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Anti-Israel Activists Pay Tribute To 10/7 Architect Yahya Sinwar
After Israeli military forces killed Hamas’ leader and October 7 architect Yahya Sinwar in Gaza, U.S. anti-Israel activists quickly responded with praise and veneration for the terrorist who masterminded the deaths of approximately 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals and the abduction of some 250 people just over one year ago. Student groups were among the loudest to do so. These groups were also joined by antisemitic individuals with online audiences.
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| Instagram post honoring Sinwar. Created by anti-Zionist group Within Our Lifetime and subsequently shared by Bay Ridge Solidarity (as pictured here). |
This most recent wave of support for infamous terror group leaders demonstrates how, as ADL has frequently documented, many activist groups that claim to be “anti-Israel” or “anti-Zionist” in fact openly revel in violence against and the murder of civilians — and Jews in particular — in Israel.
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Fix Wikipedia’s #Fail on What Zionism Is: An investigation reported on by the Jerusalem Post (read it here)
revealed that Wikipedia’s page on “Zionism” is being partly edited by a user with strongly anti-Zionist views. The result is that Wikipedia, which had 92 billion visits last year, is skewing the narrative about the Jewish State and erasing the experiences of millions of Jews. As ADL said this week, “Yet again, we see implicit anti-Zionist bias among Wikipedia's editors. While we welcome the suspension of one egregious editor, the caused harm continues as historical distortions & misinformation remain viewable.” As a reminder, Wikipedia is the same platform that recently deemed ADL “generally unreliable” on antisemitism and the
Israel-Palestinian conflict. Click here to join ADL in urging Wikipedia to correct this dangerous misinformation about Zionism.
Amy Albertson Challenges Antisemitism One Post at a Time: Amy Albertson isn’t afraid to call out antisemitism and hate, no matter where it’s coming from. In the latest episode of ADL’s extremely
podcast, Oren Segal and Jessica Reaves from the ADL Center on Extremism sit down with Albertson, a Chinese-American Jewish advocate and educator, to talk about the challenges of Jewish life in 2024 and how she responds to bigotry targeting the Jewish and Asian communities. Click here for the latest episode of extremely.
Why to Say ‘No’ to Campus BDS Calls: With anti-Israel campus protesters at many schools demanding action on BDS, universities are being pressed to respond.
Watch the video recording
of a timely conversation about “The Cost of Divestment for University Endowments” with ADL affiliate JLens and the leading expert on university fiduciary duty, Professor Max M. Schanzenbach, Professor of Law at Northwestern University. Schanzenbach argued divesting from Israel would not be in the best interest of universities’ charitable missions to support higher education and advance and impart knowledge and therefore “violates fiduciary investment law”. The webinar also delves into JLens’ recent report
which found that the 100 largest U.S. university endowments could collectively forgo $33.2 billion in returns over the next decade if they divest from Israel. Get the webinar recording here.
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Widening the Good Fight:
ADL’s Words to Action education program is growing its reach! A new partnership with Moishe House expands Words to Action to 15 Moishe Houses in Europe, further lifting the program which is already in 24 countries and empowering thousands of young participants. ADL’s Dalia Grinfeld, who helps lead this effort in Europe, explains why this is so badly needed: “an astounding four out of every 10 citizens of these countries believe half of the antisemitic conspiracies presented before them.”
Read more in the Jerusalem Post about growing this powerful tool to address antisemitism and anti-Israel bias.
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Make your voice heard! Demand An Accurate Entry on Zionism from Wikipedia.
Wikipedia’s current definition of Zionism is wildly inaccurate, rooted in antisemitic claims about Jewish life and history, and erases the experiences of millions of Jews, including Ashkenazi, Mizrahi, Sephardic, African and others. For more than two decades, a core principle of Wikipedia has been that it should “strive for articles with an impartial tone” and “avoid advocacy.” Wikipedia has fallen miserably short of its own core principles. Click here to join ADL in urging Wikipedia
to correct this dangerous misinformation about Zionism.
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