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Noa Tishby is a NY Times best-selling author and Israel's former Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism and Delegitimization.

A Tel Aviv native, Tishby served in the Israeli army before landing a starring role on the nation's highest-rated prime time drama. After becoming a household name in Israel and appearing in numerous TV shows, films, theater productions and fashion campaigns, Tishby moved to Los Angeles, where she sold the Israeli TV show "In Treatment" to HBO, which made history as the first Israeli TV show to become an American series. "In Treatment" was nominated for fourteen Emmy and Golden Globes and won a Peabody Award.

Noa has been a leader in pro-Israel activism for over a decade, co-founding and initiating several organizations and projects, including Act for Israel, Reality Israel and Eighteen: an institute to combat antisemitism and inspire Jewish pride.

Noa has been a guest on Real Time with Bill Maher and appeared on networks such as CNN, MSNBC, Fox and PBS. She also spoke at the Capitol for a Congressional Hearing on online antisemitism in her capacity as Israel's first Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism, and testified in front of the Committee on Ways and Means about the connection between campus antisemitism and terrorism financing, which was the catalyst for the catastrophic hearing of Harvard Penn and MIT presidents and the following resignation of Harvard's Gay and Penn's Magill. Tishby recently addressed members of Congress again in a hearing exposing gender-based violence of the October 7th massacre.

Tishby is the author of the New York Times bestseller Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth and is among the best known pro-Israel figures on social and legacy media, her content reaching millions of people daily across all platforms.

Tishby recently announced her second book: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew, cowritten with NY Times best-selling author Emmanuel Acho, forthcoming from Simon Element, Simon & Schuster, April 30, 2024

Tishby resides in Los Angeles and she is a proud Jewish mother to her son Ari.

"...Tishby has become a dominant and provocative voice on a war that is being fought in the Middle East and also on television, social media, and American streets and college campuses.

She is the voice of this Jewish generation."

-The NY Times-

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Amazon.com: Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew: 9781668057858: Acho, Emmanuel, Tishby, Noa: Books

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*Note: These are some books one might want to read with their children to broaden their awareness and understanding of Jewish-American heritage and history. Please carefully check the recommended ages for each text prior to reading to students.

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It was revealed in late January that at least 12 UNRWA employees were involved in the October 7th massacre. The USA and several other countries paused funding while investigations took place. In August, 9 of these staff members working for the Palestine Refugee Agency (UNRWA) were fired. This attached report is one that was additionally submitted by *UN Watch for review.

*UN Watch is a nongovernmental organization that monitors the performance of the United Nations according to the yardstick of its charter and promotes human rights for all.

Founded in 1993, UN Watch influences decision-makers, educates world opinion, and promotes UN reform, transparency, and accountability.

UN Watch stands at the forefront in combating racism, antisemitism, and anti-Israel prejudice at the UN, taking the offensive against dictatorships and double standards.

UN Watch receives no funding from any government.

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Documentary about the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

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WITHDRAWAL FROM GAZA - Documentary (Formerly 'Unsettled')

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This documentary shares behind-the-scenes information where world leaders comment on the unraveling peace process and continued violence between Israelis and Palestinians from 1999 to 2005.

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Antisemitism/Antizionism, Judaism & Israel from the Perspective of Judaism

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Antisemitism/Antizionism, Judaism & Israel from the Perspective of Judaism

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Rabbi Sacks on the Connection Between Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism, Judaism & Israel | Rabbi Sacks

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Reformed Hamas Militant Speaks Out: The Truth About Israel-Gaza

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Reformed Hamas Militant Speaks Out: The Truth About Israel-Gaza

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Exclusive: Israeli Singer Eden Golan on Facing the Mob at Eurovision

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In the wake of Hamas's deadly invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023, a slew of misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories about the ongoing conflict are percolating on social media.

The following is a list of false or misleading narratives and the truth of each case.
UPDATED December 13, 2023
FALSE NARRATIVE: Photo of deceased infant in Palestine is a "doll"

On December 1, 2023, photos and videos of a grieving man in Palestine holding a deceased baby went viral after journalists and users on social media claimed that the baby was fake and that the incident was staged. The Jerusalem Post published an article about it, claiming the "dead Palestinian baby" in the footage was "only a doll."

REALITY: The victim shown in the photographs was very real-a five-month-old baby named Muhammad Hani Al-Zahar. "Evidence" for the "doll" claim was based entirely on conspiratorial hearsay. Verified photographs of the scene, which were taken near Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, are available on Getty Images. The Jerusalem Post eventually apologized and publicly retracted the article.

FALSE NARRATIVE: Hamas created a new website to showcase its crimes

On or around November 16, 2023, social media posts began referring to "Hamas.com" as the new, official Hamas website. The page includes documentation of Israeli suffering and death from the October 7 attack, and celebrates the number of victims killed, hostages taken, missiles fired and Israeli homes burned by Hamas.

REALITY: While many of the photos and videos shown on Hamas.com are believed to show actual events from October 7, this website does not belong to Hamas. The group's actual website is currently inaccessible. Taking the conspiracy one step further, some have alleged that "Hamas.com" was created by Israel, citing the fact that the site is credited to Israeli software company Wix. However, Wix is one of the most popular website builders in the world and operates out of more than 20 offices globally.

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FALSE NARRATIVE: Video shows IDF recruitment campaign targeting Ukrainians

A recent video circulating on X and being advertised on YouTube depicts a soldier with no obvious affiliation calling on Ukrainians to join the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in exchange for money, citizenship, career opportunities and housing.

REALITY: This video is a deepfake, likely created using synthetic speech. The footage itself is real, originally appearing on the official IDF TikTok account, and shows an IDF member sharing support hotline numbers for families and soldiers. The deepfake version is in a different language and uses an entirely fabricated script.

FALSE NARRATIVE: Antisemitic students left chalked message at Stanford University event

A photo circulating on X, Instagram and other platforms showed an antisemitic statement written in chalk outside a sit-in for Palestine at Stanford University. The message read, "Come chat about how Jewish babies should be burned alive," followed by a smiley face.

REALITY: While the chalk writing was real, the intent was misunderstood. According to Stanford University President Richard Saller, the message was written by a member of the Jewish community who was trying to make a sarcastic statement against the pro-Palestine event. This individual later apologized and erased the message.

FALSE NARRATIVE: Video shows Hamas killing pregnant woman and unborn child

A graphic video circulated recently on platforms like X purportedly showing a Hamas militant cutting the fetus out of a pregnant Israeli woman while she was still alive. The video was shared alongside testimony from a first responder, who is speaking English.

REALITY: The video in question is several years old, dating back as early as 2018, and is believed to show a brutal murder by members of the Mexican cartel. While the story about the pregnant Israeli victim has not been confirmed, it is based on real testimony from a member of ZAKA, a volunteer search and rescue organization in Israel.
UPDATED November 3, 2023:

Above: Conspiratorial commentator Jackson Hinkle shares false claim on Telegram

FALSE NARRATIVE: Yemen has officially declared war on Israel

On October 31, 2023, Houthi rebels in Yemen announced they were responsible for missile attacks on Israel in support of Palestine. Soon after, rumors on social media alleged that the attacks signified Yemen's official declaration of war on Israel.

REALITY: Yemen has not declared war on Israel. The Houthi rebels responsible for the attack do not represent the country's formally recognized government. Claims about Yemen's supposed declaration of war appeared to come from non-credible accounts on social media rather than verified news outlets.

Above: User on X minimizes threat by suggesting "Russian troll hacker" was responsible

FALSE NARRATIVE: Antisemitic threats at Cornell were inauthentic or "planted" to sow fear

On October 29, 2023, an anonymous user posted antisemitic threats on the Cornell-affiliated section of an online forum called Greekrank. The posts mentioned locations specific to Cornell, encouraging others to rape and slit the throats of Jewish people on campus. On X and Telegram, skeptics suggested that the messages were planted by law enforcement or Jewish organizations to sow fear. Others alleged that the posts were not from a Cornell student, but rather from Russian bots.

REALITY: On October 31, 2023, police arrested 21-year-old Patrick Dai, a Cornell junior believed to be responsible for the threats. Classes were cancelled due to the incident, and Dai's preliminary hearing in federal court is scheduled for November 15, 2023.

FALSE NARRATIVE: The Israel-Hamas war is a psyop to distract from Israel's "expired lease"

A conspiracy theory circulating on TikTok, Telegram and X posits that Israel's "Balfour lease" expires at midnight on October 31, 2023, at which point the state of Israel will cease to exist. The theory alleges that the Israel-Hamas war was a coordinated psychological operation meant to distract the world from Israel's "expiration" while the U.S. military helps to "evict" the Zionists and "fake Jews" from Israel.

REALITY: There is no document known as the "Balfour lease," but there is the 1917  Balfour Declaration, which was foundational to the establishment of Israel. No historical precedent or current evidence suggests that there is any "expiration date" on this letter. Rhetoric about elaborate government psyops and  "fake Jews"  is common in conspiratorial, antisemitic and extremist circles and has no factual basis.

FALSE NARRATIVE: Hamas supporters are planning to attack Jewish homes on Halloween

A recent rumor allegesthat Jewish communities received a warning about plans for "Hamas supporters" to target Jewish families on Halloween. The rumor alleges that these individuals were "planning to attack Jews" by posing as trick or treaters at homes displaying a Mezuzah.

REALITY: There is no evidence to support these rumors, and no official law enforcement alerts have been issued on the topic. This appears to be entirely unfounded.
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FALSE NARRATIVE: NYU students chanted "we don't want no Jewish state" at rally

On October 25, 2023, students at New York University hosted a pro-Palestine rally in Washington Square Park. In several popular posts on Instagram and X, users shared footage of the rally claiming that the demonstrators were chanting, "We don't want no Jewish state, we want all of it."

REALITY: The actual chant in question is, "We don't want no two states, we want all of it," referencing the proposal of a two-state solution in Israel and Palestine. This chant has been used among demonstrators for years, but like other chants at recent rallies, has been misrepresented on social media. While the rhetoric is still deeply concerning and problematic, the use of the word "Jewish" would suggest that demonstrators were referencing all Jews rather than just the state of Israel.

