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| March 7, 2013
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Anti-Semitic Fan of 9/11 to be Honored by Michelle Obama & State Dept.

America’s 1st Lady Michelle Obama & U.S. Secy of St. John Kerry will pay honor this week to an anti-Semite who celebrated Al Qaeda’s 9/11 attack on America.

By Chana Ya’ar

 

First Lady Michelle Obama and the U.S. State Department this Friday honor 10 women with the Int’l Women of Courage Award – including one who tweeted her joy about Al Qaeda’s 9/11 attack on America.

First Lady Michelle ObamaSamira Ibrahim, a 25-year-old women’s rights activist, was a participant in the January 25 Revolution demonstrations in Cairo’s Tahrir Square that brought down the regime of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, and eventually morphed into the region wide Arab Spring uprisings.  Continue Reading »

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| March 3, 2013
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Denmark concerned over rising anti-Semitism

Escalation in verbal & physical assaults in Denmark corresponds with claims by Jewish communities that anti-Semitism is rising throughout Europe.

Local Jews worried & petition authorities to take action.

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VIDEO – Danish officials say they’re alarmed by the frequency of anti-Semitic attacks. The rise in physical and verbal assaults in Denmark is in line with claims by Jewish communities that anti-Semitism is on the rise throughout Europe.

Copenhagen, Denmark. No longer a safe haven for Jews

At a forum staged by Copenhagen City Council, Danish Jews urged the authorities to take action.

Claus Bentow and his family only feel completely secure in their apartment in a middle class area of Copenhagen. Continue Reading »

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| February 26, 2013
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ADL: ‘Offensive & Not Remotely Funny’, Oscars Sketch on Jews

From the Anti-Defamation League: “While we have come to expect inappropriate ‘Jews control Hollywood’ jokes…the Oscars was offensive and not remotely funny,” 

By Arutz Sheva staff

 

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released a statement Monday criticizing the “offensive and not remotely funny” sketch at the Academy Awards featuring Seth MacFarlane’s character “Ted.”

Oscars

In the sketch, the animated bear tells actor Mark Wahlberg that if “you want to work in this town” you have to be Jewish.

It was “sad and disheartening” that the awards show sought to use age-old, anti-Jewish stereotypes for laughs, the ADL said in a statement.

“While we have come to expect inappropriate ‘Jews control Hollywood’ jokes from Seth MacFarlane, what he did at the Oscars was offensive and not remotely funny,” said ADL National Director Abraham H. Continue Reading »

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| February 26, 2013
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Time for Turkey & Israel to remember their deep common history

As the Turkish nation, we want nothing more then the continuance of Israel’s existence in peace & tranquility. When various figures in the Mid-East make threatening & genocidal pronouncements against the Israeli state, it disturbs us greatly & we would never let something like that happen.

By Sinem Tezyapar

 

I am a Turkish Muslim and every time I have a conversation with an Israeli friend, they keep asking me why the relations between Israel and Turkey have reached such a nadir, why Turkey seemingly has an antagonistic stance against Israel.

Mavi Marmara May 22, 2010 (AP)

Mavi Marmara taken on May 22, 2010 – Photo by AP

First of all, Turkey’s being totally against Israel is out of question. Continue Reading »

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| February 24, 2013
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Belgium home to a 30% rise in anti-Semitism reports

A Belgian gov’t agency reportes number of anti-Semitic complaints represent just the ‘tip of the iceberg’ of real incidents & that the true figures (58%) correspond with last year’s rise in France.

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Belgium saw a 30 percent increase in the number of anti-Semitic complaints filed in 2012, according to a government agency.

Boys with Israeli flags participate in a solidarity march for Israel in Brussels, Belgium

Boys with Israeli flags participate in a solidarity march for Israel in Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 25, 2012. – Photo by AP

Edouard Delruelle, president of the Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism, a Belgian government agency, said his organization documented 88 complaints of anti-Semitism in 2012, compared to 62 the previous year and 57 the year before that. Continue Reading »

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| February 18, 2013
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Dershowitz: Papacy contender is an anti-Semite

James Carroll, distinguished columnist for the Boston Globe, who is himself a Catholic, has characterized Rodriguez Maradiaga’s “crackpot” mindset: “When the church has a problem — here is the oldest move of all — blame the Jews.”

