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Texas had among the most anti-LGBTQ+ hate incidents over the last year, report says – Houston Public Media

Posted By on June 27, 2023

Texas had among the most anti-LGBTQ+ hate incidents over the last year, report says  Houston Public Media

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Organizer behind weekend antisemitic rally in Cobb County arrested night before in Macon – WSB Atlanta

Posted By on June 27, 2023

Organizer behind weekend antisemitic rally in Cobb County arrested night before in Macon  WSB Atlanta

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Pittsburgh synagogue gunmans mental health is focus of punishment phase of death penalty trial – CNN

Posted By on June 27, 2023

  1. Pittsburgh synagogue gunmans mental health is focus of punishment phase of death penalty trial  CNN
  2. Jury in Pittsburgh Synagogue Trial to Begin Weighing Death Penalty  The New York Times
  3. Defense begins presenting in penalty phase of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial  WTAE Pittsburgh

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‘Not going to let them win’: Anti-Semitic protesters demonstrate at Macon synagogue, fliers appear in Warner Robins neighborhoods – 13WMAZ.com

Posted By on June 27, 2023

'Not going to let them win': Anti-Semitic protesters demonstrate at Macon synagogue, fliers appear in Warner Robins neighborhoods  13WMAZ.com

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Israel OKs plans for thousands of new settlement homes, defying White House calls for restraint – NBC News

Posted By on June 27, 2023

  1. Israel OKs plans for thousands of new settlement homes, defying White House calls for restraint  NBC News
  2. West Bank: US 'troubled' by Israeli settlement expansion plans  BBC
  3. Opinion | A Grave Escalation in the West Bank  The New York Times

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Biden admin reverses Trump policy that allowed funding to research in Israeli settlements – Axios

Posted By on June 27, 2023

  1. Biden admin reverses Trump policy that allowed funding to research in Israeli settlements  Axios
  2. Biden Administration Halts Scientific and Technological Cooperation with Some Israeli Entities  National Review
  3. US set to cease scientific, tech cooperation with Israeli entities over Green Line  The Times of Israel

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Anti-LGBTQ+ hate is driven by extremist groups and targets drag shows …

Posted By on June 25, 2023

The Anti-Defamation League and GLAAD documented 356 anti-LGBTQ+ nationwide incidents motivated by hate between June 2022 and April 2023, with over one-third of them targeting drag shows and performers, according to a new study released Thursday.

The first-of-its-kind study offers new numbers amid a familiar backdrop in American culture and politics, as the nation confronts a yearslong wave of biased-driven hate, while falling short of assessing its full toll.

Nearly half of all recorded incidents 49% were carried out by those individuals associated with extremist groups. The first-of-its-kind tally accounts primarily for incidents of harassment, but the count also includes 40 incidents of vandalism and 11 incidents of assault.

Incidents were documented across 46 states and the District of Columbia, with California, Florida, New York and Texas recording the highest numbers.

The report indicates conspiracy theories involving "grooming" ranked first among cited anti-LGBTQ+ tropes, with at least 191 anti-LGBTQ+ incidents of harassment, vandalism and assault making explicit references to "grooming" or "pedophilia."

In its study, the ADL and GLAAD noted that "the anti-LGBTQ+ 'grooming' conspiracy theory falsely claims that the true goal of the LGBTQ+ community is to facilitate the sexual abuse of children."

Last December, at least 50 armed individuals led hate-filled protests near the "Holi-Drag Storytime'' at a church in Columbus, Ohio. Attendees some associated with notorious extremist and white supremacist groups the Proud Boys, Patriot Front and "White Lives Matter" exhibited Nazi salutes and led chants of "reclaim America '' outside the event. At least one banner read "Groomers Not Welcome," according to ADL and GLADD. The drag show was ultimately canceled following safety concerns.

While 138 incidents targeted drag shows and performers, 33 incidents involved schools and educators, with 23 incidents related to healthcare facilities and providers, the study found.

Last August, Boston Children's Hospital staff members were inundated by bomb threats after a viral TikTok video prompted rampant misinformation about their treatment of transgender patients.

According to the report, at least two bomb threats in the following months specifically cited the hospital's Gender Multispecialty Service (GeMS) program, with protests featuring a range of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric, including signs reading, "gender clinics harm children."

"The targeting of gender-affirming care mischaracterizes health care for transgender adults and youth using inflammatory terms like 'genital mutilation' or 'castration,' dismissing the widespread consensus of medical associations and providers around best practices in such care," researchers indicated in Thursday's report.

Hate targeting the LGBT+ community commonly intersects with other forms of bigotry, including racist or antisemitic slurs or ideologies, ADL and GLAAD noted, citing at least 128 incidents that also included antisemitic tropes and 30 incidents incorporating racist tropes.

Thursday's report comes amid a surge of legislation aimed at curbing the rights of gay and trans youth, which by ADL's count has now surpassed 400 proposed bills seeking to restrict the rights, freedom and fair treatment of LGBTQ+ people.

The study also analyzed online harassment, including through direct messages, listservs or social media but "does not attempt to assess the total amount of anti-LGBTQ+ hate online."

Incidents documented in the study included both criminal and non-criminal incidents of harassment, vandalism and assault against individuals and groups "as reported to and identified by ADL from victim reports, the media and partner organizations."

Anti-LGBTQ+ incidents were defined by researchers as "vandalism of property or as harassment or assault on individuals, groups and/or institutions, where either 1) circumstances indicate anti-LGBTQ+ animus on the part of the perpetrator or 2) a reasonable person could plausibly conclude they were being victimized due to their real or perceived LGBTQ+ identity or affiliation."

