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Kanye 'Ye' West dropped by talent agency over antisemitic rant

The American rapper has been dropped by his talent agency and retail platform after a series of antisemitic social media posts over the weekend.

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Kanye 'Ye' West goes on shocking online rampage: 'I love Hitler'

Dozens of tweets posted by the once-beloved rapper on X included praising Hitler and misogynistic claims he has “dominion” over his wife Bianca Censori.

Australia

Mandatory jail time for Nazi salutes under Australia hate crime laws

Terror offences and hate crimes will be punishable with mandatory prison terms ranging from one to six years under new Australian legislation.

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Anti-extremism centre opens in house of Auschwitz commandant

The family home next to Auschwitz – immortalized on screen in last year’s Oscar-winning film ‘The Zone of Interest’ - is opening its doors to the public for the first time. This coincides with an alarming international survey examining Holocaust knowledge and awareness.

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Europe News

Work under way to mark 80 years since liberation of Auschwitz

More than 1.1 million people were murdered at Auschwitz and historians say that most of them, about one million, were Jewish but the victims also included Poles, Roma and Soviet prisoners of war.

Europe News

Antisemitic attitudes have doubled over a decade, survey finds

In some EU countries, as many as four-fifths of the population believe in tropes such as Jews controlling the media, the Anti-Defamation League said.

World News

Top Jewish leader calls on Europe to tackle rising antisemitism

Rabbi Menachem Margolin, chairman of the European Jewish Association (EJA), said antisemitism in Europe is rising due to the Israel-Hamas war.

Germany

How a Holocaust survivor's child is fighting the far right at school

At an exhibition to celebrate Curt Bloch’s underground anti-fascist magazines on the anniversary of Kristallnacht, Simone Bloch found “kinship” with students — and a Syrian refugee.

Art

Naomi Beckwith named artistic director of Documenta 16

The chief curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, Naomi Beckwith, will lead Documenta 16 in Kassel in 2027, becoming the first Black woman to helm the event.

Cinema

Is Germany’s Israel-Gaza stance threatening 2025’s Berlinale?

In a recent interview, Tricia Tuttle, the new head of the Berlin Film Festival, says that the German position on the Israel-Gaza conflict is ‘putting artists off’ the festival.

Art

Defaced Milan mural of Holocaust survivors has been removed

A Milan mural depicting Holocaust survivors has been removed after it was vandalised last month.

Europe News

Dutch government avoids collapse after state secretary quits

Nora Achahbar quit after hearing racist comments in cabinet as it discussed the violent Amsterdam football match that was marred by antisemitism and Islamophobia.

Europe News

Euroviews. Rising antisemitism in Belgium: A call to action

In October 2021, the European Commission called on all member states to develop national strategies against antisemitism. However, three years later, the Belgian Federal Government still has failed to answer this call. The inertia is indefensible.

Europe News

Protests and high security in Paris for France-Israel football match

Thursday's game was held in a tense atmosphere and under exceptional security measures a week after violent clashes broke out in Amsterdam between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli football fans.

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Italian mural of Holocaust survivors defaced

A mural depicting two of Italy's most prominent Holocaust survivors has had their faces scratched out.

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Dutch police disperse people from streets after Amsterdam tram set on fire

The Dutch capital has been experiencing ongoing tensions following violence last week when fans of an Israeli football club were targeted.

Europe News

Paris to deploy 4,000 police officers to France-Israel UEFA match

The capital’s police chief said that 2,500 officers would be deployed around the Stade de France stadium in addition to 1,500 others around Paris and on public transportation.

Netherlands

Police detain dozens in Amsterdam after demonstrations banned

Police detained dozens of people on Sunday for taking part in a demonstration in central Amsterdam, local media reported.

Europe News

Dutch PM cancels COP29 trip after Amsterdam football violence

Police launched a large-scale investigation after gangs of youths conducted what Amsterdam's mayor called 'hit and run' attacks on fans that were apparently inspired by calls on social media to target Jewish people.

World News

Euroviews. A new Kristallnacht? Antisemitic violence and Europe’s responsibility

This time, Jews won't wait around to see where things are headed like they did in 1939. They’ll leave, leaving Europe to deal with the extremism that has been allowed to fester, Sacha Roytman Dratwa writes.