By JTA

 

In a letter to the editor of the Miami Herald, Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz said that one of the leading candidates to replace Pope Benedict XVI is an anti-Semite.

Alan Dershowitz, professor of law, Harvard University – Photo: Dudi Vaaknin

Responding to a list published last week after the resignation of Benedict, which identified Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras as a possible successor to the current pope, Dershowitz wrote:  “He has blamed the Jews for the scandal surrounding the sexual misconduct of priests toward young parishioners! Continue Reading »

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| February 12, 2013
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Protestant org that protected Jews from Nazis snubs Shoah ceremony

The French Protestant group established in 1939 has since become a staunch supporter of ‘Palestinian Rights’ and distances themselves from their honorable past.

By JTA

 

A French organization that saved Jews during the Holocaust has declined to attend a commemoration because it was organized by pro-Israel Jews.

The Marseille branch of CIMADE, a French Protestant group established in 1939, declined to attend the region’s main memorial ceremony for Jewish Holocaust victims because of the pro-Israel attitude of CRIF, the umbrella group representing French Jewish communities, which organized the event together with the municipality.

Certificate of Honor

Certificate of Honor

The values that led CIMADE to save Jews make the group “equally committed to oppose the colonial, discriminatory and bellicose policy of Israel with regards to the Palestinians,” CIMADE regional deputies Françoise Rocheteau and Jean-Pierre Cavalie wrote in a letter to the local CRIF branch on Dec. Continue Reading »

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| February 5, 2013
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Israel, ‘You Can’t Find PA Incitement? Then LOOK at this!’

Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry releases PowerPoint presentation of numerous PA incitement, from ‘Zion is Satan’ to ‘Come Kill the Jews.’

By Maayana Miskin

 

In wake of the release of a report comparing Palestinian Authority textbooks to Israeli textbooks in terms of incitement, Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry has released a simple PowerPoint presentation outlining PA incitement and giving examples.

incitementAmong the more disturbing instances of incitement are incident in which teachers used their blogs or Facebook pages to spread hate. One PA school’s Facebook page includes an image of an Arab child being strangled by a snake marked with a Star of David. Continue Reading »

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| February 5, 2013
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Israel, ‘You Can’t Find PA Incitement? LOOK Here!’

Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry releases PowerPoint presentation of numerous PA incitement, from ‘Zion is Satan’ to ‘Come Kill the Jews.’

By Maayana Miskin

 

In wake of the release of a report comparing Palestinian Authority textbooks to Israeli textbooks in terms of incitement, Israel’s Strategic Affairs Ministry has released a simple PowerPoint presentation outlining PA incitement and giving examples.

PA TV incitement and Abbas

PA TV incitement and Abbas
PMW screenshot and Israel

Among the more disturbing instances of incitement are incident in which teachers used their blogs or Facebook pages to spread hate. One PA school’s Facebook page includes an image of an Arab child being strangled by a snake marked with a Star of David. Continue Reading »

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| February 4, 2013
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Bar Ilan U. Pamphlet : Soldiers & Settlers Molest Arab Women

A pamphlet published by the Rackman Center contains erroneous & unsupported claims that Jews sexually harass Arabs in Judea & Samaria.

By Gil Ronen

 

A brochure published by Bar Ilan University, Israel’s only religious university, contains the outrageous claim that Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria and IDF soldiers sexually harass Arab women. The claim is not contested in the brochure.

