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Extremists Co-Opt Hurricane Response to Blame Israel, Incite a Storm of Hateful Narratives

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On October 8, 2024, an antisemitic Telegram channel used Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) to depict the Happy Merchant as Hurricane Milton.
Right-wing extremists have been exploiting the devastation surrounding Hurricane Helene — a storm that has so far claimed the lives of at least 230 people in the southeast U.S. — and now Hurricane Milton, to advance antisemitic or anti-Israel conspiracy theories that federal disaster assistance has been slow or inadequate because they believe the U.S. is sending funds and personnel to Israel instead. Extremist groups have a history of participating in disaster relief efforts to…
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Intimidation, Harassment and Support for Hamas Mark Widespread Anti-Israel Student Protests on 10/7 Anniversary

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Protesters on the campus of Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, celebrate Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel one year later by carrying a banner that reads “Victory to the Palestinian Resistance” alongside paraglider and weapons imagery.
On the grim anniversary of Hamas’s October 7, 2023 terror massacre in southern Israel, when thousands of terrorists killed some 1,200 people and took about 250 hostages, anti-Israel student group demonstrations on U.S. campuses again featured extreme pro-terror messages that glorified the attack and sought to disrupt campus life. Some events were marked by vandalism, intimidation and harassment. On a day when Jewish people around the world were mourning the deadliest day for Jews since…
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ADL, Brandeis Center, StandWithUs launch antisemitism helpline for MA and NY K-12 schools

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  Brandeis Center/ADL/StandWithUs Expand Helpline on Antisemitism in K-12 Schools to Massachusetts and New York Boston, MA, September 30, 2024 ... The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), and StandWithUs, along with a coalition of leading law firms, today announced the launch of a helpline in K-12 schools to provide pro bono legal assistance to parents whose children are experiencing antisemitism in Massachusetts and New York. The helpline…
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Who is Funding U.S. Anti-Israel Groups?

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A new ADL Center on Extremism report analyzing the funding sources of anti-Israel & anti-Zionist organizations based on tax records and other public information
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New FBI Data Reflects Record-High Number of Anti-Jewish Hate Crimes

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Anti-Jewish hate crimes increased by 63% since 2023, FBI reportsNew York, NY, September 23, 2024 …  Data released today by the Federal Bureau of Investigation reveals that reported hate crime incidents across the country reached a record high of 11,862 in 2023. In 2023, reported single-bias anti-Jewish hate crime incidents rose to 1,832 incidents, a sharp increase of 63 percent from 2022, and the highest number ever recorded by the FBI since it began collecting data in 1991…
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Murder of Dallas Police Officer Marks Latest in String of Violent Sovereign Citizen Encounters with Law Enforcement

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Corey Cobb Bey expressed his sovereign citizen beliefs in numerous social media posts, such as this 2016 post on Twitter. (Screenshot)
The murder of a police officer in Dallas last month by a suspected adherent of the sovereign citizen movement became the latest in an alarming rise of violent incidents this year involving individuals who subscribe to the extreme right-wing, anti-government ideology and law enforcement officials. In fact, 2024 has been a record year for violent encounters between police and sovereign citizens. In the space of just six months between March and August 2024, sovereign citizens opened fire on…
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Summer of Hate: White Supremacist Activity from Memorial to Labor Day

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An image of two individuals associated with White Lives Matter Montana demonstrating on an overpass display a sign that reads, “white man zone” and a banner which reads: “Non-white? Non-American.”
From Memorial Day through Labor Day 2024, the ADL Center on Extremism (COE) tracked a sustained, high level of white supremacist activity that included paramilitary-style marches, demonstrations, “fight nights,” propaganda drives, and disruption of public forums across the country. COE documented 64 white supremacist events across 25 states between May 27 and September 2, 2024. A majority of these events were small, with just five to 12 participants, but there were also larger…
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Turkey Attacker Inspired by Accelerationism and Mass Killers, Manifesto Shows

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Turkey Attacker Inspired by Accelerationism and Mass Killers, Manifesto Shows
An 18-year-old suspect who livestreamed himself stabbing multiple people near a mosque in the Turkish city of Eskişehir on August 12, 2024, was fueled by the extremist belief in accelerationism and motivated by past mass killers including white supremacists, an analysis by the ADL Center on Extremism has shown.    Wearing a skull mask and a tactical vest with a sonnenrad patch — both common symbols utilized by white supremacists and accelerationists — and armed with…
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Far-Right UK Riots Blamed on Israel by Conspiracy Theorists

