Just a few examples of anti-Semitic acts are the 2006 murder of a young Jewish man named Ilan Halimi in France, or the 2006 attack on the Lubavitch synagogue in Moscow, and even more recently, the 2009 attack on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

Classic antisemitism, along with Iranian-sponsored and Islamic antisemitism, are used to incite hatred for the Jews, but are also used as a mode of delegitimization of Israel. Delegitimization of Israel, which has only increased since the first Durban Conference in 2001, is the latest expression of a new antisemitism.

There is no other sovereign country in the world whose right to exist as a state is being challenged like Israel's right is. This is a sophisticated attack that has caught the attention of anti-Semites all over the world, both individuals and NGOs. Those who stand behind it have crossed the line. They seek to destroy the Jewish state piece by piece. They are denying the Jewish people's right to self-determination. They call for academic boycotts, economic sanctions, and they gain growing support in international political circles...

It is scary that only 60 years after the horrors of the Holocaust we see an example of state-sponsored antisemitism in Iran. Iran denies the Holocaust, calls for the destruction of Israel as a member of the United Nations, and pursues nuclear weapons. All of these factors are a reminder of what happened 70 years ago.

Another alarming phenomenon is the growing spread of Islamic antisemitism. Waves of attacks on Jewish communities around the world have become more extreme, intense and vocal than ever. We see textbooks, TV programs, mass media and academic publications in the Arab and Muslim world that are filled with hostile propaganda. The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is only one example. 

We see Muslim anti-Semites using classic anti-Semitic motifs, such as the killing of Jesus and the "big-nosed greedy Orthodox Jew" that were used by the Nazis. We are also witnessing the rise of classic nationalist Jew-hatred, along with Holocaust denial and revisionism, not only in Europe, but as far as South America. The reappearance of what we hoped was a forgotten prejudice is very disturbing.

All of these forces, state-sponsored antisemitism, the delegitimization of Israel by the radical Left, Islamic antisemitism, and right-wing classic antisemitism, are cooperating in the campaign to destroy the State of Israel.

Let it be clear that fighting antisemitism is not only a Jewish problem but a global challenge that affects people of every nation, and it needs to be dealt with by the entire global community. I call upon those who respect basic moral values and human freedom to speak out, roll up your sleeves and join forces to confront this sickness.​