Racism

Leo Terrell’s civil rights roots fuel his fight against antisemitism

Fighting antisemitism is "personal to me," Leo Terrell tells the Magazine, as he leads a federal task force targeting threats to the Jewish community.

|ByEVE GLOVER
LEO TERRELL in his Washington office wearing his Hadar Goldin hat, with hostage pictures in the background. Lt. Goldin died in a 2014 Hamas ambush in Gaza, with his body finally returned to be laid to rest in Israel this past Nov.
A tattoo on the knuckles of a Klansman reads "Love" as he participates with members of the Nordic Order Knights and the Rebel Brigade Knights, groups that both claim affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan, in Henry County, Virginia, August 9, 2014.

DOJ: SPLC funded KKK, neo Nazi group leaders to profit off their existence

“The Southern Poverty Law Center is manufacturing racism to justify its existence,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
Ziv Agmon, acting chief of staff and spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks outside his office at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 23, 2026.

Likud backlash leads Netanyahu to replace Ziv Agmon with Edo Norden

"I’ve known Ziv for a long time, and I have never witnessed any sign of racism from him. On the contrary, quite the opposite," Netanyahu said.

|ByYEHUDA SHLEZINGER, IDAN KWELLER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ziv Agmon, acting chief of staff and spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks outside his office at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 23, 2026.

Netanyahu spox. resigns following leaked racist comments calling Moroccan MKs 'baboons'

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s spokesperson, Ziv Agmon, denies that his comments were racist, calling them "ridiculous" as he is of Moroccan origin, and thus cannot be racist towards Moroccans.

|ByJAMES GENN, ANNA BARSKY

Libya snafu caused by a failing Israeli gov't not valuing Arab lives - opinion

Israel's government has been criticized for not stopping Arab sector crime and being racist against Arabs. Publicizing the Libya meeting may have been a way of saying they're "Arab friendly."

AUGUST 31, 2023ByEITAN CHARNOFF
FOREIGN MINISTER Eli Cohen arrives at the cabinet table in the Knesset plenum, last month. The writer suggests that Cohen revealed his meeting with the Libyan foreign minister ‘to desperately compensate for utter and unprecedented failures.’

Police officer seriously injured during 'Justice for Raphael' protest

Six police officers were injured in a number of violent incidents at the end of the protest in Tel Aviv.

AUGUST 30, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Police and protesters clash at 'Justice for Raphael' protest in Tel Aviv. August 30, 2023

Itamar Ben-Gvir is a gift to antisemites, Israel-haters - opinion

Itamar Ben-Gvir, as our national security minister, is nothing short of an unbearable affront to our nation’s integrity. 

AUGUST 29, 2023ByZINA RAKHAMILOVA
ITAMAR BEN-GVIR is a liability for Israel and a gift for international entities hell-bent on Israel’s destruction, the writer argues.

Florida gunman was chased from Black college minutes before shooting

The shooter had parked on campus and was donning gloves and a vest when students saw him and summoned campus police.

AUGUST 29, 2023ByREUTERS
Mourners attend a prayer vigil a day after a white man armed with a high-powered rifle and a handgun killed three Black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. August 27, 2023.

Ramaswamy: Squad's Ayanna Pressley is a 'modern KKK grand wizard'

“These are the words of the modern grand wizards; of the modern KKK,” GOP presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy said.

AUGUST 28, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy attends the Erick Erickson's conservative political conference "The Gathering" in Atlanta, Georgia, US. August 19, 2023.

Jacksonville shooter carried a swastika-decorated gun, police say

The US Justice Department is investigating the shooting as “a hate crime and an act of racially-motivated violent extremism."

AUGUST 28, 2023ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
Ryan Christopher Palmeter, who killed three Black people before shooting himself, is shown in a still image from surveillance video holding a rifle in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S., August 26, 2023.

Don't criticize Ben-Gvir for false racism. Call out his actual racism - editorial

Itamar Ben-Gvir made shameful and abhorrent remarks about an Israeli Arab journalist. Why is that being ignored instead of something Ben-Gvir never even said?

AUGUST 28, 2023ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks during a rally in support of the government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv on June 1, 2023.

Ben-Gvir doubles down: 'Right to life supersedes the right to free movement’

Ben-Gvir also reiterated his words in a video message released last Friday, saying “Not only do I not regret my words, I am saying them again."

AUGUST 27, 2023ByTROY O. FRITZHAND
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to members of Israel's Special Patrol Unit in Tel Aviv on August 2, 2023.

State Dept. slams Ben-Gvir for saying his right to movement beats Arab right

Itamar Ben-Gvir claimed that his statement accords with international law.

AUGUST 26, 2023ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir attends the weekly government conference, held at the Western Wall tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City on May 21, 2023.

Strengthening the Black-Jewish alliance is as critical as ever - opinion

On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, the Black-Jewish alliance must maintain its vigilance.

AUGUST 26, 2023ByMARC SCHNEIER
CIVIL RIGHTS leaders including Martin Luther King, Jr. meet with then-US president John F. Kennedy and members of his administration, in the Oval Office of the White House on August 28, 1963, the day of the March on Washington.