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The anti-Israel movement is capitalizing on anti-police sentiment to expand its boycott, divestment, and sanctions campaign against the state of Israel. Activists—including university professors—are arguing that the “anti-Black” sentiments in the American policing system stem from lessons learned in police…
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Peter Beinart. Credit: Joe Mabel via Wikimedia Commons. In case you haven’t heard, people who want to eliminate Israel are very interested in stopping anti-Semitism. In other words, the same people who want to deny rights to the Jewish people…
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IfNotNow supporters at a rally in New York City. Source: IfNotNow via Facebook. The progressive Jewish activist group IfNotNow has generated several headlines in the past year by challenging mainstream American Jewish organizations on its support for Israel, and more…
read moreGENEVA, November 12, 2020 — Deviating from its focus on the global response to the coronavirus pandemic, the annual assembly of the UN’s World Health Organization held a four-hour session focused on Israel, which saw itself condemned in speeches by some 30 delegations,…
read moreIn September, the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights reached a settlement with New York University for the school’s apparent discrimination against its Jewish students, based on a student’s complaint that “the university discriminated against students of Jewish descent,…
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Swastikas spray-painted on a bench on the Walnut Street Bridge, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Photo: Twitter. Hate crimes committed in the US rose to their highest level in more than a decade in 2019, a new report from the FBI disclosed…
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Five people were arrested and one police officer was injured at a London demonstration against an Israeli defence firm on Saturday. Activists from Palestine Action sprayed red liquid on the headquarters of Elbit Systems in Holborn, a company which produces…
read moreWASHINGTON—Jewish and pro-Israel groups applauded the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain for signing historic agreements at the White House on Tuesday to normalize relations with Israel, the first Persian Gulf nations to normalize ties with the Jewish state. The American…
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Harold Shuster, IJV Steering Committee chair, welcomed anti-Israel activist Linda Sarsour to Winnipeg for an event in July 2019. (IJV/Facebook) It was with uncontainable glee that those who seek to erase the Jewish State received an award for their betrayal…
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A Belgian national flag flies over the Royal Palace(photo credit: FRANCOIS LENOIR / REUTERS) Belgium is legitimizing anti-Israel activism by funding organizations trying to silence Israel supporters, Foreign Ministry deputy director-general for Europe Anna Azari said, reprimanding Belgium’s Ambassador to…
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