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May 2024 Rabbi Reuven Kahane was arrested after assaulting pro-Palestinian protesters in New York City following an argument that led to his car being damaged.
November 12 2023 During the March for the Republic and Against Antisemitism, French JDL members assaulted a protester and attacked demonstrators from the Golem collective.
October 30 2023 JDL member Robert Manning was released on parole after serving time for the assassination of Alex Odeh on October 11, 1985.
2021 A research study revealed long-term economic impacts of the Spanish Inquisition, finding that municipalities with a stronger historical inquisitorial presence demonstrate lower economic performance, reduced educational attainment, and diminished social trust in contemporary times.
2019 Southern Poverty Law Center reported the number of Klan groups in America had dropped from 130 to 51 between 2016 and 2019.
2019 German authorities conducted raids against a potentially dangerous group called National Socialist Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Deutschland.
February 14 2019 The Democrat-Reporter published an editorial by Goodloe Sutton calling for the Klan to 'ride again', which led to widespread condemnation, including censure by the Alabama Press Association and removal from the University of Southern Mississippi's Mass Communication and Journalism Hall of Fame.
2018 Klan-clad far-right activists marched in front of a Northern Irish mosque.
2017 Meir Weinstein becomes North American co-ordinator and continues as Canadian Chairman.
January 21 2017 Multiple JDL members held a party during Donald Trump's presidential inauguration in a New York City office building, reciting Kiddush and serving bagels and wine.
2016 Anti-Defamation League reported an estimate of just over 30 active Third Klan groups in America.
2016 The film 'Assassin's Creed' is released, featuring a narrative set during the Spanish Inquisition.
2015 KKK chapters nationwide grew from 72 to 190, according to SPLC report.
October 2015 Around 100 JDL supporters attacked the Agence France Presse building in Paris, with approximately 12 members assaulting journalist David Perrotin.
2014 Kamen published the fourth edition of his book, continuing to update and refine the historical understanding of the Spanish Inquisition.
June 2014 Two LDJ supporters were sentenced to prison in France for targeting Jonathan Moadab's car with a home-made bomb in September 2012.
2012 German media reported that two police officers who were members of the European White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan would be allowed to keep their jobs.
2012 The Ku Klux Klan attempted to infiltrate other political parties in Australia, such as Australia First.
2012 Ari Rubin, JDL vice-chairman and son of Irv Rubin, committed suicide.
May 21 2012 A monument was erected in Anaklia, Georgia to commemorate the expulsion of the Circassian Muslims, marking a formal remembrance of their displacement.
2011 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police launched an investigation against at least nine JDL members regarding an anonymous tip about a potential plot to bomb the Palestine House in Mississauga.
2011 JDL Canada organized a support rally for the English Defence League (EDL) at the Toronto Zionist Centre, featuring a live Skype speech by EDL leader Tommy Robinson. The rally was condemned by the Canadian Jewish Congress and attracted a counter-protest by Anti-Racist Action, resulting in four ARA members being arrested.

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