Response to antisemitic and anti-Israeli actions

Question for written answer E-003469/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Alice Teodorescu Måwe (PPE), Niclas Herbst (PPE), Hildegard Bentele (PPE), Lukas Mandl (PPE), Antonio López-Istúriz White (PPE), Sabrina Repp (S&D), Pina Picierno (S&D)

Since the Hamas terrorist attacks of 7 October 2023, the EU has been the scene of an unprecedented wave of antisemitic and anti-Israeli actions. This summer witnessed a rise in expressions of hatred towards Jews and Israelis across several Member States.

In Spain, 50 French Jewish children returning from a holiday camp were disembarked from a Vueling flight after singing a song in Hebrew. In an outrageous tweet, the Spanish Minister of Transport labelled them 'Israeli brats'.

In Greece, a cruise liner carrying Israeli tourists was forced to reroute to Cyprus after a pro-Palestinian crowd prevented it from docking at the island of Syros.

In the Netherlands, two Israelis were hospitalised after being violently assaulted at a holiday park, while threatening slogans were shouted at them.

In Sweden, people were encouraged to gather outside and intimidate an Israeli tourist supposedly staying at a hotel in Stockholm.

• 1.How does the Commission plan to work with Member States to reinforce the security of Israeli citizens and European Jews who travel within the EU territory?
• 2.What measures is the Commission ready to take to further reinforce the fight against antisemitism, especially in the guise of anti-Israel rhetoric?

Submitted: 8.9.2025