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…
Letter to American Psychological Association from Jewish American Organizations
Letter
Dear Members of the American Psychological Association Council of Representatives, We, a coalition of Jewish American Organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL); the American Jewish Medical Association (AJMA); American Jewish Committee (AJC); Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations; Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America; Jewish Federations of North America; Jewish Council for Public Affairs; Jewish Labor Committee; StandWithUs;…
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…
ADL Letter to House Rules Committee on Extremism in the Military
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September 8, 2025 The Honorable Virginia Foxx Chairwoman House Committee on Rules Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Jim McGovern Ranking Member House Committee on Rules Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Chairwoman Foxx and Ranking Member McGovern, Since 1913, the mission of ADL (Anti-Defamation League) has been to “stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.” ADL is dedicated to combating antisemitism,…
Communal Letter to National Education Association President Becky Pringle
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Dear President Pringle, We are writing to express our deep concerns about the growing level of antisemitic activity within teachers’ unions, particularly since the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel on October 7, 2023. Passage of New Business Item (NBI) 39 at the National Education Association (NEA) Representative Assembly this past weekend, which shockingly calls for the boycott of the Anti-Defamation League, is just the latest example of open hostility toward Jewish educators,…
Letter to JNS: ADL is Not "Hiding" Muslim Antisemitism Data
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April 21, 2025 Letters to the Editor Jewish News Syndicate To the Editor: Dr. Andrew Bostom and Morton Klein conflate facts and distort findings in their attempt to reach their preconceived conclusion that ADL is “hiding” data about antisemitism among Muslim communities (“ADL quietly purged data on European Muslim antisemitism,” April 18). Nothing could be further from the truth. Our surveys have always tracked this data, and our aim has always been to be fully…
ADL Urges UNHRC Not to Renew Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese's Term
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March 28, 2025 His Excellency Jürg Lauber President, Human Rights Council United Nations Palais des Nations 1211 Geneva Switzerland Dear President Lauber, I am writing on behalf of ADL (Anti-Defamation League) to formally request that the Human Rights Council not renew the term of Ms. Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, upon its expiration on April 1, 2025. Ms. Albanese's conduct has consistently violated the Code of Conduct for Special Procedure…
Jewish Organizations Express Disappointment Over American Academy of Pediatrics' Letter on Well-being of Hamas Leader
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January 28, 2025 Dear Dr. Susan Kressly, Dr. Andrew Racine, CEO Mark Del Monte, Dr. Nathanial Jones, and other AAP Committee and Board Members, We, the undersigned organizations, write on behalf of medical and Jewish organizations to express our disappointment and grave concern about the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) leadership’s letter to former Secretary of State Antony Blinken related to the wellbeing of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya. According to Israeli authorities and other sources,…
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…
September 5, 2024 Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO Meta 1 Hacker Way Menlo Park, CA 94025 Dear Mr. Zuckerberg, We write to you as leaders of seven of the largest Jewish Diaspora communities representing over 90% of Jews globally outside of Israel. As Jews, our communities continue to feel the impact of the brutal Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, with its death toll of over 1200 Israelis, over 4000 wounded, and over 250 taken hostage, and over a hundred still held captive in Gaza. Our Jewish…
J7 Task Force Letter to Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO Meta
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Dear Mr. Zuckerberg, We write to you as leaders of seven of the largest Jewish Diaspora communities representing over 90% of Jews globally outside of Israel. As Jews, our communities continue to feel the impact of the brutal Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, with its death toll of over 1200 Israelis, over 4000 wounded, and over 250 taken hostage, and over a hundred still held captive in Gaza. Our Jewish communities continue to bear the brunt of dramatic increases of…
J7 Task Force Letter to The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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July 30, 2024 H.E. Mr. Volker Türk United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Palais Wilson 52 rue des Pâquis CH-1201 Geneva, Switzerland veronica.birga@un.org Dear High Commissioner Türk, We, the undersigned, representing the largest Jewish communities outside of Israel, write to you today regarding United Nations Special…