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.
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 …
The Islamic Republic of Iran – A History of Repressing Minorities
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The ongoing military conflict in Iran has the potential to reshape the country, not least for its diverse range of religious and ethnic minorities. While Iran has a deep and ancient history of religious and ethnic pluralism, the 1979 revolution set in motion almost five-decades of systematic persecution against the country's minority communities and Iranian women in the name of the Islamic Republic. Since 1979, the Islamic Republic has imposed a theocratic order…
Know Your Rights: Addressing Antisemitism in Healthcare WorkplacesDisclaimer: *This resource is not intended to and should not be interpreted as providing legal advice. Please consult with your own legal counsel. This resource is for medical professionals, healthcare staff, and students and trainees in health care settings who experience antisemitic discrimination, harassment, or hostility at work—whether it comes from colleagues, supervisors, vendors, or patients. It is…
Know Your Rights: Jewish Patients & Antisemitism in Health CareDisclaimer: *This resource is not intended to and should not be interpreted as providing legal advice. Please consult with your own legal counsel. Have you ever… Felt you were being treated unfairly at a doctor’s office, hospital, or clinic because you are Jewish?Overheard antisemitic remarks from medical staff or others in a healthcare setting?Felt pressured to hide your Jewish identity or connection to…
The Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition
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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…
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…
The UN World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held in Durban, South Africa from August 31 to September 7, 2001, brought together over 12,000 representatives from 194 states and organizations to forge a common agenda against discrimination. Over two decades later, the “Durban process” has come to symbolize the United Nation’s polarization over antisemitism and anti-Zionism, a form of antisemitism which opposes the…
April 4, 2024 Hrag Vartanian Editor and CEO Hyperallergic Dear Mr. Vartanian: We were horrified and outraged by your cover story, “Israel Flattens Neighboring Pavilions at Venice Biennale,” (April 1). While labeled in fine print as an “April Fools” satire on your website, the piece has been flagged to us by many readers who found the article deeply insensitive and offensive. We agree with those readers – satire label notwithstanding, the article is little more…
ADL Letter to Politico, re: Offensive "Punch Card" Cartoon
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March 14, 2024 Mathias Döpfner CEO Axel Springer SE John F. Harris Global Editor in Chief Politico Brad Dayspring Executive Vice President, Global Communications and Brand Dear Mr. Döpfner, Mr. Harris and Mr. Dayspring: We were deeply concerned by Politico’s decision to publish a highly offensive political cartoon by Matt Wuerker, depicting a “punch card” suggesting that Israel and Jews are using “centuries of pogroms, antisemitism and the Holocaust”…
To the Editor:
The attempt by Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow to conflate the Palestinian struggle with that of the civil rights movement in the U.S. is disingenuous and offensive. Let’s be clear: The Israeli-Palestinian crisis is complicated and there are few historic parallels to what’s happening in Israel and Gaza in the aftermath of the horrific Hamas massacre on Oct. 7. Equally unique and without parallels is the Black struggle for civil rights in America. From the…
D.D. Guttenplan
Editor The Nation
Dear Don,
A few years ago, we were in touch concerning your decision to engage Mohammed El-Kurd as the Palestine correspondent for The Nation. I raised a series of concerns based on his public record of hateful rhetoric. At the time, you made the case that most of his offensive tweets and remarks, which we had shared with you in a fact sheet, were made prior to his onboarding at the Nation. You also noted that, while some of his remarks &ldquo…
Letter to the New York Times Regarding Recent Article on Israeli Operation in Jenin
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Letters to the Editor
The New York Times
To the Editor:
Re “The Tale of Two Invasions: What the Last Attack on Jenin Tells Us About Israel Now,” (July 10).
Tareq Baconi repeats the usual distortions and conspiracy theories about Israel in a clear attempt to discredit Israel among international circles. We are accustomed to seeing these spurious accusations from Palestinian and pro-Palestinian propagandists: Israel is an apartheid state. Israel rejects a two…
Roger Waters, cofundador y vocalista de la banda Pink Floyd, es un destacado activista antiisraelí y partidario del movimiento de Boicot, Desinversión y Sanciones (BDS). Su activismo se ha caracterizado cada vez más por hacer uso de tópicos antisemitas, incluidos el del poder judío o "sionista", comparar a Israel con la Alemania nazi, y menospreciar a cualquiera que manifieste apoyo, aunque sea tangencial, a la existencia de Israel.
La retórica…
Roger Waters, the co-founder and lead singer of the band Pink Floyd, is a leading anti-Israel activist and vocal supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. His activism has increasingly been characterized as playing into antisemitic tropes, including those about Jewish or “Zionist” power; comparing Israel to Nazi Germany; and disparaging anyone who conveys even tangential support for Israel’s existence. Waters’ inflammatory rhetoric spans back…
The ADL did not go too far in its remarks on the NYT Hasidic yeshiva investigation
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Re: “The ADL is wrong to attack the NYT’s brave investigative reporting on Hasidic yeshivas” by Ruth Messinger
To the editor:
While we greatly respect and value constructive feedback from Ruth Messinger on issues affecting the Jewish community, we were surprised by her suggestion that the ADL went too far in asking The New York Times to carefully consider the potential for its series of investigative articles on the Hasidic community’s education system to…
Letter to the New York Times Regarding Recent Article on Linda Sarsour and Russian Disinformation
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To the Editor:
The Times’ piece on Linda Sarsour and the efforts of Russian troll farms to disrupt the Women’s March in 2017 raises important points about disinformation campaigns and their harm, and the malicious intent of the Russian government (“How Russian trolls Helped Keep the Women’s March Out of Lock Step,” Sept. 18).
This, however, in no way should obfuscate or distract from the antisemitic statements and actions by Ms. Sarsour and other founding…