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May 20, 2021 In response to the recent conflict in Israel and Gaza, as well as the tensions in Jerusalem that led up to the violence, there have been some prominent voices, including among NGOs and activists, who have engaged in problematic rhetoric about Israel. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always engendered strong passions and differences of opinion.  In a crisis, such differences are of course heightened.  And while exchanges of views - even harsh disagreements - are…

September 17, 2020 Since Israel’s founding in 1948, only two countries have moved to establish ties with the Jewish State – Egypt in 1978 and Jordan in 1994. Last week saw two additional countries – the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain – sign normalization agreements with Israel, an indication that hostile regional attitudes towards Israel are shifting. And indeed, there are reports that additional Arab countries may&nbsp…

May 27, 2020 A medida que la comunidad internacional enfrenta la pandemia de COVID-19, ADL continua monitoreando muchos ejemplos de antisemitismo y extremismo antisionista relacionado con el virus en los medios sociales y tradicionales. En las últimas semanas, ADL ha documentado estas tendencias en los Estados Unidos y en todo el mundo, y ha emitido un llamado a las compañías de redes sociales para que tomen medidas en sus plataformas para abordar el antisemitismo y otras…

May 27, 2020 As the international community struggles to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, ADL continues to monitor antisemitism and extreme anti-Israel sentiment related to the virus on social and traditional media. Over the past few weeks, ADL has documented this trend in the United States and around the world, and issued a call for social media companies to take action to address antisemitism and other forms of bigotry related to coronavirus on their platforms. We’ve also seen…

March 09, 2020 2019 was a significant year for ADL’s international engagement, furthering our work fighting global antisemitism and hate, combatting delegitimization of Israel, and promoting a secure Jewish and democratic Israel at peace with her neighbors. ADL’s international action included the release of groundbreaking research and reports, high-level appearances by ADL experts, and advocacy and programs furthering our global priorities.   Topping the list of…

February 12, 2020 On January 28, President Donald Trump, accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced a new U.S. plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace. The plan, officially titled, Peace to Prosperity: A Vision to Improve the Lives of the Palestinian and Israeli People, is the product of three years of work by Administration officials.   The Israeli government officially endorsed the plan at the White House event. Benny Gantz, the head of the Blue and White…

January 29, 2019 Michelle Alexander is a scholar and writer of considerable repute on issues of racial equity and social justice in the United States. Her works have contributed significantly to public understanding of these issues. But her recent New York Times column on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one-sided and contains significant factual inaccuracies. Her column, “Time to Break the Silence on Palestine,” attempts to imagine how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  would…

November 07, 2017 November 2, 2017 marked the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, a letter signed in 1917 by British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour expressing his country's support for the establishment of a national Jewish home in Palestine. While the UK and Israel celebrated the anniversary of this Declaration, which has become a symbol of international recognition of the Jewish right to self-determination, Palestinians and others have used the occasion to protest, and demand an…

July 18, 2017 During this period three years ago, Israel was engaged in a conflict with Hamas in Gaza, known as Operation Protective Edge. Over the course of seven weeks, Hamas fired nearly 5,000 missiles, rockets and mortars at Israeli population centers, and repeatedly attempted to infiltrate Israeli towns through a series of tunnels dug from the Gaza Strip under the border into Israel. Israel responded to these provocations with air strikes and a military ground operation targeting Hamas…

January 26, 2017 This blog originally appeared in The Times of Israel For those of us who deeply believe that it is in Israel’s interest to achieve a two-state solution and who are concerned by those on the right who are more vociferously calling for a one-state solution, what therefore is wrong about the U.N. vote on settlements and the Kerry speech? Didn’t Obama and Kerry do a service for Israel, as Tom Friedman indicated, by not letting a friend drive…

January 10, 2017 Four young Israeli cadets were killed and fifteen others wounded in Jerusalem on Sunday when a Palestinian terrorist drove his truck into a group of Israeli soldiers. As with previous truck rammings, this heinous attack was glorified on Arabic-language social media, notably under the hashtag “the Intifada truck”, with cartoons circulating on social media celebrating the soldiers’ murder and mocking those who fled to safety. Examples of…

December 20, 2016 » Follow All Posts On Our Top 10 List As 2016 draws to a close, the Anti-Defamation League is counting down the major milestones we accomplished this year in the fight against hate.   ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt articulated the statement above early in the year and this really set the tone for 2016 in ADL’s continued fight against the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. At the “Ambassadors…

December 20, 2016 » Follow All Posts On Our Top 10 List As 2016 draws to a close, the Anti-Defamation League is counting down the major milestones we accomplished this year in the fight against hate. 2016 saw continued efforts to isolate and demonize Israel, here in the U.S. through campaigns by anti-Israel activists on campus and other venues to problematic rhetoric and resolutions being pushed in international fora. Since the establishment of the State of Israel,…