Since its emergence in 1982, Hezbollah has waged an anti-Israel campaign and guerilla war against Israeli forces. The Lebanese-based U.S.-designated terrorist organization, which seeks to establish an Islamic state that encompasses both Lebanon and Israel, has been implicated in numerous terrorist attacks against Israeli and Western targets.
Over the past month, escalating tension in the Middle East between Iran and the Arab Gulf States helped fuel a resurgence of anti-Semitic statements and conspiracy theories about…
Anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan Finds Receptive Audience In Iran
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Nation of Islam (NOI) leader Louis Farrakhan was provided with an opportunity to promote his typical anti-Semitic conspiracy theories last week in Iran. Farrakhan was a “special…
Latest Issue of Inspire Magazine Encourages Small Scale Attacks
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The 15thissue ofInspire,Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula(AQAP)’s English language magazine, released on May 14, provides readers with instructions for murdering “the i…
ADL at the UN: Providing Expertise on Stemming Global Anti-Semitism
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power and her counterparts from Canada, Israel and the European Union will host a day-long High Level Forum on Global Anti-Semitism…
Anti-Semitic 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists Thrive 15 Years After Attacks
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Fifteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, DC, anti-Semites continue to spread conspiracy theories blaming Jews and Israel for the events of that…
UNESCO Decisions on Jerusalem Spark Wave of Anti-Semitic Cartoons in Arab Press
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Over the past weeks, UNESCO's Executive Board and World Heritage Committee adopted resolutions which ignored the Jewish connection to the Temple Mount, the latest in a…
In Arab Newspapers Victor of US Presidential Election is the Jews
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In what has become a recurring feature during a US Presidential election, newspapers in the Arab world have once again published anti-Semitic cartoons falsely depicting Jews and Israel as controlling the election.
On MLK Day 2017, I participated in an important interreligious conference organized by the Shalom Hartman Institute, which convened faith leaders from across the Jewish and Muslim…
ADL Corresponds with Voice of America’s Persian Channel Over Anti-Semitic Interview
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In an exchange of correspondence between ADL and Voice of America’s Persian Channel regarding a VOA interview that featured anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, VOA articulated its…
George Selim's Testimony before the House Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy Regarding the Financing of Domestic Terrorism
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ADL Senior VP for Programs George Selim's testimony before the House Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy regarding the financing of domestic terrorism.