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Tlaib says she is humbled her ancestors provided ‘safe haven’ for Jews after Holocaust The Palestinian-American Democrat charges in an interview that Netanyahu could not look her grandmother in the eye and say 'you are as human as I am to you'

May 11, 2019 Allison Kaplan Sommer

(Haaretz) Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib said she “loves the fact” that her “Palestinian ancestors” were part an attempt “to create a safe haven for Jews” after the Holocaust, although the role “was forced on them” and took place “in a way that […]

Muslim anti-Semitism increases the threat facing Europe’s Jews

May 7, 2019 Abigail R. Esman

(IPT) In Amsterdam, where a Syrian refugee twice last year shattered the windows of a kosher restaurant, men leaving synagogue remind each other to remove their yarmulkes before going out into the street. It is too dangerous to be seen wearing one. […]

CAIR director compares Israel to Nazi Germany at UC Irvine

May 7, 2019 Deborah Danan

(Breitbart) The executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Los Angeles compared “apartheid” Israel to Nazi Germany in a speech he gave to students at the University of California, Irvine, on the eve of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day last […]

For some conservatives, the Poway shooting is all about Ilhan Omar

April 30, 2019 Ben Sales

(JTA) After a self-avowed white supremacist shot up a California synagogue, some voices on the political right found their culprit: Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Somali Muslim immigrant who has posted tweets perceived to be anti-Semitic. In its statement on the synagogue […]

Setting the bar for barring a speaker: Controversy follows Linda Sarsour to Winnipeg The Palestinian-American has a pattern of disrespecting other left-wing activists. But is she an anti-Semite?

April 26, 2019 Bartley Kives

(CBC) In an era when demagogues flourish on social media, reason gives way to rhetoric and opinion masquerades as fact, it’s easy to understand how ordinary, decent people have grown weary and wary of all sorts of political and cultural debates. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict […]

Western Europe’s rap scene has an anti-Semitism problem

April 25, 2019 Cnaan Liphshiz

(JTA) On a warm summer day in Oslo last year, Kaveh Kholardi heartily greeted spectators at a city-organized concert celebrating diversity. Kholardi, a popular Norwegian rapper of Iranian descent, wished his fellow Muslims “Eid Mubarak,” a greeting in Arabic for the Eid […]

Palestinian-American activist Sarsour draws protesters, standing ovation in Hillsborough

March 31, 2019 Mark Schultz

(News & Observer) A talk by Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour calling for a progressive movement in which people may not always agree with one another drew a standing ovation Sunday from most of her audience. About 60 demonstrators, both critics and supporters, […]

Austria’s Muslims twice as likely as non-Muslims to hold anti-Semitic views

March 22, 2019 Cnaan Liphshiz

(JTA) Austria’s Muslim residents are more than twice as likely as non-Muslims to endorse anti-Semitic statements, according to a survey commissioned by the Austrian government. Asked whether they agree with a statement blaming anti-Semitic persecution of Jews on their own behavior, 19 percent […]

Ilhan Omar calls Israel ‘historical homeland’ of the Jews in op-ed

March 18, 2019 Ron Kampeas

(JTA) Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., defended her critiques of Israel as calling for a more “balanced” policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but also described Israel as the “historical homeland” of the Jews. In the same op-ed Monday for the Washington Post, the […]

I’m a Muslim who’s angry at Dems’ failure to condemn anti-Semite Omar They betrayed loyal Jewish supporters

March 8, 2019 Qanta A. Ahmed

(Fox) According to polls, more than 75 percent of American Jewish voters cast ballots for Democratic candidates in the November midterm elections. But sadly, Democrats who control the U.S. House betrayed that loyal support Thursday when they failed to condemn Rep. Ilhan […]

House repudiates bigotry after Omar comments split Dems The uproar over Ilhan Omar's controversial comments distracted Democrats, who wanted to focus on election reform.

