#antisemitism

#antisemitism

Can I start by thanking you for raising this case, because it is very serious, very concerning, and all members of parliament should be able to visit anywhere in their constituency, schools or other places without any fear of antisemitism. We do take this seriously. We are providing more funding for security and support we're putting in across the country, and we will be holding to account those who prevented this visit to this school.

On Sunday, a member of the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center spotted the lines Fuck Zionism and RIP Renee spray-painted on an exterior wall on the campus the second line an apparent reference to the killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on 7 January. The incident was first reported by the New York Times, and the PJTC confirmed it in a statement.

Slate writer Molly Olmstead noted that that campaign, entitled "Stand With Our Brave ICE Hero," was started by an avowed white supremacist who goes by Tom Hennessey. He has asked if Good was a "negrophile," used the #DeportThemAll and "TheyAllMustGo" in his crowdfunding campaign, and initially said that Good's slaying was "a direct result of anti-American traitors like Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (who is Jewish) fanning the flames of resistance" before he removed mention of Frey's Judaism.

A former Navy SEAL with neo-Nazi beliefs faces up to 10 years in prison after he was convicted of transporting fireworks across state lines with the intent to injure law enforcement at a "No Kings" protest in San Diego, authorities said. FBI agents found messages on Gregory Vandenberg's phone indicating he was upset with President Trump because he believed the U.S. government is controlled by Israel and the Jewish people, according to the Department of Justice.

That rings hollow considering Martinez's long history of taking actions that have also stoked fear in the Jewish community. At a conference in August, Martinez wore a hat with the letters DDTTIDF, an acronym calling for Death, death to the IDF. He spoke of an affinity for Hamas, a U.S. designated terrorist organization, whose charter calls for the deaths of all Jews worldwide.

Months before a San Jose high school attracted national attention when an image of students forming a human swastika on a football field went viral, a Jewish student in the Santa Cruz Mountains was targeted in a way that left no ambiguity, according to state records: A classmate allegedly taped a Nazi flag to the student's back without his knowledge, snapped a photo and made a hand puppet that resembled Adolf Hitler. San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District investigated the incident and closed the case.

An in-depth discussion was needed to come up with a respectful, and meaningful response that would help to repair the harm that has been done to the Jewish community. The refusal of the majority of the City Council, including the mayor, to do so was a significant failure of leadership. They refused to see how incitement of hatred against Jews leads to violence and the destruction of a pluralistic democracy.

Writing on New Year's Day 2026, I feel the need to try to make some sense of the worst year of my 73-year life. I don't mean worse personally. My close family and I live in the relative safety and affluence of London, England, and we are all healthy and have fulfilling jobs. I mean, worst in the global sense.

A range of flags were displayed on the London Eye to represent the wide variety of countries of origin of people who live in and contribute to the success of London. These animated flags were small and moving so were not all entirely clear at every point as they gradually formed into the Union Flag.

Like me and some others, Victor has discussed and written about the Islamist and neo-fascist threat facing both parties and our country and its spread throughout the world, continued Levin. We are not alone in our deep concern about what is happening. But I often wonder, why are there not many more voices, people who I know and have known for years, who've been outspoken about other threats to our nation, speaking out now?

The top budget should be defence, there's nothing there for anything else. That's all there is. Defence must come first, second, third, fourth and fifth, because only if you're strong, you won't be attacked.

Facebook hosted terrorist propaganda that celebrated the murder of Jews and praised Islamic State, a leading anti-hate group has alleged. The posts included celebrations of the Bondi beach massacre that the Community Security Trust says Facebook has been too slow to take down. The posts were still on Facebook on 16 December, two days after the attack, and received shares and likes.

The issue there is that royal commissions can be good at deciding facts. What the Richardson review will do is decide facts. Where royal commissions are not as good, is to consider things that are not agreed, where people have differences of views, and to enable, which is what it would do, a repetition of some of the worst developments, he said.

We demand answers and solutions, the letter said. We need to know why clear warning signs were ignored, how antisemitic hatred and Islamic extremism were allowed to dangerously grow unchecked, and what changes must be made to protect all Australians going forward. Announcements made so far by the federal government in response to the Bondi massacre are not nearly enough.

Josh Breslaw was looking forward to a homecoming gig with his band of two decades' standing. Oi Va Voi, a predominantly Jewish collective mixing traditional eastern European folk tunes with drum'n'bass and dance, were due to conclude a spring tour of Turkey with a gig in May at Bristol's Strange Brew club, plus one in Brighton where Breslaw lives. But then, after protests from local activists about both the band's past performances in Israel, and with Israeli singer Zohara, Strange Brew abruptly cancelled, citing the ongoing situation in Gaza.

Toronto police are investigating after Jewish prayer scrolls were removed from three condos in North York on Thursday. The scrolls, called mezuzahs, contain religious texts and are often placed on the doorposts of homes as a symbol of the Jewish faith. Just before 12:30 p.m. on Christmas day, three mezuzahs were taken from three units near Finch Avenue E. and Bayview Avenue, according to a statement from Ashley Visser, spokesperson for Toronto Police Service (TPS). Officers are investigating and the hate crime unit has been notified, Visser said in the statement.

They tried to kill us. They failed. Let's eat, Andrew Walters said. It is an old Jewish joke that's as relevant as ever in Greater Manchester in the face of today's threats. For Walters, the independent councillor for Kersal and Broughton Park, Salford, the joke encapsulates the good-humoured resilience that is a defining feature of his Orthodox Jewish community. This vibrant neighbourhood was identified as a target by an Islamic State sleeper cell, whose plot to kill as many Jews as possible in a marauding firearms attack was thwarted.

Hateful rhetoric such as this harms not only those directly targeted, but also the integrity of civic life on which all communities rely-especially when spread by those elected to lead and govern,

On Sunday, J. D. Vance was presented with the simplest moral test: denounce commentators who traffic in medieval blood libels, who deny the Holocaust, and who endlessly harp on evil Jewish cabals. The test was forced on the vice president. By the time he addressed the Turning Point USA conference this past weekend, it had turned into a referendum on latter-day Father Coughlins who have acquired substantial and growing audiences on the right.

Unfortunately, antisemitism has been around for a long time, but its flames have been fanned recently by the wanton slaughter of thousands of innocent women and children in Gaza. As for accountability, look to Benjamin Netanyahu, who has equated Zionism with Judaism, and to our Congress, which has unanimously and repeatedly appropriated our tax dollars to fund this massacre. Mayor Martinez is calling attention to a genocide. He should be applauded, not censored.

The recent events at Branham High School are remarkable. The students who participated in this antisemitic act need to understand the magnitude of their actions. Hopefully, they understood that the symbol they portrayed was offensive to many. No one should be surprised by this event or similar events, though. This is what happens when our governmental school system fails to teach history. Thomas BakerSan Jose

Maccabi Tel Aviv have been given a suspended one-match away fan ban from Uefa for "racist and/or discriminatory behaviour" by it supporters during last week's Europa League game at German side Stuttgart. The Israeli club, whose supporters were barred from attending an away match at Aston Villa in November because of safety concerns, were also fined 20,000 euros (17,550) for their fans' conduct during the fixture on 11 December.

In the video posted online, Amrou Fudl known by his stage name Myron Gaines was confronted by a group of people outside the venue. Someone in the group asked Fudl about a potential debate with social media influencer Destiny and another person named Adam. A confused Fudl then said, You already f*cked that up. When someone said something back, Fudl then responded, Oh, I f*cked it up now?