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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) delivering a speech at the American Muslims for Palestine convention in Chicago on Nov. 30, 2019. Credit: American Muslims for Palestine.

Tlaib calls Israel ‘racist’ for not offering COVID vaccines in Palestinian territories

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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...
Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, co-founder and director of the California-based AMCHA Initiative. Credit: IU Europe Gateway.

New attacks on Israel and Zionism may fuel campus anti-Semitism

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Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the fallout from the 2020 election, anti-Semitism continued to morph and grow during 2020. While the school year for many students consisted of online or hybrid learning, anti-Semitic and...
Israel welcomed a delegation of leaders and activists from Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates in December 2020. Credit: Courtesy.

As Israel-UAE ties deepen, BDS advocates ‘give up’ on efforts to boycott Jewish state

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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...
The Hemicycle of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, during a plenary session, Feb. 5, 2014. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

France gives $10 million to pro-BDS Palestinian group

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France’s government has given roughly $10 million to a Palestinian group that supports boycotting Israel, despite the fact that in the country, promoting BDS is illegal. The French Development Agency, or AFD, which focuses on...
Source: Simon Wiesenthal Center.

Wiesenthal Center releases list of 2020’s 10 worst anti-Semitic incidents

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The Simon Wiesenthal Center on Tuesday unveiled its list of 2020’s top 10 worst anti-Semitic incidents. Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean and director of Global Social Action Agenda at the Wiesenthal Center, said that while it was...
A rally held by supporters of Samidoun, a Palestinian BDS group that advocates for prisoners. Source: Samidoun via Facebook.

Legal group urges Trump administration to publish list of BDS organizations

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The Zachor Legal Institute, a legal think tank and advocacy group, is urging the outgoing Trump administration to publish a list of anti-Israel BDS groups. In a letter sent to Special Envoy to Monitor and...
Philanthropist, real estate developer and Jewish communal activist Adam Milstein on a webinar about anti-Semitism and Jew-hatred, hosted by the Los Angeles Holocaust Museum, Dec. 16, 2020. Source: Screenshot.

Webinar: Fighting Jew-hatred means going after groups, factually and financially

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The best chance to fight anti-Semitism in the United States is by elucidating the connections between the hatred of Jews and anti-American sentiments, according to philanthropist, real estate developer and Jewish communal activist Adam...
A poster featured in a since deleted tweet posted on Dec. 8, 2020 by Jewish Voice for Peace. Source: Screenshot.

JVP under fire for tweeting ‘L’Chaim Intifada’ poster

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Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), an organization that supports the BDS movement, has come under fire for a since-deleted tweet that appears to glorify the First Intifada. The Dec. 8 tweet featured a poster from...
Supporters of the BDS movement against Israel. Photo by Alex Christy/Flickr.

Trump administration plans to release list of BDS groups

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The Trump administration plans to release a list of organizations that support the anti-Israel BDS movement, a senior Trump administration official told JNS. The groups are still in the works and being decided this month,...
The JVP ad for its Dec. 15, 2020 panel discussion on anti-Semitism. Source: Facebook.

Anti-Semites combating anti-Semitism: An Orwellian farce

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If George Orwell is spinning in his grave these days, he’s likely rolling so hard with laughter that it’s bringing him and the rest of us to tears. An upcoming webinar on Jew-hatred is...