Hate speech

Irish man arrested in France after threatening to murder Jewish couple and invoking Hitler

The mid-August incident gained attention after video footage circulated on social media.

Screenshot of an Irish man who threatened to "put a bullet in your head" to Jewish tourists in a grocery store in France.
Pro-Palestinian protestors wave flags and signs across the street of the Roy Thomson Hall where the documentary "The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue" is screened during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, on September 10, 2025; illustrative

Zionists ‘rape, kill, eat children’: Toronto pro-Palestine protester invokes antisemitic tropes

The phrase 'Jew free' appeared during an interactive word-cloud exercise at the Muslim Association of Canada recent convention, May, 2026.

Muslim Association of Canada apologizes for 'Jew free' appearing in word cloud during youth convent

An antisemitism hashtag, illustrating online antisemitic hate speech.

Vast majority of antisemitic online content flagged by Jewish users stays online, EU Jews say


Religious leaders discuss countering hate speech as UN observes awareness day

Hate speech in religious discourse can take many different forms, and in the last several decades has found its way onto the internet.

 View of the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York City, US, January 16, 2023.

Social media is a trojan horse of hate - New York Mayor Eric Adams

Eric Adams called on the Jewish community to “challenge social media to not allow it to sit inside the forts of our communities.”

 New York City Mayor Eric Adams at the Jerusalem Post 2023 Annual Conference in New York, June 5, 2023

Twitter's head of trust and safety says she has resigned

An emailed request for comment to Twitter returned an automated reply with a poop emoji.

  Twitter app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022

German court acquits COVID denier who compared Israel to Nazi Germany

In a 2021 campaign video for the fringe political party die Basis (The Basis), Sucharit Bhakdi had said that the Jews had learned evil under Hitler and are utilizing it in Israel to spread more evil.

 The German national flag flies in front of Reichstag building in Berlin

How do we combat all extremism and hate speech in Israel? - opinion

As violent ideology becomes more commonplace, the street expects these views to be exposed more and more by their leaders, leading to a downward spiral of increasingly extremist thoughts.

 SIGNS WITH the slogan ‘leftists are traitors’ are held by protesters at a right-wing rally in Tel Aviv, last month.

Redefining freedom of speech: Protecting the right to the truth

Could a marketplace with too many ideas put access to truth at risk?

 A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed Facebook logo in this picture illustration.

Parliamentarians from 143 countries meet in Bahrain, agree to combat intolerance

Lawmakers at the Inter-Parliamentary Union's 146th Assembly pledged to promote peaceful coexistence.

 General view of capital Manama, Bahrain, October 30, 2022.

A Florida bill banning ‘ethnic intimidation’ flyers aims to stop the state’s neo-Nazi rise

Hate groups’ activity has been rising in Florida for several years, according to a 2022 report by the Anti-Defamation League

 Demonstrators hold antisemitic symbols and signs as they protest outside the Tampa Convention Center, where Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit was being held, in Tampa, Florida on July 23, 2022.

Israeli arrested for graffitiing hate speech on Yariv Levin's home during shiva

The unnamed Israeli is suspected of vandalizing personal property when he allegedly spray-painted the words "Yariv Levin - the people's enemy."

 JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin appears before the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, last month.

Jewish communities warned ahead of antisemitic Day of Hate across the US

The New York Police Department (NYPD) as well as the Chicago Police Department sent out Situational Awareness Alerts on Thursday.

 A protestor carries a white supremacist and antisemitic sign outside the Kenosha County Courthouse on the second day of jury deliberations in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, US, November 17, 2021.