anti-Zionism
Graham Platner speaks to voters at a town hall at the Elks Lodge 188 on June 7, 2026, in Portland, Maine. (Laura Brett/Getty Images)
Politics
Graham Platner, anti-Israel progressive, sews up Democratic Senate nomination in Maine
By Philissa Cramer
Platner’s primary opponent had suspended her campaign but remained on the ballot.
Graham Platner speaks to voters at a town hall at the Elks Lodge 188 on June 7, 2026, in Portland, Maine. (Laura Brett/Getty Images)
June 10, 2026, 9:38 am
Graham Platner, anti-Israel progressive, sews up Democratic Senate nomination in Maine
Platner’s primary opponent had suspended her campaign but remained on the ballot.
By Philissa Cramer
The exterior of the Park Slope Food Coop in Brooklyn. (James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images)
May 27, 2026, 4:19 pm
Park Slope Food Coop votes for Israel boycott
Overwhelming majority of members back banning Israeli products after years of campaigning by pro-Palestinian group.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Illustrative: Montreal, QC, Canada - Aug. 10, 2014: Protest in Montreal (Photo by KMoFoto via iStock)
May 26, 2026, 9:02 am
Hanging effigies of Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir paraded in Montreal
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has not commented on the display, but publicized his disapproval of Israel's actions.
By Canaan Lidor
Ed Gallrein, Republican congressional candidate for Kentucky, greets U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on stage during an event one day before Gallrein's primary against Rep. Thomas Massie, May 18, 2026 in Hebron, Kentucky. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)
May 20, 2026, 11:16 am
Anti-Israel Republican Thomas Massie ousted from Congress as Trump endorsee wins primary
Winner Ed Gallrein drew substantial support from the Republican Jewish Coalition.
By Philissa Cramer
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani appears live on WNYC’s “Mamdani’s First 100 Days: Lessons from La Guardia” in Manhattan, April 20, 2026. (Credit: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)
May 18, 2026, 9:57 am
Mamdani releases ‘Nakba’ day video
The CEO of Met Council said that the video "has strained relationships with a lot of us in the leadership, who have tried to work in good faith with the administration"
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
Members of the national board of J Street U, the liberal Zionist group's campus wing, speak at their 2026 convention in Washington, D.C. (Courtesy of J Street)
May 13, 2026, 12:32 pm
Jewish students wanted to bring J Street to Sarah Lawrence. The student senate said no.
The campus where Ezra Klein was derided as a “Nazi normalizer” is the first to deny a chapter of the liberal Zionist group.
By Andrew Lapin
Georgetown University (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
May 7, 2026, 8:44 am
Georgetown Law graduation speaker backs out after students protest his ‘controversial, Zionist and harmful opinions’
A law professor who disparaged legal efforts to curb pro-Palestinian student activism will replace Morton Schapiro.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Anti-Zionist protesters in New York City, May 5, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
May 6, 2026, 9:33 am
Protesters bearing Hezbollah flag scuffle with NYPD while marching on synagogue
Demonstration against Israel real estate event draws hundreds, who chant ‘Death to the IDF’ and ‘End the settler Zionist state’; counter-demonstrators warn ‘Antizionism is a hate movement’
By Luke Tress
May 6, 2026, 8:39 am
Chronicle poll results: Anti-Zionism
We asked our readers if anti-Zionism is a hate movement. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
University of Michigan professor Derek Peterson praises campus pro-Palestinian protesters during his commencement speech in Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 2, 2026. (Screenshot via YouTube)
May 5, 2026, 3:44 pm
U of Michigan apologizes after faculty chair praises pro-Palestinian students during commencement speech
The speech, focusing on trailblazers, also invoked the university’s first Jewish professor.
By Andrew Lapin
R.F. Kuang attends the Girls Write Now Awards 2024 at DVF Studio on Oct. 10, 2024, in New York City. (JP Yim/Getty Images for Girls Write Now)
May 5, 2026, 2:59 pm
A best-selling novelist identified a minor character as Israeli. Some fans are canceling their orders.
RF Kuang’s critics say the character “normalizes” a country they oppose.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Vigil for victims of the Bondi Beach shooting at the Dunedin Cenotaph in New Zealand (Photo by Andykatib, via Wikimedia Commons)
May 4, 2026, 12:12 pm
Fearing it would cause hostility, Sydney cancels controversial ‘Globalize the intifada’ forum
Event organized by anti-Israel group, condemned by political and Jewish leaders, canceled by mayor; was set to challenge legal efforts to ban public use of the phrase
By Zev Stub
April 29, 2026, 10:23 am
Chronicle poll question
Is anti-Zionism a hate movement?
Jewish book lovers gather at the Jewish Book Council's offices in Manhattan, July 19, 2023. (Photo by Gabe Friedman)
April 10, 2026, 1:33 pm
42 Jewish authors slam Jewish Book Council for ‘bias toward centering Israeli and Zionist voices’
The open letter accuses the literary organization of betraying its mission.
By Andrew Lapin
A still from AZAPAC's launch video, during which its founder, Michael Rectenwald, called pro-Israel politicians "puppets" whose "strings are pulled by donors loyal to the modern nation state of Israel." (Screenshot via YouTube)
April 10, 2026, 12:14 pm
A new anti-Zionist PAC has endorsed candidates who believe Jews were behind 9/11
Michael Rectenwald, the founder of AZAPAC, has referred to Jewish people as “the Synagogue of Satan.”
By Joseph Strauss
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