Violent antisemitism once again reared its head in Australia this week. Last Friday night, an assailant doused the entrance of the East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation with flammable liquid and set it on fire. Miraculously, the 20 worshipers inside at the time escaped with no injuries.
Just half an hour later, roughly 20 people stormed an Israeli-owned restaurant in Melbourne, vandalizing the premises and yelling "Death to the IDF."
Meanwhile, in Pamplona, Spain, the opening ceremony of the annual San FermÃn festival, which includes the famous "Running of the Bulls," was hijacked by anti-Israel activists, who led chants of "Stop Genocide" and "Free Palestine" and wore red handkerchiefs with maps of "Palestine" replacing Israel.
Marchers in Pamplona also carried a "Destroy Israel" banner, and numerous Palestinian flags were seen in the crowds and among onlookers.
Other antisemitic incidents documented by the ARC this week around the world included:
- France: Antisemitic death threats were graffitied on the walls of the home of a Muslim anti-extremism activist.
- Croatia: A far-right singer led approximately 500,000 attendees in a pro-Nazi salute at a concert in Zagreb.
- United States: Protesters outside the White House in Washington, D.C., displayed signs reading "Long live the Intifada."
CAM Welcomes US Sanctions on Antisemitic UN Official
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday that American sanctions would be imposed on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese for her "campaign of political and economic warfare against the United States and Israel."
Albanese has a notorious record of antisemitic rhetoric and conduct going back more than a decade, and CAM CEO Sacha Roytman praised the U.S. sanctions as a "critical step toward ensuring that those who traffic in Jew-hatred find no welcome in America."
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