(Global News) A man who allegedly waved the flag of a terrorist group while marching in downtown Toronto has been arrested and charged. Toronto police announced the “significant arrest” on Thursday. Police said that a large demonstration was held in the downtown […]
(Montreal Gazette) A Montreal resident faces a criminal charge alleging he incited hatred and called for violence toward Jewish people beginning just days after Hamas carried out the Oct. 7 attack in Israel. The charge filed against Houssem Hammami, 37, became public […]
(Hill) Antisemitic incidents in the U.S. in the three months since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel have surged, eclipsing annual statistics for the past decade. According to data compiled by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), antisemitic incidents rose 360 percent between Oct. […]
(Jewish Insider) A legislative effort is underway in Maryland to remove the Council on American-Islamic Relations from a state hate crimes body after the organization’s Maryland director published a series of antisemitic Facebook posts after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel, […]
(Algemeiner) Jews in Berlin are facing an “extremely tense” situation amid rising hostility emanating from the Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom in southern Israel, the German capital’s top official combating antisemitism warned on Wednesday. “Since the barbaric antisemitic terrorist attack by Hamas on […]
(AFP) Algerian international footballer Youcef Atal was handed an eight-month suspended sentence by a French court Wednesday for inciting religious hatred in a social media post about the conflict in Gaza. The 27-year-old defender, who plays for Ligue 1 side Nice, must […]
(Deutsche Welle) A 47-year-old Turkish man who is alleged to have carried out an arson attack on a synagogue in Ulm more than two years ago went on trial at the district court in the southern city on Thursday. Prosecutors in the […]
(AFP) Algerian international footballer Youcef Atal went on trial in France Monday accused of inciting hatred after posting a video in which a Palestinian preacher purportedly threatens Israel with a “black day.” Atal, who plays for Ligue 1 side Nice, shared the […]
(Hill) Antisemitic incidents in the United States have jumped 337 percent since Hamas launched its deadly attack on Israel more than two months ago, according to new statistics from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). There have been more than 2,000 antisemitic incidents in the U.S. […]
(NY Times) A man fired a shotgun into the air outside an Albany, N.Y., synagogue on Thursday afternoon and later said, “Free Palestine,” according to the police, sending the building into lockdown and prompting local and federal investigations hours before the beginning […]
(Fox) Democrat Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown on Tuesday reinstated a member of his state’s hate crime task force who posted numerous antisemitic social media posts, including a claim that the babies murdered in the brutal Oct. 7 Hamas attack were “fake.” […]
(Hill) FBI Director Christopher Wray warned of an increased threat of terrorism stemming from the Israel-Hamas war, saying at a hearing Tuesday that the FBI was working around the clock to prevent potential attacks inspired by Hamas. “Given the steady drumbeat of calls […]
(Hill) Reported hate crimes have surged since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers Tuesday, saying the bulk of the cases targeted Jews. “We’ve been opening I think 60 percent more hate crimes investigations […]
(Daily Record) Muslim advocate Zainab Chaudry’s future on a state hate crimes commission has become the focal point of competing campaigns from those who want her permanently bounced from the panel and others who seek her reinstatement by the attorney general. On […]
(NY Post) One of the attackers convicted in the beating of a Jewish man in Times Square in 2021 caused a ruckus inside a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday, shouting “Free Palestine” as his rowdy supporters accused the judge of being racist at his […]
(Washington Times) Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown temporarily suspended a state Muslim leader from the state’s hate crimes commission following her social media posts that claimed the 40 Israeli infants killed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel were “fake” […]
(Free Beacon) A Muslim advocacy group is defending its decision to broadcast the claims of an Ohio man about a bogus anti-Palestinian hate crime. The man, Hesham Ayyad, was subsequently arrested for lying to police after he appeared to have fabricated the […]
(Jewish Insider) When Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced the inaugural members of the state’s Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention in August, he said Maryland residents “deserve a safe and inclusive state” and pledged to develop strategies to address hate […]
(Press Release) Officers investigating hate crime and terrorism offences linked to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas have made a number of arrests. A 37-year-old man was arrested at an address in west London on Friday, 17 November, following an investigation […]
(Cleveland.com) Authorities say a North Olmsted man was arrested Tuesday and accused of lying about being the victim of a hate crime involving anti-Palestinian slurs. The Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations sent a press release Oct. 23 calling for […]
(Montreal Gazette) The leaders of Quebec’s four main political parties are calling for well-known and controversial imam Adil Charkaoui to be investigated for possible hate crimes after he delivered a prayer calling for the extermination of “Zionist aggressors” during a pro-Palestinian demonstration […]
(AFP) France has recorded more than a thousand anti-Semitic acts since the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas gunmen on Israel, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Sunday. “The number of anti-Semitic acts has exploded,” he told France 2 television, adding that 486 […]
(BBC) The mayor of London said he is “really worried” about young people being radicalised by the Israel-Gaza war. Sadiq Khan said he was concerned about “another generation having animus [hostility or ill-feeling] in their heart.” He was speaking after attending workshops […]
(Free Beacon) The Biden administration tapped an anti-Israel advocacy group that accuses the Jewish state of genocide to participate in a forum on the surge in hate crimes following Hamas’s attacks. The Arab American Institute joined the Justice Department’s “United Against Hate” […]
