Run by @ADL, this tracker provides latest news, trends and developments in antisemitism and related activity (some articles not independently verified).
Have you checked out our newest resource on Holocaust Denial? Though the Holocaust is one of the most thoroughly studied and well-documented genocides, antisemites have repeatedly attempted to cast doubt on this historical event.
This resource helps readers understand the history and danger of Holocaust denial – read on & watch this video to learn more about this particularly pernicious form of antisemitism.
ADL Holocaust Denial Resource: adl.org/holocaust-denial-ana…
This past Saturday, two groups of white supremacists gathered separately in Orlando and Altamonte, Florida. Many of the participants traveled in from out of state including individuals from AR, CA, CO, FL, GA, ME, MO and TX.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s claim that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is leading a Nazi army is not only factually inaccurate, but it implicitly downplays the genocidal evil of the Nazis during World War II. newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor…
This piece by VICE documents how various neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups across the U.S. are becoming more organized and more public with their hate. vice.com/en/article/v7byyd/2…
Nation of Islam member and outspoken Louis Farrakhan supporter Jay Electronica, a Grammy-nominated artist and record producer, shared a series of antisemitic posts with his nearly 400K Twitter followers this week, adding another chapter to his history of antisemitism. 🧵
As reported by Rolling Stone: Jon Minadeo, leader of the antisemitic Goyim Defense League is using social media site Omegle to target young people with antisemitic, racist and anti-LGBTQ+ language or coax young users into adopting his extremist views.🧵
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Incidents like this attempted arson attack at a NJ synagogue are a stark reminder that antisemitism is on the rise in the U.S. 🧵npr.org/2023/01/30/115246190…
On a webinar this week, academic and activist Angela Davis stated that the way George Floyd was murdered was "something that was taught by the Israeli military to the police forces."
This is a complete falsehood that perpetuates the myth that the Jewish community is implicated in Floyd's murder and police brutality in general. Learn more at: channel4.com/news/factcheck/… & timesofisrael.com/what-1000-…
As family, friends and community mourn the terrorist murder of Elan Ganeles, a 26-year-old, dual US-Israeli citizen who was shot point blank while driving to a friend's wedding, many anti-Israel voices celebrated and justified his death as deserved.🧵
The Goyim Defense League, a network of virulent antisemites, has relentlessly distributed propaganda in Georgia and Florida this past week. ADL monitors GDL’s activity closely – here’s some of what we know: 🧵
Blood Tribe, a neo-Nazi group which demonstrated in Florida earlier this month, claims regional chapters across the U.S. and Canada, but is most active in the state of Ohio.
This past week, several armed members of the white supremacist Aryan Freedom Network demonstrated in Vidor, TX. After several citizens confronted them, the group ended their protest. 12newsnow.com/article/news/l…
Welcome to @ADL’s newest twitter account: @adl_tracker! We’ll be using this feed to share the latest news, trends and developments in antisemitism and related activity.
Some anti-Israel activists are suggesting “Zionists”/Israelis only value murder and death. To be clear: one can criticize Israeli actions and policies without engaging in sweeping generalizations about Israelis, which perpetuates harmful stereotypes about an entire nationality.
It is reprehensible and incredibly dangerous to see Students for Justice in Palestine chapters at Portland State University and Boston University share (and five more "like") a post claiming all "Zionists" are "extremist" and calling for them to be fired from their jobs.🧵
Every year ADL tracks cases of antisemitic vandalism in the U.S.—in 2021, we recorded 853 incidents, a 14% increase from 2020. We’ll be releasing statistics for 2022 when we publish our coming Audit of Antisemitic Incidents. Here are some cases of vandalism from 2022:
The antisemitic Goyim Defense League continues to distribute propaganda in south Florida. This weekend, five individuals associated with the network were cited for littering in West Palm Beach. cbs12.com/amp/news/local/ant…
ADL has been monitoring plans for a day of antisemitic action set to take place nationwide on 2/25. This day may include antisemitic and white supremacist propaganda distributions and banner drops. At this time, ADL has not tracked any direct or specific threats of violence. 🧵
This past week the antisemitic Goyim Defense League distributed propaganda in Washington, Georgia, and Virginia—unsettling local Jewish communities. This year, they've distributed propaganda at least 264 times. See our map for details: google.com/maps/d/u/5/edit?m…
Nicholas Bysheim, a participant in the antisemitic Goyim Defense League network, is facing a criminal charge for resisting a police officer without violence. He is just one of many GDL participants facing charges.🧵 wpbf.com/article/florida-ant…
