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Dec 24, 2024, 4:49 AM

French Embassy Poisoned by Egyptian Antisemite

An Open Letter to French Foreign Minister, Jean-Noël Barrot Paris, 23 December Mr. Minister, We are aware of the global interest of France for the finest cuisine. However, the Embassy of France in Egypt has apparently celebrated those using hate as an ingredient....

Nov 28, 2024, 5:02 PM

An Open Letter to Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State

Mr. Secretary, I write to you in view of the position of the US Embassy in Egypt in relation to last week’s Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) and its president, actor Hussain Fahmy, who opened the proceedings by stating: “Our stance...

Nov 25, 2024, 7:18 PM

Cairo Film Festival President, Hussein Fahmy, Calls for Anti-Israel Boycott

Paris, 25 November The 45th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), considered the “Cannes” of the Arab World, has just ended. This year, it was opened by the Festival’s President, actor Hussein Fahmy, who, according to the Egyptian lifestyle media Lovin Cairo, focused...

Nov 7, 2024, 5:12 PM

After 50 Years, a Terror Case Remains Unpunished

In 1980, I had arrived in Paris to work as Director for Europe of ADL-B’nai B’rith. I witnessed first hand what would become a series of terror shootings and bombings of Jewish and Israeli targets throughout France and Europe. At...

Oct 25, 2024, 12:25 AM

The State of Hate at the Frankfurt Book Fair

Over the past 23 years we have been monitoring several Arab bookfairs across the Mediterranean and in the Middle East, as well as the biggest World book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany (FBM - the Frankfurter BuchMesse), to identify texts...

Oct 1, 2024, 5:45 PM

To Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of France

An Open Letter to Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of France From Dr. Shimon Samuels, Former Director for International Relations of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre Paris, 1 October At the end of World War 1, the Ottoman Empire was partitioned. In 1920, today’s...

Aug 29, 2024, 10:42 AM

UN International Day of Older Persons Ageing with Dignity

UN International Day of Older Persons Ageing with Dignity - Open Letter to the President of ECOSOC (United Nations Economic and Social Council), Amb. Bob Rae, Permanent Representative of Canada Mr. President, ECOSOC’s NGO Committee on Ageing (COA) "advocates to lobby...

Aug 22, 2024, 4:54 PM

Will Argentina Come to the Hague?

In a letter to Patricia Bullrich, Argentina's Security Minister, we congratulated the capture of a group of terrorists planning to murder members of the Jewish community in the city of Mendoza. It appears to be an attempt by the...

Aug 6, 2024, 8:22 AM

A Dangerous New Form of Antisemitism

“Palestine” Claims Jesus as its own World Heritage UNESCO member-States wait for years for their national cultural treasures to receive World Heritage Status. Yet, one exception is represented by “Palestine” that uses the “fast-track” procedure, claiming a “state of danger”...

Aug 2, 2024, 12:53 AM

Iraqi President on World Heritage Committee New Delhi

An Open Letter to Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid from the World Heritage Committee 2024 in New Delhi Mr. President, I raised with the Iraqi delegation at the the World Heritage Committee taking place in New Delhi, the safeguarding of the...

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About Me

Shimon Samuels is Emeritus Director for International Relations of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. He has served in the IDF. He was Deputy Director of the Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, European Director of ADL, and Israel Director of AJC. He was born in UK, where he studied as also Israel, U.S. and Japan.

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