Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz declared at AJC Global Forum in Israel that Austria viewed both the fight against antisemitism and the security of Israel as part of the country’s Staatsräson.
In a live recording of AJC’s Passport podcast from AJC Global Forum 2019 in Washington, D.C., host Seffi Kogen interviewed two of the members of British Parliament, Joan Ryan and Ian Austin, who left the Labour party due to concerns over antisemitism.
With over 100,000 total cases of the disease and more than 9,000 deaths, after the United States and Italy, Spain ranks third in cases of COVID-19, and is second only to Italy in the number of fatalities.
Europe has been severely impacted by the coronavirus and Jewish communities across the continent have been profoundly affected. Many Jews have contracted the virus, while others have lost loved ones and felt the sting of the economic impact.