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11-30-2018, 04:07 AM
UK Jewish leaders welcome EU’s full membership of IHRA group
European Union joins body which formulated the new international working definition of Jew-hate
“The Board of Deputies welcomes the European Union’s decision to join the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance,” said Board senior vice-president Sheila Gewolb. “It will give added weight to this important body which originated the internationally-recognised definition of antisemitism.”
She added: “While the UK may be leaving the EU, we are glad that both remain inside the IHRA to work together to preserve the memory of the Holocaust and tackle antisemitism. Some things truly should supersede national or party-political lines.”
https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/uk-jewish-leaders-welcome-eus-full-membership-of-ihra-group/
EU steps up its international cooperation to tackle Holocaust Denial and Antisemitism
Today, the European Commission is becoming a permanent international partner to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). The participation of the EU to this international body provides will allow for closer cooperation on combating Holocaust denial and preventing racism, xenophobia and Antisemitism. This is a direct follow- up to President Juncker's call for closer international cooperation in his statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day, this 27 January, as well as the European Parliament's resolution on combating Antisemitism of June 2017.
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEX-18-6625_en.htm
European Union joins body which formulated the new international working definition of Jew-hate
“The Board of Deputies welcomes the European Union’s decision to join the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance,” said Board senior vice-president Sheila Gewolb. “It will give added weight to this important body which originated the internationally-recognised definition of antisemitism.”
She added: “While the UK may be leaving the EU, we are glad that both remain inside the IHRA to work together to preserve the memory of the Holocaust and tackle antisemitism. Some things truly should supersede national or party-political lines.”
https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/uk-jewish-leaders-welcome-eus-full-membership-of-ihra-group/
EU steps up its international cooperation to tackle Holocaust Denial and Antisemitism
Today, the European Commission is becoming a permanent international partner to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). The participation of the EU to this international body provides will allow for closer cooperation on combating Holocaust denial and preventing racism, xenophobia and Antisemitism. This is a direct follow- up to President Juncker's call for closer international cooperation in his statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day, this 27 January, as well as the European Parliament's resolution on combating Antisemitism of June 2017.
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEX-18-6625_en.htm