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'Rapist,' 'Pedophile,' 'Zionist Trash': Pro-Terror Symbols, Clashes With Police, and Hateful Rhetoric Punctuate Protest at Park East Synagogue

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A protest at Park East Synagogue in Manhattan on Tuesday, May 05, 2026, in New York City. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images).
The second major anti-Israel protest at Park East Synagogue in New York City in less than a year featured a Hezbollah flag, signs equating Zionism with Nazism and terrorism, and stickers depicting a swastika inside a Star of David. The crowd protesting “The Great Israeli Real Estate Event 2026” grew to hundreds as the evening went on. There were significant clashes between protesters and law enforcement; one officer was hospitalized and police used pepper-spray. Based on footage…
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The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Embassy Accounts Post Hitler Comparisons, Antisemitic Conspiracy Tropes on X

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Following the April 8, 2026 ceasefire, which halted the 40-day-long U.S. and Israeli military operation against the Islamic Republic of Iran, official Iranian regime diplomatic accounts on X have posted a stream of antisemitic content to audiences of millions. In a campaign the New York Times referred to as “information warfare,” spanning at least four embassies across three continents, Iranian missions in Indonesia, South Africa, Tajikistan, and Zimbabwe have published…
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Tucker Carlson

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Screenshot: Tucker Carlson hosts white supremacist Nick Fuentes on an October 2025 episode of The Tucker Carlson Show. (Source/YouTube)
Former Fox News top host Tucker Carlson has become a leading mainstream amplifier of antisemitic tropes and conspiracy theories, extremist voices, and anti-Israel disinformation.
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Allegation: The Andinia Plan

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The Andinia Plan is an antisemitic conspiracy theory that claims Jews want to establish a second Jewish and Zionist state in the Patagonia region, located across Argentina and Chile. This hoax is presented as a "secret plan" and, like many antisemitic conspiracy theories, is based on the myth that Jews accumulate power, money and influence in order to dominate strategic territories. The theory was first outlined by the small nationalist party Frente Nacional Socialista Argentino …
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Alireza Arafi in His Own Words

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A day after Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed during an attack by Israel and the United States on February 28, 2026, Alireza Arafi was appointed as the Islamic Republic of Iran’s interim leader as a member of the Leadership Council, which is tasked with fulfilling the supreme leader’s role until the Assembly of Experts elects a new leader. A review of Arafi’s public statements, especially open letters reproduced on the Guardian Council…
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UpScrolled Social Media Platform Attracts Virulent Antisemites, Lacks Enforcement Protections

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Image: Collage of posts on X encouraging users to join UpScrolled to spite the Jews.
“F--- the jews! Find me on UpScrolled,” proclaimed one antisemitic influencer last month to her 1.3 million followers on X. UpScrolled, a social media platform launched in June 2025 in response to purported suppression of speech on other platforms, attracted just 20,000 users in its first two months, growing to 150,000 by January 2026. But following panicked and conspiratorial claims about changes to TikTok’s U.S. operating structure, UpScrolled’s user base exploded to…
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The Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition

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Photo: An ANSWER Coalition protest opposing the military operation against the Iranian regime on March 2, 2026 in New York City. (Adam Gray/Getty Images)
Key PointsThe Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition, established in 2001, is an anti-imperialist organization that often calls for anti-Israel and anti-war protests across the United States.The ANSWER Coalition frequently organizes mass actions nationwide, including over 150 protests opposing the 2026 military operation against the Iranian regime, as well as hundreds of protests following Hamas’s October 7, 2023 terror attack on Israel and during the subsequent Israel…
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Digital Couriers: How U.S. Anti-Israel Activists Amplify Terror Propaganda on Mainstream Platforms

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Since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attacks, analysts from the ADL Center on Extremism (COE) have tracked how some U.S.-based anti-Zionist activists and groups, including Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapters, are amplifying propaganda from Palestinian Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and others to promote support for the “resistance” — a euphemistic reference to the various terrorist groups responsible for violent attacks against Israel, including &nbsp…
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Pro-Hamas Chant at Queens Synagogue Protest Signals Further Normalization of Terror Rhetoric

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Protesters organized by Pal-Awda participate in a January 8, 2026, protest outside Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills in Queens, New York
The explicit celebration of Hamas at a protest targeting a Queens synagogue last week serves as a stark reminder of a disturbing new reality: Pro-terror expressions are becoming openly normalized within the U.S. anti-Israel movement. The January 8 demonstration outside of Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills in Queens, New York, was ostensibly a protest of an Israeli real estate event taking place inside the synagogue. It quickly devolved into calls to “Globalize the Intifada,” shouts…
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Symbol: Inverted Red Triangle

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Since the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas against Israel, the inverted red triangle has, in many cases, come to signify support for violent Palestinian resistance against Israel and against Zionists and Jewish people more broadly. It is used both offline and online, sometimes in the form of an emoji (🔻), and has been spraypainted on Jewish homes and institutions, often alongside antisemitic and threatening slogans.     The symbol first appeared in propaganda videos from…
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Kneecap – The Irish Hip-Hop Trio Promoting Violence Against Israel

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Kneecap, the Irish hip-hop trio, has made headlines for their onstage anti-Israel comments, support of designated terrorist organizations, and pro-BDS activities. As of August 26, 2025, Kneecap cancelled its sold-out October tour of the US amid a legal battle and pushback concerning their uninhibited support for extremist organizations in their activism. In February 2025, Kneecap posted a picture of a band member reading a book of statements by the terrorist organization Hezbollah’s…
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Anti-Israel Demonstrations in London Feature Support for the Islamic Republic of Iran and its Terror Proxies

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During the twelve-day conflict between Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran, which began on June 13, 2025, Iranian regime-linked and pro-Iranian regime groups helped organize demonstrations across Western capitals, which they used as vehicles to express support for the clerical regime in Tehran, as well as members of the regime’s terrorist proxy network. At a number of marches across London during June 2025, marchers held placards bearing the name of the Islamic Human Rights…
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