Posts Tagged ‘Antisemitism’

Israel’s conduct fosters antisemitism in the U.S., says Ken Roth

Ken Roth was attacked by Israel supporters because he said that Israel’s conduct fosters antisemitism in the west. But he joins a long list of distinguished writers who have said the same, including Hannah Arendt, Nathan Glazer, and Eric Alterman. Glazer warned long ago that Israel’s political dependence on American Jews for immunity over violations […]

ADL’s latest effort to use antisemitism in defense of apartheid

The Anti-Defamation League has long made it a priority to conflate criticism of Israel with antisemitism, but in recent years, it has become almost an obsession. The group’s latest report subverts the fight against antisemitism towards support for Israeli crimes. Source

How not to fight antisemitism

The proper response to antisemitism is to increase solidarity with other oppressed groups, not demand support for Zionism. Source

Exclusive — Dan Pollak: Joe Biden’s Antisemitism Roundtable Was a ‘Sham’

Dan Pollak, the Zionist Organization of America’s Director of Government Relations, spoke with Breitbart News about how President Joe Biden’s roundtable to address antisemitism is a “sham” because his administration is rampant with antisemitic officials. Source

Biden claims “transphobia” is the same as racism and antisemitism, calls for doctors of trans children to be protected

(NaturalNews) (Natural News) President Joe Biden has claimed that so-called transphobia is the same as racism, antisemitism and other forms of bigotry and has called for transgender children and their doctors to be protected. These statements, according to conservative political commentator and radio host Glenn Beck, proved that the world is “officially … [Read More…] […]

‘One of the oldest hatreds’: Netanyahu sees new source of antisemitism

Antisemitism is “the oldest hatred,” but the internet is making it worse, Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday. “It’s the oldest hatred, as I say, one of the oldest hatreds of humanity. It was wrong then, it’s wrong now,” Netanyahu told host Chuck Todd on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “But it’s got an extra […]

Montgomery County embraces controversial IHRA definition of antisemitism despite community pushback

Maryland’s Montgomery County Council unanimously voted to adopt a resolution that embraces the controversial IHRA working definition of antisemitism despite months of community protest. Source

UVM president rejects antisemitism charges, but university remains target of pro-Israel groups

Pro-Israel groups claim that recent incidents at the University of Vermont constitute antisemitism because for some Jewish students, “Zionism is integral to their Jewish ethnic identity.” Source

Remains of 17 People Were Ashkenazi Jews, Victims of Medieval Antisemitism

Ashkenazi Jews, who migrated into Holy Roman Empire territories around the 1st millennium AD, also settled in parts of England but how they were treated is less understood. Read more Section:  News History & Archaeology Read Later 

Jewish Leaders Fear An End to Antisemitism Could Lead To A Loss Of Jewish Identity

There is no “Jewish” race. There is a Zionist Zombie Virus Cult of evil. The Thirteenth Tribe: The Khazar Empire and its Heritage “All original edition. Nothing added, nothing removed. This book traces the history of the ancient Khazar Empire, a major but almost forgotten power in Eastern Europe, which in the Dark Ages became […]

Absurd ‘antisemitism’ charge against Emma Watson has exposed witchhunt strategy of Israel supporters

It’s an obvious point, but the obvious bears repeating. The absurd accusations of antisemitism against actress Emma Watson last week for expressing solidarity for Palestinians have backfired against Israeli leaders and in one bright flash helped to discredit an ancient tried-and-true strategy of the Israel lobby: maligning critics of Israel’s policies as antisemites. Israel’s supporters […]

ANTISEMITISM, MAXWELL, JEWISH CENTURY, NEW ZEALAND,

[embedded content]… Jewish woman accused of antisemitism by Labour threatens to sue “Diana Neslen is a member of Jewish Voice for Labour, which says it knows of 42 Jewish members of the Labour party who have faced or are facing disciplinary charges relating to allegations of antisemitism.  “The group estimates that MORE THAN FIVE TIMES […]

New front in ‘antisemitism’ battle is anti-Zionists’ alleged denial of Jewish historical ‘experience’ and ‘intergenerational trauma’

In the last few weeks, Israel advocates have pushed a new front in the battle over the discourse on Palestine: They say that progressive are antisemitic when they characterize Jews as privileged, and don’t acknowledge Jewish history and “the unique collective Jewish vulnerability.” So the anti-Zionist understanding that Israel is a powerful settler-colonial state is […]

COVID-19 has led to re-kindling of antisemitism across Europe, says rights agency

COVID-19 has led to a “re-kindling” of antisemitism across Europe as conspiracy theories circulate online that blame Jews for the pandemic, a European rights watchdog warned on Tuesday. The European Agency for Fundamental Rights, which collates data from civil society groups across the continent, warned that Germany and France had seen the biggest increases. Germany […]

Fightback Against Israel Lobby’s Antisemitism Smear Of UK Academics

The question, raised by the petition and letter of complaint, is whether universities like Glasgow will continue to submit to such attacks on academic life under the cover of false or evidence-free claims of anti-Semitism. Glasgow, Scotland – Hundreds of international scholars have begun a fightback against pro-Israel lobbyists who have been scoring increasingly high-profile […]

Trudeau speech latest example of weaponizing antisemitism to defend Israel

Echoing Donald Trump’s “very fine people on both sides” statement after white supremacists rampaged in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made his own speech equating anti-racists with white supremacists.  Speaking to a crowd over videocast on October 14 at an international conference in Malmö, Sweden on combating antisemitism and racism, […]