FALSE NARRATIVE: U.S Sen Chuck Schumer is a dual citizen of Israel and betraying America

Anti-Israel users on Instagram and X are promoting the claim that U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is secretly a dual citizen of the United States and Israel, with some calling him an "enemy of the state." Several posts target Schumer's proposal to provide aid to Israel, accusing him of prioritizing Israel's border safety over that of the United States' own borders.

REALITY: Theories that some members of Congress have dual Israeli citizenship are not new, and are often rooted in conspiratorial and antisemitic narratives. While Schumer is the first Jewish Senate Majority Leader, there is no evidence that he also has Israeli citizenship.

FALSE NARRATIVE: Video shows the explosion at Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza

A video circulating on X and Instagram went viral after users alleged that it showed the moment of the explosion at Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza on October 17, 2023. Many users who shared the video alleged the explosion was the result of Israeli airstrikes - a claim that has been widely disputed and remains unconfirmed.

REALITY: The footage in question is several years old, and actually shows airstrikes in Aleppo, Syria. The full video, which was uploaded to a number of sites as early as 2016, also includes a timestamp indicating that the footage was captured in July of 2016.
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FALSE NARRATIVE: Israel is staging graphic images showing the impact of Hamas's attack

Since the October 7 attack, Israeli officials have been releasing photos on social media platforms, including X, showing the bloody aftermath of Hamas's attack on Israel. Anti-Israel conspiracy theorists have suggested that Israeli propagandists staged the graphic scenes to exaggerate the reality of Hamas's violence. In some cases, users allege that the blood in the photos is "too light" in color to be real; in other cases, they claimed it was "too dark." Others argue that photos of blood do not prove the existence of "real victims" in Israel.
: There is no evidence that these images were staged. Photos and videos showing Hamas murdering Israeli civilians have been verified by on-the-ground sources. The Israeli military also held a private screening for journalists to help dispel the doubt surrounding the attacks, where they showed graphic footage from the bodycams of Hamas militants.

FALSE NARRATIVE: A Montclair University student was killed by Israel supporters

On October 17, 2023, Abderrahmane "Abdu" Mefti - a freshman at Montclair State University in New Jersey - tragically and unexpectedly died. Immediately, X and TikTok users began to post rumors that Mefti was murdered by pro-Israel students because of his support for Palestine. One post on X said, "ABDU WAS THROWN FROM THE 6th FLOOR WINDOW BY A GROUP OF ZIONIST [sic] FOR DEFENDING PALESTINE." Others parroted this claim, suggesting that Montclair State University was lying publicly about the cause of Mefti's death.

REALITY: According to official statements from the university and several student groups, Mefti's death was not the result of a criminal act or foul play.
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FALSE NARRATIVE: Man accused of Islamophobic murder in Chicago was "of Jewish background"

During an October 15, 2023 press conference, CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab suggested that Joseph Czuba, the man charged with murdering a six-year-old Muslim boy in the Chicago area, may be "of Jewish background." Rehab stated, "This individual, Joseph Czuba...there are claims that he is of Jewish background, and he was incensed by what happened in Israel." Rehab later cautioned the Muslim community against taking revenge for the tragedy, saying, "Do not let the injustice of an individual or a people cause you to engage in an injustice."

REALITY: According to statements from his legal team and local church representatives, Czuba is Catholic. Czuba's public defender told CBS that Czuba "was a longtime member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Plainfield." The Diocese of Joliet, Illinois also confirmed this to Our Sunday Visitor.
FALSE NARRATIVE: Videos show large portions of Israel on fire
A video on TikTok has gone viral after showing a montage of devastating fires, which the original poster claims is happening in Israel. The caption reads, "The war in Israel is out of control," and footage shows homes, buildings and an entire horizon up in flames.

REALITY: At least some portions of this TikTok were pulled from footage of recent wildfires in Argentina, which broke out around October 10, 2023. Much of the content was taken directly from YouTube videos of the blaze. The video on TikTok is still live, has over 106K likes and has been shared over 16K times.
UPDATED October 19, 2023: FALSE NARRATIVE: Video shows moment of supposed rocket misfire over Al-Ahli hospital
On October 17, 2023, an explosion at Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza, reportedly killed hundreds of innocent civilians. As social media users attempted to quickly understand what caused the explosion, conflicting details emerged, as did several videos purportedly showing footage of the blast. One frequently viewed video on X claimed to show a Hamas rocket's "failed launch."

REALITY: This video was originally posted as early as August 2022 on X (then Twitter), Facebook and more. Its origins remain unclear, but many believe it shows a 2022 airstrike on Gaza. While experts are still vetting the details surrounding the October 17 deadly explosion at the hospital, early reports from independent sources and the IDF assess that it was likely caused by a failed rocket launch by the terrorist group Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ), not Hamas.
FALSE NARRATIVE: A Palestinian terrorist group is posing as a Jewish organization to secretly gather information
Around October 16, 2023, rumors circulated in Jewish communities and on social media claiming an organization called LoveIsrael - whose members were supposedly "calling people and asking for the names of soldiers" to pray for them - is actually a front by Palestinian terrorists to collect Israeli soldiers' contact information. Users on X warned against providing any names, calling it a "security threat."

REALITY: There is no documented evidence of these calls, nor is there any evidence supporting a link between this group and Palestine. A pro-Israel Christian group called LoveIsrael does proselytizing work in Israel, but there is no evidence that this ministry is responsible for making these alleged calls.

FALSE NARRATIVE: Israel will attack Palestine to expedite The Great Replacement
White supremacists and antisemites are claiming that the Israel-Hamas war will help speed replacement of white people by forcing people of color out of Palestine and into predominantly white countries in Europe and North America. One poster in a white supremacist Telegram chat claimed Hamas was an "Israel created proxy," saying the invasion "was a planned attack to import more nonwhites into white countries." On another Telegram channel, a poster commented on the prospect of Palestinian refugees in the United States: "This is clearly part of the white replacement agenda."
FALSE NARRATIVE: Video proves the attack on the Supernova music festival was fake
REALITY: These conspiratorial claims play directly into antisemitic tropes inherent to "Replacement Theory," which alleges that people of color are "replacing" white people through immigration, high birth rates and other social or political means. Many white supremacists and extremists believe this phenomenon is being orchestrated by Jews. These theories are entirely unfounded, and while they have been debunked repeatedly for years, extremists often use world events to promote them.
FALSE NARRATIVE: New York City faced credible threats of terrorism on "Friday of Al-Aqsa Flood"
A TikTok video went viral after users falsely claimed it showed attendees of the Supernova music festival fleeing from Hamas. Days later, a debunking video from Reuters clarified that the footage in question was actually from a Bruno Mars concert in Tel Aviv, days before the attack. Posters on X then used the Reuters video to promote the conspiracy theory that Hamas's attack on the music festival was fabricated or exaggerated, calling it Israeli propaganda. One post, which has more than 1.8 million views, included the Reuters video with the caption, "All of their lies are coming to light. #FreePalaestine [sic]"

REALITY: Debunking videos are typically effective in clearing up misinformation. However, in this case, they were used to allege more false narratives by anti-Israel conspiracy theorists to invalidate the reality of Hamas's violent attack on civilians at Supernova. Numerous hostages were taken from the festival and more than 260 attendees were killed; much of this is well-documented on video and substantiated by eyewitnesses, as well as family members desperate to find their missing loved ones.

Hamas issued an official statement designating October 13, 2023, "the Friday of Al-Aqsa Flood," and called for gatherings in solidarity with Palestine. A video also surfaced that showed founding member and former Hamas leader, Khaled Mashal, advising that supporters "send a message of rage to Zionists and to America." Soon after, rumors began to spread that New York City was already facing threats of imminent terrorism. On Instagram and WhatsApp, users alleged that law enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security had issued warnings against attending synagogue or taking public transportation. One post said, "All New Yorkers should be concerned," adding that "Hamas-terror activists" were "roaming" the streets.
ORIGINAL POST: October 15, 2023 FALSE NARRATIVE: Israel purposely coordinated Hamas's attack
REALITY: While Hamas's declaration prompted understandable fear and security advisories, the claims about verified threats in New York City had no factual basis. On October 12, 2023, the NYPD issued a statement on X addressing these rumors, clarifying that there were "no specific, credible threats to New York City," and that heightened security was being provided to vulnerable areas "out of an abundance of caution." Ultimately, no organized terror attacks took place in New York City on October 13.

Antisemitic influencers and conspiracy theorists claim that Israel was responsible for the Hamas attacks. On TikTok, some claimed that the Israeli government or Mossad created Hamas as part of a "Zionist plan," alleging that the recent invasion was purposely coordinated to justify colonization or the genocide of Palestinians. White supremacist Nick Fuentes called the attack "suspicious," suggesting Israel will "benefit from this crisis both domestically and internationally."
FALSE NARRATIVE: Israel hired "crisis actors" to exaggerate the conditions of the war
REALITY: The claim that Israel or Jews orchestrated antisemitic atrocities plays into an age-old trope about Jewish control and manipulation. The truth is that  Hamas, an acronym that stands for the Islamic Resistance Movement, was founded in 1987 by members of the Muslim Brotherhood and religious factions of the PLO. The U.S.-designated terrorist organization's charter states that they have a religious obligation to wage war on Israel.

Posters on X, TikTok and other platforms allege that terror victims or reporters on the scene in Israel are "crisis actors." In one instance, users on Telegram and X accused CNN reporter Clarissa Ward of "acting" for taking cover during a live broadcast in Israel as rockets were fired overhead. On TikTok, a different video showed a film crew surrounding an actor who was lying on the ground, alleging it was proof that Israel was planting fake victims.
FALSE NARRATIVE: Armed terrorists in the U.S. are disguising themselves as Jews
REALITY: Baseless claims about "crisis actors" are common among conspiracy theorists and are typically spread with the intent of undermining trust in the media and downplaying tragic events. There is ample documentation of Ward's experience in Israel, which was broadcast by CNN, and Snopes identified the TikTok video in question as behind-the-scenes footage from an April 2022 short film.

