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Virginia Man with Links to Neo-Nazis Arrested in International Swatting Case

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John William Kelley Mugshot
January 13, 2020 UPDATE: On March 15, 2021, John William Kirby Kelley was sentenced to 33 months in prison for his role in numerous swatting attacks targeting journalists, a Virginia university, a historic predominantly Black church in Virginia, an Islamic Center in Arlington, Texas, and a former U.S. Cabinet member. On January 10, 2020, federal authorities arrested 19-year-old John William Kirby Kelley of Vienna, Virginia, for his alleged role in a multi…
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Arrest after Plot to Bomb Colorado Synagogue; “It’s okay to be white” Signs on Tennessee Campus; Acid Attack on Latino Man

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November 08, 2019 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 An avowed white supremacist in Colorado was arrested after federal investigators uncovered a plot to bomb an historic synagogue. Campus officials at East Tennessee University are opening an investigation after signs saying “It’s okay to be white”— a popular white supremacist slogan — appeared around campus. A man in Milwaukee is facing felony hate-crime charges for allegedly throwing acid on a Latino man because of his…
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Colorado White Supremacist Arrested for Plotting to Blow Up Synagogue

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Temple Emanuel Pueblo
November 05, 2019 Update: February 26, 2021: A federal court sentenced Richard Holzer to 19.5 years in prison.  Update: October 15, 2020:  The Justice Department announced that Richard Holzer, 28, pleaded guilty to federal hate crime and explosives charges for plotting to blow up the Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Pueblo, Colorado. According to a DOJ press release, Holzer faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for the hate crime charge…
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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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Man Arrested for Bomb Plot Listed Synagogue, LGBTQ Bar and ADL as Potential Targets

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August 16, 2019 THE WEEK'S BIG 3 A man in southern Nevada was arrested after investigators uncovered his plot to attack an LGBTQ nightclub, a local synagogue and the regional ADL office with firearms and explosives. A white supremacist group distributed anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic fliers at Seattle-area synagogues as part of a coordinated propaganda effort. And over 100 tires were slashed in a predominantly Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in NJ. Read on for more on these headlines,…
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White Supremacist Terrorist Acts, Conspiracies and Plots against Jews

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May 13, 2021 Over the past 25 years, numerous white supremacists have targeted the Jewish community in the U.S. through terrorist acts, conspiracies and plots. Here is a selection of significant incidents from 1994 through 2021. Assumption, Illinois, 2020: Federal agents charged Randall Burrus with weapons offenses in connection with an alleged white supremacist plot to attack a synagogue or mosque. This is linked to the April 15, 2020 incident involving John Michael Rathbun in…
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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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This Week's Big Three in the News

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June 14, 2019 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 Organizers of the “DC Dyke March” attempted to implement a ban on Jewish Pride flags, claiming they too closely resemble the flag of Israel. In Detroit, a small group of neo-Nazis carrying weapons disrupted an LGBTQ Pride march by spewing homophobic, racist and anti-Semitic slurs at participants and pretending to defile an Israeli flag. A gay man in Atlanta was shot and killed in what police are classifying as a hate crime. Read on for…
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Building a Path Forward; Combating Anti-Semitism in 2019: Jonathan Greenblatt's Address to 2019 National Leadership Summit

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Building a Path Forward
June 02, 2019 Remarks by Jonathan Greenblatt CEO and National Director, Anti-Defamation League To the ADL National Leadership Summit June 2, 2019, Washington, D.C. (As prepared for delivery) Thank you, Esta, for that kind introduction, and welcome to our 2019 National Leadership Summit. I am so glad to be here. Its been an exhausting year and a hard year, and to that end I want to ask you to pause for a moment of silence to honor the 12 people who were killed in…
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White Supremacists Plan Rally in Dayton, Ohio

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White Supremacists Plan Rally in Dayton, Ohio
May 23, 2019 UPDATE: A large law enforcement contingent kept the peace as only nine HSK members and associates participated in Saturday’s rally. Yards away, separated by a fence and a wall of police, hundreds of counter-protesters drowned out the barely visible Klan group with a united and peaceful message against hate. The Honorable Sacred Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (HSK), a small Madison, Indiana-based Klan group led by Derek Dean Eaglin and Kate Nicole Eaglin, has scheduled…
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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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The ADL Opposes West Bank Annexation -- Because We Are Zionists.

