Anti-Israel

AIPAC targeting US congressional candidates who want to condition aid to Israel

“We are going to have a focus on stopping candidates who are detractors of Israel or who want to put conditions on aid,” Patrick Dorton, a spokesperson for AIPAC’s super PAC, said in an interview.

|ByJOSEPH STRAUSS/JTA
A VISITOR holds an AIPAC folder in an elevator in Rayburn House Office Building on March 12, 2024 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
Swiss flags are seen on the Swiss Parliament building (Bundeshaus) in Bern, Switzerland, November 6, 2024.

Swiss antisemitism report: Online hate up by 36.9%, real-world incidents fall in 2025

Switzerland saw a 36.9% rise in online antisemitism in 2025, despite real-world incidents dropping. The trend poses growing challenges for Jewish life and safety in the country.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Brian McGinnis gets stuck in a door, injuring his arm, as Sen. Tim Sheehy and US Capitol Police officers attempt to remove him from a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill on March 4, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Sen. Tim Sheehy forcibly removes anti-war protester who shouted, ‘No one wants to fight for Israel’

The protester, Brian McGinnis, a Marine veteran running as a Green Party candidate in North Carolina’s Senate race, disrupted a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing on military readiness.

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
People wave Iranian flags and signs condemning the war on Iran as they march past the Eisenhower Executive Building during a protest in Washington, DC, on February 28, 2026.

'Spontaneous' US-Iran war protests funded by billionaire anti-Israel group backer - report

Rapid US protests over the Iran campaign were reportedly driven by anti-Israel groups with alleged links to a Shanghai-based billionaire and a funding network under congressional scrutiny.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Pastor who embraced Farrakhan wins Texas Dem primary, as Nazi-gun enthusiast advances to GOP runoff

Brandon Herrera, a gun-rights YouTuber and firearms manufacturer whose videos included reviews of Nazi weapons and recreations of Hitler’s suicide, will advance to a runoff.

MARCH 5, 2026ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
The Rev. Frederick Haynes III

Candace Owens fuels controversy with 'false flag' claims targeting Israel, US conservatives

Candace Owens fuels controversy with new 'false flag' conspiracy claims, accusing Israel of orchestrating global events and invoking antisemitic rhetoric.

MARCH 4, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Conservative talk show host Candace Owens speaks during at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, US February 25, 2022.

JD Vance praises Tucker Carlson-Mike Huckabee interview as ‘a really good conversation’

Vice President JD Vance praised Tucker Carlson’s interview with Mike Huckabee, declining to criticize Carlson despite antisemitism allegations and rising concern among Jewish conservatives.

FEBRUARY 28, 2026ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
US Vice President JD Vance steps off Air Force Two at Central Wisconsin Airport on Feb. 26, 2026 in Mosinee, Wisconsin.

Atlanta Jewish Film Festival apologizes on selecting anti-Zionist juror to judge human rights films

The Israeli Consulate withdrew its support for the annual festival Friday after learning one of the student jurors in the human rights category “shared antisemitic and anti-Israel content."

FEBRUARY 25, 2026ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
PANELISTS FROM the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival speak onstage.

Over 1,000 British councilors pledge to uphold Palestine rights, stand against Israel's 'genocide'

Councilors in the UK are individuals elected by local residents to serve as representatives on local councils (including unitary, county, district, borough, and parish councils).

FEBRUARY 25, 2026ByMATHILDA HELLER
Demonstrators protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in London, in January.

Who is to blame for Europe's post-Oct. 7 tsunami of antisemitism? - opinion

Antisemitism is a scourge that demands sober, collaborative action against all our enemies – not Jewish infighting. Jewish communities deserve better.

FEBRUARY 25, 2026ByARIEL MUZICANT
Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun testifies during his Senate confirmation hearing for the role of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Nov. 19, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Gavin Newsom says he never has and ‘never will’ take money from AIPAC

Newsom, widely believed to be running for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, was offering a clear sign that he is aiming to appeal to a voter base that is increasingly critical of Israel.

FEBRUARY 25, 2026ByJOSEPH STRAUSS/JTA
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR Gavin Newsom attends the inauguration of new installations at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center as part of the prison’s transformation plan, in San Quentin, California, US, February 20, 2026.

'Vast and systematic': Israel's First Lady Michal Herzog breaks silence on Hamas sexual violence

Michal Herzog speaks out on denial, antisemitism, and the global reckoning over Hamas’s use of sexual violence

FEBRUARY 24, 2026ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
Israel's First Lady Michal Herzog has used her global platform to confront denial and keep the issue of Hamas’s systematic sexual violence on the international agenda since October 7.

Denying Jews their history is the modern form of antisemitism - opinion

Modern antisemitic rhetoric shifts to questioning Jewish identity and history.

FEBRUARY 23, 2026ByARIEL HARKHAM
IDF SOLDIERS stand at the Western Wall in June 1967 after it was captured during the Six Day War.

Australian Jewish teen attacked at Scouts camp, accused of 'murdering children'

The teenager, Joshua Levy, was attending the camp alongside over 1,500 scouts and volunteers in Victoria when he was attacked for wearing the Israeli flag.

FEBRUARY 23, 2026ByTZVI JASPER
Australian Jewry has been confronted by the reality that antisemitism never went away, Zionist Federation of Australia president Jeremy Leibler told the ‘Post.’ Here, protesters hold placards and flags during a rally against antisemitism at The Domain in 2024, in Sydney.