CANARY MISSION
Philadelphia’s Network of Hate
June 4, 2025

Amid the proliferation of antisemitism, anti-Americanism and extremism that disseminated across America after Hamas’ October 7, 2023 massacre of Israelis, Philadelphia stands out as a major center of concern. In this report, Canary Mission uncovers and analyzes the deeper reasons for the anti-Israel fervor that overtook the city…What we discovered was a disturbing strategy conceived by activists to turn the city into a hub of antisemitism, where support for terror was normalized. The plan used by Philadelphia’s anti-Israel/antisemitic activists involved activating three areas of civil society: Community groups and political actors, University students and professors and K-12 students and educators. READ MORE

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JNS Philadelphia is ‘case study’ in how Jew-hatred creeps into civic life Canary Mission released a new report on Wednesday that uncovers a network of anti-Israel activists and Marxist groups that have fomented antisemitism in Philadelphia. The report, which spans more than 180 pages, profiles nearly 700 anti-Israel activists, who are part of the network and documented 77 anti-Israel events that occurred in the city between Oct. 7, 2023, and December 2024. “This is the most comprehensive investigation yet into how local infrastructure has been weaponized to promote hate,” Canary Mission told JNS of its new report.