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nti-Semitism has emerged
in forms both subtle and
overt at anti-Israel rallies
taking place globally in response to
President Trump’s announcement
on Jerusalem earlier this month,
according to a new analysis by the
Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
ADL experts are monitoring inci-
dents globally and in the United
States. While there have been seri-
ous incidents overseas, including
the firebombing of Jewish commu-
nity sites in Sweden and hate-filled
remarks by President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan of Turkey, several protests
in the United States have been
marred by anti-Semitic chants and
expressions as well.
Virulent anti-Israel protests
were held in more than a dozen
cities across the U.S. Many of the
demonstrations were marked by
extreme anti-Israel and anti-Zionist
messages, with some denying Israel’s
right to exist and others supporting
resistance by any means. In New
York City, chants in Times Square
of “Khaybar, Khaybar, oh, Jews, the
Army of Muhammad will return,”
recalled a 7th-century battle that
ended in a massacre of Jews.
In the Middle East and Europe,
protests and riots broke out in
major capitals. Further escalating
tensions, President Erdogan vowed
to use “all means to fight” against
U.S. recognition of Jerusalem and
called Israel a “terrorist state” that
“kills children.”
The League also voiced concern
after a series of anti-Semitic carica-
tures appeared in Arabic language
media across the Muslim and Arab
world. An ADL survey of a dozen
cartoons appearing in newspapers

and websites across the Arab world
shows that the Jerusalem decision is
being characterized in deeply anti-
Semitic terms. ADL has raised the
issue of this most recent collection
of anti-Semitic cartoons with mem-
bers of Congress.
“Our concern is that the anti-
Semitic expressions we’ve seen
overseas and in the United States
could escalate,” said Jonathan A.
Greenblatt, ADL CEO. “While people
have every right to voice opposi-
tion to President Trump’s position
on Jerusalem, anti-Semitism as a
response is completely unaccept-
able. This is especially true of world
leaders and those Arab media out-
lets that are aiding and abetting the
incitement by evoking dangerous
anti-Semitic themes and conspiracy
theories.”
ADL has a team of staffers in
Israel and in the U.S. who moni-
tor media across the Middle East
for anti-Semitism. In the latest
survey, taken in the days following
President Trump’s announcement,
viciously anti-Semitic cartoons have
appeared in widely read Arab media
publications in Saudi Arabia, Oman,
Qatar, Egypt, Iran, Kuwait and the
United Kingdom. The full survey is
available on the League’s website.
Some of the cartoons suggest that
Israel controls U.S. foreign policy,
depicting President Trump as a
puppet or pawn of the Israeli prime
minister, while others evoke clas-
sic anti-Semitic themes, with Jews
stereotypically depicted with large
noses, pointed teeth and large ears.
Several cartoons suggest that Israel
and the U.S. are conspiring to wrest
control of the Dome of the Rock in
Jerusalem away from Muslims. •

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