White supremacist Nicholas Fuentes (who notoriously had dinner with former President Trump and Kanye West) has been suspended from Twitter, just 1 day after being reinstated there. During the brief time his account was live, he posted antisemitic tweets. forward.com/fast-forward/533…
ADL is tracking a white supremacist propaganda campaign this weekend which will likely result in an uptick of white supremacist/antisemitic flier distributions, as well as some small demonstrations.🧵
It’s unacceptable to see community leader, activist and Canton, OH school board member Eric Resnick engage with rhetoric that only serves to marginalize, demonize and exclude Jews, Zionists and/or Israelis.🧵
Anti-Israel activists at a rally in #NYC on Friday chanted "Zionism will fall." This rhetoric calls for Israel, an internationally recognized country, to be dissolved. 🧵
This month in 1941 through 1948, a string of pogroms took place across the Middle East, in Iraq, Morocco and Libya. The dispossession of Jews was the primary goal of these pogroms. Where Jewish communities once flourished in these countries, now mainly their history remains. 🧵
As reported by the @jdforward , the University of Arizona College Republicans has invited Nick Fuentes, a white supremacist and Holocaust denier, to speak at its second annual national convention. forward.com/fast-forward/553…
As reported in the @jdforward , Ye (Kanye West) has been accused by his ex-business partner of making several antisemitic comments, including “You’re exactly like the other Jews” and claiming that Jewish people were conspiring to hold him back. forward.com/fast-forward/552…
This tribute to Dalal Al-Mughrabi's "heroism" by the Institute for Palestine Studies manages to forget the details of the 1978 operation—including the hijacking of a public bus on the coastal highway and the murder of 38 Israeli civilians, including 13 children.
In a piece published yesterday in the Guardian, it was revealed that the proprietor of a white nationalist publishing company is also a US Air Force reservist: theguardian.com/us-news/2023…
This past weekend the antisemitic Goyim Defense League distributed fliers in several neighborhoods in Alpharetta, GA. The GDL has been behind nearly all of the antisemitic propaganda distributions in the state this year. See our map for more details: google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer…
A 19-year-old from Middlesex County, NJ pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to threatening attacks against synagogues in a manifesto he sent to others on social media in November 2022. patch.com/new-jersey/matawan…
Last week, two men—Khaldoun Ahmad El-Ali and Mohammad Jihad Al Safi—were charged in Britain with “behaviour likely to stir up racial hatred.” This was in response to their chanting “Khaybar, Khaybar, Oh Jews” during a London-based anti-Israel protest in May 2021. The chant refers to 7th century battles between the Prophet Muhammed & local Jews in an area of present-day Saudi Arabia. These battles resulted in the subjugation, mass expulsion, and even slaughter of the area’s Jews.
In a modern context, the chant can be perceived as a threat of armed violence or forcible expulsion against Jews. It also erroneously and inappropriately suggests the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a religious war between Islam and Judaism.
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Read more here: adl.org/resources/glossary-t…
This past weekend, the antisemitic Goyim Defense League distributed hundreds of antisemitic fliers in at least 5 Raleigh neighborhoods. This is the 7th time the hate group has distributed propaganda in the state this year.
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This past week the antisemitic Goyim Defense League distributed antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ fliers in Huntington Beach & Redlands, CA. The GDL has distributed propaganda 22 times in CA this year, as tracked by ADL. See our map of their activity: google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1…
Today @ADL Center on Extremism is tracking “International Israeli Flag Burning Day,” an antisemitic campaign which began on the extremist-friendly social media site, Gab. The campaign encourages participants to “burn the kike flag and film it.” Posts for the event say that June 1 was chosen as the day for this campaign because it’s the first day of “satanic priDEMONth.” Accordingly, some participants plan to also burn Pride flags.
This isn’t the first time antisemitism and anti-LGBTQ+ hate have converged – read more on this recurring issue here: adl.org/resources/blog/antis…
Following last week’s terror attack outside a synagogue in Jerusalem that killed 7 people, at least two Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapters shamefully lauded and justified the attacks on social media. 🧵
The neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement (NSM) planned to protest Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood this past Saturday in Ormond Beach, FL.
The group’s permit to rally was denied and none of the neo-Nazis ended up making an appearance. However, Sheriff Chitwood and approximately 30 counter protesters were there. “It goes with the territory,” Chitwood told the Daytona Beach News-Journal. “I signed up for this 35 years ago.”
In recent weeks, since the Sheriff’s now viral denouncing of the antisemitic activity taking place in his county, Chitwood and his family have received threats. So far, three people have been arrested for making these threats.
