Antisemitic Myths and Misinformation

Debunking antisemitic lies

Hajo Meyer

Hajo Meyer the Holocaust survivor whose memory is abused by antisemites

Hajo Meyer was a German born Dutch Holocaust survivor, who at the age of 79 became a political anti-Israel activist. Born in 1924 Meyer was sent to the Netherlands in 1939 when he was 14 years old by his parents,

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Decoding the word antisemitism: clarifying its meaning and origins

Antisemitism means hostility and discrimination against Jews.

In an endeavour to demean the word, and often done in an attempt to hide their own antisemitism, some people try to argue that “anti-Semite,” spelt using a hyphen, means prejudice against speakers

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During the Black Death, accusations of poisoning wells were a widespread and false explanation for the plague's spread.

Black Death: the lie of the poisoned wells

In 1347 twelve ships, carrying dead and dying crews, arrived in the Sicilian port of Messina introducing the Black Death to Europe. Over the next five years it would claim the lives of over a third of the European population.

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The truth behind a photo of a “Kill them All” sign

A photograph captured at a rally in Tel Aviv on April 19, 2016, organised to support an Israeli soldier charged with manslaughter for shooting a wounded Palestinian assailant, has recently gained considerable attention on social media. The image features an

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Commemorative coin issued to encourage immigration from Germany

False claim: coin proves ‘Nazi-Zionist Collaboration’

In 1934, the Nazi regime minted a unique series of coins, each featuring a swastika on one side and the Star of David on the other. Far from suggesting any form of collaboration between the Nazis and Zionists, the inception

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Haavara agreement used by the Palästina Treuhandstelle (Palestine Trustee Office), established specifically to assist Jews fleeing the Nazi regime to recover some portion of the assets they had been forced to surrender when they fled Nazi Germany

False claim: Haavara Agreement proves Nazis were Zionists

The “Haavara Agreement” (Transfer Agreement”) was a pact signed in 1933 between the Nazi government of Germany and a group of Zionist German Jews. The agreement was designed to facilitate the emigration of Jews from Germany to Palestine, which was

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Ethiopian Jewish immigrant women at airport, holding Israeli flags.

False claim: Israel forcibly sterilised Ethiopian Jews

In 1977, under Prime Minister Menachem Begin’s leadership, Israel initiated bold Mossad operations to rescue Ethiopian Jews from the oppressive Marxist-Leninist regime led by Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam. These Jews were facing religious persecution, famine, and civil wars, prompting Israel

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False accusations of Israeli ‘Organ Harvesting’

In 2000, Dr. Yehuda Hiss, previously at the helm of Abu Kabir Forensic Institute in Israel, disclosed in an interview that during the 1990s, organs were taken from the bodies of deceased Israeli soldiers, citizens, Palestinians, and foreign workers without

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The Myth of 109 Countries Expelled Jews

The assertion that Jews have been expelled from 109 locations is a pernicious myth perpetuated by antisemites, notably neo-Nazis, to support the baseless narrative that Jews are inherently problematic. This specific number is traced back to the Holocaust-denying Bible Believers’

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False claim: ‘Zionist-Nazi Collaboration’

The unfounded claim that Zionists collaborated with the Nazis, or that Adolf Hitler himself was a Zionist, is a product of Cold War disinformation campaigns. These allegations were strategically deployed by the Soviet bloc to undermine the legitimacy of

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