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Antisemitism Watch - October 3, 2026, 09 PM Eastern · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Antisemitism Watch. I'm Rachel Adler. We're also
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  Speaker 1: launching Antisemitism Watch, Mid-Atlantic, providing focused coverage from New York,
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  Speaker 1: New Jersey, Connecticut, and the Philadelphia region. Find us at clockworkmedia.org
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  Speaker 1: slash m. A. The most serious development we're tracking today
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  Speaker 1: comes from Manchester, England, where two men have been charged
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  Speaker 1: with terrorism offenses. Iran International reports that Rahman Salehi, 34,
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  Speaker 1: and Salim Ahmadian, 36, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: Prosecutors allege the pair were preparing to commit an act
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  Speaker 1: of terrorism, including planning to target Manchester's Jewish community with
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  Speaker 1: a homemade bomb. According to court proceedings, alleged targets included
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  Speaker 1: the Heaton Park Synagogue and Manchester's Jewish Museum. Prosecutors stated
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  Speaker 1: the men obtained instructions for making a chlorine bomb, acquired
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  Speaker 1: components for an improvised explosive device, and carried out reconnaissance.
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  Speaker 1: The court heard they were allegedly directed by an individual
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  Speaker 1: believed to be in Iran. Both Salehai and Ahmadian have
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  Speaker 1: been remanded in custody. Closer to home, in Abington Township, Pennsylvania,
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  Speaker 1: police are investigating an incident of offensive vandalism. CBS Philadelphia
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  Speaker 1: reports that anti-black and anti-Semitic graffiti was discovered throughout the
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  Speaker 1: Weldon playground in Glenside on Saturday. Abington School Board President
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  Speaker 1: Melissa Murray condemned the act on Facebook, calling it BS
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  Speaker 1: of the most craven, cowardly, and despicable kind. Volunteer firefighters
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  Speaker 1: and school district facilities personnel have been working to remove
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  Speaker 1: the graffiti. Authorities are urging anyone with information to contact
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  Speaker 1: the Abington Township Police Department. In the United Kingdom, the
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  Speaker 1: Green Party is reportedly facing an anti-Semitism row. This stems
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  Speaker 1: from a motion within the party that declared, Zionism is racism.
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  Speaker 1: Such rhetoric can align with IHRA definition criteria, particularly when
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  Speaker 1: it involves the application of double standards or demonization related
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  Speaker 1: to Jewish self-determination. Turning to broader trends, open-source intelligence analysts
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  Speaker 1: are sounding the alarm about the migration of online hate.
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  Speaker 1: Alex Goldenberg, an intelligence and cyber threat analyst, told jpost.com
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  Speaker 1: that extremist subcultures, conspiracy networks and foreign influence operations, once
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  Speaker 1: confined to fringe message boards, have now infiltrated mainstream social media,
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  Speaker 1: reaching millions. Goldenberg, who co-founded the threat intelligence company Nerevance,
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  Speaker 1: emphasized that the consequences of extremist ideologies spread online are
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  Speaker 1: no longer virtual, noting that radicalized online communities have inspired
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  Speaker 1: real-world violence against Jews globally. I'm Rachel Adler, thank you
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  Speaker 1: for listening to Antisemitism Watch. For focused coverage from New York,
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  Speaker 1: report was generated with AI assistance and may contain inaccuracies.
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