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Goyim Defense League (GDL) Member Arrested in South Carolina

An Horry County man was arrested this week for littering hate messages across a Murrells Inlet neighborhood.

Jamin Christian Fite, 47, of Myrtle Beach, was arrested on Monday and charged with two counts of littering. He was released the same day after paying a $200 fine, according to jail records.

According to police records, an officer responded to the area of Seville Drive and Adare Court in reference to a suspect they were looking for who was actively littering in the neighborhood.

Officers found Fite parked in a black 2012 Honda Civic on the corner of Adare Court and Seville Drive, records say.

Officers observed the suspect throw a clear plastic baggie out of the passenger side window and proceeded to activate blue lights.

The advocacy organization fighting antisemitism - StopAntisemitism - has attributed the antisemitic flyers to the Goyim Defense League (GDL). The league travels the country distributing these hateful flyers targeted Jewish communities.

When confronted, the officer observed “black duffle bags containing a large quantity of clear plastic baggies with paper and pellets inside,” the incident report says.

The two black duffle bags contained about 791 plastic baggies, according to the report.

The description matches the same fliers that have been found in several Horry County neighborhoods as well as across the country. Those messages were antisemitic in nature.

'Atomwaffen' Neo-Nazi Charged with Terrorism by Canadian Government

Canada just arrested “Dark Foreigner,” one of the most influential neo-Nazi propagandists of the past decade. 

Patrick Gordon Macdonald, 26, was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and charged with participating in an activity of a terrorist group, facilitating terrorist activity, and commission of an offense for a terrorist group (wilful promotion of hatred.) 

Macdonald was first initially identified as the neo-Nazi propagandist “Dark Foreigner” in 2021. An investigation exposed Macdonald’s long history of working as essentially the chief propagandist with the neo-Nazi terrorist organization Atomwaffen. 

“Mr. Macdonald allegedly helped produce propaganda material for the benefit of the terrorist entity Atomwaffen Division,” reads the RCMP press release. “He allegedly participated in and facilitated the creation, production and distribution of three terrorist propaganda videos.”

“This case is the first in Canada in which an individual advocating a violent far-right ideology has been charged with both terrorism and hate propaganda.”

Following the publication of Macdonald’s identity by VICE News, the neo-Nazi was raided by the RCMP in early 2022 and several computers were seized. At the time,Macdonald was living in his parent's home, where he was running a small graphic design business. 

Sources indicated to VICE News that he remained active with the extreme right after he was identified. Earlier this year, the Canadian Anti-Hate Network published an article alleging that he was a member of a Canadian Active Club, a neo-Nazi fitness group. 

Macdonald was an immensely influential neo-Nazi propagandist and his work inspired other neo-Nazis and was one of the cornerstones of an aesthetic that became known as “terrorwave." Macdonald first joined the movement in 2017 via the influential neo-Nazi website Iron March, where he linked up Atomwaffen, an infamous neo-Nazi group connected to multiple murders. Using the alias “Dark Foreigner,” Macdonald quickly became the group’s chief propagandist and created posters and artwork celebrating terrorism, bigotry, and violence.  

White Supremacist Group Hits Toronto with Antisemitic Flyer Drop

Antisemitic flyers were distributed to homes throughout Peterborough over the Canada Day long weekend, with city police receiving reports from 19 residents from about 24 streets in the community.

City police investigators have canvassed the areas for videos and further information for their investigation into the 10-page flyers.

It’s believed the pamphlets were distributed sometime during Saturday night into early Sunday morning in the area of Parkhill Road West and Crowley Crescent and in the Medical Drive and Weller Street area of the city’s west end, police said.

This is the third time city police have received reports about such pamphlets. In mid-May pamphlets were reported delivered in neighbourhoods in the Lansdowne and George streets area as well as East City and in June in the Wolsely Street and Chemong Road area in the city’s north end, police said.

City police issued a map Tuesday outlining where they have received reports about the pamphlets over the past three months.

“There is no room for hate in our community at any time,” stated city police Chief Stuart Betts.

