Anti-semitic hate incidents in Britain increased by 11% in the first six months of 2016 saw compared to the same period in 2015, according to the latest report by the Community Security Trust (CST) watchdog which reports anti-Semitic incidents since 1984.
''We waited for this for 44 years, to have this remembrance and recognition of our loved ones who were killed so brutally in Munich,'' said Ankie Spitzer, widow of slain fencing coach Andre Spitzer, after International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach led a mourning ceremony for the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Leaders of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) discussed measures to stem the growing tide of anti-Semitism and to safeguard Jewish life in Europe with Lamberto Zannier, secretary-general of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder hailed Pope Francis’ Visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau as “a strong signal” against hatred and called the Catholic Church leader “one of the closest allies Jews have today in the fight against anti-Semitism and bigotry.”