August 19, 2026

South Carolina Mayors Eye Local Action Against Rising Antisemitism at Columbia Roundtable

More than a dozen mayors and municipal officials from across South Carolina convened in the state capital, Columbia, on Thursday for a collaborative forum organized by the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) to address the growing threat of Jew-hatred and develop locally tailored plans to counter it. The South Carolina Mayors Roundtable on Antisemitism was hosted

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New South Wales Supreme Court Rejects IHRA Definition, Rules Anti-Israel Graffiti Was Not Antisemitic

In a ruling published Aug. 17, Justice Desmond Fagan of Australia’s New South Wales Supreme Court rejected the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism and ruled that anti-Israel slogans spray-painted in a Sydney suburb did not constitute hatred of Jews. Fagan noted the area had a high proportion of Jewish residents but

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‘Assaulting Jews on Basis of Their Connection to Israel Is Not Political Debate, It Is Racially Motivated Battery’

Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) President of U.S. Affairs Alyza D. Lewin issued the following statement welcoming a U.S. federal judge’s ruling that an assault targeting a Jewish woman wearing an Israeli flag could constitute racial discrimination: “Kudos to Judge Trevor McFadden who once again refused to entertain the anti-Zionists’ masquerade. As his opinion makes clear,

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Antisemitic posters at the University of Coimbra target Zionists and glorify Hamas terrorist Yahya Sinwar.

Portugal Seeks Criminal Probe of Antisemitic Campaign at University of Coimbra That Forced Israeli Student to Abandon PhD

The office of the Portugal’s secretary of state for higher education has asked Prosecutor General Amadeu Guerra to open a criminal investigation into an antisemitic campaign at the University of Coimbra that forced Israeli doctoral student Bar Harel to abandon his computer engineering PhD. The formal request was also sent to Portugal’s Central Department of Criminal

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Israeli Gold Medalist Disqualified From Uzbekistan Olympiad for Displaying Israeli Flag

Organizers at Uzbekistan’s 2026 International Olympiad in Informatics disqualified Yotam Budnik, an Israeli high school student from Rehovot, after he displayed the Israeli flag while accepting his gold medal. Israeli participants were barred from competing under their national flag. Budnik, who said it was important for him to represent Israel, brought one anyway and unveiled

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UK Green Party Chat Leak Exposes Talk of ‘Killing Zionists’

A UK Green Party WhatsApp chat featured a local official affirming that he wanted Israel eliminated, while other participants discussed “killing Zionists” and described antisemitism as “wrong but understandable,” The Times of London reported on Sunday. Green Party member Sophus Magill created the group, called “Greens Against Imperialism,” which activists reportedly used to organize and

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