“The No. 1 goal of the Peterborough Police Service is public safety, and the service is committed to this goal. The map provided is intended to show the community the approximate locations of the reports by month.”

Anti-Semitic and anti-Black graffiti was also discovered at the St. Paul School on Hilliard Street in the city’s north end. on June 26.

Coney Island Synagogue Vandalized with Antisemitic Graffiti

A synagogue in Manhattan Beach was the target of a hate crime on Sunday.

The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying individuals wanted for questioning in connection with multiple acts of criminal mischief targeting synagogues in the area. The most recent was the Manhattan Beach Synagogue.

On Sunday at approximately 12:05 AM, the police responded to a 911 call reporting a criminal mischief incident at a synagogue located at 98 West End Avenue. Upon arrival, officers were informed that an unidentified male had spray-painted the establishment, causing damage. Thankfully, no injuries were reported as a result of this incident.

On the same day, at around 2:44 AM, the police received another 911 call regarding a criminal mischief incident at a synagogue located at 111 West End Avenue.

Upon arrival, officers were informed that an unidentified male had spray-painted the synagogue, causing damage. Again, no injuries were reported in relation to this incident.

The Jewish advocacy group fighting antisemitism - StopAntisemitism - tweeted out photos of the men involved.

NYPD is asking anyone with tips to contact NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). Spanish speakers can call 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Tips can also be submitted through the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/.

Michigan Residents Discover Antisemitic 'Goyim Defense League' Flyers

An Ottawa County woman says she’s disgusted after making a discovery in her front yard, a flyer with antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ+ language and imagery.

Lynn Rohlf was out gardening in Grand Haven on Monday morning. “When I came back to the front of my house, there was a flyer in our driveway,” says Rohlf. “They said that every aspect of the LGBTQ+ movement is Jewish.”

That headline was followed with photos of LGBTQ+ activists branded with a Star of David on their foreheads. A satanic symbol is also shown near the bottom of the page.

“They’re trying to equate the religion and the movement with satanic culture,” says Rohlf.Her immediate reaction was one of shock. “The whole thing is pretty disgusting all the way around,” says Rohlf.

She called Grand Haven Police, who told her she wasn’t the only one to report the flyers and that they are currently looking for the person responsible.

Rohlf also picked up flyers from other doorsteps to keep people from seeing them. “I’m supportive of gay rights and I am supportive of religious freedoms,” she says. “They’re targeting a religion and a class of people. It’s hateful.”

Having lived in town for 15 years, she’s never seen this happen before, but believes the rise in hate speech is tied to extreme political groups. “It’s made people feel like they’re more able to publicly say hateful things,” says Rohlf.

While she says she’s not usually one to speak out, she strongly encourages others to join her in talking against hate speech. “Step up and say something and not be quiet about it,” says Rohlf. “Because we’re not going to be able to change this unless we speak up.”

Russia's Former Chief Rabbi Declared Foreign Agent

Former chief rabbi of Moscow Pinchas Goldschmidt has been delared a“foreign agent by Russia’s Justice Ministry said.

The former chief rabbi of Moscow is urging his fellow Jews to leave Russia immediately, warning that the country has fundamentally changed after the Ukraine invasion.

In a statement on Saturday, Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, who himself fled the country in March 2022, noted that he had spent three decades supporting the Jews of Russia. But Goldschmidt, who now resides in Israel, said his coreligionists should get out too, having previously warned that they risk being scapegoated for the failure of Russia's "special military operation."

"Russia has changed its face. I call on the Jewish community to leave the country, before it is too late."

Rabbi Goldschmidt, who began serving the Moscow Choral Synagogue in 1993 and now leads the Conference of European Rabbis, had previously called Russia's invasion of Ukraine a "catastrophe" for Jews in the region. Rabbi Goldschmidt also noted that Russia, like other countries, has a history of elites stoking antisemitism to "redirect the anger and discontent of the masses."

The rabbi's exhortation came after the Russian Justice Ministry on Friday declared him a "foreign agent," The Times of Israel reported.

