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Jun 28, 2022, 7:38 PM

Out of context: Stripping Jews of their national identity

Israeli and American soldiers support each other as they kneel on a Palestinian and a black man, choking them (Al-Hayat al-Jadida screenshot)

The anti-Zionist belief that one must eradicate Jewish self-determination in order for all racism and police brutality to disappear is a toxic notion that cannot continue

Jun 3, 2022, 7:54 PM

Missing the zeitgeist: Iraq legislates anti-Israel bigotry

Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gather in Baghdad's Tahrir Square on May 26, 2022, to celebrate the passing of a bill that criminalizes normalization of ties with Israel. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

Baghdad’s move to legislate anti-Israel and antisemitic prejudice holds onto a hateful and archaic past that refuses to see the light of normalizing ties with Israel

Feb 5, 2022, 12:49 PM

Iran’s influence in Latin America is a dangerous reminder for regional leaders

Former chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Mohsen Rezaei. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

The attendance of AMIA bomb suspect Mohsen Rezaei at a Nicaragua ceremony is just one sign of Tehran's growing foothold in the region

Jul 19, 2021, 12:13 PM

Growing antisemitism reminds us that AMIA victims need justice, now

The aftermath of the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires. (Newspaper La Nación (Argentina/Wikipedia Commons)

Argentina took years to recognize the 1994 bombing that killed 85 people as a national – not just Jewish -- tragedy. And still, no one has been arrested or prosecuted

Jun 2, 2021, 2:18 AM

Assaults, chants, vitriol: Antisemitism has reached global crisis level

People attend a rally held in solidarity with Jews in the United States and across the world following a wave of antisemite attacks on Jews and in parallel to the rally held in New York, on January 5, 2020, in central Jerusalem. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90

The ADL is finding a harrowing spike in speech and acts targeting Jews as Jews. Governments and civil society must act now

Mar 25, 2021, 12:36 PM

Zoombombs and swastikas: 3 steps Switzerland can take before it gets worse

Illustrative: The Beth Yaakov Synagogue located in central Geneva.(Wikimedia Commons)

With anti-Jewish incidents already on the rise, there's no need to wait for someone to get hurt. Step one is providing security

Jul 16, 2019, 2:29 PM

Latin American Jews still don’t have justice 25 years after the AMIA massacre

A man prays in front of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) Jewish community center during the commemoration of the 23rd anniversary of the terrorist bombing attack that killed 85 people and injured 300, in Buenos Aires on July 18, 2017. (AFP / Juan Mabromata / Getty Images)

Successive Argentine governments failed in investigating the bombing. It's time to finally hold Hezbollah accountable

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Sharon Nazarian is Senior Vice President, International Affairs at the Anti-Defamation League