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Roger Waters Extends His Legacy of Antisemitic Rhetoric

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June 22, 2020 For nearly two decades, rock music icon Roger Waters has been one of the most prominent and outspoken supporters of the BDS movement. He has refused to perform in Israel and urged fellow artists to follow suit, and has often used inflammatory rhetoric against the country. ADL has repeatedly called out Waters for his hateful rhetoric, dating back to an open 2013 letter suggesting that his anti-Israel views may be colored by antisemitism. In a recent…

June 22, 2020

The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) in Its Own Words

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The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) is a global organization of Islamic scholars that was founded in 2004 by Egyptian scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi. The IUMS brings together scholars from over 50 countries across the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Its membership includes both Sunni and, to a lesser extent, Shia scholars. The organization is headquartered in Doha, Qatar, and has historically been funded by the Qatari…

July 29, 2025

Usual Suspects: Iran and Turkey’s Scapegoating of Minorities during Covid-19

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June 11, 2020 By Tugba Tanyeri Erdemir and David Andrew Weinberg The global pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges to governments around the globe. But the Middle East in particular is one of the regions where majoritarian governments and their supporters are responding to the medical, societal and economic challenges of Covid-19 by doubling down on scapegoating minorities in order to whitewash the state’s own governance failures. In the Middle East, Turkey…

June 11, 2020

ADL Calls on University Administrators to Take Further Action to Protect Jewish Students on Campus

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New ADL report shows extent of radical anti-Israel activity on campus, identifies funders New York, NY, May 27, 2020 … As universities begin preparing to reopen campuses in the fall semester, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) is calling on administrators and faculty to take meaningful steps to ensure an inclusive campus climate for all students in response to a series of disturbing anti-Israel and antisemitic actions at U.S. colleges in 2019. In a new report issued today, ADL issued…

May 27, 2020

The Sbarro Bomber on Social Media

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April 29, 2020 A notorious terrorist who is on the FBI’s list of Most Wanted Terrorists was kicked off of several social media platforms this week after ADL sounded the alarm about her gratuitous, hateful and terrorizing social media presence. ADL provided to Twitter and Instagram information about the social media activities of Ahlam al-Tamimi, an international fugitive wanted for her key role organizing and carrying out Hamas’s 2001 suicide bombing at a Sbarro pizzeria in…

April 29, 2020

A Victory in the Fight Against Hate: Washington State Protects Targets of Swatting

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April 03, 2020 As our online lives have become even more central to the way we work, communicate and socialize in this unprecedented time, Washington state has shown tremendous leadership in enacting legislation protecting targets and victims of online hate and harassment, which can have serious and potentially fatal consequences. This significant anti-swatting law, signed by Gov. Jay Inslee today, holds accountable individuals who seek to weaponize law enforcement to attack others. …

April 03, 2020

Battling COVID, Iran Regime Makes Jews its Bogeyman

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April 03, 2020 By Shaya Lerner and David Andrew Weinberg This article originally appeared on IranWire.com To date, Iran has had the highest number of reported deaths from the COVID-19 global pandemic out of any country in Asia other than China. While battling this virus, the regime has once again become the number one state sponsor of scapegoating Jews, baselessly blaming world Jewry for the disease’s spread. Indeed, this crisis has led the regime to engage in…

April 03, 2020

International Scapegoating of Israel and Jews for Spreading COVID-19

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March 25, 2020 As the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, examples of those seeking a scapegoat for the virus continue to proliferate. As ADL and other groups have explored, there have been numerous cases of xenophobia in the US related to the virus, particularly attacks against Asian individuals and groups. Internationally, there have also been many attempts to link COVID-19 to Israel, Zionists and Jews, with some people baselessly claiming the virus is part of a…

March 25, 2020

Phillip Agnew and the Dream Defenders

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March 12, 2020 On March 7, 2020, the Presidential campaign for Senator Bernie Sanders announced Phillip Agnew as the campaign’s newest Senior Advisor. Agnew, who previously campaigned on Sanders’ behalf as a National Surrogate, is expected to play a greater role in steering Sanders’ platform on issues of race and inequity and to amplify the campaign’s outreach to Black Americans, according to a press release from the campaign. Based on Agnew’s record of activism,…

March 12, 2020

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…

March 09, 2020

Anti-Israel and Antisemitic Activists Target AIPAC Conference

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March 05, 2020 Anti-Israel activism at the March 2020 AIPAC conference was tainted by antisemitism when disparate groups from across the ideological spectrum held protests outside the annual meeting. The most prominent organization present was the extreme anti-Israel activist group Al Awda, which has a history of promoting antisemitism and expressing support for terrorism. Al Awda collaborated with the fringe anti-Zionist ultra-Orthodox Jewish group Neturei Karta. Meanwhile, members of…

