This Sunday, the European Commission condemned the resurgence of anti-Semitic acts across the European Union since the beginning of the conflict in the Middle East, as “Jews in Europe today live again in fear.”
“The rise in anti-Semitic incidents across Europe in recent days is reminiscent of some of the darkest periods in history.” the European executive indicates in a press release.
“In these difficult times, the EU stands by its Jewish communities. We condemn these despicable acts in the strongest possible terms. They go against everything Europe stands for, our fundamental values, our way of life,” he added.
They contradict the model [europeu] of society based on equality, inclusion and full respect for human rights,” the Commission argues, emphasizing: “Jew, Muslim, Christian, no one should live in fear of discrimination or violence because of their religion or identity.”
The European Commission referred to cases such as ‘Molotov cocktails’ thrown at a synagogue in Germany, Stars of David inscriptions on buildings in France, the desecration of a Jewish cemetery in Austria, attacks on shops and synagogues in Spain and hostile ‘slogans’. sung during manifestations.
In France since October 7 857 anti-Semitic acts were recorded, “as many in three weeks” as in “the entire last year”, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said on Tuesday. For his part, the head of the Paris police, Laurent Nuñez, reported this Sunday 257 anti-Semitic acts in the past month in the Paris metropolitan area.
A young Jewish woman was stabbed in her home in Lyon (middle-eastern France) on Saturday with a possible “anti-Semitic motive”, the Public Prosecution Service said.
Anti-Semitic inscriptions were also discovered on the walls of several schools in Strasbourg (eastern France), a police source said on Friday.
“We must fight this rise in anti-Semitism, as well as the rise in anti-Muslim hatred that we have witnessed in recent weeks and which has no place in Europe.” the Commission adds.
“EU law criminalizes public incitement to hatred and violence and defines a common approach to combating hate speech and racist and xenophobic crimes: ensuring their strict enforcement is more important than ever,” the European executive emphasizes.
In addition to the strategy against anti-Semitism implemented in 2021, Brussels also recalls that supervision of internet platforms has been strengthened to combat hate speech and online disinformation.
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, considered terrorist by the EU, the United States and Israel, carried out an unprecedented attack on Israeli territory on October 7, killing more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians, and more than 200 hostages. is being held captive in the Gaza Strip.
In a report carried out on Saturday, Gaza’s Health Ministry said that to that date, 9,488 people, including 3,900 children, had been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war with Israel.
Israel then began strong retaliation against that poor Palestinian enclave, controlled by Hamas since 2007, with cuts to supplies of food, water, electricity and fuel and daily bombardments, followed by a ground offensive that completed the siege on Thursday. Gaza.
Source: DN