In his statement, Goldschmidt argued that the label was a badge of honor, saying he is "proud to be on the right side of history and to join a distinguished list of people who oppose an unjustified operation and the harming of innocents."

Canadian Building Tagged with Antisemitic, Anti Black Graffiti and Swastikas

A building in Hanmer has been vandalized with hate speech and symbols, a concerned Sudburian posted to Facebook today.  The building, located at 6160 Regional Road 80 in Hanmer, has spray paint on the windows, with swastikas, as well as antisemitic and anti-Black hate speech. 

Danica LaRocque O’Brien snapped photos of the graffiti on her way to work, and told Sudbury.com she was disgusted by what she saw, noting that she wished she had the time to stop and paint over the graffiti. 

In the comment thread under her post, many Sudburians expressed similar sentiments.

Greater Sudbury Police have been notified about the graffiti. 

In April of last year, another hate-based graffiti appeared, as residents of the neighbourhood surrounding Redwood Acres Public School were dismayed to find hate symbols and graffiti painted onto the school, as well as several cars and street signs in the area. The graffiti was removed before the students saw it, thanks to facilities staff, and anyone with knowledge of the incident was asked to contact police. 

Holocaust Memorial Vandalized During French Riots

As cities across France were convulsed by a third night of rioting following the fatal shooting by police of a 17-year-old boy on Tuesday, a monument commemorating Jews and resistance fighters deported during World War II in the Paris suburb of Nanterre — where the shooting took place — was vandalized.

At a protest march in Nanterre attended by 6,000 people on Thursday afternoon, one man attempted to set fire to the French national flag that flies over the monument before a group of fellow protestors pulled him away. Shortly afterwards, the monument was daubed with the words “Police scum from Saint-Soline to Nanterre — don’t forget or forgive,” while a nearby building was sprayed with the words, “Bitches, we are going to make you a Shoah” — the Hebrew term for the Nazi Holocaust.

France has been paralyzed by unrest since the killing on Tuesday of the victim, named as Nahel M, a 17-year-old of Algerian descent who was shot by a police officer as he drove away from a traffic checkpoint in Nanterre. Riots in the wake of the killing intensified on Thursday night, with the arrest of 875 people. French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday urged parents to keep their children away from protests as he warned that extra police officers would now be deployed.

The vandalism of the monument in Nanterre was condemned by Jewish groups.

“It is truly horrifying to witness the Memorial to the Martyrs of the Deportation in Nanterre being vandalized,” the European Jewish Congress (EJC) declared in a tweet. “This shameful act of disrespect for the memory of the victims of the Holocaust must be unequivocally condemned and those responsible held accountable.”

In a separate posting, Ariel Goldmann, president of the United Jewish Social Fund, condemned the vandalism as an “absolute outrage and disgrace,” complaining that “nothing is sacred.”

Elsewhere in Paris, several Jewish-owned stores and restaurants were set on fire, according to local broadcaster Radio Shalom, which noted that the establishments were not being specifically targeted as outlets owned by non-Jews were also set alight.

Rioting was reported across the country on Thursday, from Lille in the north to the port of Marseille in the south. Public transport was closed early in some places and curfews enforced, with French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin on Friday advising that buses and trams should be halted nationwide from 9pm local time.

The officer who shot Nahel has apologized to the teenager’s family. He has been charged with voluntary homicide and is said to be “devastated,” according to his lawyer.

Finland's Economy Minister Steps Down Following Hitler Remarks

Finland’s Economy Minister has resigned after just ten days in the post after video of him speaking fondly of Adolf Hitler was uncovered earlier this week.

Vilhelm Junnila of the ultranationalist Finns Party said on Friday that he was stepping down so as not to harm the reputation of both the government and Finland.

“I see that it is impossible for me to continue as a minister in a satisfactory way,” Junnila said in a statement.

His resignation came shortly after he posted an apology on Facebook for remarks he labeled “stupid and childish.”

