Tag: anti-Israel Bias
Discovering old truths
The reaction of many Jews to the horrific times in which we find ourselves calls to mind the “Christopher Columbus problem”—conflating what’s new to us with what’s actually new.
Has the world really changed since...
Political inaction fuels rising antisemitism
As second gentleman Douglas Emhoff joined the groundbreaking ceremony for the Tree of Life Synagogue memorial in Pittsburgh, his presence highlighted a stark contradiction: While government officials pay lip service to combating antisemitism, their...
Pro-Hamas mob attacks Jews outside LA shul
A Pro-Hamas mob on Sunday attacked pro-Israel Jews outside the Adas Torah synagogue in the Pico-Robertson area in western Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Police officer Tony Im said that the riot was initiated by pro-Palestinian protesters, who...
Israelis seeking green cards face hostile questions about IDF service
Israelis applying for U.S. green cards (permanent resident cards) are reporting the introduction of a new line of questioning regarding their military service.
While visitors to the United States have been asked basic questions about...
Yes, Arab funding can have a nefarious impact on campus
As I wrote last week and in my report, Arab Funding of American Universities: Donors, Recipients, and Impact, it is challenging to link Arab funding to universities with the toxic atmosphere on campus for Jews. It is...
Maldives delays travel ban over Palestinians who hold Israeli passports
The Maldives has postponed plans to ban Israelis from traveling to the tiny island nation over the war in Gaza after discovering that many Palestinians also hold Israeli passports.
Attorney General Ahmed Usham said at a press...
Miami mayor helps remove anti-Israel graffiti from kosher bagel shop
Surveillance camera footage showed a man in a dark hoodie and shorts spray-painting “free Palestine” in red multiple times on the windows and door of Holy Bagels & Pizzeria, a kosher restaurant in Miami,...
As antisemitic mobs attack, Jewish leaders call to ban masks in New York
New York is seeing calls to prohibit masks and implement a mask ban similar to the kind that helped combat the Ku Klux Klan decades ago.
With the number of antisemitic and anti-Israel incidents sharply...
International law is not the problem
There is much room to improve international law in order to deal with terrorism and the use of force by non-state actors. But that is not essential to fighting terrorism. The law matters but is not...
‘Associated Press’ blasts own reporting on Hamas casualty statistics
The Associated Press released a report on Friday undercutting its own reporting of Hamas’s claim that more than two-thirds of the Palestinian casualties in Gaza have been women and children.
According to the AP’s new analysis of...