France’s PM Valls said in a speech to Parliament last week, in an indictment of the country’s tolerance of anti-Semitism: “We haven’t shown enough outrage! How can we accept that cries of ‘death to the Jews’ can be heard on the streets?” Dieter Graumann, president of Germany’s Central Council of Jews, describes the current rising tide of anti-Semitism in Europe as “the worst times since the Nazi era”.
Journalist Ben-Dror Yemini and diplomat Gideon Behar will address the recent threats and attacks on Jewish communities and Israeli targets, and what is fueling the growing anti-semitism, in Europe and around the world.
Ben-Dror Yemini is an Israeli journalist for the daily newspaper Yediot Ahronot. His recent book “The Industry of Lies” deals with anti-Israel incitement and violence and its connection to traditional anti-Semitic Jew-hatred.
Ambassador Gideon Behar is a former Israeli ambassador and currently the director of the foreign ministry’s department for combating anti-Semitism.
A recent immigrant from France will share his personal experience of anti-semitism before immigrating to Israel.
