Hundreds of demonstrators, many waving Israeli flags, marched in Prague
to protest the rising levels of antisemitism in Europe.
The 12th annual event, titled “A March of Good Will,” was held Sunday in
the center of the Czech capital. The
demonstration was organized by the Czech branch of the International Christian
Embassy Jerusalem, a Christian Zionist group.
The participants, many of whom also waved Israeli banners with slogans
denouncing antisemitism, included several Holocaust survivors and some hundred
young Germans who came to Prague for the occasion.
The march moved from the city’s Old Town across the Vltava River to the
gardens of the Czech Senate, where the minister of culture, Daniel Herman,
along with the Israel’s ambassador to the Czech Republic and other officials
addressed the crowd.
Two Israeli jazz bands were to perform at a Prague theater to conclude
the event.
Europe in recent years has seen a steep surge in antisemitism, with a
number of violent attacks and incidents targeting Jewish institutions and
people having occurred in France, Belgium and other countries.
The Czech Republic, however, has one of the lowest levels of antisemitism
in Europe, with 13 percent of its population harboring antisemitic attitudes,
according to the Anti-Defamation League’s Global 100 Index.
