ISGAP Flashpoint

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Antisemitism by Exposure: Doxxing Jews and Minorities

Doxxing is the act of seeking and publicly publishing online private or identifying information about an individual or a group with the purpose of exposing them to other online users. Doxxing is done to pressure or harass individuals or groups as they might suffer from frequent calls, emails, or even real-life harassment and violence from […]

American Antisemitism: A Historical, Political, and Psychological Analysis

Antisemitism has a long history in American politics. For centuries, politicians and propagandists on the left and the right have used Jew-hatred as a mobilizing tool to stoke fear of “the other,” as well as to find a convenient scapegoat on which to blame social, political, and economic problems. While Jews have experienced discrimination in […]

Commemorating Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries and Iran

There has been a Jewish presence in Arab-Muslim countries since well before Islam was introduced, and it dates back to before the 6th-century, before the current era. However, these communities have disappeared or are in the process of disappearing in the majority of Arab-Muslim countries. In fact, 865,000 Jews found themselves excluded in the very countries […]

No Justice for Sarah Halimi, No Republic

[This article was original written in French and has been translated into English. The French version is included at the bottom of this article. Cet article a été rédigé en français et a été traduit en anglais. La version française est incluse au bas de cet article.] _________________________________________________________________________ Sarah Attal-Halimi lived in rue de Vaucouleurs, […]

The Chief Justice of South Africa and the Role of the Constitution in Foreign Affairs

The South African political landscape has been experiencing tumultuous turns since the dawn of our democracy, turns of which have become definitive moments of our nation. These moments have either buttressed or eroded the foundations of the democratic project – reinforcing institutions, enhancing personal liberties and the protection of fundamental human rights. Our supreme law, […]

Woke Up: Cancel Culture Is A Form of Antisemitism

In the past couple of weeks, the cancel culture war took a darker turn. Several children’s books from Dr. Seuss and the authors of Curious George are the latest in a sophisticated version of 21st-century book burning. These authors have been determined to be racist within the context of cancel culture. However, the latest victims […]

The Only Urdu Poem on the Holocaust and its Author

In September-October 2009, a Holocaust films retrospective was held in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, India. The event was significant because of several reasons: it was the first-ever Holocaust films retrospective in South Asia. It ran for fourteen days, during which forty-six films were screened, seen by four thousand people at the two biggest universities in […]

Antisemitism in Portugal

On April 25th, 1974, a military coup overthrew a dictatorship of 40 years and established the first free elections, leading to a democratic regime that effectively started with the 1976 Portuguese Constitution. The coup became known as the Carnation Revolution because of the flowers people gave to the military personnel on that specific day. This […]

Antisemitism at My Door? How I Talked About Hate Crimes with My Children

Antisemitism and hate crimes in general are on the rise in the United States. According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), 2019 witnessed more than 2,100 anti-Jewish acts, including assaults, vandalism, and harassment, marking an increase of 12 percent over the previous year. This is the highest level of antisemitic incidents since ADL began tracking them four decades […]

All You Need to Know About Zionism

The single most significant and positive event in recent Jewish history, rivaling the Exodus from Israel, and the long-ago kingdom of the Jews, was the creation of the state of Israel.  The miracle which has followed its creation has been its survival. The very existence of a Jewish state, topped with the fact that it […]