On Facebook and WhatsApp, rumors circulated that Hamas militants are already in U.S. cities, disguised as either Hasidic Jews or rabbis and hiding "a fully automatic rifle" or "an explosive vest." Some alleged that these individuals were asking people in New York City if they were Jewish, theoretically attempting to find targets.
FALSE NARRATIVE: Israeli children are being held hostage in cages
REALITY: There has been no corroborating evidence or video for this claim, and law enforcement has not notified communal security professionals or the public of such a threat. This is but one of many false claims circulating about imaginary law enforcement "warnings."

Users on platforms like TikTok, X and Telegram have shared footage from past conflicts trying to pass it off as current developments in Israel or Palestine. One frequently viewed video showed children being held in cages, and social media users claimed the children were Israeli hostages taken by Hamas.
FALSE NARRATIVE: Video shows hostage taken from Supernova music festival being burned alive
REALITY: This claim was dispelled by fact-checkers and journalists, who confirmed the video is not connected to the Hamas hostage-taking. Other versions of the video were circulating online before the attack, and users have previously linked it to terrorist actions in Syria and Afghanistan, among others.

Users on platforms including X and WhatsApp shared a disturbing video of a young women being burned alive, claiming she was one of the hostages taken by Hamas at the Supernova music festival near Kibbutz Re'im.
FALSE NARRATIVE: Hamas militants are planning to invade the U.S. via the southern border
REALITY: While it is true that hostages were taken from that music festival, researchers have confirmed that the video in question actually shows a girl being murdered in a Guatemalan village in 2015.

Far-right influencers and politicians are using anxiety sparked by Hamas's attack to fuel fearmongering narratives about the U.S. southern border, alleging that Hamas "sleeper cells" are planning to infiltrate and attack cities across the country.

REALITY: On October 11, 2023, CBS News reported that there is no evidence of Hamas militants having been arrested in recent years at the U.S. southern border, noting that the Department of Homeland Security continues to monitor and vet any potential threats against the U.S. posed by terrorist organizations. Those voicing this falsehood, including conspiratorial figures Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Laura Loomer, have expressed anti-immigrant sentiment in the past, and appear to be exaggerating the current threat to further that agenda.

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ADL Debunk: Myths and False Narratives About the Israel-Hamas War

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In the wake of Hamas's deadly invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023, a slew of misinformation, disinformation and conspiracy theories about the ongoing conflict are percolating on social media. The following is a list of false or misleading narratives and the truth of each case.

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A Chabad rabbi at the University of California, Los Angeles was assaulted and harried with antisemitic statements and death threats on Monday night.

Rabbi Dovid Gurevich was called a "pedophile rabbi" and had his phone smacked out of his hand as he recorded an anti-Israel protest at the campus.

"Israel is full of pedophiles," said a masked protester in a video posted by the rabbi on Instagram. Another man could be heard accusing the rabbi of seeking to sexually assault children.Masked activists threatened to beat the rabbi unconscious, and when Gurevich asked one why he concealed his face, the activist responded, "If I show my face, I'll have to f--- kill you."

Other masked activists told Gurevich and other Jewish students to "Go back to Poland or Ukraine" and "go back to Europe.""Death to f--- Zionism," said a protester.They explained that Israelis were actually all native to Europe and that while they liked Jews, they hated Zionists, who are "fake Jews.""Okay, Jewsplaining," the rabbi laughed. "You're telling the rabbi who the real Jews are... stop gaslighting."The activists tried to argue that Zionism was a racist ideology, which Gurevich dismissed as classic communist talking points. He accused the protesters of being anti-American and challenged a protester to explain the meaning of the number 1492 emblazoned on his hat. The rabbi asked if it was meant to represent the expulsion of Jews from Spain in that year, but the activist refused to answer."Why don't you leave the UCLA campus and leave students alone?" said the rabbi.

Anti-Israel activists try to reestablish encampment

UCLA's Police Department and Students for Justice in Palestine UCLA said that students had been arrested as anti-Israel activists attempted to reestablish an encampment on campus.Law enforcement said in a Monday statement that about 100 students "set up an unauthorized and unlawful encampment with tents, canopies, wooden shields, and water-filled barriers." The activists "restricted access to the general public" and disrupted nearby exams with amplified sound devices. The group was dispersed, but they set up encampments at two other locations when police demanded they leave.Twenty-five students were arrested for disruption of university operations and have been issued 14-day stay-away orders from UCLA. Another student was arrested at the first encampment for interfering with a police officer. SJP recorded one protest leader with a megaphone being grabbed and taken by police."As a result of the unauthorized and unlawful encampments at the three locations, the group damaged the Shapiro fountain, spray-painted brick walkways, tampered with fire safety equipment, damaged patio furniture, stripped wire from electrical fixtures, and vandalized vehicles," said UCPD.

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The homes of Jewish Brooklyn Museum officials were vandalized with terrorist symbols on Tuesday night, during the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, New York politicians announced.

Eric Adams, New York City's mayor, showed on social media that museum director Anne Pasternak's home had been defaced, according to pictures that he posted displaying red blood, which is meant to simulate paint, and red inverted triangles used in terrorist propaganda to indicate the targeting of personnel or vehicles with munitions.

This is not peaceful protest or free speech. This is a crime, and it's overt, unacceptable antisemitism.These actions will never be tolerated in New York City for any reason. I'm sorry to Anne Pasternak and members of @brooklynmuseum's board who woke up to hatred like this.I... pic.twitter.com/vi17PumBoM
- Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) June 12, 2024

Councilwoman Julie Menin said that other Jewish board members had been targeted as well, and Councilman Lincoln Restler said that other sites affiliated with the museum had also been targeted.

"Anne Pasternak, Brooklyn Museum white supremacist Zionist," a banner with red hand prints which was hung at the director's home, read.

"We are deeply troubled by these horrible acts of vandalism targeting museum leadership," the Brooklyn Museum told The Jerusalem Post. "For two centuries, the Brooklyn Museum has worked to foster mutual understanding through art and culture, and we have always supported peaceful protest and open, respectful dialogue. Violence, vandalism, and intimidation have no place in that discourse."

NYPD investigating

The New York Police are investigating the incident, according to Adams. Restler said on X that there was footage of the vandalism.

"This is not a peaceful protest or free speech. This is a crime, and it's overt, unacceptable antisemitism," said the mayor. "These actions will never be tolerated in New York City for any reason. I'm sorry to Anne Pasternak and members of the Brooklyn Museum's board who woke up to hatred like this."

New York Governor Kathy Hochul condemned the incidents as acts of antisemitism that had no place in the state."We stand with the Jewish community in the face of hate and we will continue to fight antisemitism wherever it rears its ugly head," Hochul wrote on social media.

Menin said that the incidents were not only acts of antisemitism but direct threats to Jewish individuals and their communities. The Jewish Council for Public Affairs CEO Amy Spitalnick said on social media that Jews and other residents were made unsafe by such "vile antisemitism."

Restler and fellow city council member Crystal Hudson issued a joint statement decrying that defacement as being counterproductive to their objectives of achieving a permanent, bilateral ceasefire.

The Brooklyn Museum was listed as a target for "autonomous action" as part of Within Our Lifetime's (WOL) Monday "day of rage for Gaza."

On March 31, WOL protesters, who occupied the museum in protest, clashed with the NYPD. WOL has called for sustained protests against the institution, demanding that it recognizes that there is a genocide being committed against the Palestinians, discloses any of its financial ties to Israel, and pays "reparations for its contributions to colonial looting and gentrification."

"If you take peace from the people, we take peace from you," read the WOL call to action graphic that featured the red inverted triangle above the museum.

Writers Against the War on Gaza shared on Instagram that "autonomous actors" had on Wednesday also targeted the New York City German consulate, the Israeli Consulate General, and the Jordanian mission to the United Nations.

"Through our actions, we continue to globalize the intifada," read a communique from the vandals issued through the anti-Israel group.

"We locate complicity in the genocidal campaign against the Palestinians among all nations that refuse to cut ties with the Zionist settler state, refuse to support Palestinian freedom and the right to return, and profit from the attempted annihilation of the Palestinian people.

"We, as dissidents in the imperial core, urge comrades everywhere to consider all normalizers our enemies and join in creative resistance to every state actor and institution that aids and abets genocide," it read.

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CORAL GABLES, Fla. - More than 50 synagogues received a bomb threat Tuesday in Florida. There were sweeps and precautionary evacuations. There were moments of tension for campers, parents, and staff.

In Coral Gables, police said they swiftly assessed the threat and determined it lacked credibility. Sharon Israel Moskowitz, the executive director of Temple Judea, released a statement.

"We had to evacuate the campus earlier today under the direction of law enforcement in conjunction with our Executive Director and Temple security team. We want to assure you that everyone is safe," Moskowitz wrote.

In Broward County, authorities said a synagogue in Hollywood evacuated and there were no injuries or arrests. State officials were also investigating the threat.

"We allocated tens of millions to combat rising anti-Semitism," Gov. Ron DeSantis said. "If anyone attempts to bring it here, they'll face significant resistance."

In Palm Beach County, Paul Morris was arrested in Boca Raton and accused of posting threats on social media. Police said Morris, 26, faced charges of writing threats of mass shootings or terrorism.

"Everyone should care. Unfortunately, the hatred that starts in the Jewish community overflows and it becomes a problem for everyone," Rabbi Josh Broide, of the Boca Raton Synagogue, said.
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"We are reaching out to inform you that we had to evacuate the campus earlier today under the direction of law enforcement in conjunction with our Executive Director and Temple security team. We want to assure you that everyone is safe, and all appropriate measures were taken to address the situation to receive the all-clear from Coral Gables police. Our Temple, along with approximately 50 other synagogues in the state of Florida received a bomb threat via email. Our security team, in collaboration with local law enforcement, responded promptly and efficiently to ensure the safety of everyone on our campus. As a reminder, Coral Gables Police Department, as is our protocol, is also on campus every day."
Sharon Israel Moskowitz, Executive Director of Temple Judea in Coral Gables.

