(Algemeiner) A US Army veteran and former contractor for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) who has made discredited claims against Israel is scheduled to speak later this week at a conference organized by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a nonprofit advocacy […]
(Algemeiner) Amid a rising wave of anti-Jewish hate crimes, the German government is pressing the country’s main mosque association over its close ties to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, urging it to publicly distance itself from his antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric. According […]
(Algemeiner) The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) — a Belgium-based advocacy organization — is hunting IDF soldiers and government officials all over the world, attempting to manipulate the international legal system to arrest and prosecute Israelis for alleged crimes. Today, the HRF is […]
(Algemeiner) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) lambasted the US government for supporting Israel’s war effort in Gaza and predicted that the pro-Palestinian movement would continue to grow as a political force while speaking at an extremist-linked gathering over the weekend. Tlaib made the […]
(Algemeiner) A professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who has also established himself as one of America’s most influential Islamist activists promoted an antisemitic conspiracy theory in a lecture earlier this month at a California mosque, according to the Middle East […]
(Algemeiner) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), one of the most vocal critics of Israel in the US Congress, is set to headline the upcoming People’s Conference for Palestine in Detroit, sharing the stage with individuals who have voiced explicit support for terrorist organizations. […]
(Algemeiner) A Palestinian from Gaza studying at the prestigious Sciences Po Lille has been expelled after French authorities discovered hundreds of antisemitic social media posts, including praise for Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and calls for the murder of Jews. The episode has […]
(Algemeiner) Mahmoud Khalil, an anti-Israel activist and former Columbia University graduate student, refused to condemn the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas during an appearance on CNN on Tuesday. In the contentious interview, Khalil sidestepped repeated questions about Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, invasion of […]
(Algemeiner) Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has condemned presumptive New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani for his defense of the controversial phrase “globalize the intifada.” During a Thursday appearance on Brian Lehrer’s WNYC radio show, Gillibrand called on Mamdani to distance […]
(Algemeiner) New York City Mayor Eric Adams has accused mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani of spreading antisemitic views, citing Mamdani’s past remarks and anti-Israel activism as he starts his efforts to thwart the progressive insurgent. Adams’s repudiation comes in the aftermath of a […]
(Algemeiner) New York City Democratic mayoral contender Zohran Mamdani predicted a “looming third intifada” in a recently resurfaced X/Twitter post from 2015. Mamdani’s social media post was a response to a 2015 opinion article in the New York Times which characterized the […]
(Algemeiner) US Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) on Wednesday introduced a resolution recognizing the 77th anniversary of the “nakba,” the Arabic term for “catastrophe” used by Palestinians and anti-Israel activists to refer to the establishment of the modern state of Israel in 1948. […]
(Algemeiner) Pro-Hamas activists chanted antisemitic slogans, called for “jihad,” and celebrated “armed struggle” against Israel at a demonstration outside the Israeli embassy in Berlin earlier this week. The calls for violence came amid new revelations that the German capital has failed to […]
(Algemeiner) US Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is set to headline a conference that is also hosting a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), an internationally designated terrorist organization, according to documents obtained by the Algemeiner. The Palestinian […]
(Algemeiner) US Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-NY) has introduced legislation to deport non-citizen students who support any US-designated terrorist group, arguing that these individuals have abused the “privilege” of seeking an education in America. “It’s a privilege to come to America to learn […]
(Algemeiner) Three young Syrian men rioted in front of the Jewish Museum in Munich this past weekend, spitting on photographs of Israeli hostages and deceased soldiers before one of the assailants threatened security personnel with a knife. The incident, first reported by […]
(Algemeiner) A coalition of Muslim organizations in the United Kingdom has rejected a recently announced Muslim-Jewish reconciliation agreement aimed at improving relations between the two communities, condemning the landmark pact over the involvement of British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, who they denounced […]
(Algemeiner) A senior official of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) recently shared a post on social media that read in part, “Hamas deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.” Zahra Billoo, the executive director of CAIR’s San Francisco chapter, last week on X/Twitter […]
(Algemeiner) A Turkey-based lobbying network with ties to the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas is working to recruit European politicians to support anti-Israel policies, according to a new investigative report. NGO Monitor, a Jerusalem-based research institute that tracks anti-Israel bias among nongovernmental organizations, […]
(Algemeiner) A former senior employee of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was caught on camera launching a profane and antisemitic tirade at Jewish men in New York City in a viral video posted to social media on Thursday. Noora Shalash, who […]
(Algemeiner) Participants in an anti-Israel and antisemitic demonstration in Germany this past weekend called for Jews to be executed or handed over to the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, sparking outrage among German leaders. Under the slogan “Hands off the West Bank,” protesters, […]
(Algemeiner) US Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), one of the most strident opponents of Israel in Congress, wore a Palestinian keffiyeh to the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter, commemorating the late American leader’s advocacy against so-called “apartheid” in the Jewish state. “Rest […]
(Algemeiner) The Jewish community in France has lambasted a European Union lawmaker for arguing that French-Palestinians must be able to join the “Palestinian armed resistance” if their French-Israeli counterparts are allowed to serve in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Rima Hassan, a […]
(Algemeiner) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has submitted a complaint against the Los Angeles City Council over a proposal to ban anti-Israel protesters from demonstrating in front of synagogues. CAIR, which has been dogged for years by allegations of association with […]
