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Truce in Gaza lasted for a 7th day and Henry Kissinger died at 100
Several US states continue to collect data tracking anti- Arab hate crimes under the original ‘Bias Code 31’ code, a report by the Anti-Defamation League said. These were converted to anti-Other Ethnicity/national Origin bias incidents when they were submitted to the federal database, it added. In 2015, Bias Code 31 was introduced after a terrible…
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The debate about ‘From the River to the Sea’ raged in congress and on campuses
Calling the phrase ‘Palestine will be free from the river to the sea’ a “Hamas call to annihilate Israel”, the US-based Anti-Defamation League said that claiming it’s a rally of coexistence “gives cover to terror”. It added that the phrase is “aspirational call for freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence, not death, destruction, or hate”.
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There is a furor over Nike splits with Kyrie Irving.
Adidas has announced that it will end its partnership with rapper Kanye West. “Ye’s recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, frightening and dangerous and they violate company’s values of diversity…inclusion,” Adidas said in a statement. Earlier, Kanye had tweeted that he didn’t agree with a documentary about Jews, which was deemed antisemitic by Anti-Defamation…
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Irving donated $500,000 to anti-Hate organizations and the Nets did the same.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in a statement said that antisemitic incidents in the US rose from 942 in 2015 to at least 2,717 in 2011. “The answer to the question ‘Do you have any antisemitic beliefs?’ is always ‘NO’ without equivocation,” ADL added. It further said that Kyrie Irving didn’t make good on the promise…