March 7, 2019 Sarah Ferris, Heather Caygle and Melanie Zanona

(Politico) The House overwhelmingly approved a resolution condemning hate speech Thursday, indirectly rebuking Rep. Ilhan Omar’s controversial comments about Israel and ending a days-long political drama that had consumed the Democratic Caucus on the eve of a major legislative victory. The debate […]

Teaching the Holocaust to ‘new Swedes’

March 5, 2019 Camille Bas-Wohlert and Gaël Branchereau

(AFP) They grew up in Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia and can place Israel on a map, but many young refugees in Sweden have never heard of the Holocaust. Their first contact with Jewish history in Europe is often in the classroom and […]

B’nai Brith Canada welcomes cancellation of ‘hateful and antisemitic’ TV program

March 3, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Algemeiner) B’nai Brith Canada has welcomed the cancellation of a television show it said presented “hateful” content. “Thanks to roughly 1,000 Canadians who signed B’nai Brith’s petition demanding that the program be cancelled, Muslim Perspectives, starring radical imam Zafar Bangash, will no […]

At med school talk, Linda Sarsour condemns Israel, says precious little about health

February 25, 2019 Peter Reitzes

(Tower) Anti-Israel activist and Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour gave the keynote address at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Minority Health Conference on February 22. Many community members were baffled that the UNC Minority Health Conference extended an invitation […]

Third of Britons believe Islam threatens British way of life, says report (LINK ONLY)

February 17, 2019 EoI News

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Ilhan Omar brings shame to American Muslims

February 14, 2019 Qanta A. Ahmed

(Daily Caller) Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), an American Muslim of Somali origin, shames American Muslims with the anti-Semitism she has brought to Congress. As a naturalized American and a Muslim woman myself, it was gratifying to see the first Muslim women in […]

MN Jewish leaders talked with Ilhan Omar about anti-Semitism last year. Why they remain frustrated

February 12, 2019 Dave Orrick

(Pioneer Press) Ilhan Omar has been talked to about this before. Last year, before she was elected to the House of Representatives, before she emerged from a crowded Democratic field in Minnesota’s liberal 5th Congressional District, leaders of Minneapolis’ Jewish community fashioned […]

Ilhan Omar runs from CNN when asked about her anti-Semitism

February 5, 2019 Ryan Saavedra

(Daily Wire) Anti-Semitic Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) ran from CNN on Tuesday when the network pressed her over her support for anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns against Israel. During a segment on “The Lead With Jake Tapper,” CNN’s Manu Raju […]

Ilhan Omar once blamed ‘our involvement in other people’s affairs’ after al-Shabab attack on Kenyan mall

February 4, 2019 Lukas Mikelionis

(Fox) Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar once described acts of terrorism as a reaction to “our involvement in other people’s affairs,” in the wake of the brutal al-Shabab attack on a Kenyan shopping mall in 2013. Omar made the comments during an […]

Rashida Tlaib stays quiet on top ally who spread anti-Semitic conspiracies

January 30, 2019 Peter Hasson

(Daily Caller) Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib has declined to address the fact that one of her top campaign allies repeatedly promoted anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. A key fundraiser for Tlaib, Maher Abdel-qader, repeatedly promoted anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, an investigation by the Daily Caller […]

Ilhan Omar suggests Israel should not be allowed to exist as Jewish state, suggests not a ‘democracy’

January 30, 2019 Ryan Saavedra

(Daily Wire) Anti-Semitic Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) suggested in an interview this week that Israel should not be allowed to exist as a Jewish state, Israel is not a democracy, and compared Israel to Iran — which is the world’s leading state […]

Rashida Tlaib’s ties to anti-Semitism run deeper than previously known

January 28, 2019 Peter Hasson

(Daily Caller) Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s ties to anti-Semitism run deeper than previously known, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation found. Tlaib, part of a heralded freshman class of House Democrats, has already come under scrutiny over her positions on Israel […]

Women’s March leader omits Jews from Holocaust remembrance statement Linda Sarsour attacked the White House for the same thing in 2017

