by: Jessica Reaves November 03, 2016
A social media campaign is calling for the boycott of Chobani yogurt and targeting Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya for his support of refugees around the world. Ulukaya is a Muslim Kurd who grew up in Turkey and has built a hugely successful business that employs thousands of people in New York State and Idaho. The campaign against him reflects the twin threats of anti-immigrant bigotry and anti-Muslim extremism.
In 2015, the image of a Syrian…
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June 22, 2016 ADL continues to receive a troubling number of complaints about children, adolescents and teenagers engaging in anti-Semitic behavior, both on and off school grounds. These incidents include physical assaults, threats of violence, and verbal and written taunts promoting anti-Semitic stereotypes or evoking disturbing Holocaust themes. The following is a list of selected incidents in 2015 that represent anti-Semitic bullying of children, adolescents and teenagers by their…
June 22, 2016 ADL witnessed an explosion of hate online, especially on social media platforms in 2015. While the audit includes incidents of online anti-Semitism reported to ADL in which an individual or institution is explicitly targeted, it does not count general anti-Semitic expressions online. ADL has been monitoring the recent spike on such harassment, which seems to have corresponded to the political season, with a large amount of this vitriol directed at journalists and other public…
New York, NY, October 13, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today congratulated Antonio Guterres on his election as the next Secretary General of the United Nations. In a letter to the former Portuguese Prime Minister and head of the U.N. refugee agency, Marvin D. Nathan, ADL National Chair, and Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO wrote, “We have no doubt that your long record of public service in both national and international positions has made you uniquely qualified for…
by: Oren Segal October 02, 2016
Approximately 25 members and supporters of the “White Lives Matter” movement protested Saturday, October 1, outside the Anti-Defamation League offices in Houston, Texas.
The small group of white supremacists gathered to voice their anger at the ADL for a multitude of perceived slights including not labeling the Black Lives Matter movement a hate group. In early September, the ADL published an article describing “White Lives Matter”…
New York, NY, September 29, 2016 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed the launch of a new initiative to address anti-Semitism in the 57 European and Eurasian countries that comprise the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
The three-year initiative, entitled “Words into Action to Address Anti-Semitism” is sponsored by the government of Germany, which chairs the OSCE, and was initiated by Germany’s parliament. The effort, which…
by: Oren Segal | September 29, 2016 The Guardian Pepe the Frog originated as an innocuous cartoon character in 2005. This week, he was added to the Anti-Defamation League’s Center database of hate symbols. At first glance, it may seem more than a little strange that the image of a cartoon frog could end up alongside such infamous symbols as the Blood Drop Cross of the Ku Klux Klan. But the evolution of Pepe the Frog actually illustrates a key aspect of hate symbols:…
by: Jonathan A. Greenblatt | September 23, 2016 JTA Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ statement before the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday revived old hatreds more than it broke new ground. It was little more than a rote diatribe against Israel and a call for international pressure to coerce the Jewish state in place of the hard give and take that happens at the negotiating table. It shed light on why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has endured so long through…
September 23, 2016 Benjamin Netanyahu
Office of the Prime Minister
Jerusalem, Israel
Dear Mr. Prime Minister:
We are writing to congratulate you on your stirring and effective address to the United Nations General Assembly.
Your call to President Mahmoud Abbas to meet you in person and to address the Knesset, your condemnation of the heinous terrorist attack in Duma and your words of empathy for the Dawabsha family, along with your expression of hope for peace,…
by: Jessica Reaves September 22, 2016 ISIS supporters are attempting to capitalize on the September 17 and 18 attacks in the U.S. – bombs placed in locations in New York and New Jersey and a stabbing in a Minnesota mall – with a new hashtag campaign on social media. The campaign began on September 20 but has yet to achieve levels of participation seen in previous ISIS hashtag campaigns.
