Zionism is the national liberation movement of the Jewish people, which advocates for the right of Jews to self-determine in their ancestral homeland, Israel. For 4,000 years, Israel has been embedded in Jewish identity, and has been a feature of Jewish prayer, learning, ritual and customs. Despite being repeatedly exiled from the land, Jews have always sought to return to Israel, and were finally able to do so in large numbers in the second-half of the 19th century. Zionism is not…
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Those who raise the theme of root causes of October 7 are usually claiming that that Israel’s alleged oppression of the Palestinians is what led to – and even justifies – Hamas's attack.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is decades long and deeply complex. Indeed, one can argue that the “roots” of the conflict go back to the rejection by Palestinian and Arab leaders of the right of the Jewish people to self-determination and statehood in their…
The fact that 1200 people were brutally murdered, mutilated, burned, raped and desecrated by Hamas terrorists, and that 240 people were abducted from their homes and taken hostage inside Gaza, is undeniable and incontrovertible.
Part, but only part, of the evidence for these atrocities comes from Hamas itself which proudly shared self-filmed videos of terrorists gleefully celebrating murders, humiliations and seizing innocents as hostages. Others come from videos from security…
In the early morning of October 7, 2023, following a period of rocket fire, an estimated 3,000 Hamas terrorists invaded Israel from Gaza and brutally attacked 22 Israeli civilian communities near the Gaza border, a music festival and about a dozen IDF bases and posts. This attack, which occurred on a Shabbat morning that fell on the holiday of Simchat Torah, took Israel by surprise. The gunmen mercilessly massacred at least 1,200 people, mostly civilians, who were shot, mutilated, burned,…
The sovereign citizen movement is a large anti-government extremist movement whose adherents believe that they can ignore laws, regulations, court orders and taxes because they have divorced themselves from what they claim is an illegitimate, tyrannical government.
Key Points Blood Tribe is a growing neo-Nazi group that claims to have chapters across the United States.Blood Tribe members are followers of Christopher Pohlhaus, whose white supremacist beliefs include elements of Esoteric Hitlerism (which exalts Hitler as a deity) and Wotanism, a variant of Norse Paganism.Blood Tribe presents itself as a hardcore white supremacist group and rejects white supremacists who call for softer “optics.”Blood Tribe members emphasize hyper-masculinity;…
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Formed in March 2020, People’s Rights (also known as the People’s Rights Initiative or People’s Rights Network) is a far-right anti-government activist network led by anti-government extremist Ammon Bundy.
People’s Rights opposes any perceived government overreach based on Ammon Bundy’s belief that individuals have the right to complete and total control over their life and their property.
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E. Michael Jones (1948-) is a Traditionalist Catholic writer and ubiquitous podcaster who aims to defend traditional Catholic teachings and values from those he perceives as seeking to undermine them
Role of online anonymity related to harassment, hate, misinformation, toxicity. Benefits and harms of banning anonymity, court cases, international approaches.
Holocaust deniers rely on a range of myths to “prove” their claims. Read on to understand these myths — and learn the facts that debunk them.
Refer to this list for additional ADL resources and suggested readings to learn more about this topic.
Explore the prominent tropes of Holocaust denial — and how Holocaust deniers base their claims on longstanding antisemitic conspiracy theories.
There’s money in Holocaust denial — explore the financial and merchandising platforms that help deniers capitalize on their hateful lies.
Trace the development of the Holocaust denial movement, from its post-World War II emergence through today.
“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” is an antisemitic slogan commonly featured in anti-Israel campaigns and chanted at demonstrations.
This rallying cry has long been used by anti-Israel voices, including supporters of terrorist organizations such as Hamas and the PFLP, which seek Israel’s destruction through violent means. It is fundamentally a call for a Palestinian state extending from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea,…
In the heightened rhetoric of the present day and especially in the aftermath of Israel’s war against Hamas following the October 7,2023 attack, Israel is often accused of committing “genocide,” “acts of genocide” or of having “genocidal intent” against the Palestinians. Genocide is a very specific crime with legal elements requiring intent and action that are difficult to meet, and in no way do Israeli policies and actions reach this legal threshold…
On Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas, with the support of the Iranian-regime and other Gaza-based terrorist organizations, launched an invasion into Israel from the Gaza Strip. Hamas terrorists attacked over 20 Israeli kibbutzim, towns, villages, cities and other areas near the Gaza border, killing over 1000 people and wounding thousands. They also kidnapped as many as 150 people – children as young as 9 months old, women and men, including elderly Holocaust survivors – and took them…
Key Points Founded in 2018, the Aryan Freedom Network (AFN) is a small but growing neo-Nazi group based in De Kalb, Texas.The group claims to have chapters in 41 states.AFN promotes hardline white supremacist views, including the Great Replacement theory and Christian Identity, and largely directs its vitriol at Jewish people, Black people, immigrants and the LGBTQ+ community.The AFN logo, which includes a Totenkopf, or death’s head, acorns and oak leaves, is meant to convey the group…
Learn about International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a date that marks the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and is meant to honor the victims of Nazism.
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Active Clubs are a nationwide network of localized white supremacist crews who are largely inspired by Robert Rundo’s white supremacist Rise Above Movement (R.A.M.)
Active Club members see themselves as fighters training for an ongoing war against a system that they claim is deliberately plotting against the white race.
Active Clubs distribute white supremacist propaganda, participate in small-scale demonstrations, and often gather privately for training events…