ADL Statement on the Situation in Syria
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New York, NY, December 2, 2024 … Islamist extremist terror incidents targeting the United States increased in 2024 after several years of reduced activity, according to an evaluation released today by the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Center on Extremism. Federal and state authorities have arrested individuals in seven different incidents on charges related to five unsuccessful plots and two actual attacks in the past year. At least three of these incidents targeted Jewish or…
Rabbi Kogan’s murder highlights vital need for UAE to prioritize fight against extremism New York, NY, November 25, 2024 ... The Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Task Force on Middle East Minorities condemns the tragic murder of Chabad emissary Rabbi Zvi Kogan in the United Arab Emirates. This horrific act underscores the urgent need to confront rising extremism, antisemitism, and hatred in the Middle East. We appreciate the quick action by UAE authorities to apprehend three…
Anti-Jewish hate crimes increased by 63% since 2023, FBI reportsNew York, NY, September 23, 2024 … Data released today by the Federal Bureau of Investigation reveals that reported hate crime incidents across the country reached a record high of 11,862 in 2023. In 2023, reported single-bias anti-Jewish hate crime incidents rose to 1,832 incidents, a sharp increase of 63 percent from 2022, and the highest number ever recorded by the FBI since it began collecting data in 1991…
Tallahassee, Florida, September 18, 2024 … Florida State University’s (FSU) Maura’s Voice Research Fund (MVRF) and ADL (Anti-Defamation League) are renewing their partnership established in 2023 to perform research into the extremist elements of misogynistic subculture, including potentially violent incels -- who continue their often-deadly attacks on women and girls in the US and around and the world. ADL-MVRF research and related publications will now be published and…
New York, NY, March 26, 2024 … White supremacist propaganda distribution reached historic levels across the United States in 2023, with a total of 7,567 incidents, a 12-percent increase from 2022, according to the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Center on Extremism’s annual assessment. With an average of about 20 incidents per day, 2023 marked the highest level of incidents since ADL began tracking such data in 2017. This was the second consecutive year that ADL has recorded record…
Three-quarters of all adult gamers experienced severe in-game harassment
New York, NY, December 7, 2022 … One in five adults reported being exposed to white-supremacist ideologies in online games in 2022, according to a new survey by the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Center for Technology & Society. This is a startling increase from 8 percent who reported this in 2021.
In its annual Hate and Harassment in Online Games survey, ADL also found that 15 percent of…
New York, NY, November 29, 2022 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today welcomed the conviction of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes on charges of seditious conspiracy and other offenses in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO and National Director, issued the following statement:
“Today’s guilty verdicts for Stewart Rhodes and other Oath Keepers who played a key role in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol…
Organizations to increase joint efforts to monitor, expose and disrupt hate against the LGBTQ+ communityNew York, NY, November 17, 2022 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and GLAAD, the LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today announced a new partnership to counter anti-LGBTQ+ extremism and hate in the United States. The two organizations are joining together to sharpen their focus on hate and extremism targeting the LGBTQ+ community, which has experienced thousands of hate crimes in…
Three new Fellows will focus on research bridging the intersection of tech and civil rights
New York, NY, October 28, 2022 – ADL’s (Anti-Defamation League) Center for Technology and Society today announced it has selected three leading academics for its fifth class of Belfer Fellows. The Belfer Fellowship program advances ADL’s work by promoting cyberhate awareness and digital citizenship, as well as implementing these projects for the wider…
The Center on Extremism releases its 2022 assessment on the state of white supremacist prison gangsNew York, NY, October 24, 2022 … Today, the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Center on Extremism released an updated, interactive inventory of white supremacist prison gangs found across the United States in 2022. This updated assessment sheds light on one of the most active and violent segments of the white supremacist movement.
According to the Center on Extremism, there are currently…
Analysis Shows Top Areas of Concern and Trends Heading into 2022 Midterm Elections
New York, NY, October 20, 2022 … Today, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and Princeton University’s Bridging Divides Initiative (BDI) launched a new data collection initiative that tracks threats and harassment of local elected officials. This first-of-its-kind project is an ongoing study to systematically evaluate threats and harassment of local officials across the United States using public…
As White House “United We Stand” Summit Begins, U.S. Conference of Mayors and ADL Renew CompactWashington, D.C., September 15, 2022 ... Nearly 150 mayors have renewed a 2017 pledge to combat hate, extremism and bigotry in their cities, the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) announced today as the White House convenes a summit to address the problem head-on. The nation has faced an increase in hate-based violence and harassment – hate crimes…
Washington, D.C., September 14, 2022 ... Today, ADL (Anti-Defamation League) and the National Urban League announced the launch of the Community Solidarity & Safety Coalition (CSSC), an alliance comprised of non-governmental and non-partisan leaders that will work to collectively address critical community safety issues, especially focused on communities that have been targeted by hate-fueled violence. The CSSC will endeavor to shape community responses to solidarity and safety…
ADL also unveils interactive map displaying number of Oath Keepers members by state and position heldNew York, NY, September 7, 2022 … New analysis today from ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) Center on Extremism finds that the leaked membership list for the Oath Keepers, a right-wing anti-government extremist group, includes hundreds of elected officials, law enforcement officers, members of the military and first responders.
In September 2021, the non-profit journalist collective…
President Biden announces "United We Stand" Summit after calls from ADL, advocacy organizations in the wake of the Buffalo shootingNew York, NY, August 19, 2022 … In May, following the tragic attack in Buffalo, New York, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) worked with leading advocacy organizations including the National Urban League and the National Action Network to call on the White House to hold a summit on violent extremism and hate-fueled violence. ADL is incredibly grateful to see…
ADL also examined candidates from the far-left, many of whom have promoted radical anti-Israel and anti-Zionist rhetoric.
New York, NY, August 4, 2022 … According to a new analysis from ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Center on Extremism, nearly 25 percent of right-wing extremist candidates running in primaries across the country in 2022 have been victorious so far. In a companion study, ADL found there were also a significant number of candidates espousing anti-Israel and anti…
New York, NY, July 14, 2022 ... Today, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) welcomed the inclusion of seven key amendments to the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act which will help mitigate the threat of extremism in the military and help fight antisemitism and extremism on a broader scale. The United States House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act on July 14 with these crucial provisions.
“We are grateful to Representatives Schneider,…