Tag: anti-Semitism
US anti-Semitism envoy warns of continued online hatred after COVID subsides
As anti-Semitism has fomented during the coronavirus pandemic, hatred towards Jews as it pertains to the outbreak won’t go away once it ends, warned U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Elan Carr.
“We’ve seen a tsunami of...
Anti-Semitism gets you fired at Labour, but hired by the ‘Times’
It turns out The New York Times has lower standards when it comes to those who spread anti-Semitic canards than even Britain’s controversial Labour Party. Tweeting an anti-Semitic blood libel about Israel being responsible for teaching...
British education secretary ousted for sharing ‘anti-Semitic conspiracy theory’
British Labour Party member Rebecca Long-Bailey was ousted on Thursday as shadow education secretary after sharing an “anti-Semitic conspiracy theory” on Twitter.
Long-Bailey, an ally of former U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, was asked by...
Should Jewish groups make their peace with Black Lives Matter?Should Jewish groups make their...
Is the phrase “black lives matter” a universal sentiment that all decent people should support? Or is it a particular political program put forward by specific groups with radical positions that deserves to be...
New study reveals extreme anti-Semitism on TikTok
The social-media platform TikTok is a growing hotbed of extreme anti-Semitism, according to a new report.
Led by researchers Gabriel Weimann, a professor of communication at the University of Haifa and senior researcher at the...
GOP leaders blast Georgia congressional candidate over anti-Semitic, racist remarks
Members of Republican congressional leadership have come down hard on a candidate in Georgia Republican primary for making anti-Semitic and other racist remarks.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.)...
Top foreign-policy adviser says Biden would keep ‘all’ US sanctions on Iran ‘in place’
If elected president in November, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden would have all U.S. sanctions on Iran stay in place, including the ones enacted under U.S. President Donald Trump, according to the presumptive...
Why can’t you get canceled for anti-Semitism?
In the weeks since the brutal and unjustified killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, America has been undergoing what The New York Times approvingly called a “reckoning” that marks a fundamental shift in attitudes about race.
But...
Chelsea Handler shares what she deems is ‘powerful’ video of Farrakhan
Comedian, actress and talk-show host Chelsea Handler shared on her Instagram page on Sunday a video that she called “powerful,” featuring National of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who has an extensive history of making anti-Jewish remarks.
In...
Report: Far-right spreads anti-Semitic conspiracies amid COVID-19, Floyd’s death
Far-right anti-Semites have been active online in spreading coronavirus conspiracies, according to a new report by the watchdog Canary Mission.
Since the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., which was marked by violence between far-right...