Antisemitic events June 2017

From an email I received from the World Zionist Organization:

UNITED STATES / 20-06-2017 
In Samford someone used fecal matter to smear a swastika and the Star of David near the entrance of the Rich Forum Media Center. The theater is where filming of the “Jerry Spring Show,” “Maury Show,” and “Steve Wilkos Show” takes place.

UNITED STATES / 19-06-2017 
Someone vandalized the sidewalk outside a popular Jewish deli in Naperville. The phrase "Free Gaza" was spray painted in black on the sidewalk near the front door at Schmaltz Deli and the restaurant owner released a statement saying that he is angry and surprised by the vandalism.

BRITAIN / 19-06-2017 
Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters marched through the streets of central London on Sunday on the annual “Al Quds (Jerusalem) Day” demonstration convened by the Islamic Human Rights Commission. At a rally outside the US Embassy following the march, one speaker blamed the tragic fire at west London’s Grenfell Tower public housing project on “Zionists.” Many of the marchers brandished signs calling for a boycott of the State of Israel. A number of flags of the Lebanese Islamist terror organization Hezbollah were also in evidence, including one at the front of the protest that was tied atop a Palestinian flag.

GERMANY / 16-06-2017 
Tombstones of anti-Nazi resistance fighters and Jews were desecrated with the inscription of profanities. The desecration included a commemorative stele near the Gottschalk family’s gravesites. Joachim Gottschalk, during the Third Reich, refused to be separated from his Jewish wife and their son; following considerable oppression by the Nazis for this choice, the family member committed suicide.

BRITAIN / 15-06-2017 
A Jewish couple were walking in Hackney and were subjected to vicious anti-Semitic abuse at the hands of a group of teenagers, two of whom approached them shouting abuse about Jews and swearing. At one point they grabbed the Jewish man’s hat and continued to shout abuse when he asked them to give it back.

UKRAINE / 14-06-2017 
For the fourth time, vandals desecrated the grave of Sary, the eldest daughter of the Holy tzaddik, Rabbi Nachman of Brastslav. Vandals set fire to the house of burial in the town cemetery and the monument is completely broken.

BRITAIN / 12-06-2017 
A 16-year-old Jewish boy was resting on a park bench when he was approached by two younger teenagers who grabbed at his bicycle and hat, which is of the kind traditionally worn by charedi Jews. When the Jewish boy asked them to stop, the two teenagers threatened to “beat” him. Members of the public came to the boy’s defense.

GERMANY / 7-06-2017 
Tombstones at the Jewish cemetery outside of the German city of Gotha were desecrated with Antisemitic graffiti. About 18 swastikas were spray-painted on the tombstones throughout the cemetery.

UNITED STATES / 6-06-2017 
Antisemitic signs were placed above a Portland highway on a pedestrian bridge. The signs were hung on both sides of the bridge and read, “Jews did 9-11”.

These are only the tip of the iceberg. Here are a selection of headlines from The New Antisemite blog that covers Europe:

Portugal: Israeli ambassador and Jewish leader physically threatened on campus - demonstrators shouted "Hamas! Hamas!"

Germany: BDS activists storm lecture by MK in Berlin Humbolt University

German neo-Nazi party builds alliance with Assad and Hezbollah

UK: Teenagers grab at Jewish boy's hat and bicycle, threatening to “beat” him

Germany: Two sculptures of Jewish sporting heroes destroyed in Frankfurt

UK: UKIP candidate Philip Rose tweeted David Icke’s conspiracy myth about “Rothschild Zionists”

Austria: Half of Muslim youth hold antisemitic views

UK: Pro-Israel group harassed by in Brighton by Holocaust denier

UK: Man at polling station arrested after threatening to kill Jewish voter

Romania: Large anti-Semitic tags found at historic Cluj synagogue

Spain: Police arrest Arab Hamas supporter accused of inciting violence against Jews

Netherlands: Muslim council politician calls Israeli school children future child murderers

Italy: Lawmaker speaks of 'Zionist influence in Italian media' and 'Zionism is synonymous with racism'

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