Posts Tagged: incitement to violence
Israeli Media Call on Facebook, Twitter to Stop Incitement Against Reporters
JNS.org - The top 14 media outlets in Israel have demanded that Facebook and Twitter take action in curbing the increase in online threats and...
2017 Saw Rise of Antisemitic Incidents in Germany
JNS.org - The number of antisemitic incidents rose last year in Germany, according to a Berlin newspaper that quoted a government report. 1,453 antisemitic incidents were perpetrated...
Netanyahu Again Mulls Shutdown of Al Jazeera’s Jerusalem Offices, Network Vows to Fight Potential Move
JNS.org - The Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera vowed it will fight attempts by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to shut down its offices in Jerusalem. Netanyahu last...
New Petition Calls On McGill U to Expel Student Leader Who Tweeted ‘Punch a Zionist’
A petition demanding the expulsion of a McGill University student government representative who urged Twitter followers to "punch a Zionist" has garnered nearly 2,000 signatures, The Algemeiner has learned. "We the undersigned...
Election to Student Government of ‘Proud to Be Called a Terrorist’ Tweeter Stems From Apathy to Antisemitism on Exeter Campus, Says Member of UK University’s Jewish Society
A member of the Jewish Society at the University of Exeter in Britain told The Algemeiner that apathy about antisemitism on campus allowed for the election to...
Islamic Movement Deputy Chief Under House Arrest for Incitement to Violence Against Israelis
JNS.org - The deputy head of the Islamic Movement in Israel was placed under house arrest Tuesday on suspicion of inciting violence. Sheikh Kamal Khatib was...
Israel Aims to Compel Social Media to Combat Palestinian Incitement
JNS.org - Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan on Sunday proposed new legislation that would compel social media platforms to remove posts deemed to directly incite...
Jerusalem Arab Sentenced to Year in Prison for Facebook Incitement
JNS.org - An Arab man from northern Jerusalem was sentenced to one year in prison for incitement on Facebook. As part of a plea deal, Obida Twil...
Google Denies Reaching Joint Agreement With Israel to Monitor Social Media Incitement
Online giant Google on Monday rejected an Israeli report that it had agreed to monitor YouTube videos inciting to violence against Israelis, French-Israeli i24 News reported. Google's comments...
2 Arab Educators in Jerusalem Fired for Incitement Against Israeli Soldiers
JNS.org - A principal and a teacher at an Arab elementary school in eastern Jerusalem were fired this week for allegedly inciting and encouraging violence against...
Rabin Assassin’s Brother Detained for Incitement Against Israeli President
JNS.org - The brother of Yigal Amir, who assassinated former Israeli prime minster Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, was arrested Tuesday by Israeli authorities on suspicion of incitement...
Ceremony at East Jerusalem High School Includes Prayer for Terrorists ‘Who Sacrificed for Their Country’
The prestigious Dar Al-Tifel Al-Arabi girls’ high school in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah recently held a ceremony which seemingly expressed support for...
Thousands of Israelis Join Lawsuit Against Facebook Over Incitement to Violence
JNS.org - The Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center on Tuesday submitted a lawsuit against Facebook in a New York court on behalf of 20,000 Israelis,...
Kerry, Netanyahu Call for Immediate End to Incitement Amid Palestinian Terror Wave
JNS.org - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to move “beyond the rhetoric” and to take steps to “rekindle” the...