January 28, 2019 Alex Griswold

(Free Beacon) Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour penned a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement that omitted any mention of the Jewish people, two years after she attacked President Donald Trump for the same thing. In January 2017, the White House was criticized after […]

Muslim pupils at Trojan Horse schools meet Holocaust survivors (LINK ONLY)

January 28, 2019 EoI News

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Merkel calls on each citizen to fight anti-Semitism

January 26, 2019 Unlisted Author

(AP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on every single citizen to help fight anti-Semitism ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Merkel said Saturday in her weekly podcast: “Today we are seeing a very different kind of anti-Semitism: there’s the hatred of […]

Daughter of survivors rejects Holocaust museum’s plan to mark modern-day refugees

January 25, 2019 Cnaan Liphshiz

(JTA) A daughter of survivors said she would stop giving talks at a Dutch Holocaust museum because it planned to host an event in support of modern-day refugees. Lea van Coeverden is critical of the Camp Westerbork memorial museum’s plan to host […]

Europe’s Jews have a bleak future, community leaders say

January 23, 2019 Cnaan Liphshiz

(JTA) Jews have a bleak present — and future — in Europe because of anti-Semitism. That was the unusually pessimistic view outlined by the continent’s Jewish community leaders at the European Parliament’s annual International Holocaust Remembrance Day event. European Jewish Congress President […]

Former Nazi camp in Holland to host event for refugees

January 20, 2019 Cnaan Liphshiz

(JTA) A Dutch museum commemorating a Nazi concentration camp defended its plan to host there an event about the plight of modern-day refugees. The plan by Memorial Center Camp Westerbork, which was announced last week, prompted an outcry by local Jews, who […]

Police called in after scout group run from mosque is linked to Islamic extremist and Holocaust denier (LINK ONLY)

January 18, 2019 EoI News

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Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib photographed with pro-Hezbollah activist who says Israel has no right to exist

January 14, 2019 Philip Klein

(Washington Examiner) Freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., was photographed with a Palestinian activist who praised the terrorist group Hezbollah, said Israel did not have the right to exist, and has called for Israeli “Zionist terrorist” Jews to return to Poland, where roughly […]

Lessons we seem unwilling to learn

January 13, 2019 Douglas Murray

(Gatestone) An enormous amount about the hopes and expectations of a society can be learned from the news that people want to report and the stories its readers apparently want to hear. An equally large amount — perhaps even more — can […]

London mosque to host Shoah exhibition after Golders Green cancellation Yad Vashem-supported 'Love Your Neighbour' event on Muslim heroes of the Holocaust will now take place in Redbridge

January 11, 2019 Justin Cohen

(Jewish News) A London mosque is to host the Yad Vashem-supported exhibition on Muslim heroes of the Holocaust after its cancellation by the Centre for Islamic Understanding in Golders Green. The Love Your Neighbour exhibit will take place in Redbridge on 20 […]

Ilhan Omar said she was the first refugee elected to Congress. These Jewish refugees came first

January 4, 2019 Ron Kampeas

(JTA) Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on her first day on the job as a congresswoman, posted a list of firsts that her class represents. “The #116thCongress has SO much to be proud of,” Omar said Thursday on Twitter. Among them, naturally enough, […]

Mosque scrapped Shoah exhibit over ‘security threat and Yad Vashem link’ Leading Muslim warns moderates are ‘held to ransom’ by extremists after Golders Green mosque abandons Holocaust event

January 4, 2019 Jack Mendel

(Jewish News) A leading Muslim activist has warned “forward-thinking” members of his community are being “held to ransom” by extremists, after Golders Green mosque abandoned an exhibition about Muslims who helped Jews during the Holocaust over security threats and the event’s links […]

Golders Green mosque cancels Muslim Shoah heroes exhibit No reasons given for cancellation as Jewish interfaith activist insists the community will still work on building local relations

January 3, 2019 Unlisted Author

(Jewish News) A planned exhibition celebrating Muslim Albanians who helped, protected and rescued their Jewish neighbours during the Holocaust has been scrapped. No reason has been given for the cancellation, but Rabbi Natan Levy, head of operations at Faith Forums for London, […]

CAIR hypocrite participates at event moderated by anti-gay imam Islamist Wilfredo Ruiz and his fake persona of ‘civil rights’ and diversity activist.

