Europe

Switzerland brings forward new ban on Nazi symbols and gestures

The proscribed expressions would include swastikas, tattoos and Nazi salutes, with exceptions for education and journalistic purposes

By JC Reporter

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A swastika flag at a Second World War re-enactment event in Koprivnicko-Krizevacka, Croatia, on June 27, 2020 (Getty Images)

An Israir Airlines plan at Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport (Getty Images)

Israel

Israir flight diverted after Slovenia prevents landing

By Lianne Kolirin

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Israel

‘You will not force us into ghettos again’: Israeli ministers hit out at Europe on eve of Yom HaShoah

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Rabbi Lisa Barrett (centre) officiates at marriage of Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash

Intermarriage

Intermarried couples: from disapproval to engagement

By Simon Rocker

4 min read

A police officer on patrol outside a French synagogue after October 7 (Image: Getty)

Rabbis

Over 100 rabbis question EU leaders over ‘future for Jews in Europe’

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

The Netherlands has banned far-right ministers Bezalel Smotrich (L) and Itamar Ben-Gvir (R) from entering the country over their alleged 'incitement' of settler violence in the West Bank and 'ethnic cleansing' in Gaza (Image: Flash90)

Israel

Netherlands sanctions far-right Israeli ministers over ‘calls for ethnic cleansing’ in Gaza

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Romanian President Nicușor Dan has blocked a bill that would have imposed prison sentences for antisemitic hate speech (Image: Getty)

Antisemitism

Romanian president blocks bill criminalising antisemitic hate speech

By Canaan Lidor

2 min read

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The Labour-GreenLeft alliance in the Netherlands calls for ban on Dutch supplies for Iron Dome

Frans Timmermans, the leader of the leftwing alliance, has said he would support Israelis losing protection from Iranian missiles as a consequence of voting for Netanyahu

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

June 20, 2025 10:48

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - JUNE 4: GroenLinks-PvdA faction leader Frans Timmermans attends a debate at the Dutch House of Representatives on June 4, 2025. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)

Israeli expat communities in Europe are among the fastest growing in the world

The ‘Israeli-connected’ Jewish population now represents nine per cent of the diaspora, according to new JPR study

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read

March 18, 2025 12:00

A man draped in an Israeli flag stands in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany - home to one of the largest Israeli communities outside Israel. (Photo: Getty Images)

By Joël Rubinfeld

Belgium is at the centre of the global Dreyfus trial

The acquittal of a man who wrote that he wanted to ‘stab Jews’ demonstrates the depths to which this country has sunk

5 min read

March 17, 2025 11:45

A protester holding a Palestinian flag walks past a graffiti reading "Stop Gaza Holocaust" during a demonstration in Brussels (Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT/AFP via Getty Images)

The surge in support for extremism that’s taken Germany close to the edge

Although not outwardly adopting a Nazi aesthetic, the AfD is where antisemites have found a political home

By Volker Beck

3 min read

March 5, 2025 10:44

The surge in support for extremism that’s taken Germany close to the edge

Israel ends official boycott of European far-right parties despite history of antisemitism allegations

Members of France’s National Rally and the Sweden Democrats have faced allegations of Jew-hatred but the Foreign Ministry cited their staunch support of Israel as a key factor in the decision

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

February 27, 2025 15:21

Israel has ended its official boycott of several European far-right parties, including France's National Rally; Pictured: National Rally leader Jordan Bardella addresses a party rally (Image: Getty)

Four Hamas suspects on trial in Berlin for ‘plotting attacks against Jewish targets’

A German court heard that the men hid weapons caches throughout Europe in order to carry out ‘flanking attacks’ related to the October 7 massacres

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

February 26, 2025 13:03

Four men have gone on trial in Berlin accused of plotting Hamas attacks across Europe (Credit:YouTube)

Musk urges German far-right to move beyond ‘past guilt’ in AfD campaign appearance

Tech billionaire tells German crowd: ‘It's good to be proud of German culture, German values’

By Jane Prinsley

1 min read

January 26, 2025 11:37

Elon Musk speaks live via a video transmission during a speech by Alice Weidel, chancellor candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Nearly half of Americans can’t name a single Nazi death camp, new study finds

The survey discovered a decline in Holocaust education among young people in the nations most directly affected by the atrocities

By JC Reporter

1 min read

January 23, 2025 12:39

A new study has revealed a shocking gap in Holocaust education across Europe and the US (Image: Getty)

Report rejects calls for Belgium Holocaust compensation over role in death camp deportations

The country’s nationalised rail company was paid huge sums by the Nazi regime for helping to facilitate the Shoah, according to a recent study

By JC Reporter

1 min read

January 21, 2025 16:27

An official report in Belgium has rejected calls for compensation over the role of the country's nationalised railway company in death camp deportations during the Holocaust (Image: Getty)

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Europe

Switzerland brings forward new ban on Nazi symbols and gestures

Israir flight diverted after Slovenia prevents landing

‘You will not force us into ghettos again’: Israeli ministers hit out at Europe on eve of Yom HaShoah

Intermarried couples: from disapproval to engagement

Over 100 rabbis question EU leaders over ‘future for Jews in Europe’

Netherlands sanctions far-right Israeli ministers over ‘calls for ethnic cleansing’ in Gaza

Romanian president blocks bill criminalising antisemitic hate speech

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