CEO of the Conference of European Rabbis: "We lost the war against antisemitism"

Gadi Gronich, CEO of the Conference of European Rabbis, states in an interview that the fight against antisemitism in Europe has failed, three years after October 7. He describes a gap between the political echelon in the European Union, which listens but lacks enforcement power, and the surging anti-Israeli street. Gronich presents a new seven-point manifesto and describes futile struggles with security bodies regarding the Muslim Brotherhood and the training of local imams.

In a special interview, Gadi Gronich, CEO of the Conference of European Rabbis, states that the war against antisemitism in Europe has been lost. Three years after the October 7 massacre, antisemitism has reached a peak, anti-Israeli protests are spiraling out of control, and Jewish visibility has become a target. Gronich describes a deep gap between the political echelon in the European Union, which listens and offers verbal support but lacks enforcement power, and the street, which translates criticism of Israel into attacks on Jews. The conference presented a new seven-point manifesto aimed at moving from talk to action. Gronich recounts failed efforts to pass information to German security bodies about Muslim Brotherhood activity in Europe, including money laundering and the identity of decision-makers. He describes an initiative to train local imams with European values, which has been sitting in European Commission drawers for four years. According to him, the main problem is the street sentiment, which fuels rising antisemitism, as expressed in an incident where spectators shouted antisemitic slurs at a survivor of the October 7 massacre.