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Political commentator Candace Owens claimed on Friday that the US is being held "hostage" by Israel and suggested that AIPAC, the foremost pro-Israel lobbying organization in the US, was behind the assassination of former US President John F. Kennedy.

"It seems like our country is being held hostage by Israel," Owens, a right-wing provocateur, said during the opening segment of her , where she interviewed far-left commentator Briahna Joy Gray. YouTube show

"I'm going to get in so much trouble for that. I don't care," Owens lamented.

Gray, who was the guest for this episode, was recently fired from The Hill's TV show, Rising, after aggressively cutting off and rolling her eyes at the sister of an Israeli hostage who said that Hamas sexually assaulted women during the terror group's Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel and that people should believe those women. Gray, who claimed her firing was politically motivated, had repeatedly cast doubt on the sexual violence perpetrated against Israeli women during the Hamas-led onslaught.

However, Owens said that part of the reasons she was addressing the subject was that people were being fired because they were "not happy ... when an innocent Palestinian kid dies" or for "critiquing a foreign nation."

Also on Friday's show, Owens claimed US Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) was "wading into some dangerous waters" when, during an interview with host Tucker Carlson, he spoke about how effective the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is at lobbying members of Congress and suggested the group should have to register as a foreign agent that is acting on behalf of Israel.

The reason it was dangerous, Owens said, was because "we know there was once a president that wanted to make AIPAC register, and he ended up shot ... so Thomas Massie better be careful."

Owens was referencing the fact that Kennedy wanted the American Zionist Council, a lobby group, to register as a foreign agent. However, there is no evidence the group had anything to do with Kennedy's assassination.

Owens and The Daily Wire, which was co-founded by conservative and Jewish political commentator Ben Shapiro, parted ways after Owens flirted with antisemitic conspiracy theories for a number of months, especially following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.

"In all communities there are gangs. In the black community we've got the Bloods, we've got the Crips. Well, imagine if the Bloods and the Crips were doing horrific things, murdering people, controlling people with blackmail, and then every time a person spoke out about it, the Bloods and the Crips would call those people racist," Owens said while still at The Daily Wire. "What if that is what is happening right now in Hollywood if there is just a very small ring of specific people who are using the fact that they are Jewish to shield themselves from any criticism. It's food for thought, right? ... this appears to be something that is quite sinister."

Additionally, after getting into a spat with an outspoken and controversial rabbi, Shmuley Boteach, she said , "Are you going to kill me? Are you going to kill me, because I refuse to kowtow to you, and I think it's weird that you and your daughter are promoting and selling sex toys, that's why I deem you an 'unholy rabbi?'"

"You gross me out. You disgust me. I am a better person than you, and I do not fear you," Owens continued.

The list of controversial incidents involving Owens continued to grow longer with time. In one case, she "liked" an X/Twitter post that promoted the antisemitic "blood libel." The post read, in response to Boteach, "Rabbi, are you drunk on Christian blood again?"

The " blood libel " is a medieval anti-Jewish slur which falsely claims that Jews use the blood of non-Jewish children in their religious rituals.

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A Jewish mom and her husband were attacked and beaten at a Brooklyn elementary school graduation by an Arabic-speakingfamily - who taunted them with shouts of "Free Palestine!" "Gaza is Ours!" and "Death to Israel!" she told The Post.

The mayhem erupted at PS 682 in Gravesend just after the school's fifth-grade graduation - which was themed, ironically, "All you need is love."

Instead, the Jewish woman's husband was thrown to the ground by members of the other family. One man put him in a chokehold, he said. Others grabbed his legs as they kicked and punched him. One woman repeatedly whacked him with the sharp heel of a black stiletto, the mom told police.

"They targeted my family because we are Jewish," said the mother, whose 10-year-old twins witnessed the assaults.

"A graduation event that was supposed to be joyous and memorable turned into a violent and traumatizing one."

It was one of the worst outbursts of antisemitism in NYC public schools since the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack in Israel and war in Gaza, because it escalated beyond words, said Tova Plaut, a city educator and advocate for Jewish peers.

"We consistently warned that tolerating overtly antisemitic views would create a toxic environment for Jewish students and families, inevitably leading to physical violence," Plaut said. "This has now occurred."

The Jewish mom, Lana, and her husband Johan, a Dominican who is Catholic, recounted their horrific experience to The Post in frustration because the NYPD did not classify the incident as a hate crime.

But after the couple urged the NYPD to reconsider, a spokesperson said Saturday, "The Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident."

The Post is withholding the couple's last names to protect their children's privacy and safety.

The graduation ceremony itself was uneventful, but Lana's mother was upset when one student marched across the stage wearing his graduate cap marked "Free Palestine" and waving a small Palestinian flag. The grandma walked out.

A school administrator told another parent that the city Department of Education's legal staff had okayed the display as an expression of free speech.

After the event concluded, Lana and Johan started to take pictures with their two kids in front of a PS 682 banner and balloons when relatives of the boy with the flag tried to push them out of the way, she said.

"We told them there was space for both families," Lana said. "An older man turned to us and said 'Free Palestine!' for no reason. My husband told him this was not the time or place for that but the man cursed at him in Arabic, and shouted, "Free Palestine, Gaza is Ours, Death to Israel."

While Johan argued with the older man and told him to back off, another man "just came out of nowhere, punched me in the head and it was a scuffle," he said. "From there, I don't remember, because there was so much going on and so many people on top of me. Then I was put on a chokehold. Somebody was holding my leg. It was chaotic."

Their 16-year- old son tried to help his dad, but he was punched in the face.

Lana walked toward her son and managed to record a glimpse of the scene with her cell phone - capturing a group holding her husband down, jostling and loud shrieks - before she, too, was assaulted.

"A woman from the group came up from behind me, pulled me by the hair, and knocked me down on the ground, shouting, 'I will kill you,'" she said.

Lana screamed, "Call the cops! Call the cops!"

No security was on site. Two male teachers rushed over to break up the attack.

Johan was taken to Maimonides Medical Center with scrapes, bruises and swelling on his head, face and body, photos show. Lana suffered a gash on her leg. Their teen son had a bloody nose.

Cops made one arrest: Ez-Al Dean Bazar, 26, who punched and dragged Johan, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Brooklyn District Attorney's office. The complaint makes no mention of his motive.

Bazar was released on his own recognizance. He and his lawyer did not return messages seeking comment.

The NYPD did not call the assault a hate crime, telling Lana "nothing on my body says I am Jewish," she said.

But she and her kids are well-known in the school as Jewish. The twins proudly displayed their Jewish - and Dominican - roots on self-portraits displayed at a recent art show. Lana did not know the other family, but her son was in a class with their son last year.

DOE spokesman Nathaniel Styer refused to say how school officials classified the fracas.

"Graduations should be times of celebration and joy, and we strongly denounce anyone who acts in a violent or aggressive way during such events," he said.

But he shifted blame to Lana and Johan as well: "Initial reports we have received from multiple witnesses indicate that both families engaged in aggressive behavior, but we are still investigating the matter and are simultaneously engaging with families as we work towards a resolution."

Lana disputed the statement, insisting no one in her family provoked the attack, and that school staff told the arresting officer that members of the other family were the aggressors.

"My husband was trying to de-escalate the situation," she said. "The DOE is trying to sweep it under the rug to avoid further scrutiny of this heinous antisemitic act."

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A Jewish mom and her husband were attacked and beaten at a Brooklyn elementary school graduation by an Arabic-speaking family

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‘Outrage’ after more than 170 gravestones vandalized at Cincinnati Jewish cemeteries

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Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) approvingly shared an antisemitic meme on his campaign's Facebook page earlier this week, underscoring a broader pattern in which the Pennsylvania Republican has espoused conspiracy theories and used inflammatory rhetoric while in office.

"Says it all...," Perry wrote on Tuesday in a comment he posted above the meme, which invokes several antisemitic tropes. The image depicts a scheming cabal of stereotypically Jewish bankers with hooked noses and thick beards gathered around a Monopoly board that sits atop the hunching backs of a group of naked figures.

The meme is also framed by two ominous lines of text. "If the people stand...," it states, "...the game is over."

The Perry campaign removed the post on Friday afternoon after Jewish Insider reached out for comment. "After receiving your inquiry, learning the history of the image, and contacting several members of the Jewish community (some who were familiar with it and some who were not) out of grave concern that it is considered antisemitic - we removed it immediately," the campaign said in an email to JI.

The image, which has long been widely denounced as antisemitic, originates from a 2012 wall mural painted in London by the Los Angeles street artist Mear One, whose real name is Kalen Ockerman. The mural, called "Freedom for Humanity," set off an uproar when it debuted and was soon removed.

While Ockerman has denied that his painting relied on antisemitic imagery, he has acknowledged that "the banker group" portrayed in the mural "is made up of Jewish and white Anglos."

The painting - a meme of which has circulated online for years - has continued to stir controversy in England as well as the United States.

In 2018, Jeremy Corbyn, the former British Labour Party leader who has faced accusations of antisemitism, apologized for defending the mural in a Facebook comment at the time of its removal, claiming that he "did not look more closely at the image," which he described as "deeply disturbing and antisemitic."

In 2020, Louisiana state Rep. Danny McCormick drew a rebuke from the Anti-Defamation League after the GOP lawmaker posted the image to his social media accounts and soon deleted it amid widespread criticism. In 2021, meanwhile, another Republican state lawmaker, James Spillane of New Hampshire, apologized for amplifying the meme on his Parler page, drawing a formal admonishment from the state's legislative ethics committee.

Perry's decision to post the meme is just the latest example of his penchant for attracting controversy over extreme remarks and social media activity.

As recently as last month, for instance, Perry, a member of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus, faced backlash for comments in which he claimed that "replacement theory is real," endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory often alleging that Jewish elites are engaged in an effort to supplant the white race with non-white immigrants.

"They added white to it to stop everybody from talking about it," Perry said in his comments during a lawmaker briefing on campus antisemitism in early May.

Perry, who has previously espoused replacement theory rhetoric, also claimed in the closed-door briefing that the Ku Klux Klan is the "the military wing of the Democratic Party," which he called "decidedly, unabashedly racist and antisemitic."

