‘’45 years after the Munich Olympic massacre, we see the world’s silence again with the resurgence of anti-Semitism,’’ declared World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder in his address to the official inauguration of a memorial erected in honor of the 11 Israeli athletes and German policeman murdered by Palestinian terrorists on September 5, 1972.
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin will inaugurate Wednesday in Munich a memorial in memory of the 11 Israeli athletes and trainers murdered by Palestinian Black September terrorists during the 1972 Olympics.
Over the last fives months, the European Union has convened its Association Council with Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt… but still not its Association Council with Israel, a high-level bilateral ministerial body which is normally due to be held every year in the EU Council premises in Brussels.
‘There are young Palestinian men that come to us, that were brought up with deeply rooted anti-Semitism,'' says Martin Schulz, Social Democratic Party candidate for German Chancellor, in debate with Angela Merkel
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin asked Macedonia to use whatever influence it has in Europe in an attempt to stop demands for boycotts of Israel. ‘’Israel can understand criticism he said but not boycotts, especially in matters pertaining to Jerusalem,’’ he said during a meeting with visiting Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev.
The Vatican and European Jewish leadership discussed their mutual interests in combating racism and what they perceive as a disappearing freedom of religion
This summer, the LifeChanger FSU rehabilitation project in Ukraine sent 69 of its participants to various FJC Jewish summer camps throughout the country, giving them a chance to enjoy the vacation while gaining valuable skills and making new friends.
Anti-Semitism is on the rise in Poland, a study by the Poland University of Warsaw’s Center for Research on Prejudice, shows while the European Jewish Congress is expressed concern over the deteriorating relationship between the Polish Government and the Jewish community.