Tag: anti-Zionism
Groups decry reported arson at Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Iran, urge investigation
Several Jewish organizations have expressed concern and condemnation over a purported arson attack on the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Hamedan, Iran.
Conflicting information surrounds the extent of the attack on the Jewish shrine....
Sanders campaign names new senior adviser who promotes BDS, has called Zionism ‘racist’
The Democratic presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has named Phillip Agnew, who has called Zionism “racist,” and co-founded a group that supports the anti-Israel BDS movement and a U.S.-designated terrorist group, a senior adviser.
“I...
US Education Department investigating UCLA over anti-Semitism complaint
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) notified StandWithUs (SWU) on Friday that it has accepted its complaint alleging that UCLA violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and has opened the matter for full investigation on the merits.
SWU alleged...
French Parliament passes resolution that states anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism
France’s National Assembly in Paris on Tuesday passed a nonbinding resolution that stated that anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism and called on countries to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of anti-Semitism.
The final vote tally in the...
Israel Police close a number of Palestinian institutions in Jerusalem over incitement
Israel Police closed multiple Palestinian institutions on Wednesday on orders issued by Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, The Jerusalem Post reported.
The order was given after intelligence revealed that the Palestinian Authority was operating a branch of...
Who are the real anti-Zionists in Israel?
In a speech that sparked condemnations from the left, right and center, Avigdor Lieberman, the head of Israel’s Yisrael Beiteinu Party, ended speculation as to whether he would support a minority government that would...
Tunisia’s new president: Any ties with Israel ‘high treason’
Tunisia’s new president said late last week that relationship or ties with Israel equals “high treason.”
“ ‘Normalization’ is the wrong word to use,” said Kaïs Saïed in response to a question in the final...
Women’s March drops Zahra Billoo from board after outcry over anti-Semitism
Amid an outcry over anti-Semitic and anti-Israel tweets made by Zahra Billoo, the Women’s March reportedly voted to drop her from the board of the women’s rights group just days after her appointment.
Billoo was...
US Justice Department Summit seeks response to ‘cancer’ of Jew-hatred, anti-Semitism
The U.S. Department of Justice hosted its first “Summit on Combating Anti-Semitism” on Monday, where U.S. Attorney General William Barr opened the proceedings by calling Jew-hatred a “cancer.”
An invocation by Rabbi Meir Soloveitchik preceded...
How anti-Zionists legitimize anti-Semitism
(The following are adapted remarks by JNS editor in chief Jonathan S. Tobin, which were delivered at the U.S. Department of Justice Summit on Combating Anti-Semitism on July 15, 2019.)
It’s an honor to be...