In a statement to CNN, which obtained a recording of his remarks, Perry said "the radical Left twists facts in order to silence conversation about its own crimes" and that "it debases and smears instead of engaging in debate on merits."

The 62-year-old congressman had earlier drawn criticism for comments likening the modern-day Democratic Party to Nazi Germany in a 2021 speech that was condemned by several Jewish groups in Pennsylvania.

In recent months, Perry has also faced scrutiny from the pro-Israel community for voting in April against supplemental funding for Israel. In response to the vote, AIPAC's political action committee, which has endorsed his campaign, halted fundraising for Perry on its online political portal - along with other GOP lawmakers who had opposed the assistance to Israel amid its war with Hamas.

Perry defended his vote in a statement to JI last month, alleging that the funding bill "also allocates billions to Hamas," while calling himself "one of the most vehement defenders in Congress of the State of Israel."

Perry, a six-term incumbent who represents a district in central Pennsylvania that election forecasters rate as "lean Republican," is facing a Democratic challenger, Janelle Stetson, in the November election.

Stelson, a former local news anchor who has embraced pro-Israel positions during the campaign, has in recent weeks sharply criticized Perry for his vote against the Israel aid bill while accusing him of having "a pretty disturbing history of antisemitism."

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GOP congressman Scott Perry shares antisemitic meme on social media

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Anti-Israel rallies have erupted across Washington, DC this week in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the city and speech to a joint session of the US Congress.

Outside of Union Station, rioters vandalized numerous statues and landmarks, including The Freedom Bell, which is a replica of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The phrase "Hamas is coming," written in all capital letters, was spray-painted on a monument, along with an upside-down red triangle, a symbol used by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas when attacking Israeli targets.

"These images are deeply disturbing. The glorification of Hamas - a terrorist organization backed by the Iranian regime and holding over a hundred hostages in Gaza - is unacceptable and has no place in our country," US Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) posted on Twitter/X on Wednesday as images of the protests began to emerge.

These images are deeply disturbing. The glorification of Hamas - a terrorist organization backed by the Iranian regime and holding over a hundred hostages in Gaza - is unacceptable and has no place in our country. https://t.co/WWf0mwniPJ

- Senator Jacky Rosen (@SenJackyRosen) July 24, 2024

"F-k Israel" was also spray-painted at various spots in the US capital city.

Meanwhile, video emerged on social media showing rioters attacking police officers and burning American flags. They also tore down the American flag in front of Union Station and replaced it with a Palestinian flag. They subsequently set the American flag on fire.

Anti Israel protesters burn the American flags they removed from flag posts at Union Station in DC https://t.co/C7eeionfhI pic.twitter.com/Q8OcYSHvKO

- Timcast News (@TimcastNews) July 24, 2024

On Wednesday night, a group of Republican lawmakers - including Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) - visited the spot where the American flag was burned and said the Pledge of Allegiance.

The protests, which were sponsored by more than 15 organizations, had an explicitly pro-Hamas message.

Posters handed out by the US Palestinian Community Network read, "Resistance is justified when people are occupied. #AlAqsaFlood," referring to the name Hamas gave to its Oct. 7 attack, in which it led some 3,000 Palestinian terrorists in murdering 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages during an onslaught across southern Israel. The poster also includes a photo of armed men on a type of military vehicle.

A number of Hamas flags were also seen at the protests. One woman, waving a Hamas flag, dressed as Abu Obeida, the alias of the spokesman for Hamas' military wing, with a red keffiyeh covering her face, a green headband, and a military jacket.

Another person, waving a black flag that has the words of the Islamic creed known as the Shahada on it - traditionally understood to be the flag under which the Muslim prophet Muhammad began his conquests - held a separate sign reading, "Allah is gathering all the Zionists for the 'Final Solution.'" The poster included a large bomb being exploded in the middle of an Israeli flag.

Just seen on Capitol Hill. pic.twitter.com/dGiGxpQufz

- Christina Hoff Sommers (@CHSommers) July 24, 2024

Earlier this week, protesters gathered outside of the Watergate Hotel, where Netanyahu was staying while in Washington.

Video emerged of one person screaming, "Jewish motherf-kers. We're gonna kill all of you. We're gonna burn you. Allahu Akbar. Hamas!" When the same man later saw a person with an Israeli flag, he confronted him, saying, "Jewish coward motherf-ker!"

The Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) released a video on Instagram saying protesters released maggots and crickets into the hotel where Netanyahu was staying. "BON APPETIT!! MAGGOTS REPORTEDLY RELEASED ON THE CRIMINAL ZIONIST'S WAR TABLE!" it wrote.

"Mealworms and maggots (not talking about Netanyahu) were reportedly left on their banquet tables, and crickets were released on multiple floors of the hotel," PYM continued. "Fire alarms were triggered for over 30 minutes on multiple floors to ensure that there will be no rest before Netanyahu and Congress disgrace themselves in front of the world for failing to achieve any of their military and political objectives."

The Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) lambasted the demonstrators and called on US authorities to do more in response to what appeared to be outright hatred of both Jews and the Jewish state.

"These mobs were not pro anything; they were just filled with violent hate and rage, and many seemed to have a bloodlust for anything Jewish or Israeli," CAM CEO Sacha Roytman Dratwa said in a statement. "They crossed all lines and now it is the responsibility of the US authorities to clamp down on them and take immediate and forceful action. Yesterday, the true face of terror in the US revealed itself."

Roytman Dratwa argued the demonstrators' actions show they are not pro-Palestinian but anti-American and anti-Western, adding, "Writing 'Hamas is coming' on an American national monument, is more than an idle threat; it is an aspiration, and they are openly calling for an Oct. 7-style massacre to take place in the US, inciting for genocide against Jews."

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'Hamas Is Coming': Anti-Israel, Anti-US Protests Erupt in Washington, DC With Netanyahu in Town

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Anti-Israel rallies have erupted across Washington, DC this week in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the city and speech to a joint session of the US Congress.

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A Brooklyn Heights apartment building where a top Columbia University official lives was defaced with red paint by pro-Palestinian protesters Thursday morning, police said.

The activists also claimed they released live crickets inside the home of Columbia Chief Operating Officer Cas Holloway. A carpet in the vestibule was splashed with red paint and left crawling with mealworms.

Police were called to the building on Orange St. near Hicks St. about 7 a.m. The vandals are believed to have struck hours earlier, at 3:10 a.m., police said.

They painted red inverted triangles on the building, a controversial symbol of pro-Palestinian resistance that Hamas militants have used to mark military targets.

They also plastered the block with leaflets blaming Holloway for the arrests of pro-Palestinian students and protesters who took over parts of Columbia University's campus last spring.

"Did you enjoy our present? Did it make you uncomfortable?" one leaflet read.

"Whatever you felt was incomparable to the pain you made Columbia students feel when you signed off on their brutalization because they stood against the genocide of Palestinians."

Holloway, a former deputy mayor of operations under then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, joined Columbia in February. Since then, he frequently signs off on emails to students and staff about the university's response to pro-Palestinian protests, including most recently the implementation of a color-coded system for campus lockdowns.

"Columbia unequivocally condemns vandalism, threats, and personal attacks," said Samantha Slater, a spokeswoman for the university. "Anyone engaging in such activity will be reported to law enforcement and face appropriate discipline. Every member of our community deserves to feel safe, valued, and able to thrive."

Nobody answered when a Daily News reporter knocked on the targeted apartment's door.

Dwellers of the apartment building on one of Brooklyn Heights' historic "Fruit Streets" - a quiet, residential area including Orange, Pineapple and Cranberry Streets - condemned the protest.

Bob Wachewski, who's lived in the building for 32 years and uses an electric wheelchair, was forced to use the laundry room entrance, which includes stairs he can't access by himself, while the vandalized vestibule was cleaned up.

"There's no reason to spill paint all over the entire lobby," Wachewski said, as cops helped him out the front entrance and red paint got on his wheels. "You have a problem with him? Talk to him at his apartment - don't spill it out in the lobby."

Another neighbor, who declined to give her name, said the building is a small co-op and that the residents will have to pay for the damage.

By evening, news broke that three Columbia University deans who had dismissed concerns about antisemitism in the aftermath of pro-Palestinian protests this spring formally resigned. The administrators, who exchanged text messages at an alumni panel on Jewish campus life in late May, linked speakers to stereotypes about Jews and money, and mocked fears of antisemitism on campus.

Thursday's early morning incident was not the first pro-Palestinian vandalism to target Columbia. On Juneteenth, protesters vandalized the 116th Street subway station of the 1 train with inverted red triangles and profanities, calling on the university to divest from Israel and get out of Harlem, photos posted on Instagram by the student group Columbia University Apartheid Divest show.

Before that, activists visited the homes of four Columbia and its affiliate Barnard College trustees in May, with flyers accusing Columbia administrators of endangering students by calling the cops, student newspaper Columbia Spectator reported.

Cops are still investigating a series of June 12 red paint incidents sparked by tensions over the war between Hamas and Israel, with vandals in those incidents targeting some officials from the Brooklyn Museum. The vandalism was spurred by opposition to the museum's investment in companies with ties to the Israeli military.

Videographer Samuel Seligson was charged Tuesday with criminal mischief as a hate crime for being at the protest where six dissenters splashed red paint outside a Hicks St. building in Brooklyn Heights where Brooklyn Museum Executive Director Anne Pasternak lives, police said.

Seligson's lawyer, Leena Widdi, railed at the criminal charges, calling them an "appalling" overreach since Seligson didn't take part in the destruction.

On Aug. 1, cops arrested Taylor Pelton, 28, after identifying her as one of the vandals. She too was charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime.

Vandals also painted inverted red triangles on the doors of Pasternak's building.

The same day, a home on Douglass St. in Boerum Hill - where a museum board member lives - was also splashed with paint.

Police later released surveillance footage of the suspects and classified the incidents as hate crimes.

Video of the unfolding damage was posted to the Instagram account for A15 Actions, an international group of activists whose goal is to disrupt economies they view as participating in the bloodshed in Gaza.

