Antisemitism

"After the ban on kosher slaughter, the harassment of mohels constitutes a clear warning sign to the Jews of Belgium," the head of the European Jewish Association, Rabbi Menachem Margolin, said.

An Israeli woman who made a reservation last year shared that she received a letter from the hotel management stating, "Your government threatens sanctions against Norway – we will not approve reservations from Israelis until it becomes clear to us what sanctions Israel will impose."

The hotel owner said booking could not be processed pending consultation with his employees whose union has decided to ban Israeli travelers. "As a Jew who has been fighting antisemitism for 40 years, I have never experienced something so shocking. It's like traveling back in time 85 years to 1940," a Norwegian-Israeli who has lived in Norway for years expressed his shock.

While the new pope honors Leo XIII who first showed tolerance toward Jews, his name carries the weight of predecessors who enforced ghettos and persecuted Jewish communities.

"I didn't use violence and didn't harm anyone. I simply protested against an artist with antisemitic views who spreads lies against Israel," the pro-Israel activist said.

"These individuals were reduced to nothing more than their religious faith, as if someone had written '5 Muslims,'" Polak said. "This is clearly unacceptable. The young people were completely shocked by what they saw."

A group called "Youth Demand" called on protesters to come to the site, but in the end, they found themselves demonstrating only in front of her stunt double.

The cartoon depicts delegation members returning from a "fact-finding mission" with their eyes covered by Israeli flags, their feet dipped in blood, while declaring they "saw no evidence of apartheid."

The rise felt after October 7 continues, with 84% increase in campus incidents, 21% increase in physical attacks.