FOI-NZ BLOG

So where would you go in your Bible to find the first antisemite according to Jewish tradition? If you went to the story of Pharaoh and the Hebrew slaves in Egypt, you would be right… but also wrong!!  You would be right because the first antisemite is mentioned in the context of the Jewish Passover.  But the one mentioned is someone much earlier in history.

There are two major conflicts being waged right now as it concerns Israel, America and Iran. One involves bombs, missiles and drones, the other is fought with angry hearts, AI, and antisemitism. The latter is being waged online and flows from influential voices, yet also through everyday people who have a deep hate and potentially ignorant view of the truth about Israel and the Jewish people. Rampant antisemitism is surging across social media and filling often young minds w

Jewish communities in the Western world have been warning their "woke leftist" governments about this danger since the October 7, 2023, attacks. Sadly, these warnings were not enough to prevent the massacre of 15 innocent people at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney last Sunday.