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Apart from the seven Churchill Biographies, accompanied by seventeen Churchill documents, a lifetimes work; his other major works includes Churchill a Life,The First World War, The Second World War,The Holocaust,Israel A History, History of the Twentieth Century and his nine pioneering atlases which harness cartography to history.

Born in London in 1936 to Jewish parents, Peter and Miriam Gilbert whose own parents came as refugees from Czarist Russia, he was sent with his parents to Cornwall in 1939 when the Second World War broke out. In the spring of 1940, Martin was evacuated with thousands of children to safety in Canada and returned from Toronto after four years in 1944 as a seven year old boy with his parents and baby sister. They were later evacuated, to Wales, where they were when the war ended. He attended Highgate School for ten years from 1945 to 1955.From 1955 to 1957, Martin did his National Service and in 1957, received a Demyship to Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating in 1960 with first-class honours in modern history.

Two years were spent as a Research Scholar at St Antony's College, Oxford where Gilbert was approached by Randolph Churchill to assist his work on a biography of his father, Sir Winston Churchill. That same year, 1962, Gilbert was made a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and he spent the next few years combining his own research projects in Oxford with being part of Randolph's research team in Suffolk, working on the first two volumes of the Churchill biography. When Randolph died in 1968, Gilbert was commissioned to take over the task, completing the remaining six main volumes of the biography.

In 1995, he was awarded a Knighthood "for services to British history and international relations and in 1999 Merton, Oxford, awarded Sir Martin Gilbert a DLitt, " for the totality of his published work."

Researching and exploring, lecturing and teaching, Sir Martin had many travels to major cities throughout the United States and Canada. His travels through Europe included lectures in Lisbon, Cracow, Skopje, Kaunas, Prague, Geneva, and Paris, among others. In each place he visited old friends, made new ones, and was constantly making notes of personal experiences or eye-witness accounts he could weave into his books.

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Contemporary Antisemetic Words and Images

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In recent months, we have witnessed an alarming increase in antisemitic incidents and rhetoric, arguably the worst such spike since the Second World War. In this conversation moderated by Atlantik- Brücke CEO Julia Friedlander, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor & Combat Antisemitism Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt will discuss the sources of contemporary antisemitism, how antisemitism is all too often a bellwether of the fragility of a democracy, and the national security and societal imperatives of combating the “oldest hatred.”

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The Arab-Israeli Conflict - Institute for Curriculum Services

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Honest Reporting - Categories of Media Bias 

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We embrace the principle that a healthy democracy requires a well informed citizenry. Accordingly, the mission of HonestReporting is to ensure truth, integrity and fairness, and to combat ideological prejudice in journalism and the media, as it impacts Israel. We engage the next generation and educate the public to understand and value the above aspirations.

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1. Misleading Terminology
"If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought." - George Orwell
Language can be used to promote an agenda. The media must exercise caution when consciously choosing to adopt (or avoid) certain terms.

When it comes to Israel, there are many phrases that have been weaponized. Below is a small sample that downplay realities on the ground, are emotionally charged, or deliberately manipulate international law. The inclusion of any of them within a broadcast, article, or post should immediately raise a red flag:

a. "Cycle of violence" or "tit-for-tat"

b. 1967 borders, or Green Line

c. Genocide, ethnic cleansing

d. Military wing vs. political wing

e. Tel Aviv (when discussing the seat of government)

f. IOF: Israeli Occupation Forces

Passive language also serves to de-emphasize a significant event and/or downplay negative actions.

The Holocaust did not see people die. It was an active genocide of the Jewish people by Nazi Germany. October 7 did not lead to deaths. It was the worst massacre since the Holocaust. The language describing those events should convey their enormity.

"The Holocaust, which saw more than 6m Jewish people die."

The Oct. 7 attack, "leading to the deaths of more than 1,200 people."

Remarkable how, according to @Newsweek, Jews simply die while it writes Israel has "so far killed more than 11,000 people." https://t.co/Q865V6K01m pic.twitter.com/MtwzGhjENi

- HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) November 15, 2023

2. Imbalanced Reporting

Journalism distorts news through disproportionate coverage, presenting only one side of the story, misrepresenting fringe views as mainstream, or burying important contextual information.

A casual reader of this New York Times article would not be able to easily understand that the "Palestinian Detainee" was, in fact, the leader of Islamic Jihad, a terrorist organization. The headline and teaser are written in a way to whitewash him, and the relevant information is not mentioned until the 5 th paragraph of the article.

This is a purposeful obfuscation of facts.

3. Opinions Disguised as News

A journalist's job is to report facts without infecting their own opinion or interpretation of events. Even properly labeled commentary (in the op-ed section or sidebars labeled as analysis) requires a modicum of objectivity. Opinions must be based on accurate information, sound logic, and expressed respectfully.

The West Bank and "settlements" are lightning-rod topics. How you refer to the West Bank, and one's support for settlements or lack thereof, is a litmus test of politics. But "settlements" are not a monolithic group, and their location within the West Bank varies. To use the blanket statement of "settlements are regarded as illegal under international law" is incorrect. Similarly, the West Bank is "disputed" under international law, not occupied.

4. Lack of Context

Context describes the conditions in which something happens. Without a frame of reference for readers, journalists can dramatically distort the true picture.

During Operation Iron Swords, Israel bombed Hamas leaders who were sheltering inside a tunnel complex built beneath the Jabaliya Refugee Camp.

One might ask why Palestinians in Gaza live in a "refugee camp" or why a neighborhood of apartment complexes is referred to as a "refugee camp."

But there is no question that the way this Washington Post columnist phrased her tweet was purposefully misleading.

They bombed a refugee camp.

A. Refugee. Camp. https://t.co/lz96tZwxlD

- Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) October 31, 2023

5. Selective Omission

By choosing to report certain events over others, or withholding key details, the media control access to information.

In the aftermath of Hamas' October 7 massacre, waves of protests swept across America. At one protest in California, a pro-Palestinian protester hit a pro-Israel protester over the head with a megaphone. That man ultimately died of his wounds.

Yet, news outlets across the world minimized the event. To someone who didn't know the facts, they could believe that the Jewish man simply tripped over his own feet. Or passed out from dehydration and hit his head. Instead of the truth - that the man was killed in a violent interaction with another person.

Above: @latimes accurately headlines that a Jewish man was "hit in the head," reflecting what police have confirmed is a homicide.

Below: @NBCNews simply says he died "after hitting head." No, NBC, homicide isn't something self-inflicted. Fix your headline. pic.twitter.com/hPuR4FvuY2

- HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) November 7, 2023

6. Using True Facts to Draw False Conclusions

Even if all the facts are accurate, it's still possible for journalists to draw illogical conclusions.

In this example, The New York Times equates Israeli Arabs with Palestinians living in the West Bank. The former are full citizens of Israel. They vote, serve in Knesset, sit on the Supreme Court, and hold leadership positions across every Israeli industry.

The latter are not citizens. They are eligible to vote in Palestinian elections - however infrequently those are held. Nevertheless, it is the Palestinian government that has disenfranchised them, not the Israeli one.

So, while it is technically true to say that Palestinians in the West Bank "have no vote in Israeli elections," it is dishonest.

7. Distortion of Facts

Getting the facts wrong. Sometimes this is a result of the 24-hour news cycle and the need to be first to publish. But not always.

The "journalism of assertion" is the idea that reporters can ease up on independent verification of facts if information is directly attributed to someone. But even the most well-meaning of eyewitnesses (which in and of itself isn't always a given) can have faulty memories or an incomplete understanding of what they witnessed.

Another worrying trend is mistranslation. Arabic has words for Israel and Zionist, yet Western translators frequently cover for antisemitism by translating "Yahud" as "Israeli" instead of "Jew."

We saw this when a mob stormed an airport in Russia looking for Jews on a flight landing from Israel. They were misrepresented as "anti-Israel protestors" despite their chants specifically targeting Jews. We've also seen it in the past with a BBC documentary on Palestinians in Gaza.

Video shows anti-Israel protesters storming airport in Russia, forcing it to close https://t.co/pEBD2276qE

- BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 30, 2023

8. Lack of Transparency

Failing to be open and accountable to readers.

Reporters are human. They have biases. That's to be expected. Which is why disclosures matter. A simple editor's note that holds a prominent place within an article can build trust with a reader, allowing them to better judge the veracity of what they are reading.

When CNN journalists were embedded with the IDF in Gaza during Operation Iron Swords, this is how they presented the article.

Yet, when journalists report from Gaza, where there is no freedom of the press, there is never any such disclaimer. There is no disclosure that Hamas rules with an iron fist and controls the flow of information.

This lack of uniformity and transparency tricks readers into believing that all information is equally valid, as opposed to helping them understand when some information should be treated with caution.

BONUS - Beware of 'The Halo Effect'

Reporters commonly cite international agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), activists, and academics as authoritative sources beyond reproach. Their expertise needs to be balanced against a journalist's duty to independently verify facts.

Just recently, a Human Rights Watch senior employee accused her organization of "years of politicization of its Israel-Palestine work that has frequently violated basic editorial standards related to rigor, balance, and collegiality, when it comes to Israel."

It is imperative that journalists understand and explain that expertise can exist alongside agenda, and account for that within their reporting.
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1. Misleading Terminology "If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought." - George Orwell Language can be used to promote an agenda.

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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict activates strong emotions and differences of opinion and perspective for many people. These disagreements are heightened in times of crisis. Remember that antisemitism, anti-Muslim bias and other forms of hate can manifest during crises, often exacerbated by disinformation, and it is essential to reflect on how biases can show up in conversations. Allowing antisemitism or anti-Muslim bias to go unchecked not only harm the groups that are targeted by those biases, but also undermine trust and connection necessary to have productive conversations and learning experiences.

Antisemitism is the marginalization and oppression of Jewish people based on the belief in stereotypes and myths about Jewish people, Judaism, Zionism, and Israel. Most commonly, antisemitism shows up as a distorted view of Jewish people and a conspiratorial view of the world. Antisemitism has existed for thousands of years. Antisemitic ideas include believing that Jewish people are collectively working to harm society; justifying the exclusion, harm or deaths of Jewish people for political purposes; and suggesting that Jewish people are less in need or deserving of protection than other groups. Antisemitic ideas can be communicated explicitly, meaning the person is aware of their bias, and they can also be communicated implicitly, meaning the person is not aware that they hold and are communicating antisemitic biases.