(Algemeiner) US Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) refused to issue an explicit endorsement of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Thursday, instead encouraging voters to throw their support behind candidates who support a ceasefire in Gaza. While speaking on a panel at the […]
(Algemeiner) US Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) lambasted Israeli officials as “genocidal” for targeting a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon, despite remaining silent just days earlier when Hezbollah killed 12 children in a rocket attack on northern Israel. “This is exactly what the […]
(Algemeiner) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called on US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to “clarify” her warning from earlier this week that “actors tied to Iran’s government” have encouraged and provided financial support to anti-Israel protests that have […]
(Algemeiner) Several Islamic preachers and other authority figures in the US have been leveraging their positions in recent weeks to disseminate hateful messages about Israel and the Jewish people, contributing to a global surge in antisemitism that has reached record levels since […]
(Algemeiner) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has accused the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of fanning the flames of hate and called for the firing of its CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, for a recent comment he made that it was unacceptable for someone wearing […]
(Algemeiner) Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib participated in an event late last week with an anti-Israel activist who has defended Hamas, doubted that it engaged in sexual and gender-based violence during its October 7 terrorist attack, and compared Gaza to Auschwitz. Tlaib appeared with […]
(Algemeiner) An overwhelming majority of American Jews have reported feeling less safe after Hamas’ massacre across southern Israel on Oct. 7, according to a new survey conducted by the American Jewish Committee (AJC). Released on Thursday as part of AJC’s “State of […]
(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 […]
(Algemeiner) The head of Germany’s police service on Wednesday said there was little doubt that four men detained on Dec. 14 were planning terrorist attacks on Jewish targets at the behest of Hamas. “There is an urgent suspicion that the accused allegedly […]
(Algemeiner) Almost half of French Muslims consider the Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom in southern Israel to have been “an act of resistance against colonization” while nearly one in five expressed sympathy for the atrocities, according to a new survey published on Monday […]
(Algemeiner) Israel “does not have the right” to defend itself from Palestinian violence, and for the Palestinians “every single day” since the Jewish state’s establishment has been comparable to Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre, according to the executive director of the Council on […]
(Algemeiner) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s official visit to Germany on Friday was shrouded in tension over his constant attacks upon the State of Israel along with renewed interest in the German press concerning the activities of Turkish lobby groups in the […]
(Algemeiner) The Swiss authorities are debating whether to ban pro-Hamas demonstrations after thousands of protesters took to the streets of Zurich and Geneva over the weekend to rally against Israel. Around 2,000 people assembled in Geneva, brandishing Palestinian flags and calling for […]
(Algemeiner) More than one-quarter of Muslims residing in Germany believe that “wealthy Jews are the real rulers of the world,” far higher than the national average, according to a new survey published on Tuesday by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. While 26 percent […]
(Algemeiner) Human rights activist, former Miss Universe contestant and Iraq native Sarah Idan has filed with the Federal Election Commission and is officially running to represent California’s 30th District in the US House of Representatives. The Los Angeles resident and founder of […]
(Algemeiner) Antisemitism remains a “persistent problem” in Dutch high schools, with more than 40 percent of teachers in the Netherlands having witnessed an antisemitic incident during the last year, according to a new report from the Amsterdam-based Anne Frank House. The report […]
(Algemeiner) Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), a state agency charged with safeguarding the postwar nation’s democratic institutions, has expressed concern about a radical Muslim organization after more than 3,500 Islamists rallied on Saturday in the port city […]
(Algemeiner) Pro-Palestinian student protestors at University of Michigan accused Vice President Kamala Harris of “genocide” for supporting Israel on Thursday. “Kamala, Kamala, you can’t hide, you’re committing genocide,” the students, members of the pro-Palestinian campus group Students Allied for Freedom and Equality […]
(Algemeiner) Austria’s education minister has ordered an investigation into a mosque in Vienna exposed as a hotbed of antisemitic and Islamist incitement. Education Minister Susanne Raab said on Friday that the investigation of the Al-Hidaya Mosque in the Leopoldstadt neighborhood of the […]
(Algemeiner) A prominent French imam has vowed to continue combating antisemitism and advancing interfaith dialogue with the Jewish community following an attempted attack on his mosque by a knife-wielding assailant. “I’ve been living under police protection for years, I’m getting used to […]
(Algemeiner) A Moroccan imam was on the run from the French authorities on Wednesday after being subjected to a court order expelling him from the country for antisemitic and misogynist incitement. A decision on Tuesday of the Council of State, the highest […]
(Algemeiner) The imam of a mosque in the French city of Toulouse has been found guilty in appeal of “inciting violence and racial hatred” for a sermon he delivered in 2017 in which he talked about killing Jews. The sermon delivered by […]
(Algemeiner) France’s Jewish community has called on the authorities in the city of Lyon to retain the possibility of an antisemitic motive in the investigation of the chilling murder last Tuesday of an 89-year-old Jewish man. René Hadjaj was pushed to his […]
(Algemeiner) Muslim activists in Germany who chanted antisemitic slogans at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin last Saturday were motivated not by a personal connection to the conflict, but by their exposure to bigoted religious and media messages, a leading Middle Eastern expert on […]
(Algemeiner) Germany’s interior minister denounced pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Berlin Saturday, who chanted antisemitic and anti-Israel slogans, attacked police officers and harassed journalists. “There is no place in our society for antisemitism,” Germany’s Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser tweeted on Sunday. […]
(Algemeiner) The insurance giant GEICO has cancelled an event set to feature activist Linda Sarsour, apologizing and saying it “does not condone hatred.” Soon after a social media outcry against Sarsour’s planned appearance at a company event marking Middle Eastern and North […]
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