Doug Emhoff Stresses a Personal Push Against Antisemitism

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Doug Emhoff Stresses a Personal Push Against Antisemitism

“This is not just some concept in the history books,” he said.

Mr. Emhoff’s visit took place just over a year after the ******* States rejoined UNESCO, which it had stopped funding in 2011 under the Obama administration after the agency voted to include Palestine as a full member, and then withdrew from completely in 2017 under Mr. Trump.

Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO’s director general, said the ******* States’ decision to rejoin had been key in supporting programs to stop antisemitism, racism and hate speech. “We now have this opportunity to further strengthen our actions in this regard, something which would have been impossible without your return,” she said.

Given the heightened emotions around the war in Gaza, Ms. Harris has walked a fine line on ******** and ************ issues. When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of ******* visited Washington last month, Ms. Harris condemned pro-****** demonstrators as “despicable” and voiced support for *******’s right to defend itself against terrorism. But she also said she would not be silent about the suffering and destruction caused by the ******** military’s campaign in Gaza.

At the commemoration for the 1982 *******, Mr. Emhoff and French officials lit candles and ***** wreaths for victims of the lunchtime ******** in a crowded deli on the Rue des Rosiers, a narrow, lively street in the heart of the French capital’s old ******* quarter. The four attackers threw a grenade into the restaurant — which is now a clothing store — and fired at customers before fleeing.

No group ever formally claimed responsibility for the *******, and for decades the case remained unsolved. Then, in 2015, the French authorities said they had identified three suspects, all of whom lived abroad and were accused of being tied to a small ************ ********** organization that had been blamed for deadly attacks in several countries.

One of the suspects, Walid Abdulrahman Abou Zayed, a Norwegian citizen of ************ origin, was extradited to France and has been held there since 2020. In February, the Paris Appeals Court

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by his lawyers to have the charges against him dropped, but it is unclear when a trial might take place.

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