CAA applauds Associated Press Stylebook for changing stylisation of ‘anti-Semitism’ to ‘antisemitism’

Campaign Against Antisemitism applauds Associated Press Stylebook’s (AP Stylebook) announcement that the organisation will now use the spelling ‘antisemitism’ instead of ‘anti-Semitism’. In addition to this, they will also write ‘antisemitic’ rather than ‘anti-Semitic’. Experts have long opposed the use of ‘anti-Semitism’, on the basis that there is no such thing as ‘Semitism’ that antisemites […]

Risk of censure for abusing Jews is proof of Jewish power, Jordanian professor tells TV audience, adding that “Jewish” and “Zionist” are synonymous

A Jordanian professor has reportedly stated that the risk of being “cancelled” for using the term “Jews” when abusing Jewish people was proof that Jews “control the world.” Professor Ahmad Nofal of the University of Jordan also alleged that “Zionists” harvest organs illegally and “plant illnesses” when patients are unconscious. According to the Middle East […]

Jewish life in Afghanistan will end with departure of last Jew later this year

Jewish life in Afghanistan, which began at least 1,500 years ago, will end with the departure of the country’s last Jew, Zabulon Simantov, 61, who is to leave for Israel after this year’s High Holidays season in the autumn. Mr Simantov’s wife and their two daughters have lived in Israel since 1998. But Mr Simantov, […]

Jews murdered in Moroccan riots “deserve to be remembered” say descendants

More than 40 Jews murdered in Morocco in riots in 1948 “deserve to be remembered,” say their descendants, who are calling on the Israeli government to recognise those killed as Victims of Terror, with a view to establishing a monument and teaching “today’s generation” about the riots. Riots began a few weeks after Israel declared […]