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Germany Summons Iran Envoy Amid Antisemitic Plot · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Antisemitism Watch. I'm Rachel Adler. Today, we're
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  Speaker 1: tracking a disturbing plot linked to Iran targeting Jewish leaders
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  Speaker 1: in Germany and cataloging significant physical attacks and concerning rhetoric
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  Speaker 1: in the Netherlands. We'll also examine troubling political discourse and
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  Speaker 1: its ties to past violence in Boulder, Colorado. Before we begin,
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  Speaker 1: a quick note. Antisemitism Watch. Mid-Atlantic is now providing focused
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  Speaker 1: You can find it at clockworkmedia.org.ma now for today's reports.
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  Speaker 1: Germany has summoned its ambassador to Iran following the conviction
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  Speaker 1: of two men who had allegedly prepared attacks against Jewish
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  Speaker 1: and pro-Israeli targets in Germany. According to reporting from the
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  Speaker 1: Jerusalem Post and Ground News, a German court handed down
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  Speaker 1: prison sentences to the two men, who allegedly acted on
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  Speaker 1: behalf of Iran's intelligence service. the German Foreign Ministry stated,
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  Speaker 1: we do not tolerate attacks on Jewish life or on
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  Speaker 1: those who defend it, nowhere and certainly not in Germany.
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  Speaker 1: The ministry also announced it had previously advocated for Iran's
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  Speaker 1: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to be added to the European
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  Speaker 1: Union's terror list. In the Netherlands, Israeli Ambassador to the
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  Speaker 1: Netherlands Svi Vapni told JNS.org that bilateral ties between Jerusalem
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  Speaker 1: and The Hague are at their lowest point in history.
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  Speaker 1: He cited rising antisemitism and policies unfavorable to Israel. Specific
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  Speaker 1: incidents detailed include an explosive device damaging a Jewish school
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  Speaker 1: in Amsterdam, an arson attack on a synagogue in Rotterdam,
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  Speaker 1: and an explosion outside the Christians for Israel Center. Vapney
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  Speaker 1: also pointed to former Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans' comparison
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  Speaker 1: of Israel's actions in Gaza to those of Nazi Germany,
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  Speaker 1: which he characterized as Holocaust inversion, and a violation of
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  Speaker 1: IHRA's definition of antisemitism. He noted that the government did
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  Speaker 1: not publicly condemn such remarks. In Boulder, Colorado, voters may
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  Speaker 1: soon elect a mayor who will not affirm that Israel
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  Speaker 1: should exist, a year and a half after an antisemitic
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  Speaker 1: terror attack struck the city's downtown. As reported by the
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  Speaker 1: Forward and JTA, city council member Tayshia Adams, now running
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  Speaker 1: for mayor, refused to sign a collective statement condemning the
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  Speaker 1: June 2025 firebombing on Pearl Street Mall, unless the statement
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  Speaker 1: linked the attack to both antisemitism and anti-Zionism. Adams told
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  Speaker 1: the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that when asked if Israel should exist,
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  Speaker 1: she responded, I know that people want to hear this
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  Speaker 1: easy yes-slash-no, but I don't believe that creating false binaries
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  Speaker 1: is going to lead to our collective liberation. The attack
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  Speaker 1: killed one person and injured a dozen others. An Israeli
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  Speaker 1: woman shopping in Turkey was reportedly accosted by an anti-Semitic
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  Speaker 1: mob that attempted to attack her after learning her identity,
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  Speaker 1: before mall security intervened, according to WorldIsraelNews.com. The incident highlights
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  Speaker 1: escalating anti-Israel sentiment, with the Israel Foreign Ministry calling the
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  Speaker 1: harassment disgraceful and unacceptable. On college campuses, Pro-Palestinian student activists
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  Speaker 1: disrupted a lecture by human rights barrister Adam Wagner KC
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  Speaker 1: at City St. George's, University of London. Protesters chanted, free,
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  Speaker 1: free Palestine, and settlers, settlers, go back home, as detailed
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  Speaker 1: by the Jerusalem Post. Meanwhile, Rabbi Nikki Galam, who served
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  Speaker 1: at Emory Hillel for about a month, claims she was
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  Speaker 1: fired due to her fiancé' s criticism of Israel and pro-Palestinian activism,
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  Speaker 1: a claim disputed by Hillels of Georgia. which cited a
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  Speaker 1: loss of confidence in her honesty and judgment, according to
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  Speaker 1: the Forward. In Concord, Massachusetts, reporting by the Concord Bridge
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  Speaker 1: on anti-Semitic incidents at Concord Carlisle High School, including swastika
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  Speaker 1: graffiti and allegations of unchecked abuse, has earned a Public
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  Speaker 1: Occurrences Award, highlighting a lack of transparency from school authorities. Online, Dr.
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  Speaker 1: Shimon Blau, an independent candidate for Colorado's 1st Congressional District,
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  Speaker 1: reported facing a barrage of antisemitic comments online since launching
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  Speaker 1: his campaign, telling Denver 7 the hate was on a
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  Speaker 1: different level. alisraelnews.com reported an antisemitic online campaign, potentially orchestrated
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  Speaker 1: by Iran, Turkey, and Russia, targeting Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev
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  Speaker 1: by portraying him as a servant of Israel and an
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  Speaker 1: enemy of Islam, using cartoons that depict him kneeling to Netanyahu.
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  Speaker 1: In political and media spaces, Blogs.timesofisrael.com noted an emboldening of
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  Speaker 1: hate speech that has normalized antisemitism. Liberalcurrents.com highlighted antisemitism on X,
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  Speaker 1: including from left-wing influencers using medieval tropes and language indistinguishable
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  Speaker 1: from historical antisemitism. Protests in Paris involving Palestinian flags and
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  Speaker 1: rioting also saw a video shared by the combat antisemitism movement,
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  Speaker 1: which claimed to show a Paris synagogue vandalized. though this
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  Speaker 1: was not independently confirmed, according to the Jerusalem Post. The
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  Speaker 1: author also recounted a personal experience in Paris in 2015
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  Speaker 1: where wearing a kippah led to verbal abuse. Institutionally, the
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  Speaker 1: Australian reported that Australia's anti-Semitism Royal Commission is narrowing in
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  Speaker 1: on its final report following the involvement of Palestine activists
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  Speaker 1: in its most controversial hearing. Finally, a study published in
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  Speaker 1: Current Psychology involving 2,256 participants, found correlations between anti-Zionist attitudes
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  Speaker 1: and traditional antisemitism, hostility toward civilians, racialized moral judgments, and
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  Speaker 1: double standards, as detailed by Psychology Today. A 2019 ADL
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  Speaker 1: survey cited by Unitnews.com found that 67% of Greeks held
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  Speaker 1: antisemitic attitudes, compared with a European average of 24%. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Rachel Adler. Thank you for listening to Antisemitism Watch. For
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