Friday, March 21, 2025

03/21 Links Pt2: The Palestinian Fetish; The pro-CCP Marxist revolutionary group behind the Mahmoud Khalil protests; Gaming the Wiki System; Columbia caves to Trump admin demands

From Ian:

Seth Mandel: An Unprecedented Moment in American Jewish History
As-a-Jews aside—that is, other than the Beinartian mascots of self-loathing—most American Jews are embracing the fight. That is because they know two things: One, that the explosion of anti-Semitism since 10/7, and the particularly sadistic nature of its bloodlust, won’t go away on its own, and may not go away at all. Two, that the community has no allies among the mainstream political “rights” groups, almost all of which are on the left ideologically. There are one or two libertarian-leaning free-speech groups that concentrate entirely on government censorship and thus would not notice if campus Hamasniks set a Jewish student on fire in front of them.

The Jews have allies here, but they are individual allies. It is outrageous that when activist groups march in defense of campus Hamasniks who have been punished and do so by co-opting the language of Holocaust victims. “First they came for the” anti-Zionists, we are told. The implication is that if the process isn’t stopped, “they” will come for the Jews, too. The proper response to such people is: They already came for the Jews, you imbeciles; you were there too.

After Oct. 7, 2023, Jewish organizations that had worked tirelessly to help other groups were abandoned in their own time of need. It wasn’t until Congress stepped in—Virginia Foxx, Elise Stefanik, with the bipartisan buy-in of folks like Ritchie Torres in the House and John Fetterman in the Senate—that the tide began to turn. Now the Justice Department wants in on the action.

Had there been one iota of institutional decency among the universities, it never would have gone this far. But now it has—because of the failures, deliberate or out of neglect, of everyone complaining that it has gotten to this point. And now it’s a matter of national concern.

It has never in American history been easier to make your voice heard on the subject of anti-Semitism. It has also, unfortunately, never been more important to do so.
Seth Mandel: Joe Lieberman and the American Dream
Centered, directed by Jonathan Gruber, had a limited opening in theaters this week. It finds the right balance between Lieberman’s spiritual life and his public life, though he never hid one from the other. His mentor in politics was Connecticut Gov. Abe Ribikoff, who was both Jewish and a bipartisan dealmaker.

After six years as attorney general, Lieberman, who died in March 2024, set his sights on the U.S. Senate. He managed to defeat Republican incumbent Lowell Weicker by running to Weicker’s right, cementing his persona as an independent-minded representative of all the voters. The win meant a great deal to Hadassah, the Prague-born daughter of Holocaust survivors. “I know I am an American citizen,” Hadassah says, “but I always think of myself as an immigrant, as a refugee.”

That would be a recurring theme for the couple. After Lieberman was chosen to be Al Gore’s vice-presidential nominee in 2000, he said at a campaign stop in Nashville: “The American dream is alive, and it is well.”

But the decade before that campaign put him in the crucible of the Senate. In 1991, Lieberman was one of just 10 Democrats to back the authorization of force against Saddam Hussein. “I think that incident set the stage for his entire career for being a different kind of Democrat,” said Michael Lewan, Lieberman’s former chief of staff.

There would be several more such moments. Lieberman was an early supporter of Bill Clinton’s winning campaign in 1992, but after the Lewinsky scandal broke, Lieberman felt it would have been hypocritical to stay silent. He gave a floor speech criticizing Clinton’s conduct.

After 9/11, Lieberman and John McCain began working together on foreign policy, eventually finding Lieberman back in Iraq. This time, however, his support for military action against Saddam Hussein would cost him dearly within his own party. In 2006, he was defeated in the Democratic Senate primary by Ned Lamont, who hammered Lieberman on his support for the war. Lieberman then registered as an independent and ran in the general, splitting the Democrats but winning statewide once again.

“I was absolutely liberated,” he said of his ability to run as an independent. “I could say whatever I wanted, I didn’t have to worry about offending the power structure in my party, which I had already nonetheless done a pretty good job of offending.”

Some of his former allies had begged him not to do it, and he would hear those same voices of disapproval from his side two years later when loyalty and honesty compelled him to support his friend and colleague—and Republican—McCain against Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election. He even spoke at the Republican National Convention. In retaliation, Democrats stripped him of his chairmanship of a Senate subcommittee.
The Palestinian Fetish
Has any other group in history been handed this many chances for statehood—only to throw them all away? I’ll wait. They gambled, they lost—and in any other conflict, wars have consequences. Yet the Palestinian cause remains the grift that never ends. Their leaders keep the cycle going because, let’s be honest, victimhood pays:
No other group claims ‘occupation’ while repeatedly turning down independence.
No other refugees inherit statelessness like a family heirloom.
No other conflict has its own dedicated UN agency (UNRWA) designed not to resolve the crisis, but to perpetuate it.
No other people have received more foreign aid per capita—only to squander it, fail to build a state, and still rely on their so-called oppressor for basic necessities.