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by: Kenneth Jacobson | April 16, 2019 Forward Last week, the ADL joined a number of other Jewish organizations in signing a letter to President Donald Trump asking him to oppose any steps by Israel to annex territory in the West Bank. Signing the letter was for us the ultimate Zionist statement. Israel needs a two-state solution as much as the Palestinians. And as news reports suggest the Trump Israeli-Palestinian peace plan is being readied for release in the coming weeks,…
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Letter to The Daily Regarding Recent Episode on the Two-State Solution

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The follow letter was submitted to The Daily in response to "Netanyahu Won. The Two-State Solution Lost" (April 11) Lisa Tobin Executive Producer, The Daily Dear Ms. Tobin: The Daily Podcast of April 11 was riddled with inaccuracies, omissions and premature conclusions. Yes, for those of us who believe that Israel needs a two-state solution as much as the Palestinians, there are worrying trends, including the prime minister’s campaign statement about annexing…
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ADL HEADLINES: Congress Holds Hearing on the Rising Threat of White Nationalism

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April 12, 2019 THE WEEK'S BIG 3 Congress holds a hearing on the growing threat posed by white nationalism and increase in hate crimes; anti-vaccination advocates are misappropriating Holocaust imagery to push their agenda; and Airbnb reneges on its decision to de-list properties in the West Bank. Read on for more on these headlines, news you can use to fight hate this week, and the latest info about ADL around the country.   1 A Flood Online of Hate Speech Greets…
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ADL Supports Bipartisan Resolution Rejecting BDS Movement and Backing Two-State Solution

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Organization Sends Letter Signed by Wide Range of Jewish and Pro-Israel Groups to Congressional Leadership New York, NY, March 26 ... In support of two new resolutions opposing the fringe movement to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel, ADL wrote this afternoon to Congressional leadership of both parties, along with other Jewish and pro-Israel organizations, to encourage widespread bipartisan backing. The resolutions, recently introduced by Reps. Schneider, Nadler, Zeldin and Wagner, and…
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ADL Israel Urges Political Leaders to Refrain from Inflammatory Rhetoric on the Supreme Court

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Jerusalem, March 20, 2019… The ADL (Anti-Defamation League) called on Israelis from across the political spectrum to be mindful in their choice of words, and to refrain from inflammatory statements about the Supreme Court.   Carole Nuriel, Director of ADL’s Israel Office, issued the following statement: Politicians and party leaders have made a number of inflammatory statements surrounding Israel’s Supreme Court in recent days, specifically following…
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ADL Partners with Network Contagion Research Institute to Study How Hate and Extremism Spread on Social Media

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New York, NY, March 12, 2019 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced a partnership with the Network Contagion Research Institute to produce a series of reports that take an in-depth look into how extremism and hate spread on social media – and provide recommendations on how to combat both. The Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) deploys machine learning tools to expose hate on digital social networks within a cross-platform, public-minded and…
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The Dangers of Mainstreaming Otzma Yehudit, Israel's Jewish Power Party

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Itamar Ben-Gvir (left) and Michael Ben Ari, Leaders of Israel's Otzma Yehudit party
February 27, 2019 Many American Jewish organizations generally refrain from commenting on Israeli electoral issues. The fact that so many felt they had no choice but to condemn the agreement to include Otzma Yehudit Party (Jewish Power) on a mainstream party list in advance of the April 9, 2019 national elections demonstrates the level of concern with which American Jews and pro-Israel groups view this development and its implications -- both in Israel and abroad -- for how Israel…
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