There was a 50 percent increase in arrests and plots linked to domestic Islamist extremism in the United States in 2019, according to new data from ADL. The international Jewish community expressed concern and condemnation over a purported arson attack on the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Iran. The House Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism had an online hearing on Wednesday to discuss the rise of extremism during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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• Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the #1 state sponsor of antisemitism + terror, is calling for the “final solution" to destroy the Jewish state.
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• We shouldn’t have to say this: Stop comparing pandemic shutdown to Nazi Germany (Philadelphia Inquirer -- Shira Goodman op-ed)
• Anti-Defamation League Warns of ‘Disturbing Rhetoric’ at Illinois Rallies (NBC Chicago -- David Goldenberg featured)
• ADL, Birmingham Jewish Federation urge education after video of students with swastikas (FOX Birmingham, AL)

• Far-right groups are spreading racist, false claims about shooting victim Ahmaud Arbery, analysts say (The Washington Post)
• EU Parliament Condemns Anti-Semitic Incitement in Palestinian Textbooks (Jewish Journal)
• ADL: Anti-Semitism Is ‘Not Constrained by Specific Ideology or Politics’ (Jewish Journal)