While not all incidents of hate documented by the advocacy groups met the definition of a hate crime, the analysis mirrored the limited data gathered by the federal government, the study said.

From 2020 to 2021, hate crimes reported to the FBI rose by more than 11%, marking a 12-year high and 71% spike in incidents targeting LGBTQ+ people, according to the agency's numbers released in March.

While experts routinely note that the FBI's dataset offers a useful look at hate crimes trends and enforcement, many warn that most bias-related incidents go unreported, with definitions and laws governing hate crimes varying widely from state to state.

Still, many law enforcement agencies fall short of reporting hate crimes to the FBI. Police departments in New York and Los Angeles the nation's two largest agencies top a long list of the approximately 7,000 police forces that did not report 2021 hate crimes to the federal government.

Members of the LGBT community are nine times more likely to be victims of violent hate crimes, according to a study published last year by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law. Researchers who analyzed hate crime data from the 2017-2019 National Crime Victimization Survey also found that victims of violent hate crimes are more likely to be younger, have a relationship with their assailant, and have an assailant who is White.

Last month, DHS issued an intelligence bulletin warning law enforcement officials nationwide of an increase in threats of violence against the LGBTQIA+ community, driven by domestic violence extremists targeting "drag-themed events, gender-affirming care, and LGBTQIA+ curricula in schools."

Despite the troubling trend, GLAAD's Accelerating Acceptance Report, published earlier this month, found that support for equal rights for the LGBTQ+ community continues to rise, with 91% of non-LGBTQ Americans surveyed agreeing that LGBTQ people should have the freedom to live their life and not be discriminated against.

U.S. adults' identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or something other than heterosexual held steady in 2022, at 7.2%, Gallup found.

Cara Tabachinick contributed to this report.

CBS News reporter covering homeland security and justice.

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‘Most frightening thing I have seen in my life’: Neo-Nazis wave swastikas by Georgia synagogue – Daily Mail

Posted By on June 25, 2023

'Most frightening thing I have seen in my life': Neo-Nazis wave swastikas by Georgia synagogue  Daily Mail

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Israel’s Ben-Gvir rebukes police over ‘collective punishment’ of …

Posted By on June 25, 2023

[1/2]A Palestinian covers his face during clashes with Israeli troops after Israeli settlers attack Umm Safa village near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

JERUSALEM, June 25 (Reuters) - Israel's far-right police minister rebuked the force on Sunday for what he called "collective punishment" of Jewish settlers, as cracks widened between the security services and the government over violence convulsing the occupied West Bank.

Settler rampages in Palestinian towns and villages after the killing of four Israelis in a Hamas gun ambush have drawn international condemnation and U.S. statements of concern.

U.S.-brokered peace talks aimed at founding a Palestinian state in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza collapsed in 2014. Most countries deem the settlements Israel built on land it seized in the 1967 war as illegal. It disputes this.

Israel's military, police and Shin Bet security service chiefs said in a statement on Saturday that the settlers' actions over the last week amounted to "nationalist terrorism", which they pledged to fight.

The terminology upset far-right members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government, who have rejected comparisons between Jewish and Palestinian militants.

One of them, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, said on Sunday he had demanded police explain why they had cordoned the gate to the Jewish settlement of Ateret and "tased a person who was standing nearby".

Ben-Gvir told the police chief that "he opposes any violation of the law" but cannot accept "collective punishment" of settlers, a statement from the minister's party said.

International rights groups have previously said some punitive actions by Israel against Palestinians constitute collective punishment, which is considered a war crime under humanitarian law.

Ateret is close to the Palestinian village of Umm Safa, where cars were torched on Saturday in what residents said was a settler attack. Bystander video showed men - described by local Palestinians as settlers - firing rifles in the direction of someone yelling in Arabic. There were no reports of casualties.

The police, who are still investigating the events, on Sunday said that several suspects had fled the riot by car to Ateret. When police tried to have the cars towed, "a group of rioters gathered and blocked the road," throwing stones and damaging the settlement's gate.

Ateret spokesperson Eli Rosenbaum said settlers went to Umm Safa to confront Palestinians who had repeatedly rioted on the road and stoned Israeli cars. Those settlers were not from Ateret but some had parked their cars inside its gate, he said.

"We don't support any violence," Rosenbaum said. "But we are upset by the army's fecklessness toward the Arabs."

Separately, the army said it detained a soldier suspected of taking part in a "violent confrontation" in Umm Safa.

Netanyahu has sought to calm Western concern about his ultranationalist partners, saying he would steer policy. But the veteran politician has raised U.S. hackles with settlement building.

Last week he issued a general censure of rioting in the West Bank. Asked if Netanyahu agreed with the security chiefs' designation of the rampages as "terrorism", his office referred Reuters to that statement and declined further comment.

At least three cabinet members from Netanyahu's conservative Likud party - including the defence and foreign ministers - shied from the term.

"I think the (rampages) are actions, nationalist actions - as they have been designated - taken against a nationalist backdrop, and that's something that shouldn't be permitted," Likud's Energy Minister Israel Katz told Army Radio.

"Terrorism is something different."

Writing by Dan Williams; Editing by Alexander Smith and Frank Jack Daniel

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Israel tells Russia to not lecture it on Holocaust memory, in spat over envoy remarks – The Times of Israel

Posted By on June 25, 2023

Israel tells Russia to not lecture it on Holocaust memory, in spat over envoy remarks  The Times of Israel

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