Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism 2021

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Seventh Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism, held in Jerusalem on 13-15 July 2021

Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism 2021

Type Conference
Start date 13 July 2021
End date 15 July 2021
Location Jerusalem
Participants Opened by President Isaac Herzog; Foreign Minister Yair Lapid spoke by video link; a session brought together mayors and municipal leaders
Organisers Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs

The Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism 2021 was the 7th Global Forum, held in Jerusalem on 13-15 July 2021, under the title "Collective Efforts for Collective Impact". It was led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs.[1][2] President Isaac Herzog opened it, in his first public engagement as president, and called on world Jewry to "undermine the next Durban conference".[3] Foreign Minister Yair Lapid spoke by video link after going into quarantine.[4] A more precise venue than Jerusalem was not established from the sources opened for this page.

Date

The conference opened on 13 July 2021 and ended on 15 July 2021, in Jerusalem.[1][2] Ynetnews described "a three-day conference on anti-Semitism, held this week in Jerusalem under the auspices of the Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Diaspora Affairs Ministry", and published a photograph of Herzog speaking at the opening on 13 July 2021.[5]

The Jerusalem Post of 8 July 2021, in its advance report, said the Forum would "take place in a hybrid mode" and "be held in part at the State Department and partially through Zoom", while also saying it would meet "for three days in Jerusalem". Later coverage by the same paper described the Forum as having taken place in Jerusalem. Lapid's address was delivered "via Zoom due to being in quarantine after an adviser tested positive for COVID-19". The "State Department" venue in the 8 July report was not corroborated by the later accounts opened for this page.[1][6][4]

Organisers

The Jerusalem Post and the Combat Antisemitism Movement both reported that the 7th Forum was hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs.[1][2] The Jerusalem Post of 8 July wrote that the Forum, "established in 2007, has held six conferences prior to this one".[1]

Attendees

Herzog opened the conference on the evening of 13 July (Tuesday night).[3] Lapid addressed it on 14 July.[4] On 15 July (Thursday), a panel of mayors and municipal leaders, organised by the Combat Antisemitism Movement as part of the Forum, included Uwe Becker, mayor of Frankfurt, who hosted what the Jerusalem Post called "the first ever Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism"; Roko Kursar, first deputy mayor of Malmo; and Haim Bibas, mayor of Modi'in Maccabim Re'ut.[6] An ISGAP notice said Dr. Charles Asher Small, Lorenzo Vidino and Shimon Samuels were to take part in a 14 July session titled "The Role of Radical Islam in Spreadnig Antisemitism – A New Type of Terror?" (title as given there).[7]

Details

Herzog, according to the Jerusalem Post, called the forthcoming Durban review meeting "a conference of hate" and said: "We must operate throughout the world in unanimity, strength, self-confidence and effectiveness to undermine the next Durban conference, because that conference is a conference of hate and diatribe of the worst kind, ridden with antisemitism in the worst sense of the word which brainwashes about who Jews are and what Israel is all about." In the same speech, his first public engagement as president, he "called for more foreign countries to adopt the working definition of antisemitism drawn up by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance" and for "more legislation in foreign countries to prosecute antisemitic behavior".[3]

Lapid said that "Antisemitism isn't the first name of hate, it's the family name", and: "We need to tell them that antisemitism never ends with the Jews. It will always move on to the next target." He added: "The fight isn't between antisemites and Jews: The fight is between antisemites and anyone who believes in the values of equality, justice and liberty."[4]

Ynetnews reported that speakers "voiced grave concern over the dramatic spike in attacks on Jews and Jewish institutions worldwide" and warned that "a new form of anti-Semitism with unprecedented potency is emerging". It quoted Herzog as telling the opening: "This conference is very timely, because the challenge is becoming much more difficult and bigger."[5]

Bibas, according to the Jerusalem Post, said: "Mayors in cities around the world are the best line of defense for this kind of hate, because we handle the relevant services, whether education, legislation or law-enforcement."[6]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Jerusalem Post Staff, Global Forum to Combat Antisemitism to meet in Jerusalem next week Jerusalem Post, 8 July 2021, accessed 2 November 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Combat Antisemitism Movement, Save the Date: 7th Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism to Be Held in Jerusalem July 13-15 Combat Antisemitism Movement, 17 June 2021, accessed 2 November 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Jeremy Sharon, Herzog calls on global Jewry to undermine Durban 'conference of hate' Jerusalem Post, 13 July 2021, accessed 2 November 2026.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Jeremy Sharon, Lapid: Antisemitism never ends with Jews, always moves on to next target Jerusalem Post, 14 July 2021, accessed 2 November 2026.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ynetnews, Jerusalem conference debates rise of 'new form' of anti-Semitism Ynetnews, 17 July 2021, accessed 2 November 2026.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Jerusalem Post Staff, Jewish leaders call for action at global antisemitism forum in Jerusalem Jerusalem Post, 16 July 2021, accessed 2 November 2026.
  7. ↑ ISGAP, 7th Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism ISGAP, accessed 2 November 2026.
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