A Times of Israel story recently reported festively, “YouTube removes Louis Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam channel.” According to the story, YouTube announced that it has “strict policies prohibiting hate speech on YouTube, and [will] terminate any channel that repeatedly or egregiously violates those policies.” Two lines later, however, you read …
Read More »The Lesson that Ignorance about the Holocaust Should Teach Us.
A survey that was recently quoted in USA Today found that almost “two-thirds of millennials, Gen Z, don’t know that 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust.” Worse yet, the survey found that “in New York … nearly 20% of millennials and Gen Zers incorrectly believe that Jews caused …
Read More »The #JewishPrivilege Trend’s Major Takeaway.
The maelstrom of a global pandemic has recently kept worldwide antisemitism relatively quiet, but it does not mean that Jew haters are resting. On Twitter, the antisemitic hashtag #JewishPrivilege, which was originally used to accuse Jews of racism and control over other minorities, rapidly became a top trending hashtag. In …
Read More »Ori Ansbacher: light, freedom and Jewish sovereignty.
My Facebook feed is full of Ori’s photo. She looks different in the different images but in each, her radiant smile is the same. Ori, “my light” in Hebrew, was obviously a fitting name for this sunny girl. The more we hear about Ori from friends, family and the people …
Read More »Antisemitism at its finest!
I came across this article I wrote just on four years ago, which was ‘inspired’ by an antisemitic post on the website. I thought it was worthwhile posting again. I thought I’d share this tasty tit-bit of antisemitism with everyone, which I received last week. I suppose it’s part and …
Read More »Oakland Stands United With Hate.
As many of you know, Reem’s bakery at the Fruitvale BART Station in Oakland, California – the very spot where Oscar Grant was famously shot dead by police in the early hours of New Year’s Day, 2009, touching off local riots – continues to display a mural of Rasmea Odeh, …
Read More »‘Lorde takes a bow to the bullies’
Lorde has announced that she has decided to cancel her show in Tel Aviv, Israel, after predictable calls for her to do so. She was told that to perform there would be to “break the boycott”. A boycott that is imposed by a fanatical fringe who try to bully everyone …
Read More »The Moral Panic of 2017.
This is a moment of “moral panic” in the United States. All this yelling and screaming and crying and whining about Nazis and Klansmen and White Supremacists is like nothing so much as the Red Scare of the 1950s. As you will remember from either personal experience or from the …
Read More »Antisemitism in New Zealand.
Being Jewish in New Zealand hasn’t been much of a bad thing. Not like it has been in other countries. Since the Second World War many have found a home here and raised families who raised families. But not too long ago, antisemitism has reared its head. Here is a …
Read More »They want to kill us and the law does nothing.
Ismail al-Wahwh calls Jews “the most evil creature of Allah”. In a bile-filled rant, a Sydney preacher recently called for death to a group of Australians because of their ethnic identity. The law was unable to do anything about it. It was impotent, powerless to act. Ismail al-Wahwah, spiritual leader …
Read More »Hamas On Campus.
Crossing The Line – Exclusive Preview This is the second video – Submitted by Hamas On Campus MSA (Muslim Students Association) and SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine) market themselves as peaceful student organizations, however upon closer examination both share anti-Israel and anti-democratic values. Whether it is at their events where students …
Read More »West Supports Terrorism Against Israel via UNRWA
The biggest financial supporters of the UNRWA may be surprising. More surprising are the people employed by the UN organization and their belief system. The season of giving has officially begun. Unfortunately, many people have grown weary of donating to charities after so many cases of corruption have been uncovered, …
Read More »An Open Letter to Mahmoud Abbas.
Mr. Abbas, I am sorry to say, you have destroyed all hope of a Palestinian State under your leadership. You are in the 9th year of your four year term, and you have still failed to create change. You have stolen from the Palestinian public, amassing over $100 million dollars …
Read More »Hamas to the children: shoot Jews. Sydney protest: “Jihad is the answer”
This link to the Andrew Bolt blog which was sent to me. I think our Government needs to have a good long hard look at where this country is heading. Andrew Bolt BLOG Filmed on the streets of Lakemba, this protest, with young men chanting [alternative link to video here]: …
Read More »Death Threats & Intimidation by BDS activists & others.
Artists who perform in Israel aren’t just worried about selling tickets, but about their safety, as they are targeted by BDS and others. With the imminent arrival of Sir Paul McCartney to perform in Israel, it has come to light that in 2008 Omar Bakri, a militant Islamic preacher, …
Read More »Hamas’ response to Palestinian unity deal: Urging kids to “shoot all the Jews”
Written by Or Avi-Guy – AIJAC After Fatah and Hamas announced a Palestinian national reconciliation deal on April 23, including plans to establish a unity government within five weeks, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and other Fatah officials tried to argue that the deal means that Hamas would de …
Read More »Knocking out antisemitism on Facebook
Elimihate is not your average grassroots movement. In addition to reporting online antisemitic hate speech, we seek to question who should be held accountable for the vilifying content in an era of digital convergence. Elimihate started as a university assignment for Sydney University but the cause swiftly turned into something …
Read More »The J Street Crowd and its idiosyncrasies
ZFA Israel Advocacy Update. 3rd October 2013 – Submitted and written by Gabrielle ‘Gabsy’ Debinski. Media and Advocacy Director of the Zionist Federation of Australia…………….. “Peace and security. Nobody should choose between peace and security. The State of Israel doesn’t need to choose between peace and security…. As I’m fighting …
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