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| July 12, 2013
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Twitter Provided all ID Info on Anti-Jewish Postings to French Authorities

Twitter said Friday it had handed over all relevant data to French authorities to aid in identifying the authors of anti-Semitic tweets.

By Arutz 7 Staff

 

Twitter said Friday it had handed over data to French authorities to help identify the authors of anti-Semitic tweets, following a complaint from a Jewish students’ group.

Twitter site – AFP file

A French court in January ordered the company to provide the data after legal action by France’s Union of Jewish Students (UEJF).

Twitter said in a statement that it had given information to judicial authorities “enabling the identification of some authors” of anti-Semitic tweets. Continue Reading »

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| July 8, 2013
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Abbas’ media exploits children by labeling Jews as ‘monkeys & pigs’

Since there doesn’t seem to be an end to the anti-Israel incitement where the Palestinian education is centered on brainwashing & hatred, people understand why Israelis take their state security policies so seriously.

By Connie Fieraru

 

Palestinian Authority TV last week broadcast a morning show featuring two young girls no older than seven or eight who recited what appeared to be an anti-Semitic poem that one source noted would put even former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to shame!

PA media uses little girls to label Jews as ‘monkeys and pigs’

Palestinian Media Watch Screenshot

 

Below is the full dialogue between the Palestinian reporter and the girls, translated by the anti-incitement watchdog, Palestinian Media Watch:

 

PA TV reporter: “Let’s meet these girls who want to recite a short poem. Continue Reading »

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| July 7, 2013
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Female Muslim student in Germany vandalizes Israeli art exhibit

The University says they reserve option to take legal action against female Muslim vandal who ripped down parts of an Israeli graphic novel art exhibit.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT
 

 

BERLIN – A female Muslim student at the University of Duisburg-Essen ripped down parts of a graphic novel exhibit, which included the work of the internationally known Israeli artist Rutu Modan.
Rutu Modan’s graphic novel ‘Exit Wounds,’ the target of vandalism in Germany.

Rutu Modan’s graphic novel ‘Exit Wounds,’ the target of vandalism in Germany. – Photo: Drawn & Quarterly

In a commentary in the left-liberal website Taz on Thursday, journalist Pascal Beucker attributed the June 24 attack on the exhibit “to an anti- Israel, if not anti-Semitic, motive.”

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| July 1, 2013
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UK Customs Official Denies Entry to American Jewish Student

The UK customs official  said Chip should have lied to the (first) customs agent, adding, “A Jewish kid would find that easy,”

36 hours after leaving Kansas City, Chip Cantor was back home.

By Barbara Bayer, Editor

 

A local Jewish student was denied entry into the United Kingdom late last month. After being detained for more than nine hours, he was put back on a plane to the United States by customs officials. During that time he was never told why he was being denied entry. He was told his photo and fingerprints have now been placed in a database that will make it difficult for him to obtain entry into the U.K. Continue Reading »

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| June 29, 2013
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France’s soaring anti-Semitism brings Jewish Defense League into the light

The French JDL number some 300 members & is now on a collision course with France’s Jewish community, which has condemned its activities & even threatened a lawsuit.

PARIS (JTA) — With scooter helmets in hand, a man called Yohan and six buddies stroll around Paris’ 20th arrondissement. The seven look much like a typical group of French students — until they locate a group of Arab men they suspect of perpetrating an anti-Semitic attack the previous day.

French Jewish Defense League activists demonstrating in Paris, 2011. (Ligue de Defense Juive)

French Jewish Defense League activists demonstrating in Paris, 2011. Photo: Ligue de Defense Juive

Using their helmets as bludgeons, members of France’s Jewish Defense League, or LDJ, set upon the Arabs and beat them.

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| June 29, 2013
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Real Apartheid: An Italian Jew is Banned from Joining PA Delegation

He sent Abbas a letter, a missive from a proud Jew whose words show up the cowardly Italian gov’t & the openly apartheid policies of Abbas’ Palestinian Authority.

