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Antisemitism Watch - September 25, 2026, 01 PM Eastern · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Antisemitism Watch, I'm Rachel Adler. Today, we
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  Speaker 1: track escalating terror plots, high-profile political confrontations, and crucial policy
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  Speaker 1: discussions worldwide. German authorities have indicted seven alleged Hamas operatives
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  Speaker 1: for stockpiling weapons and planning terror attacks targeting Jewish and
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  Speaker 1: Israeli figures in Berlin and Vienna around the October 7th anniversary,
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  Speaker 1: as reported by Fox News. Separately, Italian authorities raided a
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  Speaker 1: neo-Nazi network that was planning attacks on a synagogue, a mosque,
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  Speaker 1: and a school, uncovering bomb manuals and weapons, according to
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  Speaker 1: reporting reviewed for this episode. In Canada, a shooting attack
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  Speaker 1: on the Sons of Jacob synagogue in Belleville, Ontario. Onyam
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  Speaker 1: Kippur has prompted Jewish leaders and members of parliament to
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  Speaker 1: call for increased federal funding for community security. The Globe
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  Speaker 1: and Mail reported that current federal rules requiring institutions to
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  Speaker 1: cover 30% of security costs, hinder smaller synagogues, with MPs
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  Speaker 1: stating governments should fully fund necessary upgrades to protect Jewish communities.
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  Speaker 1: At the United Nations General Assembly, a heated exchange unfolded
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  Speaker 1: between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and New York City
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  Speaker 1: Mayor Zoran Mamdani. Netanyahu accused Mamdani of endangering Jewish New
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  Speaker 1: Yorkers and labeled him the anti-Semitic mayor of New York.
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  Speaker 1: alleging Mamdani spread lies about Israel and that his Hamas
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  Speaker 1: buddies would have killed every last Jew on October 7. Mamdani,
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  Speaker 1: a vocal critic of Israel's actions in Gaza, responded that
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu repeats baseless lies meant to sanitize his genocide of
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  Speaker 1: Palestinians and remains subject to an international criminal court arrest warrant.
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  Speaker 1: Fortune Media reported on this confrontation, with Netanyahu asserting Mamdani
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  Speaker 1: attempted to silence him. In the broader UNGA context, dozens
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  Speaker 1: of global delegates staged a mass walkout as Netanyahu took
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  Speaker 1: the stage, whom he then branded moral cowards, according to
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  Speaker 1: Fox News reporting. Criticism also targeted British Foreign Secretary Ed
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  Speaker 1: Miliband for a social media post featuring Mayor Mamdani. The
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  Speaker 1: al-Jameena reported that Miliband's post highlighted solidarity with Mamdani, whose
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  Speaker 1: record includes rejecting the IHRA definition of antisemitism, failing to
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  Speaker 1: condemn the globalize the Intifada chants, calling AIPAC monsters, and
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  Speaker 1: delaying condemnation of We Support Hamas chants outside a synagogue. Elsewhere, U.S.
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  Speaker 1: Ambassador Mike Huckabee and Israeli officials strongly criticized French President
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  Speaker 1: Emmanuel Macron over his comments regarding Hamas, triggering an international
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  Speaker 1: diplomatic firestorm, according to Fox News. Ambassador Jeff Bartos urged
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  Speaker 1: the United Nations to dismantle the legacy of the 2001
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  Speaker 1: Durban Conference, arguing it codified radical anti-Western hatred, antisemitism, and
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  Speaker 1: anti-American sentiment, and gave rise to the BDS movement, as
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  Speaker 1: also reported by Fox News. In media analysis, Tucker Carlson
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  Speaker 1: reportedly had 1,546 mentions of Jew or Jews in his
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  Speaker 1: broadcasts over the past 12 months, according to a numerical
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  Speaker 1: analysis by Nathan Livingston, reported by sources reviewed for this episode.
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  Speaker 1: Carlson himself has denied being obsessed with Jews. Analysis also
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  Speaker 1: explored the Livingstone formulation, a rhetorical tactic used to deflect
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  Speaker 1: antisemitism accusations by framing them as attempts to silence criticism
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  Speaker 1: of Israel, thereby shifting focus from antisemitic conduct to the
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  Speaker 1: accuser's motives. This analysis, examining figures like McLemore, was reported
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  Speaker 1: by the Brandeis Center CEO for the Aljamina. Separately in Morocco,
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  Speaker 1: a candidate who previously called a Jewish leader cancer, was
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  Speaker 1: elected following a general election, as noted in reporting reviewed
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  Speaker 1: for this episode. In Policy Developments, Public Safety Canada's Summer
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  Speaker 1: Progress Report stated that antisemitism includes anti-Zionism, a definition aligning
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  Speaker 1: with the Jewish community's experience and the IHRA working definition,
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  Speaker 1: according to Public Safety Canada. Clark University has become the
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  Speaker 1: first college to join Project Shema, and the Ruderman Family
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  Speaker 1: Foundation program, aiming to train future psychologists to address antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: and its impact, responding to a noted rise in antisemitic incidents.
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  Speaker 1: A separate independent federal review, reported by Haaretz, found the
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  Speaker 1: Trump administration's strategy against campus antisemitism, including funding suspensions, rested
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  Speaker 1: on tenuous legal theories and potentially violated the law. Lithuania's parliament,
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  Speaker 1: the Seimas, has set a rule to enable institutional action
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  Speaker 1: based on the IHRA definition of antisemitism, as noted by
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  Speaker 1: the Times of Israel. However, reporting from Karen Bissner indicates
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  Speaker 1: that trusted voices, including rabbis, professors and journalists, are reportedly
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  Speaker 1: refusing to speak out about the rising tide of antisemitism,
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  Speaker 1: with personal accounts suggesting downplaying of threats from Jewish leaders
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  Speaker 1: and intellectuals. In Australia, A challenge exists with potentially 38
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  Speaker 1: different definitions of antisemitism across its 38 public universities, according
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  Speaker 1: to reporting reviewed for this episode. Federal Education Minister Jason
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  Speaker 1: Clare faces a critical moment of truth on university antisemitism,
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  Speaker 1: as indicated by independent assessor Greg Craven. Finally, calls for
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  Speaker 1: unity and collective action against antisemitism and hate crimes are
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  Speaker 1: being amplified, emphasizing the need to stand together, and break
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  Speaker 1: the silence, according to social media posts reviewed for this episode.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Rachel Adler, thank you for listening to Antisemitism Watch.
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