Man fires shotgun outside Jewish temple in upstate New York as Hanukkah begins, no one injured

Man fires shotgun outside Jewish temple in upstate New York as Hanukkah begins, no one injured

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A man fired a shotgun twice outside a Jewish temple in upstate New York, hours before the start of Hanukkah on Thursday, then said “Free Palestine” as he was taken into custody, police said. No one was injured. The episode in the state capital of Albany took place amid rising fears … Read more

Berlin March for Peaceful Coexistence: Stand Against Anti-Semitism, Racism, and Xenophobia

Berlin March for Peaceful Coexistence: Stand Against Anti-Semitism, Racism, and Xenophobia

“All citizens are invited to march in the center of Berlin in support of peaceful and respectful coexistence and to stand up against anti-Semitism, hatred, racism and xenophobia,” the alliance said on Thursday. Demonstrators will go on a march that will end at the Brandenburg Gate. Bass, Berlin mayor Kai Wegner, singer Roland Kaiser, Israeli … Read more

Acquittal of Graffiti Artist Lekto by Avignon Criminal Court

Acquittal of Graffiti Artist Lekto by Avignon Criminal Court

The Avignon criminal court acquitted this Thursday, November 23, the graffiti artist Lekto, who in 2022 had represented the economist Jacques Attali as a puppeteer manipulating President Emmanuel Macron-Pinocchio. The body considers that nothing proves with “absolute certainty” its anti-Semitic character. His fresco, depicting Emmanuel Macron as a puppet of a white-gloved Jacques Attali, caused … Read more

Acquittal of graffiti artist Lekto by Avignon Criminal Court: No proof of anti-Semitic character

Acquittal of Graffiti Artist Lekto by Avignon Criminal Court

The Avignon criminal court acquitted this Thursday, November 23, the graffiti artist Lekto, who in 2022 had represented the economist Jacques Attali as a puppeteer manipulating President Emmanuel Macron-Pinocchio. The body considers that nothing proves with “absolute certainty” its anti-Semitic character. His fresco, depicting Emmanuel Macron as a puppet of a white-gloved Jacques Attali, caused … Read more

Blatant glitch at WDR: Terror propaganda in the children’s program

Blatant glitch at WDR: Terror propaganda in the children’s program

Shocking anti-Israel propaganda – in public children’s programs! ► In the children’s lexicon “nine and a half”, WDR explains the world to our children. But instead of stating the facts, the broadcaster’s entry on the Middle East conflict stirs up anti-Israel sentiment and trivializes the terror of the Islamist Hamas. For the historian and media … Read more

Pro-Palestine Protest in Berlin: Germany’s Struggle with Anti-Semitism and Criticism of Israel

Pro-Palestine Protest in Berlin: Germany’s Struggle with Anti-Semitism and Criticism of Israel

EPAPro-Palestine protest in Berlin (November 18) NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 22:34 Charlotte Waaijers Germany correspondent Charlotte Waaijers Germany correspondent Germany is struggling with tackling anti-Semitism and criticism of Israel, and with its own history. The threat to Jews has increased since the Hamas attacks on Israel, while critics point to declining freedom of expression. Cracks have appeared … Read more

Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia: Investigations against US universities

Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia: Investigations against US universities

Washington (dpa) – After increasing reports of anti-Semitic and Islamophobic incidents at US educational institutions, the responsible authority is opening investigations against seven universities – including the elite universities of Columbia and Cornell. With the announcement, the US Department of Education is responding to an “alarming nationwide increase” in such reports since the Islamist Hamas … Read more

“I’ll Cut You Open” Israeli Attacked with Kebab Knife in Berlin: Anti-Semitic Attack in Charlottenburg

“I’ll Cut You Open” Israeli Attacked with Kebab Knife in Berlin: Anti-Semitic Attack in Charlottenburg

“I’ll cut you open” Israeli attacked with kebab knife in Berlin November 12, 2023, 12:05 a.m. Listen to article This audio version was artificially generated. More info | Send feedback Because a filmmaker from Israel is distributing stickers with the Star of David in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin, a store employee pounces on him … Read more

Maximilian Klein Calls for Decisive Action Against Anti-Semitism in Sports

Maximilian Klein Calls for Decisive Action Against Anti-Semitism in Sports

Athlete spokesman Maximilian Klein has called on national and international sports associations to take “decisive action against anti-Semitism and hostility to Israel in sport”. As the director of sports policy and strategy for the Athletes Germany Association explained, the associations are obliged, in accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, to … Read more

Pro-Palestinian Rally at Berlin’s Free University Raises Awareness of Genocide and Calls for Ceasefire

Pro-Palestinian Rally at Berlin’s Free University Raises Awareness of Genocide and Calls for Ceasefire

Berlin (dpa/bb) – Dozens of people, including students, came to a pro-Palestinian rally in front of the Free University (FU) of Berlin on Friday afternoon. Participants in the rally waved Palestine flags and held banners reading “Stop the Genocide” and “Ceasefire now Stop the war.” The police counted around 160 participants. The call for the … Read more