anti-Israel

Toronto anti-Israel ‘apartheid’ sign slammed by Jewish groups

Antisemitic sign in busy midtown area removed after complaints from Jewish groups and help from two politicians.

Prince Harry draws outrage:

Prince's ‘trauma expert’ equated Hamas to Warsaw Ghetto fighters

Simon Wiesenthal Centre slams Harry's livestream guest for 'hatred for Jewish State, cavorting with antisemites, and covering for Hamas.'

More than 15,000 call on Barcelona to reverse Israel boycott

Petition with more than 15,000 signatures calls on Barcelona City Council to vote to restore twin city relationship with Tel Aviv.

Spanish FM criticizes Barcelona for cutting ties with Israel

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares: I do not believe that anything good is achieved by suspending, cutting, expelling.

Biden admin:

Human rights pick not ousted solely over anti-Israel tweets

State Department claims anti-Israel academic's name withdrawn for reasons other than long history of anti-Israel social media posts.

Barcelona city council rejects mayor’s un-twinning with Tel Aviv

Council votes down mayor's severing of Israel ties but vote is only symbolic, with members not having veto over decision.

Biden withdraws human rights nominee over anti-Israel activism

WH pick for Inter-American Commission on Human Rights had long history of inflammatory posts, one of which contained antisemitic tropes.

London hospital removes Gazan anti-Israel mural after complaints

Hospital reacts after complaints from Jewish patients and pro-Israel advocacy org over anti-Israel artwork displayed in children's ward.

After Barcelona boycott:

Madrid offers to be Tel Aviv’s twin city

Madrid’s mayor criticizes Barcelona's decision to cut ties with Israel, offer his city as Tel Aviv's Spanish twin.

'Due to human rights violations'

Barcelona suspends ties with Israel

Barcelona Mayor says the city will maintain ties with entities that "work against apartheid".

New York geography exam blasted for anti-Israel map questions

Regents exam draws outrage for out of context maps of Israel requiring students to provide anti-Israel answers for correct response.

'Morally obscene':

Amanpour compares between Israel and Assad regime

CAMERA analyst blasts TV host for implying there is a comparison between actions of Israel and those of the Syrian regime.

Biden renominates anti-Israel NGO member to federal agency

Nomination of board member of pro-BDS anti-Israel organization to Small Business Administration was previously blocked by GOP Senators.

'Blatant antisemitic rhetoric'

UN official under fire over comments on 'Jewish lobby'

Israel and the US blast UN lawyer after she was revealed to have said in 2014 that the “Jewish lobby” controls the United States.

Legal complaint challenges ban of Zionist speakers at Berkeley

Lawyers file complaint with Department of Education over student groups' decision to exclude Zionist speakers.

BBC slammed for airing Palestinian Arab songs targeting Jews

BBC's Arabic service under fire for broadcasting songs glorifying violence and bloodshed against Jews.

UK uni fires lecturer who called terrorist ‘beautiful fighter’

Sheffield Hallam University fires lecturer with history of inflammatory tweets about Israel.

BBC sorry for years of ignoring complaints of anti-Israel bias

UK's national broadcaster issues apology after calls for parliamentary inquiry into longstanding anti-Israel bias by its Arabic division.

WJC calls out UN Commission of Inquiry's anti-Israel report

World Jewish Congress says UN's Commission of Inquiry's latest anti-Israel report is "an affront to history and truth".

Australia:

Education union anti-Israel motion slammed as a ‘disgrace’

Motion by country's higher education union denounces IHRA def., seeks ties with Palestinian Arabs and makes spurious claims against Israel.

Maligning Israel in print

Campus newspapers and the cognitive war against Israel, Op-ed.

ADL blasted for promoting author who compared Israel to Nazis

Anti-Defamation League under fire for promoting book of author with lengthy history of extreme anti-Israel rhetoric.

Australian student mag slammed for writing ‘Death to Israel’

Adelaide Uni magazine On Dit ignites fury after publishing article and posting 'Glory to the Intifada, glory to the resistance' on Facebook.

Berkeley:

Student organizations under fire over anti-Israel motions

Student organizations at Berkeley School of Law facing backlash from their dean after pledging to not invite Zionist or pro-Israel speakers.

Jews calling for the destruction of Israel at CUNY

University-educated Jews encouraging terror against fellow Jews in Israel is not only immoral but grotesque. Op-ed.

ZOA appealing case of anti-Israel NJ school board members

Two NJ school board members who made anti-Israel statements during board meeting violated state school ethics law, ZOA says.

Canadian org slams politicians for posing with BDS activist

Two Ontario politicians slammed for posing with BDS activist and his antisemitic banner.

Canadian Jewish org slams St. John’s Israel ‘apartheid’ bus ads

Anti-Israel bus ads in St. John’s, Newfoundland were denounced by the head of a Canadian Jewish advocacy organization this week.

B’nai Brith Canada to UN:

'Dissolve commission investigating Israel-Hamas conflict'

B’nai Brith Canada asks UNHRC Chair to dissolve Commission of Inquiry whose member made anti-Israel statements.

