Semitic people

September 26, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

The only way to neutralise Hezbollah is to send in the tanks

Hezbollah has spent years turning southern Lebanon into a fortress bristling with a formidable array of firepower. The Muslim Shi’ite towns it draws its fighters from and the Christian villages...

September 13, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Mahmoud Abbas’ Jewish problem

Why the Palestinian leader can’t make peace with Israelis

September 6, 2023 | |

Israel, Germany Blast Palestinian Leader’s Latest Antisemitic Rant 

Latest Developments  The September 6 surfacing of an antisemitic speech by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas drew swift condemnation from Israel and Germany. Addressing the Fatah Revolutionary...

February 13, 2023 | David May, Richard Goldberg

More outrageous UN anti-Semitism: High-level official says Israel to blame for Palestinians murdering Jews

A Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem plowed his car into a busy Jerusalem bus stop Friday, killing three Israelis, including 6- and 8-year-old brothers. The response from Francesca Albanese, the United...

November 6, 2022 | Richard Goldberg |

Jew-Free Investing

How the BDS campaign infiltrated ESG

February 8, 2022 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany must implement its ban of Hezbollah terror activities

To great fanfare, Berlin announced in April 2020 that it outlawed all activities of the Lebanese terrorist movement Hezbollah within the territory of the Federal Republic. However, the ban remains a...

November 15, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir, Enia Krivine

Erdogan’s veneer of respect conceals blatant antisemitism

Turkish president Erdogan's early political career was characterized by antisemitism which he has tried to move away from in his rise to power.

September 30, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

The German ‘anti-Semitism commissioner’ who enables BDS, Jew-hatred and Iran

Rabbi Cooper of the Wiesenthal Center said re Blume that 'the job of an anti-Semitism commissioner is to fight it and not spread it.'

July 11, 2020 | Mark Dubowitz, Richard Goldberg

Why reassessing Israel’s risky relationship with China matters

Analysis: Beijing's full-throated defense of the Islamic Republic should set off alarm bells for any Israeli who fears a nuclear-armed Iran with advanced ballistic and cruise missiles capable of bringing a second Holocaust

December 18, 2019 | Clifford D. May |

Progress on ‘the Jewish question’

Anti-Semites suffer defeats in the U.K. and the U.S.

January 26, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Protest Leads to Cancellation of BDS Event in Germany

“BDS is a serious enemy that contains lying criticism of Israel packaged as Jew-hatred. We have to face it with all our might and it turns out that we are successful."

December 25, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Wiesenthal’s top ten list of antisemites includes Pittsburgh shooter

Swedish hospital, UK singer Roger Waters and German bank make the list.

May 4, 2018 | Jonathan Schanzer

It’s time for a new Palestinian prez

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is under fire for anti-Semitic remarks in a speech on Monday. The octogenarian leader blamed the mass murder of Jews during the Holocaust on Jewish f...

January 17, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

Outrage over German Institute’s Hosting of Pro-Hamas, Hezbollah Speaker

The Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in the city of Halle sparked international criticism because the pro-Hezbollah and allegedly antisemitic activist Norman Finkelstein is slated to...

October 3, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German pro-BDS antisemitic teacher investigated by politician

A German lawmaker launched an investigation involving a German school teacher and his alleged antisemitic statements and conduct at a public school in the city of Oldenburg in the state of Lower...

June 30, 2016 | Aykan Erdemir |

Analysis: Turkey takes pragmatic approach, seeks to undo isolation, gain influence

Turkey’s aggressive Islamist- oriented foreign policy has led to a loss of influence in the region, as its opponents keep it in check. After opposing Israel so strongly in the past...

June 24, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Exclusive: Second largest German bank shuts anti-Israel BDS account

In the latest of a series of similar account closures by international banks, German bank Commerzbank has shut down a boycott Israel account, the first action of its kind in that country, The Jer...

June 15, 2016 | Clifford D. May

Terrorism and economic warfare

Tel Aviv’s Sarona Market bills itself as the “heartbeat of Israeli culinary art.” Dozens of small restaurants and shops offer cheese, wine, bread, fish, olives, pasta, burgers &...

June 6, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal

German trade union fights promotion of anti-Semitic member

A German Labor federation has taken legal action to block the promotion of an employee who engaged in anti-Semitic activity on his Facebook page. The case against the union member, who c...

June 2, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

‘Post’ investigation finds German city’s facilities used to wage BDS

A group conducting an aggressive anti-Israel boycott campaign has its headquarters in Bremen city-owned property that has received federal funding, an investigation by The Jerusalem Post found....