{"id":555,"date":"2019-10-25T14:22:35","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T12:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fzo.cz\/en\/?p=555"},"modified":"2019-10-25T14:47:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T12:47:09","slug":"czech-parliament-condemns-antisemitism-and-anti-israel-boycotts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fzo.cz\/en\/555\/czech-parliament-condemns-antisemitism-and-anti-israel-boycotts\/","title":{"rendered":"Czech Parliament Condemans antisemitism and anti-Israel boycotts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The parliament in January had already voted to recognize the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance\u2019s definition of antisemitism.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday it approved a text that condemned antisemitism against individuals, religious institutions, organizations and the State of Israel. This also includes denial of the Holocaust during World War II in which Nazi Germany killed six million European Jews.<\/p>\n

The Czech Parliament also condemned groups that called to boycott Israel, its goods, services or citizens. It called on its government not to provide financial support to movements, organizations and associations that supported the boycott of Israel, including within the European Union and the United Nations. Lawmakers in their resolution also rejected any attempts to question the state of Israel\u2019s right to existence or self-defense.<\/p>\n

Click here to read the full article in the Jerusalem Post<\/a><\/p>\n

October 22nd 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Czech Chamber of Deputies passed a resolution that condemned both antisemitism and anti-Israel boycotts as well as affirmed Israel\u2019s right to self-defense. Both Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz and Israel\u2019s Ambassador to the Czech Republic Daniel Meron tweeted their appreciation of the resolution.
\n\u201cI wish to thank our Czech friends for this step, which reflects the true friendship between our countries. I call on more Parliaments to follow suit.\u201d Katz tweeted.
\nMeron tweeted \u201cThank you!,\u201d explaining that the resolution \u201cstrongly condemning all manifestations of antisemitism, including against State of Israel, and condemning any call for boycotting Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n

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