5 Winter 2026 demonstrations and protests denying the right of the State of Israel to exist. There are physical attacks and “minor disturbances” against Jews for being Jews, in Europe, Australia, Canada, and the United States of America. The life of Jewish students in Europe and other places around the world has become intolerable. The Jews of Europe and in many other places feel that this is reminiscent of the 1930s. Only this time, they know what the outcome was. Marian Turski, one of the last survivors of Auschwitz, returned for the ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, and just a few days before his death he said: “Auschwitz did not fall from the heaven.” We cannot simply talk about a wave of evil that will pass. That train has already left the station. Today, we must say in the clearest and simplest terms: 1. Any antisemitic action or speech is not only serious in itself, but taken together with other antisemitic actions and speech, represents a danger to the existence of the Jewish People. 2. Any accusation against a Jew living in the Diaspora for the actions or omissions of the State of Israel is illegitimate, and itself represents a serious act of antisemitism. 3. The State of Israel is one of the very few nations of the world facing the danger of extermination. The State of Israel is the only State of the Jewish People. Denying the right of the State of Israel to exist, denying Zionism — the movement representing the rebirth of the Jewish People — is an antisemitic act that must be fought against. 4. Disproportionate criticism of the State of Israel, criticism which does not take into account what happened to the Jewish People only 80 years ago, as well as the existentialist threat to the State of Israel since its birth until today, is an act of antisemitism that must be fought against. I am a man of moderation, I am a man of the Center, but we are living in a time of emergency for the State of Israel and the Jewish People. We at IJL, a small, but stubborn organization, will do our very best through legal means to fight against these phenomena.n
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