New York, NY, October 25, 2011 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today said it was deeply disturbed by disparaging remarks about Judaism from Archbishop Edward Gilbert, the leader of the Catholic Church in the Port of Spain, who reportedly likened politicians in Trinidad and Tobago to Jews and suggested that, "...they have the mindset of the original Jewish people." Archbishop Gilbert was reported to have made the remarks during a Jubilee Mass held October 24 at Our Lady of Perpetual…
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New York, NY, October 19, 2011 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today called on the Vatican to publicly repudiate anti-Semitic statements by Bishop Richard Williamson, a member of a schismatic Catholic group known as Society of St. Pius X, in which he suggested that Jews are responsible for the death of Jesus. "Bishop Williamson's remarks are further evidence that the Society of St. Pius X has no place in the mainstream church," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. "It is…
August 30, 2011 Ten years after 9/11, antisemitic conspiracy theories surrounding the attacks are "alive and well" and fueled by an entrenched propaganda industry, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which today issued a new report showing how these theories have grown and evolved over the last decade.
In "Decade of Deceit: Antisemitic 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 10 Years Later," ADL looks at the individuals who continue to circulate distorted conspiracy theories about 9/11,…
New York, NY, February 4, 2009 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed as a "major positive step forward" the Vatican's demand that Bishop Richard Williamson publicly and unequivocally recant his Holocaust denial if he is ever to regain his clerical responsibilities in the Church. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement: We sincerely appreciate that Pope Benedict XVI heard our pain and anguish over the acceptance back into…
New York, NY, January 29, 2009 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed Pope Benedict XVI's condemnation of Holocaust denial and expression of solidarity with the Jewish people. "We are heartened that the Pope heard our deep concern about the future of Catholic-Jewish relations," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. "He responded to our anguish over the virulent Holocaust denial by Bishop Richard Williamson, but also to the deeper question of the continuing authority…
New York,NY, May 26, 2011…. President Hugo Chavez "has not lived up to his word" to speak out against anti-Semitism in Venezuela, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said, pointing to a recent radio program where the notorious anti-Semitic forgery, The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion was promoted on Venezuelan state-owned radio. "President Hugo Chavez has not lived up to his word to denounce anti-Semitism inVenezuela," said Abraham H. Foxman,ADL National Director. "It is shocking…
New York, NY, May 10, 2011 … In response to the newly forged alliance between Fatah and Hamas for a unified Palestinian government, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is calling on President Mahmoud Abbas and other moderate Palestinian leaders and the international community to add a "fourth condition" for the terrorist group to gain international recognition and legitimacy: Reject anti-Semitism. "Much has been said of the three conditions that Hamas must meet before it gains…
New York, NY, March 2, 2011 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed as "an important and historic moment" the publication of a new book by Pope Benedict XVI that includes a sweeping exoneration of the Jewish people for the death of Jesus. Pope Benedict's book, "Jesus of Nazareth – Part II," excerpts of which were released today, builds an argument against the anti-Jewish concept of "deicide" through a thorough reading and analysis of the Gospels, leading to his conclusion that…
by: Abraham H. Foxman | July 11, 2007 Jewish Telegraphic Agency NEW YORK (JTA) – With anti-Semitism resurgent in the world, one of the encouraging elements for the Jewish people, particularly if one is to compare things today to the 1930s and 1940s, is the remarkable change in the Catholic Church's attitudes toward Jews. In the past four decades, a conceptual revolution has taken place in the church's relationship with the Jewish people. The first step came with Vatican II and its…
August 09, 2001 By Abraham H. Foxman
This article appeared in the Washington Post on Tuesday August 7, 2001 and the International Herald-Tribune on Thursday August 9, 2001
The fall of the Soviet Empire had many positive results, most particularly ending fear of nuclear holocaust and the freeing of millions of people in Russia and the former Soviet republics and throughout Eastern Europe.
