WJC launches social media campaign to expose Arabic-language anti-Semitism on social media

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WJC launches social media campaign to expose Arabic-language anti-Semitism on social mediaFrom London to Riyadh, Arabic speakers from all over the world are exposed to extreme forms of anti-Semitic hate on YouTube.

WATCH | Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann in WJC interview: From victim to social action agentSami Steigmann has been many things. He has been a victim of the Holocaust. When he was liberated, he became a survivor. Few people on this earth have gone through the atrocities he faced when he was just a child.

More than 70 European lawmakers call for improved Holocaust restitution efforts26 Jun 2017 “Holocaust-era property restitution requires urgent action to help put an end to the injustice done to survivors, and to support those living in poverty and hardship,” said Gideon Taylor, the WJRO’s Chair of Operations. “The European Parliament’s declaration puts the EU at the forefront in calling for justice for survivors and their families.” READ MORE »

Israel suspends plan for egalitarian prayer area at Western Wall – New York Times26 Jun 2017 The agreement for the new egalitarian prayer space, adopted 17 months ago by the government after years of negotiations with Jewish leaders, was supposed to restore harmony at the ancient site, the holiest place where Jews can pray. READ MORE »

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Chicago pride march kicks out Jewish LGBT activists for carrying ‘Zionist’ rainbow flags 26 Jun 2017 Laurel Grauer, a representative of the pro-Israel LGBT group A Wider Bridge, wrote in an op-ed for Haaretz that organizers told her to leave because her flag was “seen as Israeli Pride Flag and offensive to others,” and that the “march is pro-Palestine and explicitly anti-Zionist.” READ MORE »

Knesset speaker and former refusenik to become first Israeli speak in Russian parliament26 Jun 2017 Yuli Edelstein says he can’t “ignore the symbolism, which just a few years ago could have seemed like a mirage, that someone who was a prisoner in the Soviet Union would stand on the stage of the parliament in Moscow and speak in Hebrew as the Speaker of the Israeli Knesset.” READ MORE »