At this point, it’s less of a liberation movement and more of a billion-dollar racket.

And if it’s still not obvious, let me spell it out: they don’t want a country. They want a cause—an endless cycle of grievance that keeps the cash flowing, the UN resolutions coming, and Israel in the crosshairs.

This is the real reason the ‘Palestinian cause’ has global traction—it was never about independence, self-determination, or human rights. That’s just the sales pitch. And if you bought it, congrats—you got played. Because at its core, this movement runs on the one thing that has united the world for centuries: hating Jews.

Sure, plenty of activists will swear up and down they don’t hate Jews. But if they’re marching under banners calling for the destruction of the only Jewish state, chanting Hamas slogans, and dressing up old-school antisemitism as “anti-Zionism”—they’re not exactly walking a fine line. They’ve bulldozed right through it

The obsession with “saving Palestine” has little to do with Palestine itself. For many Western—but staunchly anti-Western—activists, it’s just a convenient weapon, wielded not only against Israel but against capitalism and the very societies that grant them the freedom to protest.

For the privileged activists screaming the loudest, Palestine isn’t a humanitarian crisis—it’s a fashion statement. A trendy cause with merch, social clout, and a built-in sense of purpose for people who’ve never faced real hardship. With no real stakes of their own, they latch onto a conflict they barely understand—not to solve it, but to flaunt their moral superiority. It’s not activism; it’s a glorified hobby—one they’ve mistaken for an identity.

Beneath the hashtag sloganeering and performative outrage lies something far worse: a cause that’s given Islamist operatives a backdoor into Western academia, hijacking institutions to serve some of the world’s most repressive regimes. So no, progressives—Iran’s theocracy, which would jail or execute you for your views on women’s rights, is not your ally.

For those actually paying attention—or living it firsthand—this isn’t a slogan on a tote bag. It’s reality. Most reasonable people agree that Arab Palestinians, like everyone else (well, except maybe Jews), have a right to self-determination.

But that starts with ditching their leadership—preferably yesterday—and abandoning the obsession with Israel’s destruction. Only then can they build a culture defined by possibility, not perpetual grievance.

That means breaking free from indoctrination—one that starts in childhood, replaces hope with hatred, and builds terror tunnels instead of schools. But that won’t happen while Hamas—a literal death cult—keeps them trapped under its grip, ruling through fear and propaganda.

Norway, Spain, and Ireland—seriously? Recognising a Palestinian state post-October 7 doesn’t promote peace; it rewards terrorism. Their leaders aren’t building a state—they’re dismantling Israel, using “statehood” as a smokescreen while sacrificing their own people. And you endorsed it.

But sure, let’s keep pretending this is about “liberation.” Next time a flag-waving activist yells “Free Palestine,” ask them: from what, exactly? Because it sure as hell isn’t Israel keeping them stateless—it’s their own leaders.

And spare us the upside-down narrative of Jews as colonisers. Arab expansion through Islamic conquest reshaped vast swaths of the world—including the Jewish homeland. Meanwhile, the Jewish people are left with exactly one tiny state.

I know many activists genuinely believe they’re fighting for the oppressed. But blind empathy and good intentions won’t cut it. In the immortal words of the woke brigade: educate yourself and do better. If they actually cared about Palestinian lives, they wouldn’t be parroting Hamas’ propaganda—they’d be holding them responsible.

And yes, that can be done without endorsing every Israeli policy—or short-circuiting into a rage spiral while shrieking “genocide, apartheid, colonisation” like a malfunctioning chatbot. Because no amount of hashtags or endlessly recycled activist Mad Libs will build a school, pave a road, or free a single Palestinian from their corrupt rulers.

At some point, the moral grandstanding has to give way to reality. This isn’t just about historical truth or Israel’s survival—or even my rapidly diminishing patience. It’s about the Palestinians themselves, who deserve better than to be used as cannon fodder in a never-ending war.

Let’s be real—this was never about “saving Palestine.” If it were, these activists would be demanding better leadership, not foaming at the mouth over Israel. But they won’t—because to them, Palestine is a costume. A personality cult. A fetish. And like every performative trend before it, they’ll abandon it the moment it’s no longer in fashion.


