Antisemitic events
09-06-2010 / Lebanon
Lebanon - Hezbollah: Helen Thomas a courageous woman
Hezbollah saluted veteran US reporter Helen Thomas's "courage" for her controversial comments against Israel, which sparked a furor and forced her to retire.
"Respected American journalist Helen Thomas's answer shows ... a courageous, bold, honest and free opinion which expresses what people across the globe believe: that Israel is a racist state of murderers and thugs," Hezbollah MP...
09-06-2010 / United States
USA – Antisemitic graffiti
Several swastikas spray-painted onto on a wall in an alleyway outside a Los Angeles home.
An LAPD spokesman said the incident is being considered “vandalism and a hate crime.” The wall is located at Beverly Blvd. and Formosa Ave., behind the New Beverly Cinema.
Three swastikas were also spray painted onto the rear wall of the New Beverly Cinema, across the alley.
The homeowner,...
09-06-2010 / United States
USA - Rabbi receives 25,000 messages of hate over Helen Thomas video
The New York rabbi who videotaped veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas telling Jews to "get the hell out of Palestine" says he has received numerous death threats and some of 25.000 pieces of hate mail in the days since Thomas' abrupt retirement.
Rabbi David Nesenoff said he is facing an "overload" of threatening e-mails calling for a renewed Holocaust and targeting his family, a...
09-06-2010 / Syria
Syria – New blood libel
Syria accused Israel of indoctrinating Israeli children with hatred toward Arabs, telling the UN Human Rights Council the youngsters sing about sucking Arab blood and learn how to sign missiles destined to hit Arabs.
The tirade, delivered by Rania Al Rifaiy, a Syrian diplomat, was part of the country's appeal at the world body for nations to unite behind a campaign to "put an end to...
09-06-2010 / Mexico
Mexico – Antisemitic graffiti
The phrase "Jews out of Mexico" was spray painted on the wall of a tunnel on the street of Constituyentes, in Mexico City
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08-06-2010 / Netherlands
Holland – “Heil Hitler” shouts at Chabad envoy during a Holocaust memorial service
A memorial service is held annually at the Vught Concentration Camp in the Netherlands, attended by Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs and other dignitaries.
This year, motorcyclists who appeared to be Dutch disturbed the Rabbi’s address, shouting “Heil Hitler”.
Source: http://www.shturem.net/
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08-06-2010 / Netherlands
Holland – Desecration of a synagogue in Amersfoot
Red paint was spilled, by unknown perpetrators, on the doors of the synagogue in Amersfoort.
Source: http://www.shturem.net/
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08-06-2010 /
Arab cartoonists turn Gaza flotilla affair into a cause "celebration" with hateful caricatures of Israelis and Jews
Editorial cartoonists across the Arab and Muslim world have once again turned to using "deeply offensive and hateful caricatures of Israelis and Jews" in their criticism of Israel in the aftermath of the Gaza flotilla affair.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which monitors the Arab press for antisemitism and anti-Israel invective and periodically reports on its findings, has issued a new...
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08-06-2010 / France
France - A Molotov cocktail launched at a senior citizens' home
A Molotov cocktail has been launched in the yard of the Home Israelite (senior citizens' home) in Metz, fortunately without causing any harm or hurt. Source: http://www.sosantisemitisme.org/ View Larger Map // ...08-06-2010 / Mexico
Mexico – Antisemitic graffiti on a synagogue
Swastikas were found spray painted on the main entrance of temple Yehuda Halevy, in the Roma Sur area in Mexico City.
The word assasins was written on the door of the main entrance of the temple, also a Magen David equals Swastika, was painted.
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07-06-2010 / Austria
Austria – Confrontation with Rabbi
Two men, approximately 30 years old, of middle-eastern appearance, who spoke Turkish and were on their way to catch a train, spat at a Rabbi who was standing at the time at the Herrengasse Metro Station Source: www.facebook.com/antisemitismus View Larger Map // ...07-06-2010 / Spain
Spain – Antisemitic caricature
Antisemitic caricature was published in El Pais newspaper, containing the following text:
“We wasted all our credit on fences and ammunition”.
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06-06-2010 / France
France – Stones thrown on a Jewish school
During a pro-Palestinian demonstration, stones were thrown on a Jewish school in Grenoble.
Source: http://www.spcj.org/
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06-06-2010 / Ukraine
Ukraine - Antisemitic graffiti
Antisemitic graffiti and a swastika were spray-painted on the Jewish house building in the city Zaporiz'ka.
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06-06-2010 / Greece
Greece - Holocaust Memorial desecrated
A 28 years old man was arrested by the police for desecrating the Holocaust Memorial in the town of Komotini. The man paintied a swastika with a black spray in the front side of the memorial and a "R21" (standing for a football team funs' symbol) in the back side of the monument. The spray was found next to the monument. View Larger Map... ...04-06-2010 / Austria
Austria – Confrontation with Rabbi
A Rabbi in Rotensturmstrasse, Vienna, was approached by two women aged about 60. The accosted him and asked him why the Jews think that they are so important, they called him a “Dirty Jew” and said that they thought “that the Jews are worse than the Nazis”. Source: www.facebook.com/antisemitismus View Larger Map...04-06-2010 / United States
USA - Helen Thomas: Jews should ‘get the hell out of Palestine and go back to Germany and Poland’
Helen Thomas is the most senior (she turns 90 this summer) of White-House correspondents. She has given up being a real reporter and instead spends her time spewing venom at America’s war on terror and/or anything Israel does. For example during the 2008/09 Israeli battle with Hamas in Gaza, Thomas was interviewed by NPR and compared the IDF action to Nazi Germany....
04-06-2010 / The Palestinian authority
The Palestinian Authority - Flotilla passengers: Go back to Auschwitz
The IDF released on Friday an audio reproduction of the moments before Monday's raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
In it, the soldiers can be heard warning the flotilla that its vessels are nearing an area under naval blockade. They are answered by calls of "Go back to Auschwitz" and "Don't forget 9/11 guys".
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04-06-2010 / Egypt
Egypt - Egyptian cleric reaction to the Gaza Flotilla
Egyptian cleric Salem Abu Al-Futouh salutes the "Mujahideen" who died in flotilla clash and says: "If one billion Muslims in the world buzzed like flies, the strength of the Jews would be sapped"; "cruelty nestles in these people’s hearts"
Source: http://www.memri.org/
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04-06-2010 / Britain
