Racism

Netanyahu condemns racism against Ethiopians, decries Zalka murder at state memorial ceremony

During his speech, Netanyahu said he had called for the "full weight of the law" to be brought against the murderers of Yemanu Zalka, promising to continue to fight against violence.

|ByTZVI JASPER
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu at the state memorial ceremony for Ethiopian Jews who perished on their journey to Israel.
Young Jewish men holding Israeli flags as they dance at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 29, 2022.

Gilad Kariv warns of potential violence during Jerusalem Day flag march

"To our regret, this parade - which ends with a mass rally in the Western Wall Square - has become an arena for acts of violence, hatred, looting, and racism in recent years," he wrote in a letter.

|ByTZVI JASPER
METROPOLITAN POLICE officers stand on duty as people attend a rally last month in London following the stabbing of two Jewish men the day before in the Golders Green neighborhood.

London man charged after alleged antisemitic attack on Orthodox Jewish women

Francis Achile was charged with aggravated assault, two counts of assault by beating, racially aggravated harassment, and racially aggravated assault.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
LEO TERRELL in his Washington office wearing his Hadar Goldin hat, with hostage pictures in the background. Lt. Goldin died in a 2014 Hamas ambush in Gaza, with his body finally returned to be laid to rest in Israel this past Nov.

Leo Terrell’s civil rights roots fuel his fight against antisemitism

Fighting antisemitism is "personal to me," Leo Terrell tells the Magazine, as he leads a federal task force targeting threats to the Jewish community.

|ByEVE GLOVER

Cyprus police make more arrests in racism-fueled violence

State officials frequently say Cyprus is on the frontline of irregular migration in the eastern Mediterranean, though the rate of increase has tapered off this year.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023ByREUTERS
Police vehicles arrive at a court, where a remand order was issued against a man suspected of plotting to murder Israeli businesspeople on the island, in Nicosia, Cyprus October 6, 2021.

Nikki Haley to Fox: ‘Kamala Harris failed at everything she’s ever been given’

The GOP presidential candidate defended her statements against an accusation of racism.

AUGUST 31, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL candidate and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley speaks after announcing her 2024 presidential campaign, in Urbandale, Iowa, last week.

Racism has infested Israel's religious Zionists and must be fought - opinion

In no uncertain terms, it must be demonstrated to the Israeli public at home and to those who look at us from the outside that racism has no place among us.

AUGUST 31, 2023BySHUKI FRIEDMAN
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to the media at the Shaare Tzedek hospital in Jerusalem on, January 28, 2023.

Libya snafu caused by a failing Israeli gov't not valuing Arab lives - opinion

Israel's government has been criticized for not stopping Arab sector crime and being racist against Arabs. Publicizing the Libya meeting may have been a way of saying they're "Arab friendly."

AUGUST 31, 2023ByEITAN CHARNOFF
FOREIGN MINISTER Eli Cohen arrives at the cabinet table in the Knesset plenum, last month. The writer suggests that Cohen revealed his meeting with the Libyan foreign minister ‘to desperately compensate for utter and unprecedented failures.’

Police officer seriously injured during 'Justice for Raphael' protest

Six police officers were injured in a number of violent incidents at the end of the protest in Tel Aviv.

AUGUST 30, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Police and protesters clash at 'Justice for Raphael' protest in Tel Aviv. August 30, 2023

Itamar Ben-Gvir is a gift to antisemites, Israel-haters - opinion

Itamar Ben-Gvir, as our national security minister, is nothing short of an unbearable affront to our nation’s integrity. 

AUGUST 29, 2023ByZINA RAKHAMILOVA
ITAMAR BEN-GVIR is a liability for Israel and a gift for international entities hell-bent on Israel’s destruction, the writer argues.

Florida gunman was chased from Black college minutes before shooting

The shooter had parked on campus and was donning gloves and a vest when students saw him and summoned campus police.

AUGUST 29, 2023ByREUTERS
Mourners attend a prayer vigil a day after a white man armed with a high-powered rifle and a handgun killed three Black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. August 27, 2023.

Ramaswamy: Squad's Ayanna Pressley is a 'modern KKK grand wizard'

“These are the words of the modern grand wizards; of the modern KKK,” GOP presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy said.

AUGUST 28, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy attends the Erick Erickson's conservative political conference "The Gathering" in Atlanta, Georgia, US. August 19, 2023.

Jacksonville shooter carried a swastika-decorated gun, police say

The US Justice Department is investigating the shooting as “a hate crime and an act of racially-motivated violent extremism."

AUGUST 28, 2023ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
Ryan Christopher Palmeter, who killed three Black people before shooting himself, is shown in a still image from surveillance video holding a rifle in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S., August 26, 2023.

Don't criticize Ben-Gvir for false racism. Call out his actual racism - editorial

Itamar Ben-Gvir made shameful and abhorrent remarks about an Israeli Arab journalist. Why is that being ignored instead of something Ben-Gvir never even said?

AUGUST 28, 2023ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks during a rally in support of the government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv on June 1, 2023.