Jerry Dunleavy: Meet the pro-CCP Marxist revolutionary group behind the Mahmoud Khalil protests
The Forum and Khalil
The People’s Forum has been a driving force behind protests condemning the detention and possible deportation of Khalil. There are scores of videos posted by the forum on social media detailing the group’s role in organizing, promoting, attending, and leading the pro-Khalil protests, including a rally outside a NYC courthouse and a “sit-in at Trump Tower.” Khalil’s legal team addressed the crowd at a protest organized by the forum. There is no indication that Khalil himself is involved in the protests by The People's Forum.

The communist group has connected its pro-Khalil efforts to its broader “Shut It Down For Palestine” street protest campaign and to its fight against ICE being allowed on campus. The group said that “we will take to the streets to demand the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil and reaffirm our commitment to struggle for a free Palestine.” The forum urged supporters to be “All Out for Mahmoud Khalil.”

"Zionist harassment campaigns"
The forum’s leader, Manolo De Los Santos, has also personally tweeted multiple times to promote the forum-led protests for Khalil.

The forum immediately promoted a petition the day after Khalil was arrested, with the petition contending that “Khalil has been the target of various zionist harassment campaigns.” Another petition by the forum — signed by a host of leftwing celebrities and activists — lamented that “Mahmoud is just the first target of the Trump Administration's newfound Anti-Semitism Task Force.”

The forum is currently helping organize a “powerful event” scheduled for this weekend “in support of Mahmoud Khalil, Palestine, and civil liberties.” The group says that Khalil’s legal team and anti-Israel celebrities such as Macklemore and Alana Hadid will be there. A flyer by the forum promoting the upcoming event says, “Free Mahmoud. Free Palestine.”

The Forum’s “Marxist Comrade”

A major patron for The People’s Forum is wealthy communist businessman Neville Roy Singham.

“For months we’ve been the target of a campaign that alleges our funding comes from ‘dark money.’ A few years ago we met Roy Singham, a Marxist comrade who sold his company & donated most of his wealth to non-profits that focus on political education, culture, & internationalism,” The People’s Forum tweeted in December 2021.

Singham married Jodie Evans, the co-founder of the radical left-wing group Code Pink, in 2017. Her group touts itself as antiwar and has become increasingly pro-China in recent years.
Alan Dershowitz: Mahmoud Khalil Deserves Speech Rights, Not Sympathy
To me, the Khalil case bears a striking resemblance to Skokie, because what Khalil has supported bears a striking resemblance to what the Nazis advocated. In fact, his First Amendment claims are weaker because he is not a citizen.

If the Trump administration was seeking to deport a green card-holding leader of the Ku Klux Klan who had led masked demonstrations that glorified the lynching of blacks, the raping of women, and the beheading of babies, I doubt that the current ACLU would be defending his free speech rights. But even if they did, I’m certain there would be mass resignations by members. There would be few if any petitions or demonstrations on behalf of the KKK green card holder, and no one except fellow racists would be making him a hero.

So why the difference? Khalil claims a First Amendment right to demonize Israel. Meanwhile, the Nazis claimed the right to march through Skokie, glorifying the Holocaust and demonizing its survivors. The difference is not in the First Amendment, under which the Nazi claims are stronger. It is in the way in which too many students, civil libertarians, and the media are treating Khalil now, as contrasted with the way the Nazis were treated back then.

The First Amendment is designed to protect the most despicable hate speech, so long as it does not constitute incitement to immediate violence. That is why both the Nazis and Khalil should be treated similarly by the courts of law, without regard to the content of their speech. But the court of public opinion should also treat them similarly, though in this case it has not. Both the KKK and Hamas advocate violence against vulnerable minorities. It is constitutionally justifiable to support such advocacy of violence through speech and demonstrations (though not through material support of designated terrorist groups, an issue not directly involved in these cases.) But it is not morally justifiable to defend the substance of what Khalil has supported, any more than it would be to defend the substance of the views of the despicable Nazis who marched in Skokie.

Even with regard to the free speech and academic freedom issue, Khalil’s case is weaker than the Nazis’. Khalil would retain his right to espouse antisemitic hate speech even if he were deported. He could do it by Zoom, and his Zoom casts would be heard by his bigoted supporters on Columbia and other campuses. Moreover, Khalil is far from being a poster child for freedom of speech or academic freedom. The protest movement he helped lead has denied these rights to others, by preventing Jewish students from going to classes, by disrupting classes, and by harassing those with opposing views.

