#antisemitism

#antisemitism

The Trump administration is pushing colleges and universities to address antisemitism by threatening, freezing and revoking federal funding and demanding millions of dollars to settle allegations or in UCLA's case, $1 billion. These unprecedented federal penalties, which the government claims are partially for failing to address antisemitism, leave lots of Black people who either attended or worked at predominantly white institutions asking, What about us?

What you need to know Famine confirmed in Gaza by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) monitor Israel's PM claims there is no famine in Gaza UN aid chief says famine could be averted if Israel did not block relief UK foreign secretary says Gaza hunger 'utterly horrifying' and 'wholly preventable' Here are all the headlines from Israel, Gaza and the wider Middle East on Friday, August 22:

"Gaslighting" is a term that comes from the world of fiction. It's a fantasy-first a play in 1938 by British playwright Patrick Hamilton, then two movies in the early 1940s. The Victorian-era plot of Gaslight involves an evil husband trying to steal from his wife (Ingrid Bergman) by driving her crazy-dimming the gas lights and denying that anything is wrong.

Lucas Gomez was terminated from Brooklyn Defender Services after advocating violence against Israelis in a social media post. His comment was deemed antithetical to the organization’s values.

Sultana praised Corbynism's mass appeal but criticized that he 'capitulated' to the IHRA definition of antisemitism, equating it with anti-Zionism.

Israel's foreign minister, Gideon Sa'ar, revoked the visas of Australian representatives to the Palestinian Authority due to Australia’s refusal to grant visas to Israeli figures.

The felling of an olive tree planted in memory of Ilan Halimi, a young French Jewish man tortured to death in 2006, caused outrage in France.

GSA leaders abruptly decided to drop xAI's Grok from their contract offering after leadership allegedly rushed staff to make Grok available as soon as possible.

The film, whose original French title is "J'Accuse," tells the story of the French captain Alfred Dreyfus, who was wrongly convicted of treason, in 1894.

Greater Manchester Police stated, "A crime has been recorded, with multiple lines of enquiry being actively investigated," highlighting their commitment to addressing the incident.

Huda Kattan's video claimed that Israel was responsible for World War One, World War Two, the September 11 attacks, and the 7 October attacks by Hamas.

Some of the most anti-Israel voices on the right are simply open antisemites, using the term in its narrowest sense. For example, white nationalist Nick Fuentes has espoused Holocaust denial and praised Hitler.

The Biden administration is pursuing heavy fines from Harvard and other universities to end investigations into campus antisemitism, mirroring a deal with Columbia University.

A 32-year-old woman was arrested after allegedly assaulting staff and customers while shouting antisemitic abuse at a cafe in central London.

"If somebody is expressing pro-Palestinian beliefs, that's not necessarily antisemitic," said UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons, addressing accusations of bias on campuses.