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The pathological hatred Trump inspires on the left and the quasi-religious devotion he commands on the right reflect tensions within American democratic culture. File Photo

Selective outrage: Can Zionists be challenged for being anti-Semitic?

The New York Times seems to believe Islamophobia cancels out anti-Semitism as it downplays Trump’s remarks and publishes a racist piece

A city employee cleans the “Wall of the Righteous” (Mur des Justes) stamped with red hand graffiti outside the Shoah memorial in Paris, on May 14, 2024. The monument was vandalised overnight,  with the president of the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (CRIF) denouncing the act as antisemitic. (Photo by Antonin UTZ / AFP)

UNESCO warns that AI technology risks spreading Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism

The organisation’s report highlighted instances where hackers had rigged chatbots to spread Nazi ideology

A protester carries a placard during a gathering by relatives of Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the October 7 attacks by Hamas militants, in front of the Defence Ministry in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv, on March 30, 2024.  (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Those who hold the values of humanity and the rule of law should reject the Hamas narrative

Spreading the Hamas narrative because of the reactive need to attach to a struggle is akin to becoming the propaganda arm of a recognised terrorist network

Too controversial, won’t see: TLDR (2017) actors (top) Tenderlove, Duduzile Dlamini, Regina High, Jenny and Zoe Black, and (above) Gabbi, Emmah, Jowi, Connie and Nosipho ‘Provocative’ Vidima appear in the video installation by Candice Breitz (right), which has summarily been cancelled in Germany. Image stills: Goodman Gallery. Photo: Till Cremer

The complex art of the kibosh

South African-born Jewish artist Candice Breitz has had her exhibition in a German museum scrapped

People attending a demonstration to show solidarity with Israel and against anti-semitism hold up photographs of hostages taken by Hamas on October 22, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. Thousands of people attended the event in front of the Brandenburg Gate as the conflict between Hamas and Israel continues to range following the deadly October 7 incursions by Hamas fighters from Gaza into Israel. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Listen carefully for the echoes of anti-Semitism

History has taught us that Jews can easily become potential targets of violent retaliation

Anti-Semitism has grown during the coronavirus pandemic, particularly online, a new EU report said on Tuesday, but gaps in data make it difficult to measure how bad the problem really is. (Photo by Annette Riedl/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Anti-Semitism has increased during Covid pandemic: EU

Anti-Semitism has grown during the coronavirus pandemic, particularly online, a new EU report said on Tuesday

David Davidson, owner of Khan Eretz Ha’Mirdafim resort, chats with a worker at the camp near Alon settlement in the occupied West Bank. (Reuters/Ronen Zvulun)

Airbnb will leave West Bank homes listed to settle suits

Arvind Ganesan, of New York-based Human Rights Watch, called Airbnb’s retreat from the decision disappointing

At the core of Trump’s message to his raucous, adoring supporters is the now near daily warning that America is literally under attack from an “invasion” of illegal immigrants. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)

Trump hits election trail threatening troop surge on Mexico border

Trump hopes to fire up core Republican voters and spur the party to retain dominance of both chambers of Congress.

Mourners visit a makeshift memorial outside the Tree of Life synagogue, a day after 11 Jewish worshippers were shot dead in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, October 28 2018. (Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)

Mourners’ emotional vigil for victims of US synagogue attack

The assault on the 150-year-old congregation was the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in recent US history

Police vehicles block off the road near the home of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect Robert Bowers’ home in Baldwin Baldwin borough, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, October 27 2018. (John Altdorfer/Reuters)

Synagogue shooter spoke of ‘genocide,’ police ID victims

Federal officials said 46-year-old Robert Bowers faces 29 separate federal charges, several of them carrying the death penalty

Former Health MEC ?Qedani Mahlangu’s election into the Provincial Executive Committee has been called out for dishonouring the memories of those who have passed in the Life Esidimeni tragedy. (Felix Dlangamandla, Gallo)

Reject the grotesque logic of oppression

We need to place feminist commitments at the centre of any truly progressive political project

American novelist Roth disliked e-books and the distracting influences of modern technology

Prolific American author Philip Roth dies at 85

The acclaimed author won many awards in his lifetime but he was never awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature

No delay: Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Letters to the editor: September 8 to 14 2017

Readers write in about anti-Semitism, sexism, and corruption

Macron’s comments came after Italy’s new populist government defiantly declared that its ports were closed to foreign-flagged rescue ships.

Emmanuel Macron is already showing he is no progressive

The new French president’s committment to social justice has come in for questioning.

(John McCann/M&G)

‘Don’t objectify black people through white guilt’

White people should take responsibility for what they’ve done to black people and feel remorse

Marius Fransman

SAHRC in hot water again over report tampering allegations

Report on Marius Fransman’s anti-semitism has opposite conclusion in final version after former chairperson takes charge of draft.

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

Ukraine PM expresses outrage over anti-Jew pamphlets

Following reports that masked men were seen handing out tracts demanding Jews register or be expelled, Arseniy Yatsenyuk has called for justice.

Anti-Semitism claim ‘inflammatory’

Jewish leaders dismiss Israeli politician’s warning that anti-Israel atmosphere will lead to pogroms.

Given that the Middle East conflict dominates world agenda

‘Shoot the Jew’ exposes real agenda

Israel: Opposing lobby groups vie for public and government support as anti-Zionist protests reveal anti-Semitism.

Icasa must be enabled to achieves its intended purpose

Icasa hears decade-old racist row

An Islamic radio station has been called to task over anti-Semitic comments. Glynnis Underhill reports.