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Riots across the United Kingdom involving far-right elements broke out after the murder of three young girls at a dance class in the Southport knife attack was falsely attributed to a recently arrived Muslim migrant. It is predictable but still problematic to see Israel scapegoated as the cause of the riots raging across the United Kingdom involving far-right elements. This is happening across social media. The claims have no basis and contribute to the increasing anxiety among the Jews in the…
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Hillel International, ADL, AJC, Jewish Federations, and CoP Urge Colleges and Universities to Prepare for Back-to-School

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Following the alarming rise in antisemitic incidents on campus, leading Jewish and educational groups call on college and university administrators to take action ahead of the new school year. July 31, 2024… ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), American Jewish Committee (AJC), the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (CoP), Hillel International, and Jewish Federations of North America today announced a comprehensive set of recommendations aimed at combating…
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ADL Files Title VI Complaint Against School District of Philadelphia, Charging Severe Climate of Antisemitic Bullying and Harassment

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Complaint: “Virulent wave of antisemitism” swept through Philadelphia schools after Oct. 7 New York, NY, July 23, 2024 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), represented pro bono by the law firm Mayer Brown LLP, today filed a federal civil rights complaint on behalf of Jewish parents whose children have been subjected to “severe and persistent harassment and discrimination” at the hands of fellow students and teachers in the School District of Philadelphia (SDP)…
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Samidoun: What You Need to Know

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A Palestinian girl stands near a poster of Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, a commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, one of the main terrorist groups present in the West Bank operating under the ruling Fatah party, who was killed by Israeli troops in August 2022. The poster bears the Samidoun logo
Introduction Anti-Zionist group Samidoun (derived from the Arabic word for “steadfast”) is a self-described solidarity network for Palestinian inmates in Israeli prisons. In October 2024, the U.S. and Canadian governments sanctioned Samidoun as a "sham charity that serves as an international fundraiser for The Popular Front for The Liberation of Palestine" (PFLP), a designated terror group in the U.S., Canada, the European Union, Israel, and Japan. On October 15, 2024, the U.S…
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Far-Right Influencers on X Promote Anti-Zionism, Hate and Conspiracy Theories

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An analysis by the ADL Center on Extremism identified five influencers on X whose engagement spiked in the days and weeks after Hamas’s attack on Israel, with content that included virulent anti-Zionism alongside antisemitic tropes, disinformation and other forms of hateful or harmful rhetoric. In the six months following October 7, 2023, the combined audience engagement on X for these five influencers—Jackson Hinkle, Lucas Gage, Jake Shields, Sam Parker and CensoredMen&mdash…
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ADL Statement on the Attempted Assassination of Former President Trump

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New York, NY, July 14, 2024 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today issued a statement in response to the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL CEO, issued the following statement: The shooting of former President Trump at a campaign rally is a chilling moment that reminds us of our fragility. Unfortunately, it is almost unsurprising in a public context of escalating tension, intensifying rhetoric, and…
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La ADL lanza por primera vez en América Latina el curso de formación sobre antisemitismo ‘Words to Action’

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Buenos Aires, Argentina, 14 de julio de 2024 ... Hoy, la Liga Antidifamación (ADL) anunció su primer curso de formación de facilitadores Words to Action en América Latina, que comenzará pocos días antes del trigésimo aniversario del atentado a la AMIA en Buenos Aires. En respuesta a un intenso aumento global del antisemitismo y de los incidentes antisemitas desde el 7 de octubre, Words to Action se ha convertido en un programa educativo muy…
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"Time to Escalate": Anti-Israel Activists Intensify Protests with Violent, Direct Actions

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This composite image of three photos shows anti-Israel protesters in New York, NY lighting flares and displaying the symbols of U.S.-designated terror groups at separate events between April and June 2024
Across the country in recent months, many anti-Israel activists have been engaged in strategic “escalation” to further their cause. These actions have included increasingly aggressive and targeted protests, property destruction and defacement, physical takeovers of institutions deemed to be “complicit” in alleged Israeli military actions, and even multiple cases of ideologically motivated arson attacks.  For the most part, the tactics themselves — such as…
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