Europe

A court in Spain’s southeastern Valencia province has admitted a criminal complaint against nine anti-Israel campaigners who targeted the Jewish-American singer Matisyahu after he agreed to perform at a local music festival in 2015, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday. Leaders of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign in Valencia and Catalonia reacted...

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Two fans of the Italian soccer club S.S. Lazio were acquitted on charges of incitement and racial hatred after denigrating opposing fans by calling them “Jews,” Ynet reported Wednesday. Security cameras at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome during a March 2013 game between Lazio and Calcio Catania caught the Lazio fans screaming...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday in London, where the two leaders spoke of ways to enhance bilateral ties and address mutual threats. At the start of his meeting with May, Netanyahu—who said he has a photo of Winston Churchill near one...

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The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the UK rose 36 percent in 2016, reaching an all-time high, a study by a British Jewish organization revealed Thursday. The Community Security Trust’s (CST) survey of the UK recorded 1,306 anti-Semitic incidents in 2016, double the number reported four years ago and more than...

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British Prime Minister Theresa May will welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to London next week for the first meeting between the two leaders. Netanyahu is expected to fly to London on Sunday evening to meet with May on Monday. Not only will it be their first meeting since May entered Downing...

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The University of Hamburg’s appointment of a professor who has shown support for a Palestinian terrorist has brought heavy criticism down on the academic institution, Benjamin Weinthal reported for The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. Farid Esack, a leader of the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign in his native...

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