Speaking at a meeting in the city of Turku in 2019, Junnila noted with satisfaction that his local party chairman’s election number was “88” — code among neo-Nazis for the letters “HH”, signifying the greeting “Heil Hitler.”

Then, in March this year,  Junnila congratulated another candidate who received the same number at a Finns campaign event, according to the Finnish broadcaster Yle.

“First of all, congratulations on an excellent election number. I know it is a winning card. This 88 refers, of course, to the two ‘H’s, but let’s not dwell on that,” the 41-year-old Junnila is said to have joked.

Junnila acknowledged the video of him speaking in Turku in 2019 is still online, adding had he been invited to a similar event today he would not participate.

He said in a separate Facebook post: “I hope everyone is clear that I condemn the Holocaust, antisemitism and all antisemitic acts strongly and definitely.”

He added that he condemned them “completely.”

A populist nationalist organization which seeks to strictly limit immigration, the Finns Party enjoyed its strongest showing in the country’s April general election, coming in second place winning 20 percent of the vote and 46 seats in parliament.

Massachusetts 15 Year Old Arrested for Defacing Synagogue with Swastikas

The Taunton Police Department said Thursday a boy was charged in connection to racist and homophobic graffiti that was done to a synagogue and a home.

Officials said the 15-year-old boy, of Taunton, was charged with property damage to intimidate, malicious destruction to a motor vehicle and two counts of vandalizing property.

NGO StopAntisemitism shared surveillance of the vandal and the antisemitic graffiti of the synagogue.

The boy will be summonsed to appear at Taunton Juvenile Court at a later date.

Police were called to an Everett Street home at about 3:30 p.m. on Friday for a report of vandalism. Officers saw homophobic and racist graffiti that was spray painted on the homeowner’s car and recycling bin.

As officers investigated the incident, two more calls came in for vandalism at the Congregation Agudath Achim of Greater Taunton, which was defaced with a swastika and other hateful messages.

Rabbi Coleman Reaboi of Congregation Agudath Achim, and a son of Holocaust survivors, explained how he arrived Saturday morning to open the doors for a Bat Mitzvah when he spotted the antisemitic symbol on the front of the synagogue.

“I was walking in from across the street and I could see the Swastika, it was badly spray painted underneath our Pride flag — I was in shock, I was disappointed,  I was angry,” Reaboi said last week.

Pennsylvania Town Targeted with Antisemitic 'Goyim Defense League' Flyers

A woman in Maidencreek Township says her neighborhood is the latest target of a white supremacist group accused of disseminating antisemitic flyers in the region.

"It was a disturbing realization that people around here still think that that's okay," said Carol Anne Donohoe, who says she found a flyer at the end of her driveway.

The hateful flyers were littered on the sidewalk in a Maidencreek Township neighborhood.

Donohoe described the letters and being "in a baggy with corn in it."

She continued to say, "I found it very troubling."

A walk around her neighborhood revealed that the harmful words didn't stop at her home.

"I picked up 10 more, and each one I picked up, it just disturbed me even more.," she continued. "It was just blaming Jewish people for everything from COVID to 9-11."

Donohoe says she reported the flyers to the Anti-Defamation League and eventually the police after reading about a similar situation happening in Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County.

"The police officer said this is freedom of speech, and this may be littering, but couldn't understand why someone could feel threatened," Donohoe told 69 News.

Donohoe says she does feel threatened, fearing for her Jewish friends and neighbors. She isn't alone.

"It concerns me, because anytime hate is taught, that creates problems for our world," said Rabbi Brian Michelson of Reform Congregation Oheb Sholom.

Rabbi Michelson says acts like this are what led to safety training and precautions being enforced his synagogue.

"Emergency alarms, panic buttons, first aid kits throughout the building," he described as some of the precautions.

Rabbi Michelson and Donohoe both say they hope that this message of hate can be a lesson in forgiveness and acceptance.

"When you hear something, or if you hear something inappropriate, you have to be the one to say something," said Rabbi Michelson.

"There are differing opinions out there, but I hope everyone in this neighborhood feels safe and welcome," said Donohoe.

