Quds Day Rallies Across Western Cities Feature Terror Praise

In 1979, then-Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini established Quds Day — Arabic for “Jerusalem Day” — an occasion marked each year by public expressions of hatred of the Jewish state. Over the weekend, several Quds Day rallies in Western cities featured support for terrorism, blood libels, and calls for Israel’s destruction.

In New York City, participants praised Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

In Chicago, protesters chanted “Iran, Iran make us proud” and “IRGC make us proud, bomb these genocidal clowns.”

In London, demonstrators shouted, “Yalla yalla intifada” and “Death to the IDF.” A rally in Toronto featured Iranian regime symbols.

47 of 181 incidents documented this week, or 26% — more than one in four — were related to Quds Day.

Other incidents that the Antisemitism Research Center (ARC) by CAM documented this week include:

• Netherlands: The terror group Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia took credit for an explosion that struck an Amsterdam Jewish school, causing no injuries.

• Brazil: A video circulated online purports to show a man kicking an Israeli tourist.

• United States: Ohio representative Max Miller received a threatening, antisemitic voicemail.