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The Sovereign Citizen Movement in the United States

Backgrounder

The sovereign citizen movement is a large anti-government extremist movement whose adherents believe that they can ignore laws, regulations, court orders and taxes because they have divorced themselves from what they claim is an illegitimate, tyrannical government.

דצמבר 21, 2023

How Do We Talk to the Children?

Article

December 17, 2012 The recent news of the shootings of 20 young children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut has had a devastating impact on both youth and adults across the country. In the face of this senseless violence, many are at a loss to find the words to express the depth of their feelings. Despite our best efforts to protect children from the details of such incidents, they are often more aware than we imagine of what is happening in the world…

דצמבר 17, 2012

Moeed Abdul Salam

Profile

For Law Enforcement Moeed Abdul Salam, a little-known American terror propagandist, was killed in Pakistan during the course of a raid on his apartment by Pakistani troops less than two months after Anwar Al-Awlaki and Samir Khan were killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen. Al-Awlaki and Khan, both American citizens, sought to radicalize and recruit westerners online. Similarly, Abdul Salam, a naturalized American citizen who grew up in Texas, produced and translated terrorist propaganda for…

אוקטובר 25, 2012

Mohammad al-Asi

Profile

For Law Enforcement Mohammad al-Asi, a Muslim activist based in Washington DC, has made numerous anti-Semitic speeches around the country for several years. Al-Asi is most often invited to speak to Muslim student groups in California and has made some of his more radical speeches at anti-Israel events organized by the Muslim Student Union at the University of California – Irvine. These events often feature a handful of radical anti-Semitic speakers, including Imam Amir Abdul Malik…

ספטמבר 20, 2011

Charles Barron

Profile

Read the full, comprehensive report: Charles Barron. Charles Barron, a New York City Councilman and local activist, has associated with anti-Semitic hate groups and promoted extreme anti-Israel positions intended to demonize the Jewish state since his election in 2001. During media interviews and frequent speaking engagements around New York City, Barron levels a range of accusations against the Jews and the Jewish state, most notably that it should never have been created. He has also…

יולי 12, 2010

Decade After 9/11, Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories 'Alive And Well'

News

August 30, 2011 Ten years after 9/11, antisemitic conspiracy theories surrounding the attacks are "alive and well" and fueled by an entrenched propaganda industry, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which today issued a new report showing how these theories have grown and evolved over the last decade. In "Decade of Deceit: Antisemitic 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 10 Years Later," ADL looks at the individuals who continue to circulate distorted conspiracy theories about 9/11,…

אוגוסט 30, 2011

Supreme Court Free Speech Ruling 'Appropriate' Because Hate Group Did Not Interfere With Private Funeral

Press Release

New York, NY, March 2, 2011 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's decision upholding the First Amendment right of the virulently anti-Semitic and homophobic Westboro Baptist Church to picket at the funeral of an American service member killed in Iraq in 2006: While we deplore Westboro Baptist Church's hateful ideology, the Supreme Court's narrow ruling upholding their free speech rights was an appropriate decision…

מרץ 02, 2011

The Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development

Backgrounder

IntroductionThe Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF), once considered the largest Muslim charity in the U.S., has been shut down by the government for funding Hamas. On May 27, 2009, a federal judge in Dallas handed down sentences ranging from 15 to 65 years in prison to five of the charity's founders and former fundraisers. A federal jury returned guilty verdicts on all 108 counts against the HLF and its five former officers on November 24, 2008. The federal government proved…

מאי 28, 2009

Blood Tribe

Backgrounder

Key Points Blood Tribe is a growing neo-Nazi group that claims to have chapters across the United States and Canada. Blood Tribe members are followers of Christopher Pohlhaus, whose white supremacist beliefs include elements of Esoteric Hitlerism (which exalts Hitler as a deity) and Wotanism, a variant of Norse Paganism. Blood Tribe presents itself as a hardcore white supremacist group and rejects white supremacists who call for softer “optics.” Blood Tribe members…

אוגוסט 28, 2023

Ammon Bundy and “People’s Rights”

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Key Points Formed in March 2020, People’s Rights (also known as the People’s Rights Initiative or People’s Rights Network) is a far-right anti-government activist network led by anti-government extremist Ammon Bundy. People’s Rights opposes any perceived government overreach based on Ammon Bundy’s belief that individuals have the right to complete and total control over their life and their property. People’s…