British Nazi Jailed for Building Submachine Gun for 'Religious War'

A Nazi sympathiser who built a submachine gun in his garage after becoming obsessed with the New Zealand mosque killer has been jailed for seven years. Ben Styles, 25, made the lethal makeshift firearm at his home and kept terrorism manuals in "preparation for a religious war".

A court heard he also dubbed the Holocaust the Holohoax in an online group called '#Kill All the Jews' adding: “I hope the holocaust is real next time.” Styles, who has a B-tec in Engineering, was arrested when police raided his house in leafy Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, on April 2021.

Officers recovered parts of a homemade gun, gunmaking tools, manuals on how to convert blank bullets into live ammunition and a Nazi fitness manual. He admitted making weapons and ammunition and collecting terrorism material at Birmingham Crown Court and was jailed on Friday.

He was earlier acquitted of engaging in conduct in preparation for a terrorist act, contrary to section 5(1) of the Terrorism Act 2006. During his trial, jurors were told how Styles visited New Zealand shortly before 51 died in the 2019 Christchurch mosque attack.

Messages on his return read: "It made me super racist. Then that happened and I had a good day."

Styles was "fascinated" by killer Brenton Tarrant and collected his manifesto and a video he made of the massacre, which also left 40 injured. He had also acquired various tools, including a lathe and a drill press, and was making a gun at the time detectives arrested him and searched his home.

Officers also uncovered a book entitled 'The SS family yearly - celebrations of the SS family'. He told a friend he was “just getting as strong as possible for the war” and sent a picture of his phone lock screen which had images of swastikas on it.

Maryland Community Continues to be Attacked by Antisemitic Goyim Defense League (GDL) Flyers

Another Baltimore County neighborhood was targeted with antisemitic posters.

This is now the third Baltimore County neighborhood in a little more than a week that has been targeted by antisemitic posters.

Residents along the Maryland-Pennsylvania line woke up to two antisemitic posters that were placed in plastic bags and weighed down with pellets.

Grace Froelich said one of those posters landed in her driveway Wednesday morning.

"To find this in your driveway, it's just an awful feeling," Froelich said.

A second poster was described by one of the residents.

"It was a picture of all the executives from Disneyland and they all had the Star of David printed on their forehead," Staelens said.

The advocacy organization fighting antisemitism - StopAntisemitism - has attributed the antisemitic flyers to the Goyim Defense League (GDL). The league travels the country distributing these hateful flyers targeted Jewish communities. Earlier this week, GDL members were distributing similar flyers in neighboring towns.

Police said three communities in Baltimore County reported finding antisemitic flyers in about a week.

"It's been weekend after weekend, week after week, in parts of Baltimore County," said Howard Libit, from the Baltimore Jewish Council.

Libit said they have noticed a spike in reports since January. He says he's working with police to try to track down the group responsible.

"It's another one of the semi-anonymous groups that want to intimate, harass and spread hate," Libit said.

Residents say they want whoever is doing this turn themselves in.

"It's very disturbing," Staelens said. "I mean, we're a quiet community here, and to have something like that go on is very unusual."

Baltimore County Police said in a statement that they are investigating these incidents.

NYPD Searching for Vandal Behind the Graffitied Swastikas at a Queens Library

NYPD are looking for the man who drew several swastikas on a Queens public library.

The vandalism occurred on Friday, May 5 at 4:15 p.m. at the Sunnyside Branch of the Queens Public Library on Greenpoint Avenue in Queens, NY.

After drawing the swastikas, the man ran off. Thankfully, no one was injured.

The NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating.

Elderly Jewish Man Slashed During Antisemitic Hate Attack in Brooklyn

A 77-year-old man was hit in the face with a cutting object in a hate-crime attack in Brooklyn Monday, police said.

The suspect also made anti-Jewish comments when he approached the victim near 492 Broadway in Williamsburg at around 5:30 p.m., according to the NYPD. The victim was treated at the scene for unknown injuries.

