anti-Semitic conspiracy theories

Illustrative: Screen capture from video of a radio station. (YouTube)

September 25, 2019, 8:13 pm

Dutch radio show airs caller’s eight-minute rant about Jews

BNNVara broadcaster apologizes for segment in which man said world is being led by ‘money-grubbing Jewry’ who ‘must be annihilated’

By JTA

Students walk across campus at the University of Tennessee on August 25, 2005, in Knoxville, Tennessee. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

September 15, 2019, 6:01 pm

Graffiti blaming Jews for 9/11 attacks sprayed at Tennessee university

University chancellor condemns vandalism promoting conspiracy theory of ‘dancing Israelis’ following terror attack

By Marcy Oster

This March 18, 2010 photo shows the YouTube website (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File).

September 4, 2019, 1:04 am

How YouTube became an open, lucrative stage for anti-Semitic conspiracy theories

Despite the video-sharing website recently updating its policy on hate speech, white supremacist videos still go live every day

By Eric Cortellessa

Part of the flyer found at multiple locations in Novato, Calif. (Matt Elkins/J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA)

August 28, 2019, 5:17 am

Fliers accusing Jews of being behind 9/11 attacks appear in San Francisco area

Local police chief urges residents to’ stand up to hate,’ but not investigating as fliers are protected by the First Amendment

By Dan Pine

August 21, 2019, 1:51 am

Fake Twitter accounts are impersonating Jews and promoting anti-Semitism

Disinformation campaign aims to spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about Jewish involvement in slave trade, global economy, mass media and porn industry

By Josefin Dolsten

Labour MP Afzal Khan (Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0)

July 29, 2019, 11:10 am

Senior UK Labour MP apologizes for posting ‘anti-Semitic conspiracy’ video

Shadow immigration minister Afzal Khan in 2015 shared a clip that denounced ‘Israel-British-Swiss-Rothschilds crime syndicate,’ says he is ‘mortified’ and ‘didn’t read the text’

By TOI staff and JTA

In this photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani, right, and Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano shake hands for media at the start of their meeting at the Presidency office in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, December 18, 2016. (Iranian Presidency Office/AP)

July 24, 2019, 10:25 am

Iranian news agency blames Israel for death of UN nuclear watchdog chief

Government-linked Tasnim claims Yukiya Amano was killed for refusing to bow to pressure from Jerusalem and Washington; IAEA dismisses report

By TOI staff

Illustrative: A United Parcel Service driver delivers packages from Amazon.com in Palo Alto, California, June 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma/File)

July 13, 2019, 5:06 pm

German Jewish leader condemns anti-Semitic items on Amazon

Books currently for sale on the online retailer include ‘The Jew as World Parasite’ and ‘Judas: The World Enemy’, as well as pro-Nazi merchandise

By AFP and TOI staff

Ben Garrison drew this cartoon in 2017. It shows George Soros being manipulated by a hand of the Rothschilds, and Soros in turn manipulating Trump’s former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster and retired Gen. David Petraeus. (Ben Garrison/Twitter via JTA)

July 10, 2019, 9:40 pm

Cartoonist disinvited from White House defends drawing panned as anti-Semitic

Ben Garrison says his cartoon portraying George Soros and the Rothschilds manipulating US officials is not a conspiracy but historical fact

By Josefin Dolsten

California State Assemblyman Tyler Diep ran this ad against Democrat Josh Lowenthal in their campaign last year. (Twitter)

July 6, 2019, 1:47 am

California lawmaker apologizes for depicting Jewish opponent clutching dollars

Tyler Diep had defended last year’s mailer, but after meeting this week with local Jewish leaders now says he’s sorry

By JTA

Czech journalist Michal Semin (YouTube screenshot)

June 16, 2019, 3:24 am

Czechs alarmed as populist leaders take aim at public media

Journalist who has blamed US elites for 9/11 and said Israel benefited from the attacks likely to be appointed to influential media oversight post

By Jan Flemr

Mel Gibson, right, directs Jim Caviezel on the set of Gibson's movie 'The Passion of The Christ' in 2003 (AP/Icon Productions, File)

May 15, 2019, 11:17 am

Mel Gibson rep: ‘Rothchild’ movie unrelated to Jews

Actor known for a drunken anti-Semitic rant will star in film with name targeted by anti-Semitic conspiracy theories

By JTA and TOI staff

Actor Mel Gibson poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Daddys Home 2', in London, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

May 14, 2019, 12:34 am

Mel Gibson to play a super-rich ‘Rothchild’ in upcoming comedy

Actor notorious for anti-Jewish rant will be joined by Shia LaBeouf in film that apparently parodies Jewish banking family often at center of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories

By Gabe Friedman

Ahmed Bhamji, the chairman of Masjid E Umar mosque in Auckland, New Zealand, speaks during a rally on March 23, 2019. (Screenshot: Facebook)

March 29, 2019, 10:23 pm

New Zealand Muslim leader dismisses colleague’s claims Mossad ordered killings

Head of mosque alleged Israeli intelligence, Zionist businesses behind massacre in Christchurch that killed 50

By henry Benjamin and TOI staff

Clockwise from lower left:'No. 44 Le baron James,' France, 1900 (Courtesy USHMM); Rembrandt, 'Judas Returning the Thirty Pieces of Silver,' 1629, (Courtesy National Gallery London); '11th Commandment: Get all you can, keep what you get, give away nothing,' England, 1830 (Courtesy Jewish Museum London)

March 22, 2019, 10:26 pm

This shocking exhibit reexamines age-old anti-Semitic trope of Jews and Money

Opened March 19, the show at London’s Jewish Museum doesn’t shy away from revealing to the public the extent of vicious anti-Semitic portrayals, past and present

By Jenni Frazer