December 2020: Antisemitism in review 07 Jan 2021 share this on
When: 5 December
Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina
What: Among several hateful and antisemitic posts on Twitter were tweets mocking circumcision, others referencing the antisemitic stereotype of Jews being cheap, and yet others using a slang expression referring to the idea of killing Jews to make soap during the Holocaust.
Responding to the controversy the WJC-affiliated Delegation of Israelite Associations of Argentina (DAIA) tweeted: “The hatred and racism referring to different groups reveals the contempt for equality and human diversity from who today is one of the representatives of Argentina.”
Despite the derogatory tweets, only two days after being suspended, the players were reinstated following pressure from the national team and other Argentine rugby clubs. Click here to read more.