אוגוסט 22, 2023

Hamas

Backgrounder

On Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas, with the support of the Iranian-regime and other Gaza-based terrorist organizations, launched an invasion into Israel from the Gaza Strip. Hamas terrorists attacked over 20 Israeli kibbutzim, towns, villages, cities and other areas near the Gaza border, killing over 1000 people and wounding thousands. They also kidnapped as many as 150 people – children as young as 9 months old, women and men, including elderly Holocaust survivors – and took them…

אוקטובר 10, 2023

Aryan Freedom Network (AFN)

Backgrounder

Key Points AFN is a small but growing neo-Nazi group based in De Kalb, Texas. The group claims to have chapters in 25 states. AFN has been increasingly active since transitioning from a white supremacist networking site to a membership organization in January 2022, spreading white supremacist propaganda, holding anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrations and organizing private gatherings. AFN promotes hardline white supremacist views and largely directs its vitriol at Jewish people, Black people…

פברואר 24, 2023

National Socialist Front (NSF)

Backgrounder

Key Points National Socialist Front (NSF) is a small neo-Nazi group based primarily in Florida. After rebranding as a national group in late 2023, NSF formed a new chapter on the central coast of California. NSF openly promotes antisemitism, fascism and white supremacy through online posts, in-person demonstrations and propaganda distributions. NSF’s demonstrations and propaganda primarily target the Jewish and LGBTQ+ communities. In October 2024, NSF leader Josh Nunes announced…

דצמבר 06, 2022

Chant: Khaybar, Khaybar, oh Jews, the Army of Mohammed will Return

Backgrounder

The chant, “Khaybar, Khaybar, oh Jews, the army of Mohammed will return,” has been heard at numerous anti-Israel demonstrations around the world. Khaybar is a historic Arabian oasis north of Medina in present-day Saudi Arabia that is religiously significant for Islamic history. This slogan recalls a series of seventh-century battles between Mohammed and local Jews during the first few years of Islam’s establishment. As retold in the Quran and other…

יולי 27, 2022

Trump Peace Plan

Backgrounder

On January 28, 2020, President Donald Trump, accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced a new U.S. plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace. The plan, officially titled, Peace to Prosperity: A Vision to Improve the Lives of the Palestinian and Israeli People, was the product of three years of work by US Administration officials.   The plan allowed for Israel to extend its sovereignty over large areas of the West Bank, including the Jordan Valley,…

יולי 27, 2022

Iron Dome

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Israel’s Iron Dome is an anti-missile defense system in operation since 2011 that is designed to intercept and shoot down projectiles before they can inflict damage. As of 2021, Israel had 10 Iron Dome batteries based across the country. The Iron Dome system has saved vast numbers of civilian lives by shooting down thousands of rockets fired from Gaza by terrorist organizations against Israel, many of which were intentionally targeted at civilian Israeli population centers. &nbsp…

יולי 27, 2022

The Black Hammer Organization

Backgrounder

Key Points The Black Hammer Organization’s primary ideology is anti-colonialism, although they also promote far-right, antisemitic and anti-Zionist ideas. The leader of the Black Hammer Organization is Augustus Cornelius Romain Jr. AKA “Commander in Chief" Gazi Kodzo. At its peak in the summer of 2020, the group boasted a few dozen members in chapters across the country and Kenya. By 2022, most of its chapters have become inactive, and its numbers have dwindled to,…

יולי 27, 2022

White Lives Matter

Backgrounder

The mission of ADL is to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.

מרץ 11, 2022

National Justice Party

Backgrounder

Key Points: The National Justice Party (NJP) was formed in August 2020 by a number of well-known white supremacists, most of whom attended the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. NJP is virulently antisemitic and blames Jews for multiple problems in the U.S. While the group refers to itself as a “party,” it is not registered with the Federal Election Commission. NJP has an “unofficial” party platform that includes calls for whites to be…

נובמבר 02, 2021

ISKP (Islamic State Khorasan Province)

Backgrounder

ISKP fighters featured in a June 29, 2019, video entitled “And the Best Outcome is for the Righteous” Key Points Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) is an ISIS-affiliated terrorist group based in Afghanistan. The organization is believed to have between 1,500 and 2,200 active members. ISKP’s main goal is to establish and maintain control of territory in Afghanistan on behalf of ISIS. It also frequently directs attacks at civilians, Afghan security forces, and…

ספטמבר 23, 2021