Antisemitism
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In one case, a party member who had made no public Facebook comments about Israel before Corbyn’s leadership began is now posting more than 300 times per year on the topic, including a claim that “Zionists ... bankrolled Hitler before and throughout WW2.”
“This is an extremely serious incident,” said B’nai Brith Canada CEO Michael Mostyn, “and we trust that law enforcement will give it the attention that it deserves.”
The pictures show the leader of the British Labour Party walking in a 2009 march in Birmingham, England, where protesters held banners that described the Jewish state as “child killers” and “thirsty for blood,” while calling for a boycott of the Jewish state.
“They are looking for our donors, and they are trying to sway us,” said Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.).
Canary Mission launched a campaign and report revealing a strategic partnership between IfNotNow and American Muslims for Palestine, a group that has incited and celebrated violence against Israelis, denied Jewish peoplehood and mocked the Holocaust on social media.
Delivered to the Young Israel of Bal Harbour, according to reports, was a DVD, a photo of someone pointing a gun and anti-Semitic writing.
An article on the Muslim Brotherhood website accuses Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of destroying the country, as described in the book of Isaiah.
“Tweets I made in 2011 resurfaced in which I made offensive and hateful comments,” said Mohammed Elshamy in a statement. “I want to unequivocally express my apology to everyone, especially those in the Jewish community, who were offended by the tweets.”
Canadian police responded to 1,798 hate crimes in 2018, though it was a 4 percent decrease from 2017.
Mohammed Elshamy, 25, joined the cable-news network in January.
Manchester council member Majid Dar was suspended after now-deleted anti-Semitic Facebook posts of his were exposed on Twitter.
New Jersey ranked third in the nation in anti-Semitic incidents in 2018 by the Anti-Defamation League.
