North Carolina Officials Target Israel For Working With Local Police Force

2018 has been a banner year for anti-Semitism in Durham, North Carolina. As disdain for Jews simmers throughout the Research Triangle, a lawsuit threatens to bring it to a boil amid accusations of anti-Semitism by local rabbis, Jewish groups and the Anti-Defamation League.

Filed in Durham County Superior Court by Durham resident Deborah Friedman, the suit alleges that Mayor Steve Schewel and members of the city council violated the Open Meetings Act by forbidding Durham law enforcement from working with the Israeli Defense Forces and then concealing their anti-Israel communications from the public.