In January, the Department held a conference on Countering Anti-Semitism
and the BDS, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The conference
was held at the Yad Yitzhak Ben Tzvi Institute in Jerusalem and was attended
by more than 300 participants, including the WZO Chair, Minister of Economy
and Industry, and the Deputy Chair of WZO and event chair - Yaakov Hagoel.
Hagoel revealed the disturbing results of a survey conducted by the
Department on the subject and pointed out a disconcerting trend of people
not reporting anti-Semitic incidents, which we have witnessed for several
years, due to their lack of trust in the judicial and enforcement systems.
Dr. Mordechai Keidar, Middle East expert and lecturer at Bar Ilan University's
Arabic Department gave a lecture at the event.
During the last part of the conference, there was a symposium of experts on countering anti-Semitism.
