Tag: Anti-Semitism

Christian Zionists Expose Their Anti-Semitism At Conservative Summit In Iowa

A guerrilla-style documentary video produced by news organization AJ+ (which is part of the larger Al Jazeera Media Network) offers viewers a candid glimpse into the topsy-turvy world of American right-wing Christian Zionists (that is to say, Christians who believe God gave the land of historic Palestine to the Jewish people). Host Dena Takruri visited a conservative… Read More ›

Islamophobia In The Jewish Community

By Mend.org.uk   The Jewish News reports on the comments by Labour incumbent for the marginal seat of Bury South, Ivan Lewis MP, on strains of Islamophobia present among British Jewish communities. Speaking at the We Believe in Israel conference, organised by BICOM, the former minister for the Middle East, said: “I find it incredible that… Read More ›

Do You Think Islamists Are The Only Religious Terrorists? Meet Some Famous Killers For Christ

David Ferguson – RawStory.com   President Barack Obama raised hackles on the Christian right this week during his address to the 2015 National Prayer Breakfast. In the wake of the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris by Islamic extremists and the atrocities committed on video by ISIS, Obama urged Christians not to get… Read More ›

Right Wingers Taunting Muslims With Images Of Pork Are Bringing Back An Anti-Semitic Trope

By Zaid Jilani – Alternet.org It is sadly common to see grassroots conservatives engage in Islamophobia – it’s one of the most acceptable types of hate for the modern Republican Party. One way of spreading this hate is to mock Muslims with pigs or pork. Here’s one example, posted on the day of the Paris… Read More ›

Jet Blue Incident Shifts From Anti-Semitic Story To Anti-Palestinian One

  This is juicy, and goes in the file of The Conflict Comes to Our Shores. Or, The Jewish Doctor Undergoes a Paradigm Shift. Ten days ago, Jet Blue ordered a NY Jewish doctor named Lisa Rosenberg off a Palm Beach, Florida-JFK flight after she had words with a fellow passenger about Israel and Palestine. The… Read More ›

Violence Outside Paris Synagogue Falsely Attributed To Anti-Semitism

By Sam Knight – Mondoweiss.net A YouTube video showing events preceding a well publicized stand off in front a Paris synagogue that shows the violent encounter was provoked by members of the Jewish Defense League. From multiple expulsions in the Medieval era to L’Affaire Dreyfuss and Vichy collaborationism, French Jews have every reason to be wary of… Read More ›

oded Ku Klux Klansmen posed for this exclusive picture Sept. 2, 1962 as they burn a cross as part of a statewide demonstration against racial integration in Talluah, Louisiana

Islamophobia: The New Anti-Semitism

Islamophobia: the new anti-Semitism When I was growing up in Gainesville, Florida, the Klan was still a force. Now a pastor wants to burn the Qur’an, what’s changed? By Mya Guarnieri The New York Times is reporting that a pastor in my hometown of Gainesville, Florida is planning to “commemorate” 11 September 2001 by publicly burning the… Read More ›