Muslims Warn Jews To Leave Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris ‘No-Go Zone’ — Jews Cry ‘Antisemitism’

(Algemeiner) The Jewish press is attempting to put an antisemitic spin on a turf war between Muslims and tiny remnant of Jews in what has become a Muslim-dominated neighborhood of Paris: Residents of a heavily Jewish neighborhood in Paris have been targeted in separate incidents this week that involved antisemitic hate mail delivered to their […]

Ben Cohen feels ‘totally fine’ over ‘absurd’ accusation of antisemitism

Ben Cohen says he is “totally fine” with accusations of antisemitism over Ben and Jerry’s decision to stop selling ice cream in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories because the charge is “absurd.” Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, who cofounded the company, were interviewed by Alexi McCammond of Axios, an exchange published yesterday on Axios/HBO. McCammond asked: “You’re both […]

EU unveils new strategy to tackle rising antisemitism in Europe

The European Union has unveiled a new strategy to combat growing antisemitism and hate speech in Europe. The bloc said on Tuesday that it plans to raise awareness about Jewish life, protect places of worship and ensure that the Holocaust cannot be forgotten. The European Commission said the measures were introduced given the “persistence and […]

Jews Open Nationwide Antisemitism™ Command Center To Monitor Jew Hate™ In America 24/7

The Secure Community Network — which coordinates security for Jewish institutions nationwide — has opened a command center in Chicago to monitor antisemitic threats: The center’s main room is a monitoring room with a 16-foot video screen that shows a map and tally of incident reports and potential threats across the country. It is staffed […]

The very ahistorical Yair Rosenberg should not speak for the Jews on antisemitism

Yair Rosenberg, a writer at Tablet magazine, has come out with an explainer series on antisemitism. It’s important that people recognize that his views on antisemitism are not shared by academics and scholars. They are an expression of what I call hasbara culture– a social construction of alternative reality which centers on the victimization of […]

‘Fragile, vulnerable’ young Jews who join ‘hip hop club’ that supports BDS are crux of new antisemitism — David Harris

David Harris, the CEO of the American Jewish Committee, says there’s a new nexus of antisemitism: “fragile… vulnerable” young Jews join campus groups such as the “hip hop club” where they are indoctrinated into anti-Israel attitudes. These antisemitic beliefs are pervasive on campus, Harris explained on an AJC webinar (Facebook, YouTube) about Jew-hatred last week. […]

How the IHRA definition of antisemitism is used to muzzle criticism of Israel — the Winnipeg example

Champions of the International Holocaust Memorial Alliance – Working Definition of Antisemitism (IHRA-WDA) insist that their definition is merely aspirational, meant only to rally opposition to hatred of Jews and is not legally binding. But an event in the Canadian city of Winnipeg is a perfect and lasting example of how toxic is the definition’s […]

DC rally equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism draws meager crowd and divides Jewish community

There was a rally against antisemitism outside the Capitol in Washington yesterday equating antisemitism with sharp criticism of Israel, and while a lot of big Jewish groups sponsored it, the good news is that liberal Zionists ran away from the event, and there weren’t many people there. The Washington Post said “hundreds” were at the […]

The War on Antisemitism Gains Momentum

By Philip Giraldi It has frequently been observed how Jewish organizations in the United States and Western Europe exploit their claimed perpetual victimhood to excuse their own ethnocentric manipulations while also providing cover for Israeli war crimes. What they refer to as the “Holocaust” is, of course, central to the effort, complete with a standard […]

Antisemitism Watchdog Derided And Mocked For Demanding Firing Of Spanish TV Host

The so-called Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) is calling for disciplinary action against a reporter from a television station in Spain who made anti-Israel remarks during a broadcast about Israeli athletes: TV3’s commentator Clara Basiana made the offensive remarks while reporting live on air on June 10 about Israeli artistic duet swimmers Eden Blecher and Shelly […]

Biden administration says IHRA definition of antisemitism is ‘gold standard’

The Biden administration has reiterated its support for the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. The controversial interpretation conflates antisemitism with legitimate criticism of Israel. The IHRA working definition was formally adopted by the Trump administration in 2018. In April a group of Democratic House members, three of them Jewish, sent Secretary […]

Florida GOP under fire for tweet accusing Democrats of antisemitism

In the video, Pelosi did not mention any Florida-elected officials. But the Florida GOP’s tweet included Fried and Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.), both of whom are challenging Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2022, and Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.), who is running for Senate against GOP Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. “While @GovRonDeSantis works on policies and signs […]

‘Dear Martha’ — a letter to Cornell’s president on her statement on the alleged rise of antisemitism, and failure to mention Israel’s attacks

On May 26, days after the end of Israel’s latest attack on Gaza, Cornell University President Martha Pollack issued a “Statement on Hatred and Bias” addressing an “alarming national rise” in antisemitism “amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East.” I wrote to her the following day to criticize her selective focus as a form of bad […]

Let’s have a frank talk about Israeli oppression and antisemitism

The dam is breaking.  It has been seven years since Operation Protective Edge — the obscenity in which Israel’s merciless bombardment of Gaza killed more than 2,000 Palestinians, more than 500 of them children.  Frankly, they have been seven lean years in which progress in that struggle seemed demoralizingly difficult: more of the same slow, steady […]

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