January 1, 2019 Joe Kaufman

(FrontPage) CAIR-Florida communications director Wilfredo Ruiz likes to call his organization a “civil rights group” and uses social media to denounce those who spread bigotry, yet Ruiz himself associates with individuals and groups who spread the same kind of hate. This past […]

Golders Green mosque to host exhibit on Muslim heroes of Shoah Display on Albanian saviours comes as centre continues to reach out to neighbours in most Jewish area of London

December 27, 2018 Jenni Frazer

(Jewish News) Golders Green Mosque is to host a unique one-day Yad Vashem exhibition at the beginning of the new year, highlighting the Muslim Albanians who helped, protected and rescued their Jewish neighbours during the Holocaust. The exhibition, to be held under […]

Chief rabbi says Dutch Labour Party opposed an anti-Semitism definition to woo Muslims

November 30, 2018 Unlisted Author

(JTA) Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs said he was “shocked” that the Labour Party rejected a motion calling for the adoption of a definition of anti-Semitism, saying its vote aimed to curry favor with some Muslim voters. On Tuesday, a majority of […]

Muslims have raised lots of money for Jews recently. Here’s where it’s going

November 25, 2018 Aiden Pink

(Forward) CelebrateMercy is a small Muslim not-for-profit with only three full-time staffers, but in the past year and a half, it has created crowdfunding campaigns that have raised $400,000 for Jewish cemeteries, synagogues and a Holocaust memorial. The campaigns started in February […]

German Jews rail against far-right AfD party at Kristallnacht commemoration event

November 9, 2018 Unlisted Author

(JTA) When the head of Germany’s main Jewish organization said only one Bundestag party was not invited to Friday’s commemoration of the Kristallnacht pogroms, few had any doubt: He meant the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany, or AfD. And it was the only […]

Dutch state-funded broadcaster pulls South Park spoof with Holocaust jokes

October 19, 2018 Unlisted Author

(JTA) A public broadcaster in the Netherlands aired and then took offline an animation series featuring jokes about the Holocaust and suggestions that Jews persecute Palestinians. The jokes appeared in a 10-minute animation clip parodying “South Park,” the popular American series. “Mocro Park” […]

Jewish lobby in far-right German party denounced for anti-Muslim views

October 15, 2018 Tom Heneghan

(Religion News) A small group of German Jews has launched a lobby group within the far-right Alternative for Germany party, prompting a swift rejection from the country’s established Jewish organizations and accusations that the move was an anti-Muslim ploy. The founding of […]

Berkeley’s safe space for Jew-hatred Peace, justice and anti-Semitism.

October 8, 2018 Daniel Greenfield

(FrontPage) “In the Hadith, the Day of Judgment will never happen until you fight the Jews,” Hatem Bazian reportedly declared, “until the trees and stones will say, oh Muslim, there is a Jew hiding behind me. Come and kill him!” That was […]

Canadian Arabic-language newspaper criticized for pro-terrorist op-ed

August 20, 2018 Unlisted Author

(Canadian Jewish News) The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) says it is “disgusted” and “alarmed” that a Toronto-based Arabic-language newspaper glorified Palestinian mothers who “sacrifice” their sons as suicide bombers and terrorists. CIJA said the Aug. 3 issue of Meshwar […]

SPLC ignores Muslim anti-Semitism, warns about danger to Muslims from Holocaust denial

July 22, 2018 Tyler O'Neil

(PJ Media) On Saturday, the left-wing smear organization the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) attacked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for suggesting that some forms of Holocaust denial could be acceptable on Facebook. Tragically, the left-wing group did not mention a key source […]