US Jewish leaders:

'Disband UNHRC's biased Commission of Inquiry on Israel'

Conference of Presidents calls to disband UNHRC commission whose member claimed that social media is controlled by a "Jewish lobby".

Canadian envoy slams UN expert's antisemitic comments

Canada’s Ambassador to the UN blasts UN human rights investigator who claimed that social media is controlled by a "Jewish lobby".

US antisemitism envoy denounces Khamenei anti-Israel tweet

Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt condemns Iranian Supreme Leader, who claimed “Zionists” control Western powers.

Montreal university sued in wake of anti-Israel referendums

B'nai Brith Canada backs lawsuit against McGill University for failing to withhold student fees after repeated anti-Israel referendums.

Anne Frank Trust draws outrage for hiring anti-Israel speaker

Anne Frank Trust sparks condemnation for hiring speaker for children's workshop who compared Israel to Nazi Germany.

Colorado House candidate slammed for antisemitic tweets

Democrat Elisabeth Epps blasted by Jewish and local leaders over tweets with extreme anti-Jewish language.

Amnesty slammed for claiming critics ‘weaponize antisemitism’

Amnesty International general secretary under fire for lashing out at those criticizing its report accusing Israel of "apartheid."

B’nai Brith concerned about Canadian MP’s anti-Israel activism

Federal lawmaker rebuked for using megaphone to praise walkout of high school students attending anti-Israel protest.

Calls for violence against Israel heard at Toronto rally

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs condemns calls for violence heard at anti-Israel rally in downtown Toronto.

Campus antisemitism:

Rutgers Jewish students harassed by protestors during Passover

Protestors park outside Jewish fraternity house and wave Palestinian Authority flags while hurling antisemitic abuse at Jewish students.

Libeling Israel: ‘The New York Times’ is at it again

The Times hired a Jerusalem correspondent to cover Palestinian Arab affairs, but pumps out the same old skewed anti-Israel narrative. Op-ed.

UK soccer club owner slammed for promoting anti-Israel agenda

Eco-activist club owner blasted for claiming that the “conflict there has all the same ingredients as the one in Ukraine."

Garage refuses to serve Jews over 'Israel’s stance on Russia'

Formal complaint filed against Belgian garage owner by Antwerp Forum of Jewish Organizations after discussions did not make him reconsider.

Jewish org calls on Spotify to remove anti-Jewish rap songs

Jewish advocacy group finds dozens of songs on Spotify that incite "hatred and violence against Jews and Israel."

UK National Union of Students accused of ‘segregating’ Jews

Union slammed for hiring anti-Israel rapper to headline its conference and offering to have Jews go to another room while he performs.

B’nai Brith slams claim Jewish pro-Israel judge is biased

B’nai Brith Canada League for Human Rights will have intervener status in Federal Court case of judge accused of bias for supporting Israel.

Biden admin offering $1 mil for groups to delegitimize Israel

Senator Ted Cruz calls State Dep. program to fund anti-Israel NGOs to investigate allegations of Israeli human rights abuses a "disgrace."

Roger Waters:

'I'm not boycotting all Israelis'

Former Pink Floyd bassist continues to attack Israel and also has criticism for Biden and Putin: They're both gangsters.

Man who left threatening voicemails for synagogue set for trial

“Reprehensible” voicemails described as "antisemitic and anti-Israel" left for Newburyport synagogue denounced by the ADL.

Unauthorized 'apartheid state' bus stop signs appear in London

Posters labelling Israel an “apartheid” state have been illegally placed in bus stops around London.

UK department store stabber went on 'anti-Israel rampage'

Man who stabbed several people in a Marks & Spencer store in December 2020 claimed company was funding "atrocities on Palestinians."

42 Congress members slam UN committee of inquiry on Israel

Bipartisan group pens letter calling on Blinken to defund new "outrageous and unjust" permanent UNHRC commission targeting Israel.

AOC staffer calls Israel a 'racist European ethnostate'

A staffer for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called Israel a “racist European ethnostate” in a social media post.

Book which erased Israel from map dropped by UK publisher

'Amazing Women of the Middle East', which featured map replacing Israel with Palestine, pulled from publisher's website, bookseller.

UK publisher blasted for children’s book that erases Israel

UK publisher has come under criticism for publishing a children’s book about women of the Middle East that denies Israel's existence.

Vandal erases Israel from UK Natural History Museum sign

The British Natural History Museum has responded to complaints that the word “Israel” was erased with a red marker from a display caption.

Jewish leaders denounce UN's anti-Israel resolution

Conference of Presidents denounces passage of UN resolution denying the Jewish connection to the Temple Mount.

Jewish groups slam Church of Sweden’s anti-Israel investigation

Church of Sweden's adoption of motion to investigate whether Israel is an "apartheid state" denounced by Swedish Jewish leaders.

Toronto student union approves anti-Israel resolution

University of Toronto called to act after student union at its Scarborough campus votes to eliminate funding for groups that support Israel.

More than 100 celebrities sign anti-Israel letter

The letter attacked Israel for banning six "human rights organizations" for links with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

In unlikely move, coalition MKs support Likud MK's bill

Likud MK Karhi puts forward bill to remove funding from organizations which fail to condemn employees' anti-Israel activities.