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Post 10/7, BDS Activists Are Refocused on Attacking Israeli, Jewish Businesses and Individuals 

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Screenshot from the spreadsheet “is your fav author a Zionist”, circulated in May 2024
Since the Hamas-led terror massacre in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) campaigns directly targeting “Zionist” institutions, businesses or individuals, have persisted in response to Israel’s operations against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. BDS is a component of a long history of campaigns and efforts to delegitimize and isolate Israel. In recent years, this has explicitly focused on the rejection, isolation and marginalization of&nbsp…
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At Anti-Israel March in D.C., Explicit Expressions of Support for Terror and Antisemitism

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Sign at DC march
Hundreds of organizations from across the country marched in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, November 4, 2023. The official published demands of the protest included ceasefire to the Hamas-Israel war, an end of the “siege of Gaza” and the termination of all U.S. aid to Israel. Yet attendees, who numbered in the tens of thousands, went much further and leaned into rhetoric supporting the October 7 Hamas massacre and other acts of terror targeting Israel, calls for the end of Israel,…
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Roger Waters en sus propias palabras

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Roger Waters, cofundador y vocalista de la banda Pink Floyd, es un destacado activista antiisraelí y partidario del movimiento de Boicot, Desinversión y Sanciones (BDS). Su activismo se ha caracterizado cada vez más por hacer uso de tópicos antisemitas, incluidos el del poder judío o "sionista", comparar a Israel con la Alemania nazi, y menospreciar a cualquiera que manifieste apoyo, aunque sea tangencial, a la existencia de Israel. La retórica…
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Quds Day Vitriol Offers No Cover for Iran’s Bankrupt Regime

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By Meir Javedanfar  Last month, the Islamic Republic of Iran again marked Quds Day, which has been commemorated on the last Friday of the month of Ramadan by the clerical regime since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, with its usual chants of “Death to Israel” and “Death to America.” Over the decades, Tehran has repeatedly used Quds Day as an opportunity to spread anti-Israel hatred, incite violence against Israelis, and call for the destruction of the Jewish state…
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ADL Letter to The Honorable Kevin McCarthy Re: Nakba Day Event at the Capitol

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May 9, 2023 The Honorable Kevin McCarthy Speaker U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Mr. Speaker: I write to alert you to an event featuring Representative Rashida Tlaib that is taking place on Wednesday, May 10th at the U.S. Capitol Visitor's Center entitled, "Nakba 75 & the Palestinian People.” In previous years, many Nakba Day events have devolved into hateful, anti-Israel and even antisemitic language. Just last year, in May 2022,…
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Symbol: Inverted Red Triangle

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Since the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas against Israel, the inverted red triangle has, in many cases, come to signify support for violent Palestinian resistance against Israel and against Zionists and Jewish people more broadly. It is used both offline and online, sometimes in the form of an emoji (🔻), and has been spraypainted on Jewish homes and institutions, often alongside antisemitic and threatening slogans.     The symbol first appeared in propaganda videos from…
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Roger Waters In His Own Words

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Roger Waters, the co-founder and lead singer of the band Pink Floyd, is a leading anti-Israel activist and vocal supporter of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. His activism has increasingly been characterized as playing into antisemitic tropes, including those about Jewish or “Zionist” power; comparing Israel to Nazi Germany; and disparaging anyone who conveys even tangential support for Israel’s existence. Waters’ inflammatory rhetoric spans back…
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Palestinian Violence Glorified, Israel Demonized as Wave of Terror Persists

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The wave of Palestinian terrorism in October, including the murder of a soldier in a drive-by shooting in the West Bank and a shooting attack in East Jerusalem, which claimed the life of Israeli soldier Noa Lazar, has once again brought to the fore the demonization of Israel and the glorification of violence. Notably, the current wave of violence saw the emergence of a Palestinian terrorist organization called The Lion’s Den, a relatively small group based in the West Bank city of…
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Scapegoating of Jews for the 1969 Al-Aqsa Arson Continued as Usual in 2022

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August 21 marked the 53rd anniversary of the 1969 al-Aqsa Mosque arson and the ongoing disinformation campaigns scapegoating Jews and Israel for the attack. Although Israeli authorities promptly arrested, tried, and convicted the culprit, Denis Michael Rohan – a Protestant extremist from Australia who believed his actions would prompt the Second Coming of Jesus – Middle Eastern outlets have been publishing inaccurate reports of the event to this day. In a blog published last month,…
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WESPAC (Westchester People’s Action Coalition) Foundation: What You Need to Know

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WESPAC protest in NY, October 2023
The WESPAC (Westchester People’s Action Coalition) Foundation is a progressive nonprofit organization that, for decades, has engaged in anti-Israel activity by serving as a major node in the funding and administration of anti-Israel, anti-Zionist and pro-Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) groups. WESPAC has hosted rhetoric on its website that espouses disturbing and inflammatory ideas about Zionism and Jews, though it more notably provides administrative support to groups that…
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Anti-Israel Activists Co-opt American Tragedies to Target Israel

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​ This spring and summer, as headlines across the United States have focused on urgent issues like the dangers of gun violence and threats to reproductive care, prominent anti-Israel groups and individuals have sought to tether these American issues to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, doubling down on anti-Zionist tropes and false accusations against the state of Israel. These groups include Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), both of which…
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President Biden’s Visit to Israel Sees Uptick in Anti-Zionist Rhetoric

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U.S. President Joe Biden, who is currently visiting Israel, the Palestinian Authority, and Saudi Arabia, reiterated the strong friendship and strategic alliance between Israel and the United States, paid tribute to Holocaust survivors, and even self-identified as a Zionist, at a time when the term is being demonized by Israel’s detractors. Outraged by this show of support for the Jewish State, individuals and groups in the anti-Israel movement in the United States assailed President…
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The Presbyterian Church’s Lost Moral Compass on Israel

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By Jackie Subar, Director of Strategic Partnerships at ADL  The Presbyterian Church U.S.A. finds itself in a moral quandary, a dilemma with Israel at the heart of growing debate.  Late last month, commissioners on the PCUSA’s International Engagement Committee voted on an overture, or resolution, to label Israel as an apartheid state. The resolution also outrageously and falsely compared Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians to the Holocaust. The General…
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You Don’t Need a Map to Find Antisemitism

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The Boston “Mapping Project” is not a one-off from a fringe group. Rather, it exemplifies how the increasingly aggressive purveyors of anti-Zionism are spewing raw antisemitism into the mainstream. The movement barely attempts to use the fig leaf of opposition to Israeli policies to cover a venomous hostility to the Jewish people.
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