By Giulio Meotti

 

The concept of removing a religious or ethnic community from a certain region brings back the dark memories of World War II, yet has become mainstream when it is applied to a part of the land of Israel.

Hamas cartoon – Israel news photo screenshotA recent official visit to Ramallah, the “capital” of the Palestinian Authority, by the official delegation of the Italian city of Turin, and led by leftist mayor Piero Fassino, could not include the Vice President of the Jewish Community, Emanuel Segre Amar. Continue Reading »

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| June 25, 2013
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Pope slams anti-Semitism at Vatican meeting with Jewish delegation

“Because of our commons roots, a true Christian cannot be anti-Semitic,” Pope Francis I said.

By JTA

 

 

Pope Francis condemned anti-Semitism during a meeting with representatives of the international Jewish community at the Vatican.

Pope Francis I in Vatican City, April 2013 – Photo: Franco Origlia, Getty

“Because of our commons roots, a true Christian cannot be anti-Semitic,” Francis said Monday at a meeting with a delegation of the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations, or IJCIC.

He added that the Catholic Church “firmly condemns hatred, persecution and all manifestations of anti-Semitism.”

While Francis has met with several Jewish leaders since becoming pope, he said Monday’s meeting was the first time he has spoken with an official group of representatives of Jewish organizations and communities.

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| June 25, 2013
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Prince Charles concerned over rise in anti-Semitism in United Kingdom

Britain’s Prince Charles says he’s worried by “poisonous, debilitating intolerance.”

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

Charles Prince of Wales has warned that Britain is suffering from an “apparent rise in anti-Semitism,” in a speech that praised the work of Britain’s outgoing Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, the Guardian reported on Monday.

Britain's Prince Charles at the opening of the Jewish Community Center in Krakow April 29, 2008.

Britain’s Prince Charles at the opening of the Jewish Community Center in Krakow April 29, 2008. – Photo: REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

Prince Charles also expressed concern at the rise of “forms of intolerance.”

“I sometimes fear not enough recognition is given to the role of the faith communities in the life of our country in promoting such a critical principle, and I join with you, in mounting anxiety, at the apparent rise in anti-Semitism, along with other poisonous and debilitating forms of intolerance,” Prince Charles was quoted by the Guardian as saying.

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| June 24, 2013
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Anti-Semitism rampant throughout Europe

New report presented to the gov’t says 1 of every 4 European Jews was harassed in the past year, many considering making aliyah as they no longer feel safe. 

By Itamar Eichner

A troubling report presented to the government on Sunday verifies what many in Europe have been feeling in recent months – anti-Semitism in the continent is on the rise, and is breaking new records.

Protest against anti-Semitism in Hungary - Photo AFP

Protest against anti-Semitism in Hungary – Photo: AFP

The anti-Semitism survey was conducted on behalf of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights in nine countries in Europe.

According to its main findings, 26% of Jews have suffered from anti-Semitic harassment at least once in the past year, 34% experienced such harassment in the past five years, 5% reported that their property was intentionally vandalized because they are Jewish, about 7% were physically hurt or threatened in the past five years. Continue Reading »

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| June 20, 2013
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Israel urges Arab League to admit Jewish ethnic cleansing

 

MK Shimon Ohayon says Arab leaders must own up to their countries role in its ethnic cleansing of their Jewish population from Middle East and North African countries.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

 

On the United Nations World Refugee Day, MK Shimon Ohayon (Likud Beytenu) called on the Arab League to “own up to its role in the ethnic cleansing of the Jewish population from most of the Middle East and North Africa.”

Jewish refugees from Yemen cross desert

Jewish refugees from Yemen cross desert – Photo: Courtesy Israeli National Photo Archive

“The Jews of Arab countries, starting in 1947, were used as weapons by the Arab League against the establishment of the Jewish State,” MK Ohayon said in a statement, adding a targeted accusation at the Arab League who “drafted laws for its member states to withdraw civil and human rights from its Jewish inhabitants.”

