anti-semitism

Israel Reverses Condemnation Of ‘Anti-Semitic’ George Soros Ads

An anti-Soros campaign reading “99 percent reject illegal migration” and “Let’s not allow Soros to have the last laugh” in Budapest, Hungary. July 5, 2017. (AP/Pablo Gorondi)
Israel’s foreign ministry has backed a series of adverts in Hungary denouncing US billionaire George Soros just hours after its ambassador condemned the billboard campaign as anti-Semitic.

US, Israel Furious Over UNESCO Heritage Designation

Israeli police stand guard on the site known to Muslims as the Ibrahimi Mosque and to Jews as the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the Palestinian city of Hebron. (AP Photo)
Both the US and Israel are reacting with outrage today and threatening to defund UNESCO, following the international body’s recognition that the Tomb of Patriarchs, in Israeli-occupied Hebron, is a World Heritage site, and one that is considered “in danger.”

Trumpist-Populism, Neo-Liberalism And Anti-Semitism

Introduction Nearly three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the reintegration of the former Communist countries into the capitalist world economy, rightwing populism with authoritarian if not Fascist aspects, is thriving not just in Eastern and Western Europe but most notably in the US that presents itself to the world as a democratic society. An eclectic ideology[Read More...]

American-Israeli Teen Charged For Bomb Threats Against Jewish Centers

An Israeli-American teenager was charged in separate complaints on Friday for making hundreds of hoax bomb threats to Jewish community centers in Florida and Georgia.
Michael Ron David Kadar, 18, who has dual citizenship and lives in Israel, made at least 245 threatening telephone calls between 4 January and 7 March, with a significant portion of them targeting Jewish community centers in the United States, according to the Florida complaint.