antisemitism

Culture news

Political attire: Is wearing a Joy Division t-shirt antisemitic?

When Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stepped off a plane wearing a Joy Division t-shirt, he triggered a political storm. A minor one, but one that has us asking: Is wearing a Joy Division shirt controversial or antisemitic?

04/11/2025

France

Four Bulgarians sentenced for defacing Paris Holocaust Memorial

Judges found the 'red hands' graffiti was part of a coordinated campaign to stir division in France, echoing a previous pro-Russian disinformation operation.

31/10/2025

Germany

From Moscow with chaos: How Russia unites Germany's extremists

From neo-Nazis to left-wing groups, Russia is exploiting ideological overlaps and disinformation campaigns to sow chaos, division and insecurity in Germany.

29/10/2025

United Kingdom

UK synagogue attacker claimed allegiance to so-called IS, police say

Jihad Al-Shamie was shot dead by police outside the Heaton Park Congregation Synagogue after he rammed a car into pedestrians and attacked them with a knife.

08/10/2025

World News

'Antisemitism has become a political tool,' Europe's senior rabbi says

Antisemitic incidents across Europe have hit record levels following the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, according to the Chief Rabbi of Europe, who told Euronews that "a high percentage of Jews try to hide their Jewishness in public."

07/10/2025

United Kingdom

One victim of UK synagogue attack shot by police, officials say

Police identified the attacker as Jihad Al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent who entered the United Kingdom as a young child and became a citizen in 2006.

03/10/2025

Germany

Alleged Hamas members arrested in Berlin suspected of plotting attacks

Two of the suspects are German citizens and the federal prosecutor's office described the third as being born in Lebanon.

01/10/2025

World News

'Nobody can tell me whether I'm wanted or not,' Michel Friedman says

Following his controversial disinvite from an event in East Germany, publicist Michel Friedman is now going on the offensive. In an interview with Euronews, he criticises the decision as a "dangerous signal" and the debate about his fee and expenses as an "anti-Semitic stereotype."

24/09/2025

Europe News

EU will step up security of Jews in Europe against antisemitism

The European Commission reacted to fears expressed by more than 100 European rabbis of a “mass exodus of European Jews,” following recent unprecedented acts of antisemitic violence in Europe.

19/09/2025

Germany

Ban on Jews entering Flensburg shop sparks nationwide outrage

Local politicians have strongly condemned the incident, while the anti-Semitism commissioner Felix Klein called it "antisemitism in its purest form."

18/09/2025

World News

Euroviews. Two years after 7 October, Europe must face its antisemitism crisis

The question before Europe today is stark: will we act decisively to confront antisemitism, or will we look back one day and recognise, too late, another missed warning, Dr Moshe Kantor writes in a Euronews exclusive.

17/09/2025

Belgium

Commission says Ghent Festival ‘wrong’ to cancel Israeli conductor

Ghent Festival controversially dropped a concert scheduled for next week because the Israeli conductor had not clarified his position on the Israeli government.

12/09/2025

World News

Holocaust memorial in Lyon vandalised with 'Free Gaza' inscription

The three-metre tall memorial was only inaugurated in January to mark 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp.

01/09/2025

Australia

Australia expels Iran ambassador over antisemitic attack accusations

The Australian government has cut diplomatic ties with Tehran and expelled its ambassador amid accusations the country organised two antisemitic attacks.

26/08/2025

France

US ambassador summoned after criticising France over antisemitism

Charles Kushner accused the French government of not doing enough to tackle the hate crime.

25/08/2025

France

France hits back after Netanyahu accuses Macron of antisemitism

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had criticised French President Emmanuel Macron's pledge to recognise a Palestinian state.

20/08/2025

Austria

Prominent US rabbi assaulted at Vienna rally questions police actions

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach was assaulted at a pro-Palestine rally in Vienna and questioned by police, raising concerns about rising antisemitism in Europe.

11/08/2025

Europe News

France suspends Gaza evacuations over antisemitic posts by student

French authorities have halted evacuations from Gaza after a Palestinian student, Nour A., was found to be under investigation for antisemitic content on social media.

01/08/2025

Europe News

Ex-UK Labour leader Corbyn says he's starting a new left-wing party

Corbyn led Labour to election defeats in 2017 and 2019, but the veteran socialist campaigner remains popular with many grassroots supporters.

24/07/2025

Culture news

Irish rap band Kneecap banned from Hungary's Sziget festival

Hungarian authorities have banned Irish rap group Kneecap from entering the country and from taking part in the annual Sziget music festival, over accusations of anti-Semitic hate speech and public praise of Hamas and Hezbollah.

24/07/2025