- Read more on this rally: news.yahoo.com/no-sign-neo-n…
- Read more on the National Socialist Movement: adl.org/resources/background…
This past Shabbat, the Alpha Epsilon Pi house at UC Berkeley was vandalized with hundreds of shellfish which 6 perpetrators scattered around the house’s premises and threw through a window. dailycal.org/2023/08/28/anti…
Yesterday, people living in West Brookfield, MA reported that they received receiving antisemitic propaganda. So far in 2023, ADL has tracked 81 distributions of antisemitic propaganda in the state. See a map of our findings here:
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If you are concerned about the presence of extremists and antisemites on Omegle and the safety of young people in your life, please see our piece here providing concrete ways to combat this hate: adl.org/resources/blog/what-…
This past weekend, the Goyim Defense League (GDL) distributed antisemitic fliers in Indianapolis, IN, Grand Haven, MI, and Peterborough, Canada. Read more about them here:🧵
This past weekend the antisemitic Goyim Defense League network distributed hundreds of fliers in the Atlanta, GA metro area. See where else ADL has tracked GDL propaganda in Georgia this year: google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1…
The GDL is led by Florida-based antisemite Jon Minadeo who regularly shares podcasts and videos of his antisemitic rants and exploits across social media platforms.
In an essay published to Medium, Prof. Hatem Bazian of UC Berkeley inaccurately suggests that the actions of Jewish Zionists are no different than those of their genocidal oppressors in Europe. Read more on why that’s wrong here: 🧵adl.org/resources/glossary-t…adl.org/resources/glossary-t…
ADL has followed Minadeo and the Goyim Defense League for years. Minadeo notoriously records much of his antisemitic activity and live streams it on the GDL’s website in an attempt to collect money from fan donations. Learn more from this video: piped.video/A_9oOzqFxAg
Over the weekend of June 3-4, approximately six individuals associated with the white supremacist Clockwork Crew demonstrated in Las Vegas, Nevada. The group held a banner that read, "Remember the USS Liberty 39 Americans murdered by an act of Israeli Zionist Terror." 🧵
As Israel conducted an anti-terror military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin this week, several anti-Zionist activists expressed their support for members of Palestinian terror groups and made antisemitic posts.🧵
The graphic design app Art Lab, which allows for easy content creation and has over 100K downloads on Google Play, recently removed the antisemitic “Happy Merchant” meme from their platform, apologizing for its presence on the app.
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According to ADL researchers, in the first four months of 2023, the white supremacist group Patriot Front distributed antisemitic propaganda on at least 74 occasions, reading: “No Zionists in government, we serve one Nation.” 🧵
Rolling Stone just published a detailed profile of the New England-based neo-Nazi group, NSC-131. “Vulnerable communities in New England are increasingly under threat by a violent, neo-Nazi gang with ‘revolutionary’ delusions of transforming the region into a white ethnostate,” the publication writes.
See the profile here: rollingstone.com/politics/po…
ADL has also published extensively on this extremist group. See our backgrounder here for more details: adl.org/resources/background…
This past weekend at least 70 white supremacist fliers were distributed in the Naples Park neighborhood of Collier County, FL. The fliers advertise the extremist group Aryan Freedom Network. 🧵
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Goyim Defense League, the most prolific distributor of antisemitic propaganda in the US, also distributes propaganda in Canada. In early July, residents of Peterborough, Ontario reported receiving the network's propaganda. winnipegfreepress.com/arts-a…
Inspired by Minadeo, GDL supporters distribute propaganda and occasionally participate in so-called "Name the Nose" tours which involve several days or weeks of antisemitic activities and stunts. Learn more about GDL here: adl.org/resources/background…
Antisemites frequently use coded language to promote hate and avoid content moderation on social media. One such example is usage of the phrase “6 million cookies” to question the number of Jews killed during the Holocaust. 🧵
Popular author Susan Abulhawa condoned the murder and called Ganeles “human garbage.” She also played into antisemitic ideas about “Jews” and “privilege.”
Dylan Saba, an attorney at Palestine Legal (an anti-Israel organization), tweeted: “sorry but if you fly halfway around the world to do race violence in any context then you’re already dead”
Last weekend, the antisemitic Goyim Defense League distributed antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ+ fliers in the driveways of various homes in Atlanta, GA. This is the sixth incident of GDL activity in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area reported to ADL in 2023.
