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The European Jewish Congress denounces the attack on the Jewish facility in Skopje, while demanding an immediate reaction from the authorities to stop the escalation of hatred...
A serious incident has shaken Skopje and raised the alarm about an increasingly dangerous climate of religious and ethnic hatred in the region. The entrance to the Jewish Community building and synagogue in the capital of North Macedonia has been the target of an arson attack, which according to the European Jewish Congress was carried out in the early hours of the morning by two people, who set fire to the door and then fled. Police are investigating the case, while security measures have been increased.
The Jewish Community in Macedonia has strongly condemned the incident, emphasizing that it is not simply an attack on a religious object, but a direct blow to coexistence, dignity and mutual respect. In its public statement, the Jewish community expressed concern about the increase in hate speech, intolerance and the unfair identification of Jews with geopolitical developments in the Middle East.
This is precisely the essence of the alarm: when a distant conflict translates into local hatred, society enters dangerous terrain. The attack in Skopje cannot be relativized as an act of vandalism or an isolated explosion. It directly affects the security of a community, but also the ability of the state to guarantee democratic order and the protection of religious freedoms. The EJC called the incident evidence of the continuing vulnerability of Jewish sites in Europe, where places of worship and community life remain under threat.
Now the focus is on the institutions of North Macedonia. The investigation must be swift, thorough and with concrete consequences for the perpetrators. Any delay, any relativization and any institutional silence would be read as weakness in the face of anti-Semitism. In such cases, the state is tested not only for its ability to catch the perpetrators, but for its determination to defend the very idea of coexistence.
In a Balkans that continues to bear open wounds from nationalism, extremism, and the political instrumentalization of identities, such an attack is not simply a black chronicle. It is an alarm bell. And precisely for this reason, the response to it must be decisive: zero tolerance for anti-Semitism, zero space for hatred./ Pamphlet
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