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UN report alarmed by rise in anti-Semitism

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Published: 26 September 2019

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Special rapporteur identifies anti-Semitism from across political spectrum, drawing praise from Israel. Media accounts differ over whether report attributes blame to BDS

New UN report on combating anti-Semitism warns phenomenon ‘toxic’ to societies (Times of Israel)
Israel praises ‘unprecedented’ document, while claiming it cites BDS as a leading cause of Jew hatred — which the report does not

UN report alarmed by growing anti-Semitism, criticises BDS (Jerusalem Post)
His report, which the Israeli mission to the UN called "unprecedented," identified anti-Semitism from all sides of the political spectrum and called for action

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Israelis hold most negative view of UN in new poll of numerous countries (Times of Israel)
With 65% of population questioned in new Pew survey expressing an unfavourable view of the world body, Jewish state surpasses the next nation in line — Russia — by 22 points

The Trump administration's crackdown on campus criticism of Israel is Orwellian (Guardian)
Trump’s department of education is using the threat of defunding to achieve its political goals – to great effect

Photo: Overview of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, 2017 (Reuters)
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