Jewish community

Police in the Netherlands arrested more than 150 soccer fans for chanting antisemitic slogans while making their way to a match in Amsterdam.

The Jewish festival of Passover is observed from today until Thursday 13 April, commemorating the exodus of the Jewish people from Egyptian slavery.

The Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, has pledged an increase of £1m in funding on Jewish community security and action on antisemitic crimes.

Finland’s leaders strongly condemned an assault on a Jewish lawmaker who was assaulted and punched in the face Saturday while campaigning for the country’s April 2 general election.

A member of house parliament in the UK opposed the Prime Minister’s backing for a Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in Victoria Tower Gardens.

During the festival of Purim held in Ukraine the Jewish communities were given food parcels.  

The Jewish leaders in the United States  are sounding alarms about what they see as a threat to Israel’s democracy posed by its new government.

Lord Ahamd, the UK`s ministry of foreign affairs middle east deputy was blocked from visiting Al-Aqsa mosque by Israeli forces.

The UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has called for all parties to refrain from action that could escalate tensions in and around the holy sites.

Archbishop of Canterbury condemned destruction of Christian graves by Jewish extremists in Jerusalem.