Director of the Department for Combating Antisemitism and Holocaust Remembrance at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel. A proud Zionist.
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On the night of November 9, 1938, organized Nazi anti-Jewish violence swept across Germany and Austria.
Known as Kristallnacht or Reichspogromnacht, this night of terror marked a turning point in the Nazi persecution of Jews, paving the way for the Holocaust; the systematic murder of six million Jews.
Hundreds of Jews were murdered or died in the aftermath. Hundreds of synagogues were set ablaze. Thousands of Jewish homes and businesses were looted and destroyed. Some 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and deported to concentration camps.
88 years later, antisemitism is once again rearing its ugly head, especially since October 7, 2023. History must never be allowed to repeat itself. Never Again must mean Never Again.
IHRA's work in preserving the memory of the Holocaust around the world - this time in Latin America - is as important as ever. As always, Israel is deeply committed to this aim.
Bringing IHRA’s work closer to Latin America was at the heart of the preliminary conference ahead of the IHRA Plenary in Buenos Aires, jointly organized by Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Argentinian Presidency of IHRA and the Latin American Jewish Congress.
The conference connected IHRA delegations with decisionmakers from across the region to discuss Holocaust remembrance, education and Holocaust distortion.
In the spirit of the Argentinian Presidency’s theme, “Expanding the Frontiers of Remembrance,” the conference advanced a shared priority for Israel, Jewish communities across Latin America and the Argentinian Presidency: bringing IHRA’s work to a wider regional audience and building lasting cooperation on Holocaust remembrance and education.
Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs thanks the Argentinian Presidency of IHRA and the Latin American Jewish Congress for their partnership, and all participants for their valuable contributions.
@CongresoJudio @TheIHRA @htikva
Continuing the important cooperation between the Latin American Jewish Congress and Israel MFA in combating antisemitism.
Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Latin American Jewish Congress jointly organized in Buenos Aires the first-of-its-kind Latin American Forum to Combat Antisemitism, bringing together senior decisionmakers from 13 countries across the region.
Discussions addressed government responsibility, Holocaust education and remembrance, and the challenges of online antisemitism and artificial intelligence. The participation of government, parliamentary and judicial representatives demonstrated the seriousness with which countries across the region approach the fight against antisemitism and the preservation of Holocaust remembrance.
For Israel, this gathering marks the beginning of a long-term partnership with countries across Latin America. We look forward to building on this momentum, deepening regional cooperation and translating our shared goals into meaningful action.
Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs thanks the Latin American Jewish Congress, Mario Bramnick and LCI for their valuable partnership, and all participating decisionmakers for their commitment and engagement.
@CongresoJudio @htikva
Arezoo Hersel-Rohila 🇮🇱 retweeted
שמחתי לארח את הנציבה הפדרלית של ממשלת גרמניה לחיים יהודיים ולמאבק באנטישמיות @kschnurbein.
ד״ר קתרינה פון שנורביין היא ידידת ישראל והעם היהודי, שהובילה מהלכים חשובים בכהונתה כנציבה האירופית למאבק באנטישמיות.
ברכתי אותה על תפקידה החדש וביטאתי הערכה לפועלה בתפקידה הקודם.
שוחחנו על הגל האנטישמי ששוטף את אירופה ואת העולם ועל האנטישמיות החדשה המגולמת בדלגיטימציה ובדמוניזציה של ישראל.
אנו רואים בנציבה שותפה ומצפים להמשך שיתוף פעולה הדוק במאבק באנטישמיות.
Welcome to Israel dear @kschnurbein and best of luck in your important new role!
Appointed just a week ago, Katharina von Schnurbein made her first trip right away to 🇮🇱 as Germany’s Federal Commissioner for #JewishLife and the #FightAgainstAntisemitism. Glad to host her and my European counterparts at our embassy this morning! @kschnurbein
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For those dissapointed that nazi tabloid Der Sturmer is no longer being published, worry no more! Just take a subscription to Trouw. You can find the same poison in this antisemitic rag.
Their obsessive hatred against Israel is so deranged, that even a democratic process is turned into a blood libel.
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Dear Austria
Happy Independence Day!
Sincerely,
Israel 🇮🇱
@_CStocker
@MFA_Austria
@BMeinl
@AndiBabler
Arezoo Hersel-Rohila 🇮🇱 retweeted
How does 🇮🇱 democracy work?
In Israel, every citizen aged 18 and over has the right to vote.
One vote determines which party they support. The results determine how the 120 seats in the Knesset are distributed, which parties enter parliament and who can form a government.
A 3.25% electoral threshold. A parliamentary majority of 61 seats.
Proud and humbled to chair the Arolsen Archives International Commission under Israel’s presidency. For the nation-state of the Jewish people, preserving the memory of Nazi persecution and ensuring victims’ stories are never forgotten carries profound significance.
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Sir David Bell’s report into antisemitism in British schools and Colleges exposes a shocking reality. These findings are a damning indictment of the failure to protect Jewish pupils amid rising antisemitism.
Sir David Bell’s report into antisemitism in British schools and Colleges exposes a shocking reality: three in five Jewish students have experienced antisemitism, yet fewer than half believe it would be addressed if they reported it.
