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ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt spoke about the organization’s 2020 audit of antisemitic incidents titled "Fighting Hate from Home: 2020 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents & the State of Antisemitism in the U.S." Screenshot by David Rullo.
September 7, 2023, 10:31 am
ADL CEO: Elon Musk is a ‘great innovator’ who engages with ‘users who are espousing antisemitism and hate’
Musk threatened litigation against the group.
By Ben Sales
A group of Israeli and Ethiopian citizens pose for a photo. (Israeli Embassy in Ethiopia)
August 11, 2023, 3:32 pm
Israel evacuates more than 200 Ethiopians from conflict region
Around 150,000 Ethiopian Jews live in Israel, many involved in or descendants of those airlifted from Ethiopia in the 1980s and ‘90s.
By Ben Sales
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (Public domain)
August 10, 2023, 2:25 pm
In Israel with fellow Democrats, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries says judicial legislation won’t affect US aid
“At the end of the day, the two things that bind our countries together relate both to our shared democratic values and our shared strategic interests."
By Ben Sales
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in 2017 (Photo by Maxlovestoswim, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
July 19, 2023, 11:06 am
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims COVID was ‘ethnically targeted’ to avoid Ashkenazi Jews, Chinese people
"COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people," he said.
By Ben Sales
Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with President Joe Biden from his office in Jerusalem, Nov. 7, 2022. (Office of Benjamin Netanyahu.)
July 19, 2023, 10:51 am
Joe Biden invites Benjamin Netanyahu to meet in US, after months of tension
The delay in the invitation has been widely attributed to the right-wing policies pushed by Netanyahu's government coalition, including an effort to weaken the country's judiciary.
By Ben Sales
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a statement to the nation on the judicial overhaul on March 23, 2023. (Screen capture)
July 14, 2023, 8:17 am
Israeli government advances judicial overhaul push
The law that was advanced in an initial vote on Tuesday would remove the Supreme Court's ability to strike down decisions by elected officials because they are unreasonable.
By Ben Sales
Tel Aviv, Israel ((אלכסיי בוגוסלבסקי) Alexey Bogoslavsky, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
July 5, 2023, 3:42 pm
At least 7 wounded in Tel Aviv terror attack
Terrorist was shot dead by a civilian with a gun
By Ben Sales
The JCC Krakow (Courtesy of JCC Krakow)
June 1, 2023, 3:24 pm
More than a third of people in Hungary and Poland have ‘extensive’ antisemitic beliefs, ADL survey says
Stereotypes around Israel were especially prevalent. More than 40% of respondents in Poland, Spain, Belgium and Germany said "Jews are more loyal to Israel than to this country."
By Ben Sales
Christiane Amanpour appears on CNN on May 23, 2023. (Screenshot via JTA)
May 25, 2023, 1:29 pm
CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour apologizes for saying killing of British Israelis happened in a ‘shootout’
Three members of the Dee family were killed in a West Bank terror attack in early April.
By Ben Sales
Iron Dome in action/ Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Photo by Kobi Gideon / GPO, courtesy of Flickr.com.
May 16, 2023, 12:55 pm
Ceasefire ends Israel-Gaza conflict after five days of fighting
Two civilians were killed in Israel — a woman in the central Israeli city of Rehovot and a Gaza resident who was working in a town on the Israeli side of the border.
By Ben Sales
Ron DeSantis speaking to students in 2021 (Photo by Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
April 27, 2023, 12:35 pm
Visiting Jerusalem, Ron DeSantis tries out his Jewish stump speech
He supports Israeli West Bank settlements and keeping Jerusalem under full Israeli control. He vehemently opposes the movement to boycott Israel.
By Ben Sales
A panel featuring Simcha Rothman, an Israeli lawmaker and architect of the divisive judicial reforms proposed by Israel's right-wing government, descended into chaos Monday morning during the conference of Jewish Federations of North America. (Ben Sales)
April 24, 2023, 3:49 pm
Mayhem at JFNA conference in Israel: Fight over judiciary and immigration
Security personnel forcibly ejected multiple protesters from the event, which took an unplanned five-minute break to calm the tensions in the room.
By Ben Sales
(Image by wal_172619 from Pixabay)
March 15, 2023, 9:29 am
Anti-Jewish incidents jumped nearly 20% in 2021, FBI finds
There were 817 anti-Jewish criminal offenses reported by local law enforcement agencies in 2021, up from 683 in 2020.
By Ben Sales
Knesset Building (Photo by Beny Shlevich, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia Commons)
February 21, 2023, 11:44 am
In major step, Israeli judicial reform bill passes first parliamentary vote
The 63-47 vote took place early Tuesday morning, following a second week of mass protests outside the Knesset.
By Ben Sales
Storefronts in the heavily Jewish Pico-Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles on February 15, 2023. (Amy Spiro/Times of Israel)
February 17, 2023, 8:04 am
Man arrested in connection with 2 shootings outside Los Angeles synagogues
Suspect has ‘history of animus toward the Jewish community’
By Ben Sales
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