06/15/2026
PUBLIC STATEMENT FROM ISGAP: Foreign Influence Is Fueling the Surge in Antisemitism Across America, Warns ISGAP’s Dr. Charles Asher Small in State Department Keynote Address Speaking at a U.S. State Department symposium on antisemitism, the ISGAP Executive Director highlighted the role of foreign influence networks, extremist ideologies, and institutional actors in shaping contemporary antisemitism.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — June 12, 2026 — Dr. Charles Asher Small, Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), delivered a keynote address at a symposium hosted on June 11, 2026, by the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, warning that foreign influence networks are playing an increasingly significant role in fueling the rise of antisemitism across the United States.
Drawing on ISGAP’s research into foreign influence, Qatar-linked educational initiatives, and extremist ideological networks, Dr. Small examined how external actors can shape educational institutions, public discourse, and attitudes toward Jews and Israel. In his remarks, he argued that:
“Antisemitism is not a simple or parochial issue of hatred against a small community. It is a core element of the ideology of extremists that is intent on destroying democratic countries including the United States. Antisemitism must be understood as a significant security threat to the stability, cohesion, and very fabric of our great democratic nation and its core institutions. This is especially true in higher education where young people learn to be citizens. This ideology, which aims to destroy the very notion of a liberal education, also believes in the subjugation of women and the murder of gay people and Jews.”
The symposium, convened by the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, brought together government officials, law enforcement, researchers, policy experts, and civil society leaders to discuss the rise of antisemitism and strategies for confronting it.
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