Tag: anti-Zionism
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...
Adopt the definition of anti-Semitism, urges Jewish Agency to governments
Members of the Jewish Agency board of governors, along with hundreds of Jewish community and organization representatives from all over the world, called on governments worldwide on Tuesday to adopt the widely accepted definition...
Is anti-Semitism becoming mainstream? Experts see alarming trend in media, campus and public life
Moderating a panel in Jerusalem this week titled “The Mainstreaming of Anti-Semitism: The Media, BDS and Celebrated Bigotry,” David Hazony, executive director of the Israel Innovation Fund, analyzed the issue right off the bat:...
Anti-Zionist ‘eviction’ notices appear at Emory University
Mock eviction notices were found outside dorm rooms at Emory University in Atlanta, stating the dormitory would be demolished in three days, apparently by the school’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter to teach...