So let civil libertarians treat Khalil the way we treated the Nazis in Skokie: Defend his First Amendment right not to be punished (in this case deported) if what he said and did is protected by the First Amendment and if he did not obtain his visa and green card by fraud. But do not defend him on the merits and demerits of what he said and did. Two things can be true at the same time, especially when it comes to freedom of speech: What a person said and did may be constitutionally defensible; at the same time, it may be morally condemnable. That may well be the case with Khalil.
The inside story of how Labor destroyed its deep ties with Australia’s Jewish community in just 18 months
Three days later the Adass Israel Synagogue of Melbourne was firebombed. Although no-one was injured, some considered it the worst anti-Jewish act in Australian history. Jeremy Leibler received a call from Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who expressed concern for Australia’s jews. The Australian Government offered $250,000 to replace the synagogue’s torah scrolls, but Ms Wong did not call him to express sympathy, according to a government source.

The Adass attack was a turning point in Australian attitudes to anti-Semitism. Parliament rallied to the Jewish community’s defence, and introduced mandatory jail sentences for some racially motivated crimes.

But the change came too late for Jeremy Leibler, who must have wondered what was the point of working with the Labor Party’s leadership for years when his people felt abandoned at their most vulnerable.

On February 4, he called out the Government for not assertively repudiating anti-Semitic rhetoric, and tacitly encouraging the demonisation of Israel to protect itself from losing votes to the left.

“Instead of standing firm on its long-held values, Labor has allowed its genuine opposition to antisemitism to be tainted by its political fear of the Greens,” he wrote in The Age. “And in doing so, it has failed the Jewish community at a moment when leadership was needed most. This is not just weakness. It is cowardice.”

Mr Leibler did not mention the prime minister by name, but made it clear Jews -- steeped in 3000 years of conflict -- had washed their hands of Mr Albanese and his Labor Party.

“History will not forget,” he wrote.

On Monday, Liberal leader Peter Dutton promised $35 million to rebuild the Adass Synagogue. On Thursday, he promised that one of his first tasks if elected prime minister would be to call Mr Netenyahu and promise Australia’s support.
In Israel, unaccountable jurists have usurped unparalleled powers
Israel’s security agencies are deeply entangled in the ongoing struggle between the declining old hegemony and the emerging sociological groups—nationalist and traditional sectors—that increasingly seek to shape the country’s future. This is a critical point in the current constitutional crisis.

The Supreme Court has acknowledged the Attorney General’s authority to declare a sitting prime minister "incapacitated" if she deems that his current trial prevents him from governing effectively in wartime. Imagine if the Attorney General were to invoke this stupendous power, endorsed by the Supreme Court, but Netanyahu refused to comply.

At that point, the crisis would come down to what one calls the "Bodyguard Test": Would the bodyguard at the entrance to the prime minister's office allow Netanyahu entry or not? In such a scenario, the bodyguard would probably escalate the question up the chain of command—until it reached the Shin Bet director, who would have the final say.

Ultimately, in moments of constitutional crisis, security chiefs do decide based on questions of allegiance. This is why the battle over the identity of the Shin Bet chief is so critical in Israel’s current constitutional crisis.

The judiciary, empowered by decades of activist rulings, is locked in a struggle with an elected government determined to restore democratic accountability. Meanwhile, security institutions, legal advisors, and bureaucratic elites continue to resist reforms that threaten their historical dominance.

Whether Israel emerges from this crisis with a more balanced legal system that resembles more closely that of other Western democracies or descends further into institutional chaos depends on how these competing forces navigate the coming months. One thing is certain—this is not just a legal dispute. It is a struggle over who holds the keys to the State of Israel–government by the people or a few unaccountable and unelected jurists.
Gaming the Wiki System
On Dec. 9, Wikipedia’s Arbitration Committee (ArbCom), the site’s version of a Supreme Court, sanctioned three editors over their purported involvement in a Wikipedia channel on the “Tech for Palestine” (TFP) Discord server.

The relevant policy at hand is canvassing, meaning that any kind of offsite coordination of editing Wikipedia articles is prohibited, which is what was reportedly occurring in the Discord channel. Telling people what to edit falls under canvassing. The existence of the TFP channel has previously been reported by Jewish Insider (JI), “The Wikipedia Flood” blog and a Pirate Wires piece that went viral.

