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Antisemitism Watch - September 6, 2026, 05 PM Eastern · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Antisemitism Watch, I'm Rachel Adler. An antisemitic
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  Speaker 1: demonstration occurred in Toronto on July 26, 2026, featuring blood
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  Speaker 1: libels and calls for violence, according to the Jerusalem Post.
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  Speaker 1: The procession was reportedly led by an academic and lecturer
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  Speaker 1: who used a sound system to deliver a lesson plan,
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  Speaker 1: including antisemitic blood libels and chants of Qasr Qasr al-Yahad.
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  Speaker 1: A call for violence against Jews, the Jerusalem Post reported.
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  Speaker 1: The author of the article, chairperson of World WIZO, described
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  Speaker 1: the event as a shop window displaying the world as
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  Speaker 1: a whole, questioning the lack of police intervention and noting
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  Speaker 1: that antisemitism is being openly shouted in cities worldwide, often
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  Speaker 1: met with a sympathetic local public and government policies that
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  Speaker 1: understand and accommodate it. In security assessments, Israel's National Security
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  Speaker 1: Council has warned of sharply increased motivation by Iran, Hamas,
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  Speaker 1: and other jihadist organizations to target Israelis and Jewish communities abroad,
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  Speaker 1: according to reporting reviewed for this episode. These warnings, particularly
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  Speaker 1: for the upcoming holiday period, cite intensifying threat environments and
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  Speaker 1: operational activity among Iran-backed networks and global jihadist groups. The
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  Speaker 1: NSC's threat reviews point to efforts by Iran's security apparatus,
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  Speaker 1: Hamas operatives, and supporters of groups like Islamic State and al-Qaeda,
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  Speaker 1: to identify vulnerable civilian sites, with Israeli assessments attributing a
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  Speaker 1: surge in attempted attacks and plots to Iranian revenge for
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  Speaker 1: Israeli military actions, combined with Hamas's strategic shift to expand
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  Speaker 1: activity beyond Gaza. In the United States, the House of
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  Speaker 1: Representatives has passed a bill aimed at cutting funding for
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  Speaker 1: anti-Semitic boycotts, according to reporting on the legislation. Separately, the
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  Speaker 1: Council on American-Islamic Relations' Lowe's Angels, or CAIRLA, has named
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  Speaker 1: Senk Eiger as a keynote speaker for an upcoming gala,
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  Speaker 1: following his public claim that Israel controls Congress. This statement
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  Speaker 1: falls under the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition, which
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  Speaker 1: classifies such claims as antisemitism, according to the article sourcing.
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  Speaker 1: A Holocaust survivor and lifelong educator described the intimidation and
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  Speaker 1: isolation experienced by Jewish students on university campuses in the
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  Speaker 1: aftermath of October 7, 2023. Writing for an academic audience,
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  Speaker 1: they argue that universities have a responsibility to combat hate
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  Speaker 1: and promote critical thinking, noting that antisemitism began with words, propaganda,
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  Speaker 1: and exclusion, and advanced when hatred was organized and too
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  Speaker 1: many remained silent. The piece emphasizes that many Jewish students
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  Speaker 1: are returning to campuses with fears, some wondering whether to
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  Speaker 1: conceal their Jewish identity or remain silent, and stresses that dialogue,
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  Speaker 1: Intellectual honesty and courage are defences against prejudice. In European news,
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  Speaker 1: a ban on a soccer match between Belgian and Israeli
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  Speaker 1: teams has been described as an expression of antisemitism, according
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  Speaker 1: to reporting reviewed for this episode. Finally, in Israel, police
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  Speaker 1: are investigating vandalism and a break-in at the S.H. Willem
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  Speaker 1: school in Pardes-Hannikarker, where swastikas were found graffitied on classroom property,
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  Speaker 1: according to the Pardes-Hannikarker local council. the local council condemned
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  Speaker 1: the incident, stating that such acts have no place in
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  Speaker 1: our education system and our community, and vowing to work
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  Speaker 1: resolutely to maintain a safe, respectful and ethical educational space.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Rachel Adler, thank you for joining us on Antisemitism Watch.
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