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For more information on this hate group, read our backgrounder on GDL here: adl.org/resources/background…
Zionism is simply support for self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel. Most Jews identify with Zionism, and one can be a Zionist and also support Palestinian self-determination and statehood. adl.org/resources/glossary-t…
Following an EU diplomat’s Yad Vashem visit, anti-Israel activist Ali Abunimah posted online that Holocaust commemoration should only occur in Europe, Israel “hijacked” the memory of the Holocaust to use “as a weapon against Palestinians" and Israel should be located in Europe.🧵
This is not the first time extremists have targeted young people on Omegle. Check out this piece which details other white supremacists who have used the platform to spread hate. adl.org/resources/blog/extre…
The German government “banned the neo-Nazi group Hammerskins Germany” and “raided the homes of dozens of its members.” At this point, there are about 130 Germany-based members of the organization timesofisrael.com/germany-ba…
This report by the anti-Zionist group Americans for Justice in Palestine Action falsely suggests that Jewish and Jewish-led groups—which they refer to as “bullies” who “impose” their will on US policy, are the only pro-Israel orgs to invest in elections.
James Ray, an anti-Zionist activist and social media influencer, tweeted that for anyone who decides to move to Israel, “I am rooting for you to return in a casket.”
Have you read ADL’s Global 100 report which takes the most extensive poll on antisemitic attitudes across the world? In 2023, we released a focused survey which focused on 10 European countries. Read this thread for more. adl.org/adl-global-100-index…
On 6/3, ~12 individuals associated with the white supremacist Aryan Freedom Network demonstrated in Centerville, Texas. They held a xenophobic banner and chanted antisemitic, anti-LGBTQ+ and racist sentiment. (Warning: the video contains offensive language.)
**WARNING NSFW LANGUAGE: The g group told me they’re here because it was one year ago this week escaped inmate Gonzalo Lopez killed 5 members of a white family. (2/4)
This “National Day of Hate,” originally proposed by an Iowa-based neo-Nazi group, has been endorsed and shared online by various extremist groups. No specific Jewish communities or locations have been named online. ADL is sharing everything it’s finding with law enforcement.
Yesterday, 6 individuals associated with the Empire State Stormers protested outside @paradebway. They are part of the Goyim Defense League’s antisemitic network, which has been distributing GDL propaganda, dropping banners and holding protests around NY since last summer. 🧵
He repeatedly referenced the "Synagogue of Satan," an antisemitic term often used by the Nation of Islam and other antisemites to refer to Jews and Judaism. The tweets also referenced Farrakhan multiple times and praised Ye and Kyrie Irving. extremismterms.adl.org/gloss…
Roger Waters has a long history of anti-Israel animus, including support for the BDS movement and publicly lobbying musicians and artists to not perform in Israel.
Anti-Zionist groups, including CUNY4Palestine, Wellesley SJP and Samidoun, are sharing a post by Madison4Palestine that vehemently rejects an Interfaith Iftar hosted by the Center for Religion and Global Citizenry (CRGC) at UW Madison due to the Center's work with "Zionists."
This past week, 28-year-old Staten Island man Suleiman Othman was sentenced to two months in prison and three years probation for punching 21-year-old Blake Zavadsky in December 2021, in what is being considered by the NYPD to be an antisemitic hate crime.
According to Brooklyn Paper: “Evidence showed that on December 26, 2021, Othman approached 21-year-old Blake Zavadsky, who was wearing a sweatshirt bearing the insignia of the Israeli Defense Forces, outside a Bay Ridge shoe store and said ‘Why do you support those dirty Jews? What are you doing in my neighborhood? You mess with the killers. If you don’t take off your hoodie, I’m going to punch you.’
“Zavadsky, who is Jewish, refused to remove the sweatshirt. Othman then punched him in the face twice and threw a cup of iced coffee on him, before fleeing, according to the DA’s office.”
“‘We are grateful to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office for securing a hate crime conviction in this case, sending a clear message that those who commit acts of hate-fueled violence, including based on a victim’s perceived characteristics, will be held accountable,’ said Anti-Defamation League regional director Scott Richman, in a statement. ‘ADL has documented how the Brooklyn Jewish community has been burdened with an outsized number of violent antisemitic incidents, and both law enforcement and the courts play a key role in responding and supporting communities in the wake of these attacks.’”
Read more on this developing story here: brooklynpaper.com/man-senten…
Last Friday, a Michigan resident was arrested for making threats on social media after plotting to attack the Congregation Shaarey Zedek in East Lansing, Michigan. 🧵
Fellow author and activist Aya Ghanameh similarly tweeted that Ganeles deserved what happened to him and “died for a racist ethnonationalist ideology. his[sic] memory will be anything but a blessing.”