“Ïvana” was indefinitely site-banned and topic-banned from Israel-Palestine related articles, “for making edits in the Palestine-Israel topic area after off-wiki canvassing requests, and encouraging other users to game the extended confirmed restriction and engage in disruptive editing,” ArbCom announced. The “extended confirmed restriction” is a reference to how Israel-Palestine-related articles fall under extended-confirmed protection (ECP), meaning topics where only those who have been editors at least 30 days and have made at least 500 edits can make changes. Ïvana had been billed as the TFP channel’s “resident Wikipedia expert.”

“Samisawtak” was also indefinitely topic-banned from Israel-Palestine-related articles “for making edits in the PIA [Palestine-Israel articles] topic area after off-wiki canvassing requests, and violating the extended confirmed restriction in the Palestine–Israel topic area,” per ArbCom. Both Ïvana’s and Samisawtak’s sanctions can be appealed in 12 months. Samisawtak is believed to also be Samer, one of the Discord channel’s ringleaders.

“Tashmetu” had their ECP privileges revoked after ArbCom concluded that the editor had gamed the restriction; “CoolAndUniqueUsername” also had their ECP privileges revoked for the same reason, though it does not appear that CoolAndUniqueUsername was involved in the TFP channel itself. ArbCom had made their decisions based on privately submitted evidence, according to the announcement.

Prior to ArbCom’s announcement, Ïvana had acknowledged that she had joined “an off-wiki group at the beginning of the year,” but claimed that she was only trying to help “newcomers/people interested in [Wikipedia], mostly answering basic questions,” provided a table on Wikipedia of “easy edits for newcomers” and most had nothing with the Israel-Palestine topic area. She denied engaging in canvassing or “tag teaming.” After the announcement and during a separate ArbCom case in which eight editors were topic-banned from the Israel-Palestine topic area, “Sean.hoyland” claimed “that Ïvana does not believe that ArbCom definitively established that they responded to specific off-wiki requests i.e. that ArbCom did not distinguish between correlation and causation.” “Moneytrees,” at the time a member of ArbCom involved in the case, replied to Hoyland that he didn’t find Ïvana’s explanation to be convincing.

For their part, Tashmetu wrote that they accepted “the judgment of the committee regarding me. I am however not pleased the committee seems to acquiesce to such clearly politically motivated acts of intimidation.”

In a Dec. 13 blog post, The Wikipedia Flood criticized ArbCom’s actions as being “limited and ineffectual. … “A grand total of one editor was kicked off the site. …That was ‘Ïvana,’ who was the ‘resident expert’ in charge of the propagandizing effort. But other pro-Hamas editors involved in the offsite effort were merely ‘topic banned.’ This kind of ‘canvassing’ flies in the face of Wikipedia rules, totally perverting the site’s ethos by rigging the game, and pro-Israel editors involved in such efforts in the past have been site banned. But the pro-Hamas editors, by contrast, were treated with kid gloves.”

One editor I spoke to similarly described ArbCom’s sanctions as “a bit light” here. Tamzin Hadasa Kelly, a Wikipedia administrator, told me that while she wasn’t aware of the facts of the case, “Speaking generally, ‘site-ban the leader(s) and topic-ban the rest’ is how ArbCom tends to handle evidence of off-wiki canvassing. But I couldn’t tell you whether that was the appropriate response in this case, because I haven’t seen the evidence.”

Another editor told me that they were “made privy to the complete contents of the Tech for Palestine Wikipedia Discord channel and, plain and simple, there were at least 12 editors that were fully and knowingly violating site rules by engaging in an organized and regimented wiki manipulation operation for more than six months. This should have resulted in site bans for every single person involved. I have seen editors receive site bans for far less egregious behavior.” This editor also lambasted ArbCom for taking “more than three months to rule on the findings submitted to them (and) doing nothing as those malicious editors continued to affect pages unhindered. … Outside of Ïvana, who did everything possible to seal her fate, it’s like they went out of their way to avoid punishing those involved.”
New report exposes dangerous influence of Wikipedia editors on anti-Israel discourse
A new ADL report exposes troubling activity by a group of 30 Wikipedia editors who’ve been influencing content with biased, anti-Israel edits.

According to the report, these editors have:
Used tandem voting to insert anti-Israel content and exclude Palestinian terrorism details
Removed key citations and downplayed Hamas atrocities, including sexual violence committed by terrorists on 7th October 2023
Removed mentions of Nazi imagery adopted during protests in Gaza in 2018
Harassed other editors, calling their work “bulls***” and labelling them “Zionists”
Targeted good-faith editors with intimidation and frequent reports to discourage them from making edits
Voted to delete crucial articles, such as ‘Denial of the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel’; ‘Hamas beheading incidents’; ‘Anti-semitic [sic] anti-Zionism’

The report also found that many of these editors dedicated over eight hours a day to these activities, which the report suggested may indicate full-time employment.