Conversations about Israel can sometimes include implicit or explicit antisemitic ideas, even though criticism of the Israeli government or policies is not inherently antisemitic. Intentionally or unintentionally, antisemitic ideas can cause harm to Jewish people around the world and dehumanize Jews and Israeli people who are vulnerable. It is important to learn to recognize anti-Israel bias, anti-Zionism and antisemitism and challenge biased language that is communicated within conversations about geopolitical conflicts.

Antisemitic biases are often activated when there is a large-scale conflict or war, political or economic instability, and other inducers of collective anxiety. Antisemitic tropes (common or recurring patterns, messages and devices that repeat throughout history) often show up in anti-Israel statements when there is heightened violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It is important to recognize when the terms "Israel" or "Zionism" are being used to collectively assign blame to or to dehumanize the Jewish people or to all people living in Israel. A stereotype is an oversimplified generalization about a person or group of people without regard for individual differences. It is important to recognize and challenge stereotypical thinking when we notice it in ourselves and others.

Here are ten suggestions to use when having conversations about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
1. Establish an environment for a mutually respectful discussion.

Develop guidelines and goals for the conversation, such as seeking to build greater understanding, complicate rather than oversimplify, or to foster empathy for the people impacted by the climate.

Strive for a common language based on respect when discussing complex issues. Recognize and challenge language that is meant to inspire anger and turn people against each other.

Select a text (or video) from a credible source to anchor the conversation in a shared set of facts. For more on this, see #7.

Recognize that antisemitic bias is universal, and that it can be implicit (unconscious) or explicit (conscious). Notice the thought processes or emotions that may come up for you with curiosity rather than judgment.

Consider the time and place. As violence unfolds or the conflict escalates, people may be in greater need of emotional support rather than educational opportunities.

2. Position yourself as a learner, not an expert.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has roots that predate current events, and there are a wide variety of historical, religious, political and cultural factors in play.  It is complex, nuanced and multi-layered.

In order to truly be able to discuss the conflict, avoid oversimplification which only leads to stereotyping and bias.

The best way to do that is to read a variety of informed sources from different perspectives.

Accept and expect that there won't be closure at the end of the conversation nor will all questions be answered and resolved. That may cause some discomfort.

3. Choose language that helps to humanizes the people living in the region.

Use precise language. For example, refer to Israel as the State of Israel or the Jewish state, as opposed to "the Zionist entity," "the Jews," or other euphemisms. Likewise, distinguish between Hamas or other terrorist organizations and the Palestinian people.

Challenge the use of dehumanizing depictions of individuals and groups of people as non-human, animals, vermin, or insects.

Watch out for stereotypes and myths that depict people as all "good" or all "evil" based on their identity group.

Provide examples, images, narratives, quotes and other material that humanizes people and fosters empathy.

4. Make connections across history, rather than direct comparisons.

Explore the history of the Jewish people's origins in the land of Israel, and contextualize the current conflict as part of a long history of different empires and peoples asserting a claim to the region.

People will often use language and aspects of the Holocaust and Nazism to demonstrate the seriousness of discrimination or bias-motivated violence that is taking place. Making direct comparisons to Nazism or the Holocaust is painful and potentially retraumatizing to Jewish people, especially those who are survivors of the Holocaust or their descendants. The Holocaust was not a "lesson" for the Jewish people to learn. Intergenerational and historical trauma may trigger compounded pain during this conflict.

Explore definitions and origins of terms that are used to describe mass atrocities in history. Using terms like " genocide" and " ethnic cleansing" inaccurately in order to provoke a strong reaction can further cause harm.

5. Center and affirm the concerns that Jewish people express about safety.

As antisemitic incidents in the US and around the world tend to spike when there is a conflict in Israel, validate the safety concerns that Jewish people express.

Remember that safety and comfort are not the same. Comfort is when one's mind is at ease, whereas discomfort can mean one's mind is challenged. Safety refers to the absence of risks and threats of harm, and when someone feels unsafe they may be in physical or mental distress. Geopolitical conflicts can be uncomfortable to talk about, however Jewish communities face specific risks when the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is in the news, including threats of violence, vandalism of Jewish synagogues, cemeteries and community buildings and exclusion from participation in everyday life.

Watch for and challenge the antisemitic idea that Jewish people are deserving of violence, displacement or retribution.

Anticipate and seek to hold space for Jewish people to feel fear for their safety.

6. Challenge language that holds Jewish individuals and groups accountable for the actions of the state of Israel.

Understand that holding a community or person accountable for the actions of a nation and their government has a history resulting in violence and oppression.

Challenge voices that demand Jewish people condemn Israel's policies and actions, reject Zionism or otherwise speak on behalf of the Israeli government. For many, Zionism and a connection to the land of Israel is integral to their practice and identity as Jewish people.

Remember that Jewish people hold a wide range of opinions related to the government of Israel and its actions and treating a Jewish person or group as representative of all Jewish people is not fair and is tokenizing.

Identify anti-Israel vandalism, attacks and demonstrations that target Jewish people or community buildings as acts of antisemitism, such as spray-painting "Free Palestine" on a synagogue.

7. Ground conversations in reliable informational resources.

Identify a text, video or other resource from a credible organization or expert to anchor the conversation.

Start or continue your learning journey about the history of antisemitism, its roots, and contemporary manifestations.

Recognize that misinformation and disinformation are widespread, especially as violence and conflicts are unfolding. Practice media literacy by assessing the quality of the sources you find and share.

Be sure to include nuanced and different perspectives and minimize one-sided points of view.

8. Center empathy by listening to the voices of those people directly affected by the conflict.

Listen to and center voices that have personal experiences, familial ties and trauma associated with this region. War and violent conflict have dire consequences for ordinary people of any or no political ideology.

Ask and listen to how individuals define their identity as Jewish people, Israeli people, or Zionists. Identity is complex and not everyone identifies in the same way.

Hold space for the distinct experiences of pain and trauma that Jewish and Palestinian people carry from this conflict. Listening to different peoples' narratives without attempting to correct or rank them builds empathy and perspective-taking skills.

9. Acknowledge your worldview and perspective to avoid projecting onto the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Though news and social media can be informative, people living outside of Israel and the Palestinian territories will always have a limited perspective on the conflict compared to a person who lives in the region.

Center voices of those who are in the region and most impacted by the conflict.

Resist the temptation to directly compare the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to other identity-based issues in the United States or elsewhere. Direct comparisons can cause more harm and confusion rather than building understanding.

10. Conclude the discussion with next steps for learning and supportive actions.

Identify one or more questions to continue exploring beyond the conversation. Learning is a journey.

Exchange strategies for applying pro-social and supportive behaviors online and in person.

Accept that violence and geopolitical conflicts can create strong emotional reactions, including feelings of despair and hopelessness; resolve to build connection and strengthen social ties within your community.

Continue to learn more about the unfolding events and how to support people in your community who are impacted. ADL will provide updates as events unfold.

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Learn tips on how to have conscientious discussion about this complex issue and how to avoid common pitfalls that could invoke antisemitism, bias or bigotry.

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Recognizing Bias when Israel is in the Headlines

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When violence is in the news, it’s important to watch out for biases that are present in and activated by news coverage and commentary. When Israel is in the headlines, antisemitic incidents spike and antisemitic rhetoric on social media also increases. Additionally, geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East often activate bias towards people of Middle Eastern descent. War and violence inspire strong emotions, which can activate conscious and unconscious biases about groups of people. It is essential to be aware of biases that can emerge in order to challenge them.

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ADL's Guide to Understanding Contemporary Antisemitism

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ADL's Guide to Understanding Contemporary Antisemitism

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Stay Informed

On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists attacked Israel, killing at least 1,200 people, and kidnapping over 240 children, women and men into Gaza.

Hamas terrorists targeted Israelis and Jews, but Israelis and Jews were far from the only victims. Those killed also included Muslims, Arabs, Bedouin, Druze and individuals of 40 different nationalities. The hostages are comprised of citizens from Israel, Argentina, China, France, Germany, the Philippines, Russia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, the United States and other countries. ADL is heartened at the release of some of the hostages, and we will not rest until all the captives held in Gaza are released.

There's been a shocking increase in antisemitism in the United States and around the world in the aftermath of October 7th. ADL is actively monitoring these trends and taking action to call out antisemitism, extremism and hate.

We created this resource and action hub to provide research and analysis and ways to combat antisemitism. Explore our resources and join us as we advocate for government, social media platforms and campus and university administrators to take action.

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ADL stands with Israel. Palestinian terrorist group Hamas carried out an unprecedented surprise attack on the Jewish state of Israel. Read ADL's statement and resources.

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When violence is in the news, it’s important to watch out for biases that are present in and activated by news coverage and commentary. When Israel is in the headlines, antisemitic incidents spike and antisemitic rhetoric on social media also increases. Additionally, geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East often activate bias towards people of Middle Eastern descent. War and violence inspire strong emotions, which can activate conscious and unconscious biases about groups of people. It is essential to be aware of biases that can emerge in order to challenge them.

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Primary Resources to Teach About The Conflict and Hamas-Israel War

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Primary Resources to Teach About The Conflict and Hamas-Israel War

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Overview

BINAH: Building Insights to Navigate Antisemitism & Hate is a digital education course that targets all high school students, regardless of the makeup of their school community. Designed to integrate into Social Studies, ELA, or SEL curriculum, it can be taught in conjunction with teaching about the Holocaust, or as an independent lesson. Topics include the impact of antisemitic attacks on American society as a whole, the vast diversity of modern Jewish life, and how to be a strong ally. The first-person narrative storyline will help students to understand the history of antisemitism and connect past events with those happening in the present.
BINAH: Building Insights to Navigate Antisemitism & Hate is offered to K12 schools at no cost thanks to our partnership with The Anti-Defamation League.

