New York, NY, February 17, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today harshly criticized remarks by Roland Dumas, a former foreign minister of France, who in a televised interview claimed that Prime Minister Manuel Valls was “under Jewish influence” because his wife is Jewish. Mr. Dumas made the remark in a televised interview on BFMTV on Monday.
“This bigoted remark by Mr. Dumas will only fan the flames of anti-Jewish prejudice,” said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL…
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New York, NY, February 16, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed the prompt and clear condemnation by Israeli leaders across the political spectrum of a deeply offensive online video by the Samaria Citizens Committee, which resorts to blatant Holocaust analogies and anti-Semitic stereotypes to pillory left-wing organizations for taking money from European sources.
“Israelis across the political spectrum were absolutely correct in condemning this unacceptable and…
New York, NY, February 15, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) expressed “shock and outrage” at news of another violent terrorist attack targeting members of a European Jewish community and a democratic society. The League said the shootings against a synagogue and a controversial cartoonist in Denmark, which left two dead and two police officers wounded, “should serve as another wake-up call to all of Europe” to the continued clear and present danger posed…
New York, NY, February 14, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today testified for the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing at a public hearing in Phoenix, Arizona on the topic of training and education. The Task Force, established by President Barack Obama in December 2014, is charged with identifying ways to strengthen public trust and foster strong relationships between local law enforcement and the communities they protect while also promoting effective crime…
New York, NY, February 13, 2015… The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today urged Congress to act swiftly to pass the Authorization for the Use of Military Force Resolution submitted to Congress by President Obama “as a vital demonstration of America’s commitment to a strong, resolute military campaign against ISIL.” ADL National Director Abraham H. Foxman wrote to Congressional leaders and to the House and Senate Foreign Affairs Committees urging swift action “to…
New York, NY, February 13, 2015… The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has honored its longtime lay leader, David Strassler, in recognition of his dedicated commitment to the fight against anti-Semitism and for his decades of leadership in the service of ADL’s mission to combat hate. Mr. Strassler, of Great Barrington, MA, was presented with the Barbara B. Balser ADL Lifetime Achievement Award on February 6, 2015 during ADL’s National Executive Committee meeting in Palm Beach,…
New York, NY, February 11, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed the decision by the Church of England’s Diocese of Guildford to bar Rev. Stephen Sizer from “writing or speaking on any theme that relates, either directly or indirectly, to the current situation in the Middle East or to its historical backdrop.” ADL commended Right Rev. Andrew Watson, the Bishop of Guildford, for his statements calling Sizer’s actions “indefensible” and…
New York, NY, February 11, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today criticized J Street for its “inflammatory and repugnant” campaign to mobilize American Jews to reject the Prime Minister of Israel’s sense of duty and responsibility to world Jewry. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement:
At the height of the controversy surrounding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled speech to Congress, J Street’s petition…
New York, NY, February 9, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today urged the Urban Outfitters retail chain to remove a tapestry currently being sold in stores that is “eerily reminiscent” of the prisoner gray and white stripes and pink triangles that gay male prisoners were forced to wear in Nazi concentration camps. “Whether intentional or not, this gray and white striped pattern and pink triangle combination is deeply offensive and should not be mainstreamed…
New York, NY, August 5, 2015 … For the third consecutive year, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and apparel and home décor retailer Gordmans are teaming up to fight hate and bullying through ADL’s No Place for Hate® initiative. The goal is to provide tools to help eradicate hatred, prejudice and bullying as students and teachers prepare to head back to school this fall. Research shows that 28 percent of students ages 12 to 18 years old report being bullied at school,…
“Ads Against Apartheid” or “It’s Apartheid, Inc.” is a newly-founded group that actively works to place anti-Israel advertisements in various outlets throughout the U.S. such as subways, buses, newspapers, billboards, and television commercials. The group, which is based out of Cambridge, Massachusetts, describes Israel as an apartheid state that is engaged in a consortium of human rights violations against the Palestinians. They are looking to spread that…
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Ahmad Abousamra, a dual U.S.-Syrian citizen from Mansfield, Massachusetts, is reportedly involved with Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)'s media wing.
In November 2009, Abousamra was indicted on several terrorism charges. He was accused of travelling to Yemen in 2004 to attend a terrorist training camp with his childhood friend and convicted terrorist Tarek Mehanna. Mehanna was sentenced in 2012 to 17.5 years in prison while Abousamra is believed to have made…
New York, NY, July 21, 2014 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed President Barack Obama’s action to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the historic executive order which bans discrimination by federal contractors – as well as his executive action to explicitly protect transgender federal employees from discrimination. ADL has been a longtime advocate for these actions, which could affect up to 20 percent of the nation’s workforce.
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Solo el 54 por ciento de los encuestados han oído hablar del Holocausto NUEVA YORK, 13 de mayo de 2014 /PRNewswire/ ...La Liga Antidifamación (ADL por sus siglas en inglés) divulgó hoy los resultados de una encuesta mundial sin precedentes sobre actitudes antisemitas. El ADL Global 100: un índice de antisemitismo encuestó a 53.100 adultos en 102 países, con el objetivo de llevar a cabo, por primera vez, un estudio amplio basado en datos sobre el…
Only 54 Percent of Respondents Have Heard of the Holocaust New York, NY, May 13, 2014 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today released the results of an unprecedented worldwide survey of anti-Semitic attitudes. The ADL Global 100: An Index of Anti-Semitism surveyed 53,100 adults in 102 countries and territories in an effort to establish, for the first time, a comprehensive data-based research survey of the level and intensity of anti-Jewish sentiment across the world. The survey found…
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Read the full, comprehensive report: Profile: Omar Hammami
Omar Hammami, an American citizen from Alabama who once served as primary recruiter for Al Shabaab, the Somali-based terrorist organization affiliated with Al Qaeda, was killed September 13, 2013 at age 29 by members of Al Shabaab.
Between 2007 and 2011, he was a public face and voice of Al Shabaab and a critical part of the terrorist organization's effort to recruit English-speakers. Hammami was…
Ben White, the author of Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner’s Guide and co-author of Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy, is an anti-Israel speaker who regularly delivers presentations on American college campuses.
A graduate of Cambridge University in the UK, White is a supporter of a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – which is predicated on the dismantlement of Israel as a Jewish state – and an advocate for the Boycott,…
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The Pakistani-based terrorist group Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which has carried out numerous attacks against American interests in Pakistan and Afghanistan, has warned of future terror attacks inside the U.S.
While TTP originally focused its attacks on Pakistani and American installations in Pakistan and Afghanistan in order to implement shari'a, or Islamic law, the May 2010 attempted bombing in Times Square is indicative of the group's…
Nueva York, NY , 15 de octubre 2013... La Liga Antidifamación (ADL ) expresó hoy su conmoción e indignación por el anuncio de la desición de una organización católica marginal de realizar el funeral del notorio criminal de guerra nazi Erich Priebke en su iglesia cerca de Roma.
La Sociedad de San Pío X, una orden católica cuyos representantes han acusado a los judíos de hoy día de deicidio , y cuyo obispo…
The Arab American News, a.k.a. Sada Al Watan (Arabic for “Echo of the homeland”), is a dual-language Arabic-English newspaper published weekly in Dearborn, Michigan. Established in 1984 by publisher Osama A. Siblani, the paper has been described as the largest Arab community newspaper in the U.S. by the U.S. government-funded AlHurra satellite television station.
It has an “unaudited circulation of 30,000 in the Detroit area,” according to a 2009 report by the Pew…