Bar Ilan campus

Bar Ilan campus – University website

The brochure was prepared by Bar Ilan’s Ruth and Emanuel Rackman Center for the Advancement of Women, and its cover displays the logos of Bar Ilan University and the Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights, which is affiliated with the American Jewish Committee (AJC). Continue Reading »

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| January 31, 2013
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Morsi’s “apes and pigs” slur pursue him in Germany

Morsi in Berlin to gather financial aid for rebuilding his crumbling Egyptian economy, however questions about the hateful, anti-Semitic comments he made, calling Jews “apes and pigs”, pursue him throughout the day.

Morsi: I’m not against the Jewish faith or the Jewish people.

 

By The Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff

Egypt’s Islamist President Mohammed Morsi turned aside repeated criticism of his past comments referring to Jews as “the descendants of apes and pigs” as he visited Germany on Wednesday, insisting that the remarks were taken out of context and were aimed at criticizing Israeli attacks on Palestinians.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and President of Egypt Mohammed Morsi, left, address the media during a joint press conference after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin – Photo: AP

A key focus of Morsi’s one-day visit to Berlin was to seek support to rebuild a crumbling Egyptian economy.

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| January 13, 2013
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Arab cartoonists bash Israel, the U.S. & fellow Arab Countries

Arab caricaturists never held back criticism for the Jewish state.

Assault on Gaza returned Israel to media’s center stage after Arab spring stole its spotlight.

By Roi Kais

 

Political cartoonists across the Arab world have never spared criticism for Israel, but the armed conflict in the Gaza Strip this past November has spurred them to step up the satirical reproach of the Jewish state.

קריקטורה בזמן עמוד ענן. ישראל אוכלת את הפלסטינים במזלג אמריקני ובסכין שעליה כתוב "השתיקה הערבית"

Cartoon published during Gaza hostilities. Caption on knife: Arab silence

“Operation Pillar of Defense has regained Israel its traditional spot in the caricature arena, after it lost the center stage to the Arab Spring,” one prominent cartoonist, who asked to remain anonymous, told Ynet. Continue Reading »

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| January 10, 2013
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Italy Sets Guidelines to Prohibit anti-Semitic Chants at Football Matches

The guidelines were issued in the wake of two cases of anti-Semitic & racist behavior of fans in Hungary & Bulgaria that resulted in fines & sanctions by FIFA.

 

By JTA

 

New guidelines issued by the Italian Interior Ministry govern how police may halt or interrupt a soccer match because of racist or anti-Semitic behavior by fans or on the pitch.

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The guidelines were issued following a meeting this week of the Ministry’s watchdog commission on sporting events that dealt with the “despicable phenomenon of racism” noted recently at some matches.

Italy’s police chief as well as leaders of the Italian Soccer Federation took part in the meeting. Continue Reading »

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| January 9, 2013
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Twitter forced to divulge details of their anti-Semitic clients

Jewish student union petitions Paris court to order Twitter to divulge details.

Nazi hashtag makes list of top 5 trending topics in France on Saturday.

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France’s main Jewish student union asked a Paris court to order Twitter to divulge details about users who post anti-Semitic comments.

Twitter logo.

Twitter logo. Photo by Twitter

Tuesday’s hearing came on the heels of a weekend of Twitter posts using the hashtag #SiJetaisNazi, or #IfIWereANazi, which was one of the country’s top five trending topics on January 5.

#agoodjew is a dead Jew

The court is expected to hand down a decision in the case on January 24. Continue Reading »

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| January 9, 2013
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Hungary & Bulgaria’s soccer teams fined for fans’ anti-Semitism

FIFA strongly condemns all forms of racism in football, and any form of discrimination will not be tolerated and will receive a strong response by the relevant FIFA authorities.

According to Article 67 par. 1 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code, the home association is liable for the improper conduct among spectators, regardless of the question of culpable conduct.

 

By JTA

Hungary’s national soccer team will face sanctions because of anti-Semitic chants by its fans in August, the FIFA soccer association has announced.

Hungary and Bulgaria sanctioned to play without spectators

Hungary and Bulgaria sanctioned to play without spectators – Photo: AFP

The punishment handed out by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association’s disciplinary committee on Jan. Continue Reading »

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