Another positive outcome was the diminution of ideological politics throughout the world,…
El antisionismo es la oposición al sionismo, el movimiento por la autodeterminación y la condición de Estado del pueblo judío en su patria ancestral, la tierra de Israel. El antisionismo a menudo se expresa, explícita o implícitamente, en el rechazo de la nación judía y su derecho a la autodeterminación; la denigración de individuos y grupos asociados al sionismo; y la minimización o negación de la conexi…
El sionismo es el movimiento en favor de la autodeterminación y la condición de Estado del pueblo judío en su patria ancestral, la tierra de Israel. La gran mayoría de los judíos del mundo sienten una conexión o afinidad con Israel, ya sea que explícitamente se identifiquen o no como sionistas, e independientemente de sus opiniones sobre las políticas del gobierno israelí.
Aunque ha habido una continua presencia judía en…
El asesinato de seis millones de judíos y otros millones de personas llevado a cabo por los nazis y sus colaboradores fue el mayor genocidio registrado en la historia moderna. No se puede hacer ninguna comparación entre el complejo conflicto palestino-israelí y las atrocidades cometidas por los nazis contra los judíos.
Aunque se puede criticar el trato que da Israel a los palestinos, a diferencia del Holocausto, no existe ni ha existido jamás una ideolog…
"Desde el río hasta el mar, Palestina será libre" es un eslogan que suele aparecer en las campañas pro-palestinas y cantado en las manifestaciones.
Aunque algunos de los que utilizan este eslogan pueden interpretarlo como un alegato general en favor de los derechos y la igualdad de los palestinos, muchos lo entienden literalmente como un llamamiento a un Estado palestino que se extienda desde el río Jordán hasta el mar Mediterráneo &mdash…
Algunos afirman que Israel está cometiendo una "limpieza étnica" contra los palestinos. Aunque en el derecho internacional no existe una definición precisa de limpieza étnica, la acusación sugiere que Israel trabaja sistemáticamente para librar su territorio de palestinos, incluidos los ciudadanos árabes israelíes, mediante la fuerza o tácticas de intimidación con el fin de crear una sociedad homogénea. Esta es una…
Algunos activistas han presentado la lucha contra Israel y por los derechos de los palestinos como lo mismo que la lucha por la justicia racial en Estados Unidos. Aunque es comprensible que se intente dar sentido a los acontecimientos internacionales a través de nuestro propio contexto nacional, las particularidades del conflicto palestino-israelí no se prestan a comparaciones exactas con la experiencia estadounidense de desigualdad racial sistémica.
A diferencia de lo…
Hoy día no es raro ver a los críticos de Israel acusarlo de ser un estado de apartheid. Tanto si esta descripción se utiliza para describir las políticas israelíes respecto a los palestinos de Cisjordania y la Franja de Gaza, como a los ciudadanos árabes de Israel, el término es inexacto, ofensivo y a menudo se utiliza para deslegitimar y denigrar a Israel en su conjunto. Además, el uso de esta inexacta y altamente cargada etiqueta es…
En la retórica exacerbada de la actualidad, a veces se acusa a Israel de cometer actos de "genocidio" contra los palestinos. Genocidio es un término legal, y las políticas y acciones israelíes no cumplen en ningún caso con este umbral legal. Más bien, el uso sensacionalista del término genocidio en relación con el conflicto palestino-israelí no solamente es inexacto y engañoso, sino que sirve para demonizar al Estado…
El término "colonialismo de asentamiento" evoca recuerdos históricos de explotadores imperios europeos blancos que invadían militarmente tierras del Medio Oriente, Asia y África[i], estableciendo a sus ciudadanos en colonias mediante el uso de la fuerza, subyugando a las poblaciones nativas e indígenas y robando sus recursos naturales.
Muchos activistas y académicos antiisraelíes utilizan el término "colonialismo de asentamiento" para…
Once largely relegated to white supremacist rhetoric, “The Great Replacement” has made its way into mainstream consciousness in the past several years. From the chants of “Jews Will Not Replace Us” on the University of Virginia campus to then-U.S. Rep. Steve King’s tweeted protest, “We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies,” to Fox News’ Tucker Carlson’s complaints that the Democratic party is attempting to …