The campaign, which uses an Arabic-language hashtag that translates to “In the heart of…
by: Jessica Reaves September 21, 2016 Bombs in New York and New Jersey on September 17th and 18th and an unrelated stabbing attack on September 17th in Minnesota serve as reminders of the domestic threat posed by individuals motivated by Islamic extremism. These attacks come amid propaganda from groups including ISIS and Al Qaeda increasingly encouraging Westerners to commit attacks with any means at their disposal.
The bombs placed in Manhattan’s Chelsea…
September 20, 2016 Update – 10/03/2017: On the evening of October 1st, Stephen Paddock opened fire on a country music festival in Las Vegas from the 32nd floor of his Mandalay Bay hotel room, killing at least 59, and wounding more than 500. ISIS’ media outlet, Amaq, claimed Paddock was a “soldier of the Islamic State,” and that he had “converted to Islam months ago.” While such wording is reminiscent of claims for attacks inspired by the group, the FBI has…
The following letter appeared in The New York Times on September 16, 2016. Letters to the Editor:
The New York Times
Re “Rid the World of Wahabbism” (Op-Ed, Sept. 14):
Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, raises a number of concerns about Wahabbism and the role it has played, particularly as an ideology that some in the Muslim world blame for inspiring terrorism.
Unfortunately, in making these important points, Mr. Zarif ignores the Iranian regime…
by: Mark Pitcavage September 15, 2016
In what may be the most recent attempt at violence against police officers by someone angry over the highly publicized police killings of black men across the United States in recent years, a Phoenix man allegedly rammed his vehicle into a trio of police officers standing outside a convenience store.
A police-obtained video from the incident, which occurred on September 12, shows a vehicle allegedly driven by Marc LaQuon Payne, 44,…
by: David Robbins September 13, 2016 By Jonathan Greenblatt
CEO of the Anti-Defamation League
This article originally appeared on The Times of Israel blog with the headline "Even the UN is Fighting Anti-Semitism"
“The fight against anti-Semitism is not a Jewish problem but one for governments and civil society.”
That was the central message of a day-long, historic conference on anti-Semitism held at the United Nations on…
by: Jonathan A. Greenblatt | September 13, 2016 Foreign Policy If Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s purpose was to criticize the Palestinian leadership, there are many issues he could have raised in his latest short video posted on Sept. 9. He could have spoken about their celebration of terrorists, or he could have raised their demonization of Israel through anti-Semitic conspiracy theories or their repeated rejection of any Jewish connection to the Land of Israel. He could…
by: Marilyn Mayo September 09, 2016 Fifteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, DC, anti-Semites continue to spread conspiracy theories blaming Jews and Israel for the events of that day. Anti-Semites Christopher Bollyn, Ken O’Keefe, and Kevin Barrett are three such conspiracy theorists who spread the theory that 9/11 was a “false flag” operation by Israel and the Jews to control world events and create wars for their benefit.
Christopher…
by: Marilyn Mayo | September 08, 2016 The Forward It’s not often that I get an opportunity to come face-to-face with one of the extremists whose activities, in my work as a research fellow at the Anti-Defamation League, I am charged with following and exposing. But on Wednesday night it happened that one of the most ardent spokespeople for anti-Semitic 9/11 conspiracy theories was appearing in New York City, my hometown.
It was tempting to ignore that Christopher Bollyn was speaking…
by: Jessica Reaves September 07, 2016 Jimmy Marr, a well-known neo-Nazi activist in Oregon, has taken to the highways to promote his anti-Semitic, white supremacist agenda. On July 17, 2016, Marr posted photographs on VNN Forum, a prominent neo-Nazi/ white supremacist social media site, showing off a truck adorned signs reading “Jew Lies Matter” and “Truth Dispels Darkness,” accompanied by a swastika. Marr recently began pairing this message with a “Blue Lives…
by: Marilyn Mayo September 07, 2016 Updated 9/9/16
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Well-known anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist Christopher Bollyn is scheduled to speak at 7pm on Wednesday, September 7, at the Brooklyn Commons in Brooklyn, New York. News of the event prompted an outcry from clients and patrons of the popular event and co-working space.
Bollyn, who spent his summer on…