J7 Global Task Force formed to address surge in antisemitism internationally

Marie van der Zyl, president of the Board of Deputies said: “Antisemitism knows no geographic boundaries.  

Marie van der Zyl

Marie van der Zyl (Photo: Handout)

“The Board of Deputies looks forward to being part of this international coalition of leading Jewish organisations, each at the forefront of the fight against the challenges posed by the rise of this global hatred. 

“By working together, we strengthen our ability to tackle antisemitism wherever it emerges.”

Jonathan Greenblatt, national director of the ADL, said: "This new coalition of major organisations representing seven large Jewish Diaspora communities in liberal democracies will provide a formal framework for coordination, consultation and formulating global responses to antisemitic threats against the Jewish people.”

CRIF executive director Robert J. Ejnes, said “if antisemitism exists everywhere in the world, it is in Europe that it has been brought to its climax.”

He emphasised a broad targeting against Jew-hatred “in all its forms—whether Islamist, conspiratorial, hatred of Israel or Holocaust denial, from wherever it originates.”