Ahlebait TV fined ÂŁ10,000 by Ofcom for “antisemitic hate speech”Â
Ofcom has fined the television channel Ahlebait TV ÂŁ10,000 for “antisemitic hate speech”. The fine comes less than one year after the regulator put the television channel on notice after deciding that it had breached hate speech regulations. The media watchdog made the initial ruling last year against Ahlebait TV, which offers “current affairs and […]
The Guardian editor Katherine Viner must resign following the newspaper’s publication of an antisemitic cartoon
Campaign Against Antisemitism is calling upon Katherine Viner, editor-in-chief at The Guardian, to resign after the newspaper published an antisemitic cartoon on Friday night. The now-deleted cartoon, drawn by Martin Rowson, depicted Richard Sharp, who last week resigned as Chairman of the BBC, and evoked several antisemitic tropes. Mr Sharp, who is Jewish, is portrayed […]
“If I could do it again, I would”: Waseem Awawdeh’s sentence for assaulting a Jewish man extended to eighteen months
An assailant who assaulted a Jewish man in New York City in May 2021 has had his sentence extended following public outrage. Waseem Awawdeh attacked Joseph Borden in Manhattan in May 2021, during the war between Hamas and Israel. He pleaded guilty to the charges of attempted assault and criminal weapon possession. According to a […]
Antisemitic abuse circulated on school WhatsApp group in Sydney.
Antisemitic abuse has been found on a King’s School WhatsApp group. Students at the prestigious private school in Sydney, New South Wales exchanged antisemitic and racist rhetoric on a WhatsApp group called “Studies of Religion Group Chat” in late April. One pupil wrote: “I’m cool with muzzlims and pretty much everyone as long as they […]