Racism

Jewish summer camps in Canada face pressure campaign over alleged 'Israeli military' ties

Anti-Israel groups in Canada are urging protests and accreditation pressure against Jewish summer camps, accusing them of supporting Israel and the IDF.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
National Flag of Canada (Queen's Park, Toronto).
FILE PHOTO: The US Department of Homeland Security seal is displayed at the FEMA National Response Coordination Center in Washington, DC, January 24, 2026.

US Homeland Security hires social media manager whose posts promoted ‘white-nationalist rhetoric’

Peyton Rollins was previously employed by the Labor Department, where he had made posts decried as antisemitic and racist.

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing from the White House in Washington, DC, on February 6, 2026.

From the Obamas to Bad Bunny: GOP stays silent as Trump's racist outbursts continue - opinion

Being perfect is a heavy burden for most, but not for Donald Trump, who has compared himself to Jesus and claimed to be God’s chosen emissary on Earth.

|ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
U.S. President Obama greets President-elect Trump in the White House Oval Office in Washington

'I didn't make a mistake': Trump says he won't apologize for sharing racist video against Obamas

Several hours after the video was published, the White House claimed it had been accidentally posted by a staffer and assured viewers it had been taken down.

|ByARIELLA ROITMAN, LARA SUKSTER MOSHEYOF

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.

Ben-Gvir doubles down: 'Right to life supersedes the right to free movement’

Ben-Gvir also reiterated his words in a video message released last Friday, saying “Not only do I not regret my words, I am saying them again."

AUGUST 27, 2023ByTROY O. FRITZHAND
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to members of Israel's Special Patrol Unit in Tel Aviv on August 2, 2023.

State Dept. slams Ben-Gvir for saying his right to movement beats Arab right

Itamar Ben-Gvir claimed that his statement accords with international law.

AUGUST 26, 2023ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir attends the weekly government conference, held at the Western Wall tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City on May 21, 2023.

Strengthening the Black-Jewish alliance is as critical as ever - opinion

On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, the Black-Jewish alliance must maintain its vigilance.

AUGUST 26, 2023ByMARC SCHNEIER
CIVIL RIGHTS leaders including Martin Luther King, Jr. meet with then-US president John F. Kennedy and members of his administration, in the Oval Office of the White House on August 28, 1963, the day of the March on Washington.