Teenager allegedly indoctrinated by far-right literature plans bombing of German school, while Jewish cemetery also attacked

German police are investigating two allegedly antisemitic incidents. A 16-year-old suspect was arrested by federal officers on suspicion of planning to bomb a high school in Essen. When the police raided the teenager’s home, they found explosives and antisemitic, far-right literature. Police in Cologne, meanwhile, are investigating a suspected arson attack at a Jewish cemetery. […]

As Black Americans grieve, details emerge of terrorist’s conspiracy-fuelled hatred of Black and Jewish communities

While America mourns for the ten people killed and three injured, eleven of whom were Black, reportedly at the hands of self-described “ethno-nationalist eco-fascist national socialist” Payton Gendron on 14th May, many have turned their attention to the shooter’s 180-page-long manifesto. The document details the alleged Buffalo supermarket killer’s interest in what is known as […]

Jordanian media outlet repeats classic antisemitic tropes about Jewish power and greed

It has been reported that the state-backed Jordanian daily newspaper, Al-Rai, has published a number of articles with inflammatory content, including Holocaust denial. The articles reportedly purport to “corroborate” the recent false claims by Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, that Adolf Hitler was of Jewish origin, with one article claiming to provide concrete historical evidence […]

Licoricia of Winchester statue apparently vandalised

A statue of the thirteenth-century Jewish businesswoman, Licoricia of Winchester, appears to have been vandalised. The statue, a to-scale depiction of Licoricia and her son, Asher, which was unveiled at the Winchester Discovery Centre in February this year, appears to have been attacked. Photographs show that the varnish around Asher’s eye, nose and mouth have […]