These findings are a damning indictment of the failure to protect Jewish pupils amid rising antisemitism. As the report rightly recommends, antisemitism must be named for what it is, not obscured by generic condemnations of hate.
Britain’s responsibility to tackle antisemitism cannot stop at the school gates. It must extend to every corner of society, including education unions, universities and teaching staff, driving fundamental, systemic change to confront the hatred and incitement that have increasingly poisoned Britain’s streets in recent years.
We welcome the report’s clear call for action. Schools, colleges and unions must be held accountable and take urgent, decisive action to confront antisemitism, protect Jewish pupils and ensure that no student is left to face hatred in silence.
This is a step in the right direction.
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A Nazi celebration in Oslo.
Today in Oslo, the auction house "Valkyrie Historical Auctions" is expected to hold an auction of a fragment of a Torah scroll that was looted by German SS soldiers during the Holocaust.
It is a parchment sheet from a Torah scroll that was desecrated, looted and defaced by the SS, and was even used as wrapping paper by SS soldiers.
At the same time, the Norwegian government is expected to cancel its financial support for visits by Norwegian students to extermination camps.
Auctions of sacred texts looted by the Nazis: IN.
Visits to extermination camps: OUT.
Israel expects the Norwegian government to put an immediate stop to this moral obscenity.
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Wikipedia topic-banned six contributors and site-banned three, but did not review or correct their work.
According to ADL Center for Tech & Society's Daniel Kelley, "This speaks to a systematic issue with how Wikipedia allows their platform to operate, and it is something they have the responsibility to address."
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Thank you @StateSEAS for your strong words and your steadfast commitment to combat antisemitism 🇮🇱🇺🇸
As boycotts, denial of services, delegitimization, and double standards target Jewish communities worldwide, I also asked every government which has endorsed the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism whether it is actually living by the definition it has committed to using. The United States will continue to call out the blatant hypocrisy demonstrated by far too many governments in the fight against antisemitism.
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Jewish and Israeli staff inside the UN system have reported antisemitism, exclusion, pressure to downplay their identity, and difficulty advancing professionally. ADL has received such accounts directly from staff across multiple UN agencies.
As @_MarinaRos told @JNS_org, a UN antisemitism plan exists and ADL provided significant input, but we have not seen real progress on the ground.
Addressing antisemitism credibly means addressing the problems reported inside the UN itself. That is why ADL and the J7 are urging member states to select a new UN Secretary-General who will take this issue more seriously and ensure the resources are in place to address it. See our open letter here: adl.org/resources/press-rele…
Little if any progress on Jew-hatred at United Nations, Jewish staffers say
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An international conference on combating antisemitism is being held in Ireland.
Meanwhile, a Dublin hotel reportedly cancels delegates’ rooms simply because they are attending it.
No legitimate reason given. Just people attending a conference against antisemitism.
Is this Ireland’s idea of fighting antisemitism? Hosting international conferences while delegates face discrimination in Dublin?
The Irish government cannot use the fight against antisemitism as a diplomatic PR exercise while failing to confront it at home.
Enough virtue signaling. Enough hypocrisy. Where is the condemnation? Where is the action?
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Six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. Now their suffering is being weaponized to demonize the one Jewish state at pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Stockholm.
This is Holocaust distortion. This is a desecration of the victims’ memory. This is wrong on so many levels.
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Three years after the October 7th massacre, the overt support for Hamas terrorism in central Oslo yesterday must be an urgent wake-up call for local authorities.
As we have seen repeatedly in recent years, words and threats can very quickly turn into violent action.
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I met with Additional Minister in the Ministry of Finance of Israel Zeev Elkin, who is here now with the Israeli delegation for the anniversary of the Babyn Yar tragedy. It was a horrific tragedy, but it is important that they took the time to come here during these days of remembrance – days that Russia is trying to make extremely difficult for our people with its aerial terror. Of course, it was Iran that provided Russia with the technology to produce these jet-powered “shaheds,” and it has used essentially the same kind of weapon to attack Israel. We discussed these and other threats, as well as the overall situation in the Middle East. Strong relations between Ukraine and Israel could certainly contribute to our shared security.
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50 years on, the words of my father, Chaim Herzog, then Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, ring as true today as they did then.
Those who claim the antisemitic lie that “Zionism is racism” deliberately endanger Jews and Israelis everywhere.
Zionism is the national liberation movement of the Jewish people and the foundation of our right to a state and a national home in the Land of Israel.
No motion, in any party or any parliament, will ever change these eternal truths.
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Wie kann das im Deutschland des Jahres 2026 überhaupt eine Debatte sein?
Am Vorabend von Jom Kippur, dem höchsten jüdischen Feiertag, wollen gewählte Vertreter in Heidenau neue Stolpersteine für Opfer der Nationalsozialisten verbieten – und ihre Erinnerung aus den Straßen an den Stadtrand verbannen.
Diese Steine tragen Namen. Erinnern an Leben. An Nachbarn, die deportiert und ermordet wurden.
Ihre Erinnerung gehört mitten in unsere Städte. Nicht versteckt an deren Rand.
Das ist beschämend.
Und vor den anstehenden Wahlen in Berlin und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern muss eines klar sein: Deutschland braucht eine Brandmauer gegen Antisemitismus – von ganz rechts und ganz links. Ohne Ausnahme.
