Facing surging Jew-hatred, Denmark announces new strategy

(JNS) — Denmark’s government on Tuesday unveiled a five-year plan for fighting antisemitism, with a budget of $18 million and which includes the establishment of a new research institute focused on hate crimes and headed by a former leader of Danish Jews.

The new national plan, which extends and expands Denmark’s first national plan for fighting antisemitism from 2022, is needed because, “Following Hamas’s terrorist attack in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the subsequent war in Gaza, there has been a flare-up in antisemitism in Denmark,” the Danish Justice Ministry said in its announcement.

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