The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, known as BDS, is an international, decentralized movement formally launched by Palestinian organizations in 2005 that seeks to delegitimize and pressure Israel through diplomatic, financial, professional, academic and cultural isolation. BDS-aligned groups worldwide often engage in BDS campaigns at their own discretion. Increasingly, BDS campaigns have also targeted Jews, Jewish institutions and others who support Israel’s right to exist or…
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Israel’s first parliamentary election since the Hamas-led terror attacks of October 7, 2023, drew the highest voter turnout in decades, an estimated 78 percent of registered voters and 80 percent turnout among Arab Israelis. In English, Arabic, Persian and Turkish language commentary about the election analyzed by ADL, bad actors across the ideological spectrum used the elections to demonize Jews, Zionists, Israelis, and the State of Israel. These trends were observed across traditional…
Susan Abulhawa is a Palestinian American novelist, antizionist activist and the Executive Director of the Palestine Writes Literature Festival. Her novels, published by major houses including Bloomsbury and Simon & Schuster, have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold over one million copies worldwide. Abulhawa has more than 230,000 followers on social media and frequently uses her accounts to cast doubt upon Holocaust history, propagate historically antisemitic tropes…
A Capital One Bank branch on the Upper East Side had its windows smashed and was vandalized this week with graffiti that read “DROP ELBIT,” referring to the Israeli defense company, and “PAL ACTION.” The international anti-Israel direct action group Palestine Action claimed responsibility on October 19, calling the incident “the price of complicity in genocide.” New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin posted a photograph of the Upper East Side incident on…
Anti-Israel activists around the world marked the third anniversary of the October 7 Hamas-led terror attack on Israel with protests and social media posts that frequently praised the terrorists’ actions. In addition, many called for further targeting of Zionists globally. ADL analysts tracked approximately 300 demonstrations across the United States, many of which included protesters who expressed pro-terror rhetoric and displayed terror paraphernalia, including Hamas and Hezbollah…
A summary of anti-Israel protests on university campuses on October 7, 2026.
A FlyDubai flight to Israel made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on September 30, following what eyewitnesses described as an attempted hijacking. Details of what precisely transpired are still emerging, and conspiracy theories blaming Jews or alleging that this attack was a “false flag” quickly began to circulate. According to ADL analysis, at least 25,000 posts about the FlyDubai incident on X posted in the first 48 hours after the incident included conspiracy…
Vandals scrawled "Baby Raper Killers" on the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 13, marking the third time in one year the museum was targeted with antisemitic or anti-Israel graffiti. These instances are representative of a troubling and worsening nationwide trend. Incidents of antisemitic harassment, vandalism, threats, offensive literature distribution and protest directed at museums and their leaders, both in person and online, more…
An extremist belief system that blends concepts from neo-Nazism with some forms of Satanism and treats violence as a spiritual practice.
Antisemitism in the Com signals transgression, intimidates victims, helps members gain status, and connects them to other extremist communities.
Antisemitism in the TCC shows up as casual slurs and inside jokes; admiration for antisemitic killers; extremist iconography like swastikas; and as part of how an attacker frames their violence.
A loosely connected global network of online actors involved in illicit and harmful activities, like swatting, sadistic online exploitation (SOE), ransomware attacks, and distributing child sexual abuse material.
When ADL published its first report on 9/11 conspiracy theories in 2003, it noted that the internet allowed an “unprecedented cross-fertilization of antisemitic ideas” and that they contributed to a “new form of global antisemitism.” The report also noted that these conspiracy theories were likely to endure and “form the basis of a new antisemitic canard that will linger for decades and be used to demonize Jews and Israel.” The report was prescient. The so…
25 years after 9/11, the threat of Islamist extremism hasn't disappeared — it has evolved. Today's terror groups use social media to reach millions globally, across borders, and sometimes without ever communicating directly with them.
Antisemitic conspiracy theories and dehumanizing rhetoric about Jews have been a prominent feature of the 2026 election cycle.
The funeral featured violent, antisemitic, anti-Israel & anti-US rhetoric, drawing American and global influencers who bolstered Iran’s anti-Western and anti-Israel messaging.
When an AI chatbot is asked in English whether recent U.S. behavior toward Iran has been "Jewlike," it recognizes the term as an antisemitic slur and says so plainly. Ask the same question in Persian and the same chatbot answers like a political science professor, analyzing "geopolitical strategies and national interests," rarely mentioning antisemitism at all. When the ADL Center for Technology and Society (CTS) recently tested four of the world's most popular AI platforms, a clear and…
A shooter opened fire in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood on June 22, resulting in two deaths and one injury before responding law enforcement killed the perpetrator. The perpetrator was identified by law enforcement as a 25-year-old Canadian man; whether or not the shooter selected specific targets is unknown. ADL analysis of a lengthy manifesto reportedly left behind by the shooter reveals a range of extremist views, including antisemitism, incel-linked ideas, and…
Sneako is a livestreamer and leading vector for antisemitism, white supremacy, and misogyny in the manosphere, with an audience of millions.
Teen killers cited white supremacist Christchurch killer as inspiration for mosque attack that left three dead.