A French kosher grocery store was gutted in a suspected arson attack Tuesday, reviving anti-Semitism fears three years to the day since an assault on a Jewish supermarket by an Islamist gunman.
Prosecutors said the store in the southern Paris suburb of Creteil caught fire in the early hours, days after it was vandalised with anti-Semitic graffiti.
"I just feel sick,"Read more
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed today for drawing strength from the principles of inclusion, tolerance and mutual understanding to recognize the value of diversity in a message to an event spotlighting the growing challenges of anti-Muslim discrimination as well as hatred in various contexts.
"Discrimination diminishes us all. It prevents people – and societies – from achieving their fullRead more
Britain said on Monday it would become one of the first countries to adopt an international definition of anti-Semitism to clamp down on hate crime after an increase in the number of reported incidents targeting Jews.
Adopting the definition formulated in May by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) is meant to make it harder for people to get awayRead more
The UK's Labor party suspended veteran member and former London mayor Ken Livingstone on Thursday after he was accused of anti-Semitism over remarks he made that Hitler had supported Zionism "before he went mad."
"Ken Livingstone has been suspended by the Labor Party, pending an investigation, for bringing the Party into disrepute," the British opposition party said in a statementRead more