In the aftermath of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre and Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, political cartoonists in the Arab press have doubled down on the use of hateful antisemitic conspiracy theories and tropes, according to a report from ADL (the Anti-Defamation League). The assessment of political cartoons appearing in a wide range of […]
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad: There Is No Evidence Six Million Jews Were Killed in the Holocaust; U.S. Financially Helped the Rise of Nazism between the Two World Wars #Antisemitism #Syria @Presidency_Sy pic.twitter.com/yygTIGZxCz — MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) December 20, 2023 Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said that the Jews "who came to Palestine," are pagan converts from Khazars, […]
Rumble, an extreme right-wing video-sharing platform that has been the official streaming site of the 2024 Republican presidential primary debates, on December 4 listed as one of its “editor picks” a video featuring a conspiracy theory about supposed “lizard people” controlling the world. The lizard people conspiracy theory, also known as the reptilian conspiracy theory, […]
During an interview with Blaze personality Alex Stein, Tucker Carlson was asked about his thoughts on an ice wall and flat Earth theory. Tucker responded by stated he is "open to anything". Stein: "What do you think of flat Earth theory, Tucker?" Carlson: "Well, I'm open to anything, but I just know from shooting—" Stein: […]
Midway through last week’s Republican presidential-primary debate, the entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy started running through conspiracy theories like a frustrated child mashing buttons on Street Fighter, alleging that the Capitol riot was an “inside job” and that the so-called “Great Replacement” theory “is not some grand right-wing conspiracy theory, but a basic statement of the Democratic […]
On 16 November 2023, it was reported that Osama Bin Laden’s ‘Letter to America’ had gone viral on TikTok. In reaction to these reports, TikTok intervened and deleted the clips concerning Bin Laden. However, this did not apply to thousands of other videos and postings that also spread antisemitism, disinformation and conspiracy myths about 7 […]
The account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was restored on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Sunday after owner Elon Musk conducted a poll among followers on Saturday and pronounced: “The People have spoken and so it shall be.” “This will be bad for X financially, but principles matter more than money,” he added. It […]
"Did you ever see a better #Pallywood video than this?!" says a November 30, 2023 post on X, formerly known as Twitter. The video shows three men arranging themselves in a row on the ground, their eyes closed as though they were dead. Similar posts spread across X — many invoking the term "Pallywood," a […]
A US teacher made headlines last month for denying the reality of the massacres committed by Hamas in Israel on October 7 and stating, "Palestinians are being killed and their organs sold." Shortly after, American-Palestinian model Gigi Hadid shared a video on Instagram claiming that Israel has long been harvesting organs from deceased Palestinians without […]
One fifth of Americans ages 18-29 believe the Holocaust was a myth, according to a new poll from The Economist/YouGov. While the question only surveyed a small sample of about 200 people, it lends credence to concerns about rising antisemitism, especially among young people in the U.S. Another 30 percent of young people said they […]