March 05, 2020

White Supremacists Expand Propaganda; UN HRC Lists Companies Working in Israel's West Bank Settlements

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February 13, 2020 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 Incidents of white supremacist propaganda jumped by more than 120% in the U.S. last year, according to ADL’s latest research. The U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) published a list of companies that conduct business in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, which critics are calling a blacklist. And an MSNBC host is under fire after suggesting that supporters of presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders are part of a “digital brownshirt brigade…

February 13, 2020

Amazon Pulls Auschwitz Holiday Ornaments; Jewish Student Leader at McGill U. Threatened with Impeachment Over Israel Trip

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December 05, 2019 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 Online retail giant Amazon removed from its marketplace holiday ornaments, bottle openers and other products that displayed images from the Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz. In related news, the International Skating Union (ISU) apologized after nominating a Russian skater, who donned Auschwitz-themed attire, for costume of the year. And in Montreal, McGill University’s student government was condemned after forcing one of its members to…

December 05, 2019

FBI: Hate Crime Murders Hit Record Level; Countering Brooklyn Attacks on Orthodox Jews; GWU Probes Anti-Semitic Snapchat Video

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November 15, 2019 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 Newly released data from the FBI shows that hate crime murders in 2018 reached an all-time high. Following a sharp increase in anti-Semitic attacks directed at the Orthodox community, ADL announced a doubling of funding for its flagship education program, No Place for Hate, in schools throughout the borough. And officials at George Washington University are investigating after an anti-Semitic video posted on Snapchat was circulated amongst the…

November 15, 2019

Important Books to Explore Bullying and Ally Behavior

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While bullying is still a problem in schools, the intersection of bias and bullying can be particularly harmful. Identity-based bullying is when a person is targeted based on an essential part of their identity (e.g., race, immigration status, sexual orientation, religion, or gender identity). It is common in schools and not only impacts the targeted person but everyone else around them that shares their identity. Identity-based bullying can leave all students feeling unsafe and fearful that…

September 24, 2019

ADL Statement Concerning New Board of Directors at the Women's March

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Update, September 19, 2019: Following the Women's March vote to remove Billoo from their board, ADL issued the following statement: "We welcome the decision by the Women’s March to remove Zahra Billoo from its board. Billoo’s hateful views have no place in any organization, much less one with an admirable and inclusive mission such as the Women's March." New York, NY, September 17, 2019 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) issued the following statement today concerning the…

September 17, 2019

Anti-Semitic Vandalism and Graffiti Pop Up Across the Country

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September 13, 2019 THE WEEK’S BIG 3 ADL is monitoring a spate of anti-Semitic vandalism and graffiti across the country over the past two weeks, including at a synagogue in Los Angeles, a high school in the Bay Area and a residence hall at the University of Nevada, Reno. Several Israeli students in Warsaw were allegedly assaulted by a group of men from Qatar, shouting “Free Palestine” and “Free Gaza.” And in conjunction with the Aspen Institute, ADL announced a…

September 13, 2019

Anti-Semitic Show Does Not Belong on Egyptian State Television

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August 29, 2019 By David Andrew Weinberg | ADL's Washington Director for International Affairs Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi told a visiting delegation earlier this year that he hopes to see a resurgence of Jewish life in Egypt. He reportedly even informed the group that if more Jews return, the government would pay to build more synagogues and other communal institutions. However, this positive message is being undermined by the continued broadcasting of a hateful,…

August 29, 2019

Witness for Peace

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August 28, 2019 Background Witness for Peace (WFP) is an anti-Semitic organization based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that primarily espouses anti-Israel content and anti-Semitic tropes about Jewish racism, power and influence and dual loyalties. WFP is affiliated with another anti-Semitic group, Deir Yassin Remembered. WFP’s leader and founder, Henry Herskovitz, is a Holocaust denier. WFP was founded in 2003 by Herskovitz, a former Beth Israel (Ann Arbor) congregant, to protest the…

August 28, 2019

ADL Announces David L. Sifry to Lead Center for Technology and Society

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Tech Industry Veteran to Lead ADL’s Efforts to Combat Online Hate and Harassment New York, August 26, 2019 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced that it has hired David L. Sifry to be Vice President, Center for Technology and Society (CTS). Sifry will bring decades of expertise to advancing ADL’s work combating hate and harassment online. Sifry is an entrepreneur and technology executive who was most recently the vice president of revenue products at Reddit,…

August 26, 2019