Most Americans’ perceptions of the Middle East conflict come from the mass media. Some media – especially large-circulation daily newspapers, network television and wire services – have correspondents based in Israel and continue to devote considerable attention to the Mideast. This is not surprising considering the intensive U.S.involvement in the peace process, America’s substantial interests in the region, and the continuing strong ties between the U…
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Update of ADL Global 100 Poll Shows Anti-Semitism Markedly Higher Among Muslims in Six European Countries New York, NY, June 30, 2015 … In the aftermath of the shocking violence against Jews in Western Europe the past year, the level of anti-Semitic attitudes among the general population in France showed a dramatic decline, while Germany and Belgium registered significant reductions, according to a new poll from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released today. The ADL poll of adults in…
New York, NY, June 25, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, a case that sought to determine whether or not the Fair Housing Act allows a cause of action when the impact of a neutral policy is discriminatory. In a 5-4 decision, the Court held that the Act protects victims of discrimination, even where they cannot prove an intent to…
June 25, 2015 In the aftermath of the horrific June 17, 2015, church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, which left nine African-American parishioners dead, questions emerged about the alleged gunman’s links to the white supremacist Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC).
In an on-line manifesto believed to have been written by 21-year-old Dylann Storm Roof, who has allegedly confessed to the shootings, the author explains how the Council played an influential role in his…
New York, NY, June 24, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today called on the President of the Greek Parliament to publicly condemn offensive anti-Jewish comments made by Dmitris Kamennos, a member of parliament from the Independent Greeks party. Mr. Kamennos posted an image of the gate to the Auschwitz death camp with the pro-Europe slogan, “We stay in Europe” replacing “Arbeit macht frei,” a German phrase used during the Holocaust which translates to …
June 22, 2015
As we grieve, protest and further investigate the horrific murder of nine African American parishioners at the historic Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC, many people are asking: What should we tell the children?
Parents, family members and others are sometimes uneasy about discussing issues of violence and injustice with children because they want to protect them from terrible and scary topics. However, it is important that children have a language for…
New York, NY, June 22, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today condemned the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Commission of Inquiry (COI) Report on Operation Protective Edge calling it “illegitimate in its conception and “inherently biased against Israel.” Operation Protective Edge was the name of the military campaign by Israel in July 2014 against the Gaza based terror group Hamas to stop the firing of rockets into Israeli cities.
Abraham H. Foxman,…
For Law Enforcement David Duke, perhaps America's most well-known racist and anti-Semite, promotes anti-Semitic and white supremacist views as the leader of the white supremacist European American Unity and Rights Organization, as a writer of anti-Semitic tracts, and, in recent years, as an international figure who has promoted his anti-Jewish ideology in Europe and the Middle East, devoting particular attention to Russia and the Ukraine.
Duke has been active in the white supremacy…
June 21, 2013 David Duke, perhaps America's most well-known racist and anti-Semite, promotes anti-Semitic and white supremacist views as the leader of the white supremacist European American Unity and Rights Organization, as a writer of anti-Semitic tracts, and, in recent years, as an international figure who has promoted his anti-Jewish ideology in Europe and the Middle East, devoting particular attention to Russia and the Ukraine.
Duke has been active in the white supremacy movement for…
by: Jinnie Array June 19, 2015
Rachel Dolezal, President of the Spokane, Washington chapter of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), made headlines and became the top trending item on Twitter last week when it was discovered that she had been posing as Black for many years. In her interview on the Today Show, she continued to assert: “I identify as Black.” These events have sparked strong emotions—anger, confusion, sympathy,…
New York, NY, June 18, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed outrage at derogatory comments about Reform Jews made by Israel’s Religious Affairs Minister David Azoulay, and called on the Minister to swiftly and unequivocally apologize for his “deeply hurtful, spurious assault” on the Reform movement. ADL also pointed to the “outrageous” comments by Knesset Member Yisrael Eichler, who compared the Women of the Wall movement to the…
New York, NY, June 18, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today strongly condemned the suspected religiously motivated hate crime against the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish at Tabgha on the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. ADL called the attack an “affront to all religions and a serious blow to Israeli society,” and called on Israeli law enforcement to fully investigate the suspected hate crime and prosecute those responsible to the full extent of…
Suspect’s Facebook Profile Suggests White Supremacist Leanings New York, NY, June 18, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed horror and profound sorrow at the tragic murder of nine parishioners during a prayer meeting at the historic Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. According to ADL’s Center on Extremism, the suspect in the shootings, identified as 21-year-old Dylann Storm Roof, may have white supremacist leanings. A photo of Roof…
New York, NY, June 18, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today urged the French Ministry of Culture and Communication to undertake an independent investigation to assess the facts surrounding purported anti-Israel discrimination by the Louvre and Sainte-Chapelle chapel. According to reports, a group from Tel Aviv University was denied reservations in both facilities even after attempting to make reservations for the same time period under a fictitious non-Israeli affiliation and…
June 15, 2015 In Summer 2015, an incident caught on video captured a police officer outside a community pool who appears to be waving his gun at young partygoers who approached him as he tried to subdue and eventually hold down a teenage girl. She was wearing a bikini because she was at a pool party.
The party was held at the community pool in the Craig Ranch North subdivision, which is predominately white although McKinney, Texas is racially diverse. A group of African American…
Urges This Administration to Face the Reality That Jerusalem is the Capital of Israel New York, NY, June 8, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today expressed disappointment with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Zivotofsky v. Kerry, which held that American citizens born in Jerusalem may not list “Israel” as their place of birth on their American passports.
ADL, joined by 12 other groups, had filed an amicus brief arguing that Americans born in Jerusalem…
New York, NY, June 5, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today applauded the overwhelming passage of a Senate resolution, which condemns anti-Semitism and urges measures to prevent and combat anti-Semitic attacks and incidents. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) led the effort with the support of more than half of the Senate -- 53 original co-sponsors total. The resolution (S.Res.87) is a response to the escalation of…
New York, NY, June 4, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today strongly objected to the decision by French telecom company Orange S.A. to eventually end its business relationship with an Israeli company, calling the move a “cowardly” and “completely unjustified” caving-in to anti-Israel boycott demands. “Orange took a cowardly decision to cave into demands by the international campaign to boycott Israel,” said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National…
New York, NY, June 3, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today condemned the decision made by the executive committee of the UK’s National Union of Students (NUS) to align the group with the BDS movement, as a “biased and divisive” effort which showed “blatant disregard” to the concerns of Jewish students. “We share the outrage of the British Jewish community and the Union of Jewish Students at the decision by the NUS to align itself with the…
New York, NY, June 3, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed the arrest of an unnamed 28-year-old foreign national in Ribaforada, Spain, for online incitement to kill Jews. The Spanish Ministry of the Interior announcement on May 30 noted the “gravity and brutality of the content,” being spread on social media. In one video, three visibly identifiable Muslim women reportedly chanted, “Catch and kill all the Jews. Strike them and make the Jews…