(Hill) FBI Director Christopher Wray said the U.S. is seeing “historic” levels of antisemitism, with actions targeting the Jewish community after the Hamas-Israel war adding to a threat level for Jews that has spiked in recent years. “The reality is that the […]
(Sky News) The Met Police chief has said there is scope for “sharper” laws in dealing with extremism as he faces criticism over the handling of pro-Palestinian protests in London. It comes as two women have been held on suspicion of inciting […]
(Politico) Federal law enforcement officials warned on Wednesday that Israel’s ongoing war with Palestinian militants could encourage more hate crimes in the U.S. In a public service announcement released Wednesday night, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said it “has seen an increase […]
(JNS) The Anti-Defamation League has released a new report documenting a sizable increase this month in crimes and protests targeting Jews. “Preliminary data from ADL Center on Extremism indicates that reported incidents of harassment, vandalism and assault increased by 388 percent over […]
(Hill) President Biden on Thursday used an Oval Office address to condemn Islamophobia and antisemitism in the aftermath of the killing of a Palestinian-American boy and amid broader concerns about rising violence after terrorist attacks in Israel. Biden spoke in primetime about […]
(BBC) Antisemitic incidents in the UK have more than quadrupled since Hamas’s attack on Israel, says a charity which helps Jewish people in the UK. The Community Security Trust (CST) recorded 89 “anti-Jewish hate” incidents from 7 to 10 October. That marked […]
(Local) A Swedish court has found a man guilty of agitation against an ethnic group after he, among other things, lit the Quran on fire in a video featuring music associated with white-power terrorism. It comes after a spate of Quran burnings […]
(Reuters) French police have arrested more than 20 people over dozens of antisemitic acts carried out since Saturday, including harassment of Jewish children by fellow pupils at school, the government said on Wednesday. France is home to some of Europe’s largest Muslim […]
(LBC) Pictures from Golders Green this morning show the front doors of popular kosher restaurant Pita in Golders Green had been vandalised with reports the till had been stolen. “Free Palestine” graffiti had been daubed on a nearby railway bridge. It is […]
(European Conservative) A Swedish man faces trial this week on charges of incitement to racial hatred for the burning of a copy of the Islamic Quran in what could become a precedent-setting case, as prosecutors have been reluctant to pursue charges against […]
(Anadolu) German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Saturday that Islam belongs to Germany amid growing racism and Islamophobia fueled by propaganda of far-right groups and parties that have exploited the refugee crisis and attempted to stoke fear of immigrants. “Islam, the Muslim religion, […]
(Jewish News) A man will be detained in a secure medical facility after being sentenced over a series of attacks on members of the Jewish community in Hackney. Abdullah Qureshi, 30, was handed a hospital order on Thursday after he was convicted […]
(NY Daily News) The teen accused of fatally stabbing a gay black man during a standoff at a Brooklyn gas station claimed to be Muslim, though his family says he’s Christian. A conflicting portrait of Dmitriy Popov emerged Monday as the 17-year-old, […]
(NY Post) The 17-year-old who fatally stabbed dancer O’Shae Sibley at a Mobil station in Coney Island was slapped with murder and murder as a hate crime charges over “anti-gay” and “anti-black” statements, officials announced at a press conference Saturday. With a group of Muslim […]
(NY Daily News) A teen wanted for fatally stabbing gay dancer O’Shae Sibley at a Brooklyn gas station was busted Friday, police said. The 17-year-old suspect was expected to be charged as a juvenile with murder as a hate crime. His name […]
(NY Post) A man stabbed to death in a suspected anti-gay attack in Brooklyn was remembered as a talented, promising dancer Monday — as law enforcement sources said a 17-year-old high school student is being eyed in the crime. O’Shae Sibley, 28, […]
(NY Daily News) A professional dancer voguing at a Brooklyn gas station after a trip to the Jersey Shore with his friends was stabbed to death during a confrontation Saturday night with a group of Muslim men who said the victim’s impromptu […]
(NY Post) A Jewish man who was beaten by a mob in a hate attack in Midtown told a courtroom Tuesday he couldn’t “fathom” why his attacker got a plea deal from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office — as the assailant was […]
(NY Post) A hateful suspect accused of slugging a Jewish man wearing an Israeli military hoodie on a Brooklyn street struck a plea deal in the anti-Semitic attack, prosecutors said Tuesday. Suleiman Othman, 28, was accused of punching Blake Zavadsky twice and […]
(Jewish Insider) Waseem Awawdeh, one of five defendants charged with targeting a Jewish man in a brazen antisemitic attack that drew an outcry from New York City’s Jewish community, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to attempted assault and criminal possession of a weapon, […]
(Jewish News) Two men have been charged with behaviour “likely to stir up racial hatred” at a demonstration where they allegedly chanted references to the historic massacre of Jews at the battle of Khaybar. In a statement issued by the Metropolitan Police […]
(Canadian Press) Islamophobia and violence against Muslims is widespread and deeply entrenched in Canadian society, early findings from a Senate committee studying the issue indicate. Muslim women who wear hijabs — black Muslim women in particular — are the most vulnerable, and […]
(CBC) A few weeks after apologizing for comments in a 2019 opinion piece, Canada’s anti-Islamophobia representative began an official tour of communities with a stop in London, Ont., where a Muslim family was killed in June 2021 in what police describe as a […]
(JTA) After a century-old synagogue in Essen, Germany, was struck by two bullets last November, news reports connected it to the shooting at a synagogue in Halle three years earlier that had been perpetrated by a far-right German extremist. But authorities quickly […]
(Detroit Free Press) The suspect charged in an antisemitic attack in Bloomfield Township last week mooned a Wayne County judge Tuesday during a hearing in a separate case involving a charge of assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer two years ago. Hassan Yehia Chokr, 35, […]
(Detroit Free Press) A Dearborn man charged in an antisemitic attack at a historic synagogue in Bloomfield Township remained in custody Monday afternoon after a magistrate set a bond of $1 million at an arraignment where the suspect shouted derogatory and anti-Jewish […]
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