The scooter-riding suspect fled after the incident, police said. There have been no arrests and the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating.

Antisemitic Goyim Defense League (GDL) Flyers Found in Michigan

Residents of several Cedar Rapids neighborhoods discovered flyers advertising antisemitism, anti-LGBTQ and anti-abortion rights ideologies scattered in lawns and streets Sunday and Monday.

The advocacy organization fighting antisemitism - StopAntisemitism - has attributed the antisemitic flyers to the Goyim Defense League. The league travels the country distributing these hateful flyers targeted Jewish communities. Earlier this week, GDL members were distributing similar flyers in neighboring towns.

Posts warning about the flyers have been posted on various social media platforms, including Facebook and Nextdoor. The Oak Hill Jackson Neighborhood Association, for one, advised residents on Facebook who find the flyers to photograph them and then throw them away.

The Cedar Rapids Police Department has received multiple reports about the flyers and officers are investigating, according to department spokesperson.

“I think it’s horrible that this stuff keeps showing up even in today’s age. It’s sad more than anything else that we have to deal with it regularly,” said Rabbi Todd Thalblum of Temple Judah, a Jewish temple in southeast Cedar Rapids.

Similar flyers were distributed in December in Coralville, near the Agudas Achim synagogue at 401 E. Oakdale Blvd. Synagogue leaders said at the time that after the flyers were discovered, they received an outpouring of support from community members.

Rabbi Thalblum said that even though antisemitic views continue to be shared nationally, he doesn’t see it very often in Cedar Rapids.

“I think we’re relatively insulated here in Iowa. Most people are very friendly and nice. We’ve been in our part of the neighborhood for a long time and have a really nice relationship with all of our neighbors,” Thalblum said. “I feel very blessed to be here in Iowa, because I know it’s worse in a lot of other places.”

Germany Nazi Wanted by Police After Distributing Balloons to Children

German police have launched a search for a suspected neo-Nazi who distributed to children balloons left over from an election night celebration held by the extremist far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on Sunday in the southern region of the state of Thuringia.

Footage of the incident posted on social media shows a man dressed in black, red, and white shorts and a shirt that says, “Wehrmacht wieder mit?,” a far-right slogan meaning “Who’s going to join again?,” according to The Associated Press. Additionally, the car in which he transported the balloons said, “volunteer deportation helper,” an allusion to AfD’s anti-immigration ideology.

“The fact that a neo-Nazi apparently targets our youngest children without being asked and takes aim at kindergarten children is a serious assault,” Thuringia education minister Helmut Holter said on Tuesday in a Twitter post. “Election campaigns have no place in kindergarten. Even more so, kindergartens must be protected from anti-constitutional messages.”

Robert Stuhlmann’s win on Sunday marked the first time an AfD candidate won a county-wide election in Germany and has caused worry about the allure of far right extremism among the country’s electorate.

Several AfD leaders have attempted to play down or whitewash the systemic brutality of Germany’s 12-year period under Nazi rule.In 2017, one the AfD’s most outspoken regional leaders, Björn Höcke, sparked outrage when he declared himself disgusted by Berlin’s memorial to the Nazi Holocaust. “We Germans are the only people in the world to have planted a monument of shame in the heart of their capital,” Höcke said. Similar sentiments were also expressed by Alexander Gauland, the leader of the AfD’s parliamentary faction, who dismissed the Nazi era as a “speck of bird poop” on Germany’s “glorious history” in a speech in 2018.

When a neo-Nazi murdered two people outside a synagogue in the German city of Halle in 2019, several party officials described it as a “false flag” operation. One MP, Stephan Brandner, accused lawmakers who attended a vigil commemorating victims of antisemitism of “lounging in front of synagogues.”

Voters for AfD have been increasing steadily since it formed in 2013. In a 2019 state election in Thuringia, it knocked the Christian Democratic Union into third place and finished second in two other regional elections in Brandenburg and Saxony. It has, however, lost seats in the Bundestag. In 2019, it had 91 seats in the body. Today, according to the German government, it has 78.