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…
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…
The mission of ADL’s Task Force on Middle East Minorities is to bring international attention to the human rights offenses committed against minority communities in the Middle East. The Task Force consists of regional and topical experts who serve as an advisory body to augment ADL’s work in protecting vulnerable minorities by identifying, elevating, and educating on emerging human rights issues in the Middle East.
The task force is comprised of leading scholars, experts, and…
The Nation of Islam (NOI), the largest Black nationalist organization in the U.S., has maintained a consistent record of antisemitism and bigotry since its founding in the 1930s.
During his 40-year tenure as the NOI’s leader, Louis Farrakhan has built a legacy of divisiveness as one of the most prominent antisemites in America. He has also espoused anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-white bigotry, as well as a range of conspiratorial beliefs.
Although the NOI’s official membership is…
The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) is a socialist political party in the United States that incorporates virulent anti-Zionism as a core organizing principle.
Los Acuerdos de Abraham son una serie de acuerdos bilaterales mediados por Estados Unidos que normalizaron las relaciones entre Israel y tres países árabes: Baréin y los Emiratos Árabes Unidos el 15 de septiembre de 2020, y Marruecos el 22 de diciembre de 2020. La Declaración de los Acuerdos de Abraham, firmada por funcionarios de Baréin, Emiratos, Israel y Estados Unidos el 15 de septiembre de 2020, “alienta los esfuerzos para promover el di…
El lema “Palestina libre” ha sido utilizado durante mucho tiempo en manifestaciones, cánticos, pancartas, internet y grafitis por quienes defienden los derechos de los palestinos. Desde el 7 de octubre, el eslogan ha sido utilizado regularmente por activistas y organizaciones antiisraelíes en los campus universitarios y otros lugares, y en numerosas ocasiones, se ha dirigido de forma maliciosa contra judíos y otras personas. En muchos sentidos, el eslogan es…
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…
The Abraham Accords are a series of bilateral agreements mediated by the United States that normalized relations between Israel and three Arab countries: Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on September 15, 2020 and Morocco on December 22, 2020. The Abraham Accords Declaration, signed by Bahraini, Emirati, Israeli, and US officials on September 15, 2020, “encourage[s] efforts to promote interfaith and intercultural dialogue to advance a culture of peace among the three Abrahamic…
The slogan “Free Palestine” has long been used at rallies, in chants, on placards, online and graffitied by those advocating on behalf of Palestinian rights. Since October 7th, the slogan has been regularly used by anti-Israel activists and organizations on college campuses and elsewhere, and in numerous instances, it has been directed maliciously at Jews and others. In many ways, the term is similar to slogans advocating for other political causes, including &ldquo…
Update: American Identity Movement (AIM), an alt right white supremacist group formerly known as Identity Evropa, was disbanded in November 2020. AIM’s decline began in November 2019 after the group’s leader, Patrick Casey, began to collaborate with “America First” podcaster Nick Fuentes and his Groyper Army. AIM was created in March 2019 as a rebranding of Identity Evropa, a white supremacist group that had been active from March 2016 through March 2019. Under the AIM…
ACT for America is the largest anti-Muslim group in the United States, with a purported 750,000 members nationwide.
ACT propagates the hateful conspiracy theory that Muslims are infiltrating US institutions in order to impose Sharia law.
ACT stokes irrational fear of Muslims via a number of false claims, including that headscarves are a sign of radicalization, and that 25 percent of Muslims approve of terrorism.
ACT founder Brigitte Gabriel is a leading voice in the fight against…