Tag: anti-Israel Bias
Report reveals UNRWA continues to anti-Semitic hate, incitement in schools
School material distributed by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) continues to glorify Islamic jihad and incite violence in 2021 despite promises by UNRWA that the hateful content would be removed by last...
Rabbinical group: Omar’s promotion shows ‘Congress willing to tolerate anti-Semitism’
The Coalition for Jewish Values said in a statement on Monday that the promotion of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to a senior position on the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee shows that Congress appears to accept...
Karim Khan elected to replace Fatou Bensouda as ICC prosecutor
The Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute elected British attorney Karim Khan as the new chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Friday.
Khan, a criminal lawyer and human-rights expert, is currently...
Florida State University student senate rejects pro-BDS, anti-IHRA resolutions
The student senate at Florida State University rejected a series of resolutions that supported the anti-Israel BDS movement and rejected the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition on anti-Semitism.
The resolutions, which were authored by former student...
Jewish organizations slam ICC decision to open war crimes investigation against Israel
Jewish groups and legal experts are directing harsh criticism at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague over its ruling on Friday that it has jurisdiction to investigate Israel for war crimes.
A three-judge panel ruled...
Report: Sanders adviser with anti-Israel history expected to join State Department
Matt Duss, a former foreign-policy adviser for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), is reportedly expected to join the U.S. State Department.
According to Politico, the move “will be viewed by many on the left as a victory for progressives.”
It...
Reform’s dangerous mixed message on defining anti-Semitism
After a year when it seemed as if a civil war between conservative and liberal groups would tear it apart, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations managed to unite and take a...
Spanish court dismisses charges against anti-Israel group that held up concert
A Spanish court has dismissed charges of anti-Semitism against an anti-Israel group that temporarily forced the cancellation of a Matisyahu concert almost six years ago.
On Jan. 11, the provisional court in Valencia acquitted eight...
Tlaib calls Israel ‘racist’ for not offering COVID vaccines in Palestinian territories
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) accused Israel of being “racist” for not distributing coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian territories, despite the fact that the West Bank is under the control of the Palestinian Authority, and...
As Israel-UAE ties deepen, BDS advocates ‘give up’ on efforts to boycott Jewish state
Amid expanding ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates following the Abraham Accords, a leading Palestinian BDS organization is giving up on efforts to boycott the Jewish state inside of the Arab Gulf...