The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/hate-speech/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:56:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png hate speech | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/hate-speech/ 32 32 1 in 5 UK university students ‘reluctant’ to share house with Jewish student — poll https://www.timesofisrael.com/1-in-5-uk-university-students-reluctant-to-share-house-with-jewish-student-poll/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:59:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3779080 In poll covering 170 institutions, about half of students report seeing glorification of proscribed terror groups; large majority (82%) say 'globalize the intifada' is antisemitic

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]]> Australian tribunal rules ‘All Zionists are terrorists’ chant is unlawful https://www.timesofisrael.com/australian-tribunal-rules-all-zionists-are-terrorists-chant-is-unlawful/ Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:29:07 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3762803 Melbourne Jewish community representative successfully argues the protest slogan crosses from political speech into illegal racial and religious vilification as it incites against Jews

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]]> Australian parliament to meet early to pass hate speech laws after Bondi terror attack https://www.timesofisrael.com/australian-parliament-to-meet-early-to-pass-hate-speech-laws-after-bondi-terror-attack/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 06:43:34 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3731854 Legislative response to Hanukkah shooting would create new offenses for 'hate preachers,' expand ban on prohibited symbols, and set framework for new list of banned hate groups

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]]> French court convicts 10 of cyberbullying over claims about Brigitte Macron’s gender https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-court-convicts-10-of-cyberbullying-over-claims-about-brigitte-macrons-gender/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:54:13 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3726997 Defendants posted 'malicious comments' about French first lady, falsely saying she's male or calling her a pedophile, but several say they were joking; one gets 6 months in prison

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]]> US Jewish groups defend European media monitors barred from entering US https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-jewish-groups-defend-european-media-monitors-barred-from-entering-us/ Thu, 25 Dec 2025 11:38:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3719627 State Dept. accuses Imran Ahmed, Josephine Ballon and Anna-Lena von Hodenberg of ‘censorship,’ Federations of North America, Council for Public Affairs laud work on antisemitism

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]]> Uzbek cleric on trial for inciting hate, after backing call for jihad against Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/uzbek-cleric-on-trial-for-inciting-hate-after-backing-call-for-jihad-against-israel/ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 17:51:23 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3623772 Alisher Tursunov, widely known as Mubashshir Ahmad and boasting a million followers online, pleads not guilty after endorsing Qatar-based fatwa; could face 5-8 years in prison

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]]> UK Police investigating after British neo-Nazis celebrate Hitler’s birthday in pub https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-police-investigating-after-british-neo-nazis-celebrate-hitlers-birthday-in-pub/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:55:25 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3538096 Manchester-area bar says it didn't know about the incident, totally condemns it; crew of racist British Movement members caught on CCTV, may have broken hate speech laws

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]]> Facebook group for British History ‘laughs’ at photo of antisemitic massacre site https://www.timesofisrael.com/facebook-group-for-british-history-laughs-at-photo-of-antisemitic-massacre-site/ Fri, 21 Mar 2025 06:44:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3507715 Thousands respond to image of Clifford's Tower, where 150 Jews were murdered in 1190, with 'laugh' reacts and antisemitic jokes

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]]> US Jewish groups pushed Meta to crack down on hate speech. Now, it’s reversing course https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-jewish-groups-pushed-meta-to-crack-down-on-hate-speech-now-its-reversing-course/ Sat, 18 Jan 2025 22:52:34 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3460822 The company will loosen restrictions and halt automation to detect most violations as it adapts to a political era increasingly shaped by Trump and the Republican Party

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]]> Germany sees rise in far-right crime and online hate, partly linked to Gaza war https://www.timesofisrael.com/germany-sees-rise-in-far-right-crime-and-online-hate-partly-linked-to-gaza-war/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:18:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3453893 Report finds 33,963 registered cases of right-wing politically motivated crime in first 11 months of 2024, mostly online offenses and hate speech

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]]> To fight hate, these Brooklyn-based nonprofit professionals wrote a comic book together https://www.timesofisrael.com/to-fight-hate-these-brooklyn-based-nonprofit-professionals-wrote-a-comic-book-together/ Fri, 29 Nov 2024 00:28:51 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3425442 Six members of the We Are All Brooklyn Fellowship Against Hate tell their stories in a project initiated by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York

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]]> Anti-Israel US campus groups radicalize, with no one to stop them, experts warn https://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-israel-us-campus-groups-radicalize-with-no-one-to-stop-them-experts-warn/ Mon, 21 Oct 2024 22:10:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3400227 Former security officials say increasingly violent rhetoric mimics that of 1960s students who pivoted to domestic terror. It's going unhindered as students point to First Amendment

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]]> Streaming site Twitch accused of unchecked antisemitism, anti-Israel bias https://www.timesofisrael.com/streaming-site-twitch-accused-of-unchecked-antisemitism-anti-israel-bias/ Mon, 21 Oct 2024 12:35:15 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3401602 After a slew of complaints, platform acknowledges blocking Israel-based users post-Oct. 7 'to prevent uploads of graphic material,' doesn't address lifting ban on antisemitic users

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]]> What you need to know about Telegram, the app Hamas uses to spread its message https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-you-need-to-know-about-telegram-the-app-hamas-uses-to-spread-its-message/ Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:14:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3376500 The messaging platform recently blocked some Hamas channels after its Russian-born founder was detained in an arrest by French authorities seeking to clamp down on illicit content

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]]> A-list Hollywood agent dropped over violent message in pro-Israel group chat https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-list-hollywood-agent-dropped-over-violent-message-in-pro-israel-group-chat/ Fri, 06 Sep 2024 06:49:44 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3369861 'Screw the left kill all,' wrote superstar rep Brandt Joel after news of hostages' murder in Gaza; Joel says he only meant Hamas, but actor Mahershala Ali fires him over comment

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