish...
07-03-2010 / Poland
Poland - statuettes with an antisemitic stereotype being sold at the Warsaw airport
Gift shop at the Warsaw airport sells figurines of Jews with a big nose, yarmulke and bags of money, in different positions. In each bag they entered a real Zloty. The company manufactures the figurines defined it as JYD Miniatura is:
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07-03-2010 / Poland
Poland - Antisemitic graffiti
Antisemitic graffiti sprayed in the Jewish ghetto in Krakow. The words appear were Jude Gang ad a swastika.
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05-03-2010 / Austria
Austria - Former Nazi camp vandalized
Vandals have defaced a former Nazi concentration camp with anti-Jewish and anti-Turkish graffiti.
The spray-painted graffiti extends about 10 meters (33 feet) along the wall of the former Mauthausen concentration camp, which is now a memorial site, according to police in Upper Austria province.
The graffiti reads: "Türk' und Jud', giftig's Blut"
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"Turk's and Jews,...
05-03-2010 / Austria
Austria - Austrian far-right icon eyes presidency
A woman who has criticized anti-Nazi law and is married to an extreme rightist is running for president in Austria, and critics contend her candidacy could tarnish the reputation of a country still marred by its connection to the Holocaust.
Barbara Rosenkranz, 51, is not expected to win the April 25 election, despite her endorsement from the owner of Austria's most widely read newspaper,...
04-03-2010 / France
France – Nazi salute in front of a synagogue
A 32 years old man presented a Nazi salute while standing in front of the Strasbourg synagogue located in the Avenue de la Paix. The man, who in gesture implied his wishes to cut the throats of security guards standing at the front of the synagogue, was arrested by local police. He had a switchblade in his possession. This individual, residing in Thann, had been previously arrested on 9...04-03-2010 / Canada
Canada - Canadian police investigating antisemitic website
Toronto police are questioning a York University student who called for the destruction of all Jews in the United States and Canada on his website. Salman Hossain, who calls his website “Filthy Jewish Terrorists,” calls Jews "diseased and filthy," "the scum of the earth," "psychotic" and "mass murderers" and writes that "a genocide should be perpetrated against the Jewish populations of...
04-03-2010 / Poland
Poland - Jewish cemetery desecrated
Antisemitic slogans painted on the tombstones at Warsaw’s Jewish cemetery in Brodno district.
Source: http://fodz.pl/
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04-03-2010 / Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan - Jewish cemetery desecrated
Six graves at the central cemetery of Almaty were desecrated over the past few days. The six graves are located near each other. The attackers knocked down the tombstones, causing them to split. Source: http://www.aen.ru/ View Larger Map ...03-03-2010 / Britain
Britain - Race hate thugs convicted in Manchester
A mother and son carried out a series of racist attacks on Jewish people by driving past shouting abuse and spraying them with liquid.
Dean Parker, 22, and his mum Shameem Parker spent two days driving around the Broughton area of Salford targeting members of the Jewish community – including children.
The pair were in a Fiat Doblo driven by Barry Clark-Millar, when the incidents...
03-03-2010 / United States
USA - University of Wisconsin runs ad linked to Holocaust denial site
The online ad, a small text link, is easy to miss. It reads, "The Holocaust Question: The Power of Taboo."
The advertisement on the Badger Herald Web site leads to a site denying the Holocaust and the University of Wisconsin-Madison student newspaper is now taking heat for running it.
Badger Herald Editor Jason Smathers defended the decision to accept the $75 ad, while members of...
02-03-2010 / Italy
Italy - Rome Holocaust memorial vandalized
Vandals covered with black paint a set of “stumbling stones” that had been placed in front of the house of a Jewish family that had been deported to Auschwitz during the Holocaust.
The Stumbling Stones – or Stolpersteine – memorial project was begun in the 1990s by the German artist Gunter Demnig. Brass plates, like cobblestones, are placed in front of the houses of deportees,...
01-03-2010 / United States
USA - Farrakhan attacks Jews, 'white right'
Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said the "white right" wants U.S. President Barack Obama to be assassinated.
Farrakhan said a Southern Baptist preacher was quoting recently as praying the president would die and added, "There are Christians praying for God to kill Obama," the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
"The white right is trying to set Barack up to be assassinated," the...
01-03-2010 / Netherlands
Holland - Utrecht football supporters sent home because of antisemitic chanting
Amsterdam police sent some 700 fans of FC Utrecht back home by train before afternoon's game against Ajax because of antisemitic chanting, news agency ANP reported.
Despite several warnings and the distribution of flyers ordering fans to behave, the chanting continued, leading police to order them home.
In 2002, Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen also ordered Utrecht fans home after they...
01-03-2010 /
‘Israeli Apartheid Week’ starts today in 40 cities
The sixth international Israeli Apartheid Week kicks off on Monday, with the “week-long” festivities taking place over 14 days in over 40 cities across the globe.
Organizers say this year’s events are meant to “educate people about the nature of Israel as an apartheid system and to build Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaigns as part of a growing global BDS...
28-02-2010 / Iran
Iran – Ahmadinejad: 'Zionist regime seeks world control'
In a rant that reeked of old-fashioned antisemitism, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the "Zionist regime" was seeking to control the world.
Addressing the International Conference on National and Islamic Solidarity for Future of Palestine, Ahmadinejad said that the existence of the "Zionist regime" is an insult to all of humanity, asserting that it had lost its raison...
28-02-2010 / Spain
Spain - School kids send antisemitic messages to Israeli embassy
Israel lodged a formal complaint with Spain, charging certain individuals in Spanish schools of promoting antisemitic and anti-Israel ideas among young children. The letter comes after Israel's ambassador to Spain, Rafi Shotz, recently received dozens of antisemitic postcards from Spanish elementary school students.
The postcards bore statements including "Jews kill for money," "Leave the...
