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ADL Hails U.S. Decision Allowing American Citizens Born in Jerusalem to Have "Israel" Listed on Passport

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American Passport
New York, NY, October 29, 2020 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) welcomed today’s announcement by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that American citizens, born in Jerusalem, can finally choose to have their city of birth listed as “Jerusalem, Israel” on their U.S. passports.   Through advocacy and in the courts, ADL consistently has opposed the longtime State Department policy that did not permit Americans born…
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Words Matter: Reflecting on the 25 Years Since Yitzhak Rabin’s Assassination

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by: Ken Jacobson October 28, 2020 Note: This blog originally appeared in The Times of Israel on Oct. 28, 2020. Twenty-five years have passed since the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, the winner of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize for his attempts to achieve a lasting peace with the Palestinian Authority. Inevitably, a sad milestone like this causes us to look back at that day, to assess its significance from the perspective of a quarter of a century later, and to…
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Antisemitic Arabic-language Cartoons in The Wake of Israeli-Arab Normalization

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September 17, 2020 Since Israel’s founding in 1948, only two countries have moved to establish ties with the Jewish State – Egypt in 1978 and Jordan in 1994. Last week saw two additional countries – the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain – sign normalization agreements with Israel, an indication that hostile regional attitudes towards Israel are shifting. And indeed, there are reports that additional Arab countries may&nbsp…
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ADL Marks “Historic Day” of Signing of Israel-UAE/Bahrain Agreement

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New York, September 15, 2020 … ADL (Anti-Defamation League) today celebrated the historic signing of agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain that usher in a new era of open and normalized relations between the Jewish state and these nations.   “In the midst of health, economic, environmental and political crises, we pause and celebrate the enormity of this historic moment of normalization between Israel and the UAE…
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ADL Welcomes Historic Israel-Bahrain Agreement

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New York, September 11, 2020... ADL (Anti-Defamation League) welcomed the historic announcement by the Governments of Israel, the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the United States to fully normalize relations between Israel and Bahrain, which comes on the heels of last month’s historic UAE-Israel agreement. "I applaud the Israeli and Bahraini leaders for reaching this historic accord," said ADL CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt. "Making peace between nations in this manner is a courageous action…
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ADL Applauds Historic Israel-UAE Agreement

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New York, August 13, 2020 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) applauded the Governments of Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States for today's historic announcement agreeing to work towards fully normalizing relations and announcing plans for cooperation across numerous civil fields between Israel and the Emirates. ADL also welcomed the announcement that Israel will suspend declaring sovereignty over territory in the West Bank, which we hope will help sustain…
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Acuerdos de Abraham

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Los Acuerdos de Abraham son una serie de acuerdos bilaterales mediados por Estados Unidos que normalizaron las relaciones entre Israel y tres países árabes: Baréin y los Emiratos Árabes Unidos el 15 de septiembre de 2020, y Marruecos el 22 de diciembre de 2020. La Declaración de los Acuerdos de Abraham, firmada por funcionarios de Baréin, Emiratos, Israel y Estados Unidos el 15 de septiembre de 2020, “alienta los esfuerzos para promover el di…
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Eslogan: Palestina libre

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El lema “Palestina libre” ha sido utilizado durante mucho tiempo en manifestaciones, cánticos, pancartas, internet y grafitis por quienes defienden los derechos de los palestinos. Desde el 7 de octubre, el eslogan ha sido utilizado regularmente por activistas y organizaciones antiisraelíes en los campus universitarios y otros lugares, y en numerosas ocasiones, se ha dirigido de forma maliciosa contra judíos y otras personas. En muchos sentidos, el eslogan es…
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Dissolve the Jewish State? Peter Beinart is Wrong

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Note: This letter was published in The New York Times on July 10, 2020. July 9, 2020 Letters to the Editor The New York Times To the Editor: Re “I No Longer Believe in a Jewish State” (Op-Ed, July 9): With all his soothing words about equality and blissful coexistence, Peter Beinart is calling for the elimination of the Jewish state itself. His contortions to argue that Zionism does not require an independent Jewish state are transparently false and a tactic to…
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Extremists Support Protests Against COVID-19 Quarantine; Over Half of US Jews have Experienced or Seen Antisemitism, Survey Shows