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BINAH: Building Insights to Navigate Antisemitism & Hate | EVERFI

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BINAH: Building Insights to Navigate Antisemitism & Hate is a digital education course that targets all high school students, regardless of the makeup of their school community. Designed to integrate into Social Studies, ELA, or SEL curriculum, it can be taught in conjunction with teaching about the Holocaust, or as an independent lesson.

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Teaching the Arab-Israeli Conflict with Primary Sources

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The Arab-Israeli conflict is in the news every day and understanding it is critical to being an informed citizen in today's globalized world. This course connects the history of the conflict to the current situation using primary sources.

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Earn a Shine A Light Educator Countering Antisemitism Certification 

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IWitness | IWitness - Education through Genocide Testimony

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Know It

Criticism of Israel is not in and of itself antisemitic. But contemporary anti-Zionism, often characterized by the vilification and ostracization of anyone who supports Israel's mere existence, is antisemitic.

Antisemitism Uncovered video on the antisemitic trope that anti-Zionism or criticism of Israel is never antisemitic.

An anti-Israel, antisemitic drawing by French cartoonist Zeon.

Some background: Zionism - the movement for Jewish self-determination and statehood, reflects the millennial longing of Jews to return to their ancestral homeland in the land of Israel. Zion is a biblical term used interchangeably with Jerusalem. This longing to "return to Zion" has been a tenet of Jewish tradition since the Romans destroyed the Jewish Second Temple in 70 CE and dispossessed the Jews of their sovereignty over the region. Modern Zionism emerged in the 19th century in response to a long history of anti-Jewish animus across Europe, including periods of anti-Jewish violence and intense persecution. While there had always been a Jewish presence in the land of Israel, by the time of the First Zionist Congress in 1897, Jews had already been returning to the then-Ottoman-ruled territory of Palestine to escape resurgences of anti-Jewish conditions in Europe and to fulfill the enduring dream of homecoming.

Zionism's development as a modern movement reflects a historical moment in which numerous groups sought freedom from imperial rule through movements to cultivate and protect their identity and community peoplehood as a "nation." Zionism posits that Jews ought to have a safe haven from the bigotry and endangerment they suffer perennially as a minority culture among non-Jewish majority cultures - be it from Tsarist pogroms, Hitler's Europe, the expulsion of Jews from Arab lands, anti-Jewish restrictions in the Soviet Union or the increase in antisemitic violence in contemporary France.

Zionism asserts that the Jews have the same right to self-determination and nationhood that is typically afforded to other nations.

An antisemitic cartoon by Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff.

Zionism is a big tent that includes progressive Jews, conservative Jews, apolitical Jews and non-Jews who believe in and support the right of the State of Israel to exist as a Jewish homeland. There are Zionists who are critical of Israeli policies, just as there are Zionists who rarely voice disagreement with the Israeli government. There are diverse views among Zionists about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and about how to promote peace or support for a two-state solution. But the bottom line is that the vast majority of Jews around the world feel a connection or kinship with Israel, whether or not they explicitly identify as Zionists, or whatever their position on specific Israeli government policies, and believe in Israel's right to exist as a Jewish and democratic state. In a 2013 survey by the Pew Research Center, about seven in ten American Jews responded that they were emotionally very attached, or somewhat attached, to Israel.

Anti-Zionism downplays the history of Jewish nationhood and its connection to the land of Israel, the importance of the land of Israel to Jews throughout history and the aspirations that never disappeared from Jewish ritual, culture, thought and belief since the Roman destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE.

More than anything, anti-Zionism and extreme criticism of Israel frequently demonizes the State of Israel as uniquely evil among all the nations of the world. Denying Israel's right to protect itself from populations that have actively sought its physical destruction, it magnifies every mistake and wrongful act possibly associated with the country, strips these of all context and even invents new criminal accusations. In current forms, we often see such assertions in present-day Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaigns, whereby Zionism and the Jewish state are accused of being akin to other forms of hate such as racism or sexism. Often these critiques project the historical sins and stereotypes once held against Jews onto the Jewish state.

Those who propagate "anti-Zionism" distort what Zionism is and define it narrowly and perniciously. Some express criticism of specific Israeli policies by assigning blame to "Zionism" or "Zionists," thereby turning a critique of policy into a negation and demonization of Jewish statehood and its supporters. Denying the plurality of thought among Jews and Zionists, anti-Zionism envisions Zionists as a monolithic evil and as inherently opposed to Palestinians' human rights and to the values of social justice. Like classic antisemites, sometimes anti-Zionists even use "Zionist" as a derogatory term for all Jews or interchangeably with all Israelis - a dangerous conflation.

There may be some individuals who oppose Zionism because they are ideologically opposed to nationalism and nation-states, and oppose these movements for all nationalities and religions, or say no Jewish state should exist until the Messiah comes, but such positions are fringe.

Consciously or not, among today's anti-Zionist leaders, and those who engage in harsh delegitimization of Israel, are individuals who often thinly disguise irrational antipathy toward Jews and use age-old anti-Jewish rhetoric in their charges against Zionism and Israel; for example invoking dual loyalty, conspiracies of Jewish/Zionist power over a country's policy and using classical antisemitic imagery to characterize Israelis, among others. Such expressions are also found in some harsh criticism of Israel, whereby Jews and Judaism are rejected or condemned based on perceived associations with Israeli policy.

An anti-Israel meme circulated in 2017.

Anti-Zionism views Jewish power that is in any way utilized to support Israel's existence as fundamentally malevolent and denounces the Jewish aspiration for sovereignty. Often anti-Zionists do not scrutinize other nations or movements for nationhood to the same degree. Israel is regarded simply as an illegitimate state, founded on a lie. Some anti-Zionist activists have even sought to normalize the exclusion of Jews en masse from political movements unrelated to Israel unless they proactively denounce Israeli policies.

In February 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron stated, "Anti-Zionism is one of the modern forms of antisemitism. Behind the negation of Israel's existence, what is hiding is the hatred of Jews."

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Antisemitism Uncovered: Myth - Anti-Zionism or Criticism of Israel is Never Antisemitic

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Criticism of Israel is not antisemitic. But much of anti-Zionism, or the delegitimization of Israel and supporters, draws on and perpetuates antisemitic tropes.

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The working definition has helped guide countless governments, organizations, and individuals in their efforts to identify antisemitism. This practical tool has also been formally adopted or endorsed* by these groups, both at the national and organizational level.

National level

The following UN member states have adopted or endorsed the IHRA working definition of antisemitism. Beyond the 43 countries listed below, a wide range of other political entities, including a large number of regional/state and local governments, have done so as well. Depending on their domestic situation, countries may use different terminology, including adopt, endorse, embrace, recognize, support, and so on.

Albania (22 October 2020)

Argentina (4 June 2020)

Australia (13 October 2021)

Austria (25 April 2017)

Belgium (14 December 2018)

Bosnia (22 July 2022)

Bulgaria (18 October 2017)

Canada (27 June 2019)

Colombia (2 June 2022)

Croatia (20 January 2023)

Cyprus (18 December 2019)

Czech Republic (25 January 2019)

Denmark (January 2022)

Estonia (29 April 2021)

Finland (17 February 2022)

France (3 December 2019)

Germany (20 September 2017)

Greece (8 November 2019)

Guatemala (27 January 2021)

Hungary (18 February 2019)

Israel (22 January 2017)

Italy (17 January 2020)

Latvia (11 April 2023)

Lithuania (24 January 2018)

Luxembourg (10 July 2019)

Moldova (18 January 2019)

Netherlands (27 November 2018)

North Macedonia (6 March 2018)

Panama (10 May 2023)

Philippines (18 February 2022)

Poland (13 October 2021)

Portugal (28 July 2021)

Romania (25 May 2017)

Serbia (26 February 2020)

Slovakia (28 November 2018)

Slovenia (20 December 2018)

South Korea (4 August 2021)

Spain (22 July 2020)

Sweden (21 January 2020)

Switzerland (4 June 2021)

United Kingdom (12 December 2016)

United States (11 December 2019)

Uruguay (27 January 2020)

Organizations

The following international organizations have expressed support for the working definition of antisemitism:

United Nations

Secretary General Antonio Guterres acknowledged the efforts of the IHRA Member Countries to agree on a common definition of antisemitism and underlined that it could serve as a basis for law enforcement, as well as preventive policies.

Special Rapporteur for freedom of religion or belief Ahmed Shaheed recommended that governments use the IHRA working definition of antisemitism as a non-legally binding educational and training tool and ensure it is incorporated, together with relevant human rights standards-based guidance on protecting freedom of opinion and expression, into training and educational materials for all public officials, such as police, prosecutors, and judges, government employees, educators, and national human rights institutions, and integrated into diversity inclusion programs.

European Union

Council and Parliament called on Member States that had not done so already to endorse the non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism employed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) as a useful guidance tool in education and training, including for law enforcement authorities in their efforts to identify and investigate antisemitic attacks more efficiently and effectively.

Commission highlighted the working definition of antisemitism by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance as the benchmark for developing a victim-centered approach and urged for its adoption.

Organization of American States

Council of Europe

European Commission against Racism and Intolerance welcomed the non-legally binding IHRA working definition of antisemitism in the sense that it aids and promotes a better understanding of antisemitism. It considered that it can be a positive tool and encouraged Council of Europe member states to take it into account, in particular in the areas of data collection, education, and awareness-raising.

PARLASUR

The Parliament of MERCOSUR approved a proposal endorsing the IHRA working definition of antisemitism during its LXXXIII Ordinary Session on 11 November 2022.

* Different countries and organizations will use different terminology, including adopt, endorse, embrace, recognize, support, and so on.

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With the IHRA working definition of antisemitism, the IHRA built international consensus around an answer to the question, what does antisemitism mean?

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VIDEO TOOLBOX: ANTISEMITISM Antisemitism existed long before Hitler’s rise to power… VIDEO TOOLBOX: THE GHETTOS This video examines the ghettos established throughout Nazi Europe, specifically the Lodz ghetto VIDEO TOOLBOX: THE “FINAL SOLUTION” This video examines the complexities of teaching about…

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Make sure to watch all of the chapters included in this series.