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| June 13, 2013
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Florida Atlantic University Continues To Allow Campus Antisemitism

Another year elapses and the university administration refuses to publicly speak out and set a moral example by denouncing anti-Semitic and other hate speech that’s commonplace on the campus.

By Dr. Richard Swier

 

In response to a new online video documenting the anti-Semitic messaging and extreme anti-Israel activism of a campus hate group at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is again demanding that FAU publicly condemn anti-Semitic bigotry on campus and take other steps to remedy the hostile environment. The video can be seen at www.exposingfau.com.

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Less than a year ago, FAU was the site of a highly publicized incident, where the campus’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organization posted hundreds of anti-Semitic fake eviction notices on student dorms. Continue Reading »

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| June 9, 2013
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Caught On Tape: British MP calling Israeli soldier a ‘bloody Jew’… ‘with a rifle up my nose’

MP Patrick Mercer made his antisemitic remark to a BBC reporter posing as a lobbyist, when referring to his recent trip in Israel.
Mercer is currently under investigation in a corruption scandal.

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A British member of parliament under fire in a corruption scandal was caught on camera describing an Israeli soldier as a “bloody Jew.”

British MP Patrick Mercer being taped by reporter

British MP Patrick Mercer being taped by reporter. – Photo by Screenshot

Patrick Mercer made the remark to a BBC reporter posing as a lobbyist in the investigation. The footage was broadcast Thursday.

Female IDF officer - Illustrative - with plaited hair and open-toe sandals

Female IDF officer – Illustrative – with plaited hair and open-toe sandals

Mercer told of entering an “intelligence establishment” during a recent Israel visit and facing a security guard. Continue Reading »

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| June 7, 2013
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Egyptian Christian & Pakistani Muslim both agree anti-Zionism IS anti-Semitism

During their visit to Israel, both, UK-born ‘Muslim Zionist’ and an Arab Christian condemn anti-Zionism as nothing more than an accuse for classic Jew-hatred

By Israel Today Staff

 

In a must-watch interview with Arutz Sheva TV, a British-born Pakistani Muslim and an Egyptian Christian pastor explain how Israel’s Islamic enemies have turned anti-Zionism into a convenient cover for what is really anti-Semitism.

Kasim Hafeez - Screenshot

Kasim Hafeez – Screenshot

The two men, who were visiting Israel last week, note that while openly advocating the murder of Jews is no longer en vogue, denying Israel the right to defend itself (which is essentially the same thing) has become internationally acceptable. Continue Reading »

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| June 5, 2013
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Greek FM to American Jews: Anti-Semitism in Greece will be ‘confronted’

“The social factors that have allowed this to happen, as in other European countries, must be successfully addressed,” Greek foreign minister told an American Jewish audience.

 

WASHINGTON — The Greek foreign minister told an American Jewish audience that his government would “never allow hate to grow and spread,” but did not address specific calls to marginalize the ultranationalist Golden Dawn party.

Golden Dawn members with party leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos (front left)

Golden Dawn members with party leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos (front left)

“Let me state from this forum, in the most determined and compelling manner, that Greece will never allow hate to grow and spread,” Dimitris Avramopoulos told the American Jewish Committee’s annual Global Forum in Washington on Monday.

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| June 3, 2013
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Anti-Semitic NGOs are Funded by European Countries

Prof. Gerald Steinberg, head of NGO Monitor explains which anti-Semitic NGOs use Christian blood libels in their claims against Israel

By Yoni Kempinski

 

Anti-Semitic NGOs, which receive funding from official authorities such as the United States and the European Union, use classic Christian blood libels in their claims against Israel, said Professor Gerald Steinberg, head of NGO Monitor.

Prof. Gerald Steinberg, head of NGO Monitor.

Prof. Gerald Steinberg, head of NGO Monitor.

Steinberg spoke to Arutz Sheva at the 4th conference of the Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism which was held in Jerusalem.

Steinberg named MIFTAH, a Palestinian Authority-based NGO, as an example of a group which uses the old Christian blood libel that accuses Jews of using the blood of Christians to bake matzah on Passover, as part of its anti-Israel propaganda. Continue Reading »

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