A man behind a red-triangle in London’s Stamford Hill warning sign depicting the silhouette of an Orthodox Jewish man has apologised for causing offence. Jewish watch group Shomrim had reported the incident as a hate crime. Stamford Hill is with Antwerp one of the largest Hasidic communities in Europe
The wave of bomb threats against Jewish community centers in the United States continues: at least seven centers in the US and also in Canada were threatened during Purim celebrations.
French presidential candidate for the center-right party Les Républicains (The Republicans), François Fillon, denounced the publication on his Twitter account of a anti-Semitic of his opponent Emmanuel Macron depicting him as a hook-nosed banker in a top hat cutting a cigar with the Communist symbol of the red sickle.
The terrorist, who is known for his antisemitic stand and endorsement of the Palestinian cause, is facing trial on Monday for the deadly 1994 bombing of a Paris store.
The last two weeks saw vandalism at Jewish cemeteries in Philadelphia and St. Louis, as well as two more waves of bomb threats called into Jewish community centers across the US.