‘’Since my brother was murdered in 2006, unfortunately anti-Semitic crimes have continued. Ilan was the first but unfortunately not the last. The situation of Jews in France has worsened, their life has deteriorated,’’ says Anne-Laure, sister of Ilan Halimi, a young Parisian Jewish man who was brutally murdered eleven years ago by a group called the ‘’gang of barbarians.’’

“They vilify any saint, it is in their tradition of 2,000 years."

The Congress of National Communities of Ukraine is currently implementing a project to explore the situation with antisemitism and romophobia in Ukraine as well as to develop mechanisms that would counteract these forms of xenophobia. This project will involve an analysis of the factors that may influence manifestations of antisemitism and romophobia, focusing on active legislation, media policy, social processes, the current state of implementation of existing strategies and programs, as well as practices aimed at effective prevention and reaction to incidents.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin who met Monday in Jerusalem with visiting Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel spoke with him about the importance of Belgium’s policies toward anti-Semitism and the adoption of the wider definition of the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) which includes condemnation of anti-Israel sentiment and of the denial of Israel’s right to exist.

The Simon Wiesenthal Centre has denounced the signing of a cooperation agreement in sports between the Palestinian Authority and Germany because it was signed by Jibril Rajoub, the president of the Supreme Council for Sport and Youth Affairs in the Palestinian Authority, who is known for his outspoken support for Palestinian terror attacks against Israelis.

The North America branch of the World Jewish Congress has expressed deep concern after a series of anti-Semitic and racist incidents were carried out over the weekend in various United States cities.

Lee Zoldan, president of the the Chicago Loop Synagogue, told NBC News Chicago that construction workers across the street witnessed the incident.

Crif, the umbrella represenative group of Jewish institutions in France, welcomed the decline in racist and anti-Semitic acts in 2016 in the country but called for vigilance against the new faces of hatred.

The number of anti-Semitic incidents increased by 36 % last year in the United Kingdom, the Community Security Trust (CST) said in its latest report.

Throwing Molotov cocktails into a synagogue is always anti-Semitism, said Katharina von Schnurbein, the European Union Coordinator on Combating Anti-Semitism.