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April 24, 2020 THE WEEK’S BIG 3A series of anti-quarantine rallies took place across the country this week, several of which were sponsored in whole or part by identified extremists and featured antisemitic content. A new ADL survey released on Holocaust Remembrance Day found that more than half of America’s Jews have either experienced or witnessed an antisemitic incident over the past five years. And Israel’s year-long political stalemate has come to an end, with the…
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ADL International Affairs Top 10 Notable Accomplishments in 2019

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March 09, 2020 2019 was a significant year for ADL’s international engagement, furthering our work fighting global antisemitism and hate, combatting delegitimization of Israel, and promoting a secure Jewish and democratic Israel at peace with her neighbors. ADL’s international action included the release of groundbreaking research and reports, high-level appearances by ADL experts, and advocacy and programs furthering our global priorities.   Topping the list of…
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Far-Right Extremists Killed At Least 38 in US in 2019; White Supremacists Arrested After Threats; Sanders Claims AIPAC is Platform for Bigotry

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February 27, 2020 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 Far-right extremists killed at least 38 people in the U.S. in 2019, the sixth deadliest year on record violence by all domestic extremists since 1970, according to a new report. Federal prosecutors charged five people allegedly linked to a neo-Nazi group for engaging in a campaign to intimidate and harass journalists, activists and a member of the President’s cabinet. Calling AIPAC a platform “for leaders who express bigotry,”…
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United Nations Partition Plan 1947 (UN Resolution 181)

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Following the British announcement that it would end its authority over Palestine, the question of sovereignty was considered by the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP). The UNSCOP report recommended the division of the British Mandate-controlled area of Palestine into two states, one Arab and one Jewish, with Jerusalem to be an “international” city. According to the plan, the two states, roughly equal in size and natural resources, would cooperate on major…
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Any U.S.-Iran Talks Must Address the Elephants in the Room

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by: Jonathan Greenblatt | September 19, 2019 The Times of Israel Heading into the U.N. General Assembly next week, it is rumored that President Trump might sit down with his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, when world leaders are gathered in New York City. This despite claims by U.S. officials that Iran was responsible for the drone attacks on Saudi oil fields, the defiant posture of President Trump toward the regime since he came to office, and the Iranian insistence…
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Israel's General Election: An ADL Primer

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Knesset
September 12, 2019 What do I need to know about Israel’s election? On September 17, 2019, Israel will hold an election for the 22nd Knesset. The victor of the elections in Israel is determined by the party’s ability to form a coalition government (representing at least 61 seats in the Knesset), therefore making the balance of power between the right and left blocs a key issue. According to the Israeli political system, it is not the party which wins the largest number of…
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Amplify Constitution Day, Amplify Student Voice

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by: Libby Otto By mid-September, you’re busy with school, work and fall activities. Constitution Day, on September 17, may slip past you without a thought. So why should this year be any different?  Constitution Day is the anniversary of the day that the Founding Fathers signed the United States Constitution. As you reflect this year on how the current political climate and public policies impact millions of people, continue asking yourself: are you making a positive change to…
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Setting the Record Straight: Jewish Communal Response to Middle East Curriculum in Newton Schools

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July 23, 2019 By Robert Trestan and Jeremy Burton “Teaching High School Students to Demonize Israel” (Tablet, July 18) falsely portrays the Boston area’s two major mainstream Jewish community organizations’ role in a seven-year-old controversy regarding the Newton public school district’s use of the Arab World Studies Notebook and other materials in Newton North High School’s World History classes. Our organizations, ADL and JCRC, are in fact deeply…
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It's Time to Put an End to "Us" and "Them" Mentality in Israeli Society

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A Hebrew version of this article originally appeared in Makor Rishon on June 10th. by: Carole Nuriel | July 23, 2019 It has been more than three weeks since the earthquake that rocked Israel in wake of the shooting of Israeli-Ethiopian teenager Solomon Tekah by an off-duty police officer. The national debate that began with an emphasis on the details of the shooting incident has since turned into a discourse on the image of Israeli society – who we are and how we relate to the other…
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April 2019 ADL International Affairs Newsletter

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May 23, 2019 AROUND THE WORLD Middle East ADL Task Force on Middle East Minorities to Host Launch Event in Washington, DC April 30 Please join the ADL Task Force on Middle East Minorities at a special event discussing Vulnerable Minorities, Illiberal Ideologies and Governments: How to Build a Better Future for Minorities in the Middle East on April 30 at the Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium. For more information and to register, please click here.  ADL Congratulates PM…
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