Daily Archives: March 18, 2026
The crack-up of the antisemitic right
There is no more prominent antisemite in the United States than former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. With a huge audience tuning into his conspiratorial rants about Israel and the Jews on his podcasts,...
Some but not all AIPAC-backed candidates win Illinois primaries
Illinois Democrats nominated Rep. Melissa Bean (D-Ill.), who was boosted by $4 million in spending by a super PAC linked to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, for the vacant seat in the 8th...
Sánchez’s anti-Israel, anti-American politics may cost Spain its last African colonies
In diplomacy, legitimacy is a currency earned through consistency—and spent recklessly at peril. Pedro Sánchez is burning through Spain’s reserves at record speed.
This month, the prime minister’s government refused to allow U.S. forces to...
Wisconsin Senate passes IHRA antisemitism bill
The Wisconsin State Senate approved legislation on March 17 requiring state and local agencies to consider the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism when evaluating discriminatory intent.
The bill, AB 446, directs government...
Iran missile barrage lightly wounds three in Petach Tikvah
The Iranian regime launched another missile barrage at central Israel on Wednesday afternoon, triggering air-raid sirens across the Tel Aviv area as debris and shrapnel fell on nearby cities, including Petach Tikvah.
In Petach Tikvah,...
Teachers’ union in British Columbia approves motion to back BDS
Delegates to the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) annual general meeting approved a motion on March 16 supporting the anti-Israel BDS movement, the first provincewide endorsement of its kind within the union.
The measure, introduced...
Security grant backlog puts Jewish institutions at risk, Wasserman Schultz
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) warned on Tuesday of delays in federal security grants for at-risk nonprofits as she convened law enforcement officials and Jewish community leaders in Broward County to discuss rising antisemitic...
Jewish groups slam ‘Nazi-like’ signs at Toronto rally
“We are aware of antisemitic signs displayed at a demonstration this weekend at Bathurst and Sheppard,” Toronto Police posted to X on Tuesday. “Hate Crime Unit investigators are consulting with the Ministry of the...
The core root of ‘Pax Silica’
Jeff Ballabon is a First Amendment lawyer, media executive and former counsel to the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee.
One of the administration’s recent talking points offers an unexpected glimpse into how global power is changing....
The warning Dearborn’s mayor just didn’t want to hear
The attempted massacre at a Reform synagogue in West Bloomfield, Mich., on March
12, did not come out of nowhere. Months before a truck slammed into Temple Israel in what the Federal Bureau of Investigation...