Over the past two weeks, ADL has tracked propaganda distribution by the white supremacist group, Aryan Freedom Network, in Washington state and Indiana. ADL follows AFN closely – learn more about this extremist group here: adl.org/resources/background…
Another round of antisemitic flyers have been distributed in the Del Cerro neighborhood in San Diego, California, marking a new development in a worrisome round of hate incidents. This past week, flyers were also distributed in Grantville and La Jolla.
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This past week, the antisemitic Goyim Defense League network distributed their hateful propaganda in Oklahoma City, OK and Houston, TX.
➡️Oklahoma City – kfor.com/news/local/okc-resi…
➡️Houston - houstonpress.com/news/goyim-…
The ultimate goal of this extremist network is to expel Jewish people from the U.S. Their propaganda spreads antisemitic myths and conspiracy theories in hope of turning Americans against Jewish people. Their fliers blame Jews for a variety of perceived social grievances.
ADL follows the GDL’s activity closely. Last year, they distributed propaganda in 43 U.S. states. To read more on this network, see our backgrounder below. You can also check back here, at @ADLTracker for real-time updates.
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In an Instagram post highlighting their Palestine Resource List, SJP at UCLA included images of several guns and a flag with the logo of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a U.S. State Department-designated terrorist organization.
On their list of resources, SJP at UCLA includes a publication by PFLP titled “Strategy for the Liberation of Palestine”, and the autobiography of Leila Khaled, a prominent PFLP leader.
PFLP is responsible for numerous deadly attacks against Israeli civilians, including a bomb that killed 17-year-old Rina Shnerb in 2019 and a shooting and meat cleaver attack in a synagogue in 2014 that killed four. Leila Khaled is well-known for her role in hijacking two civilian airliners decades ago.
To learn more: extremismterms.adl.org/gloss…
On 7/11, the Students for Justice in Palestine chapters of Boston University and Kent State University shared an antisemitic image on Instagram suggesting that “Israeli salad” is made with the blood of Palestinian children.
More than a dozen fliers advertising the Trinity White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan were distributed in Columbus, Ohio. The Trinity White Knights are a Kentucky based Klan group. Similar distributions have taken place in KY and TN. dispatch.com/story/news/loca…
On 6/3, Christopher Wood, who claims to be a mayoral candidate, demonstrated at a Pride event being held on the 400 Block of Jefferson Street in Wausau, Wisconsin by passing out bibles and reading loudly from propaganda by the antisemitic Goyim Defense League.
On Saturday, three participants in the antisemitic Goyim Defense League—Jon Minadeo, Nicholas Bysheim, and David Kim—distributed the network’s antisemitic propaganda in West Palm Beach, Florida. 🧵 wptv.com/news/region-c-palm-…
The tweets come on the heels of Jay Electronica's recent promotion of the Nation of Islam's annual Saviours' Day conference in late February—an event which featured extensive antisemitism and anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry. adl.org/resources/blog/farra…
Jeffrey Kidder, who has recently participated in GDL activity in FL, is facing 23 littering citations in Kenosha, Wisconsin. wgtd.org/news/man-linked-ant…
Though anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace disavowed anti-Israel activist Alison Weir and her org, If Americans Knew in 2015 for antisemitism, JVP chapters still distribute Weir’s materials. For example, JVP Madison recently tabled at a community event with her propaganda.
Anti-Israel activist Ali Abunimah (founder of Electronic Intifada) tried to justify terrorism and the murder of fellow U.S. citizen Elan Ganeles while also toying with the antisemitic trope of "Jews" and "privilege." 🧵
His most recent actions and statements have been widely denounced, including by the US State Department who said that Waters has “a long track record of using antisemitic tropes,” and called his actions “deeply offensive to Jewish people.” yahoo.com/entertainment/bide…
On the morning of July 23, 2023, residents in Henry County, Georgia woke up to find racist and antisemitic flyers in front of their homes. Some flyers referenced the recent deadly mass shooting in Hampton, which the community is still reeling from. 🧵
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The antisemitic Goyim Defense League continues to hold regular propaganda distributions in southern Florida. Read this thread for more intel on them & their partners: 🧵
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This past weekend, individuals associated with the antisemitic Goyim Defense League network targeted both the Jewish and LGBTQ+ communities in Nashville. 🧵
Make no mistake: this post, entitled "How to Talk to Zionists," is exclusionary and discriminatory. If put into practice, such actions may have legal consequences and would almost certainly put the livelihoods of many Jews at risk.