The UK’s Jewish News reports:
A hotel in Bosnia and Herzegovina has cancelled a group booking for a European rabbinical delegation following criticism of Israel’s ongoing conflict in Gaza as ‘genocide’ by one of the country’s ministers.
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The event discusses European Jewish issues including rising antisemitism, religious freedoms and the future of Jewish life on the continent.
A note sent to the organisation and seen by Jewish News strongly suggests that Swissotel, owned by global hospitality company Accor Group, was pressurised into cancelling the booking following the publication of an open letter written by the federal minister of labour and social policy, Adnan Delic, which was also published in the Bosnian press.
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