Campaign Against Antisemitism and others have long been calling out Wikipedia for failing to implement their own rules against obsessive anti-Israel editors who hijack entries relating to matters of Jewish concern, and the platform did recently sanction a small number of editors for their conduct.


Trump: Making College Campuses Safe for Jews Again
Throughout all of his roughly two-month long administration, President Trump has done everything he can to show himself to be the best friend the Jewish people have ever had in the White House.

From day one, we’ve seen a virtual 180 from the previous administration, from the respect given to the Israeli hostages and their families at Trump’s inaugural parade, to the executive order on anti semitism, and the reversal of sanctions on Jews living in Judea and Samaria seemingly put on them for the crime of being Jews. We have also seen Israel being given the green light to essentially do whatever it needs to utterly defeat its enemies who want nothing more than to have a second Holocaust.

But Trump’s promise to deport pro-Hamas rioters on student visas and/or green cards is a wonderful idea that is thankfully now being carried out, much to the chagrin of the left and the Democrat Party.

Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Hamas activist involved in the antisemitic student protests at Columbia University and Barnard College, was arrested by ICE approximately two weeks ago with the goal being potential deportation back to his home country of Syria. Khalil, despite being a former Columbia student, still lived in university-owned housing due to a school policy allowing former students to stay in their housing for months after their studies conclude.

One would think any foreigner with the privilege of being allowed to stay in the U.S. for any reason would have to do their best to be on good behavior, much less to not support a terrorist group, and that such a person should be deported immediately. But of course, the Jew-hating and America-hating left, with support from plenty of Democrats, proved once again that there really is no bottom for them.
Trump Administration Weighs Sanctions on Foreign Funders of Pro-Hamas Campus Protests
The Trump administration is mulling plans to sanction the international funders behind pro-Hamas protests, including prominent Qatari nationals who have vast financial holdings inside the United States, current and former U.S. officials familiar with the internal discussions told the Washington Free Beacon.

The effort seeks to build upon President Donald Trump’s January executive order authorizing the deportation of foreign students engaged in often illegal anti-Semitic demonstrations on college campuses across the country. Instead of targeting the protests' participants, it would target their funders. The administration could, for example, slap sanctions on foreign individuals who provide groups like Students for Justice in Palestine with significant funding. In cases where those individuals enjoy U.S. visas, it could revoke them.

"President Trump has made it a priority to ensure that Jewish students, indeed all students, feel safe and free from harassment on college campuses," one senior U.S. official, who spoke on background to discuss the ongoing deliberations, told the Free Beacon. "To that end, his administration is taking a comprehensive approach, not just looking at the visas and green cards of student instigators, but also, for example, going after the people funding the protests, wherever they may be."

The plans reflect a growing appetite inside the administration to hamstring Hamas's allies in the United States by penalizing their most prolific funders, including several former Qatari officials known to maintain relations with the Iran-backed group. Iranian government actors have also funded anti-Israel protests in the United States, former director of national intelligence Avril Haines revealed last summer.

Some officials within the Biden administration discussed similar plans to cut off foreign funding or the protests, according to a former U.S. diplomat involved in the efforts both then and now, who said the administration shelved the plans so as not to upset Doha's government as it mediated peace talks between Israel and Hamas.

"This was on the menu when I was there, but the previous administration was a bit squeamish about taking extreme measures, like revoking visas," said the diplomat. "But that’s not a problem in this administration, and we’re hearing they’re looking at all options—from sanctions on individuals to the revocation of visas."

"You can't get rid of anti-Semitism on campus without getting rid of the funding, and the funders are Qatar."
Columbia agrees to Trump admin’s conditions for restoring federal funding
Columbia University will implement reforms, including a mask ban and increased oversight of its Middle Eastern studies department, to comply with the Trump administration’s demand to address Jew-hatred on campus or risk losing $400 million in federal funding.

Katrina Armstrong, Columbia’s interim president, stated that the university informed federal agencies of the university’s plan to tackle antisemitism on campus.

“Our response to the government agencies outlines the substantive work we’ve been doing over the last academic year to advance our mission, ensure uninterrupted academic activities and make every student, faculty and staff member safe and welcome on our campus,” she stated.

“We have much to be proud of as a community, and it has been a privilege to share our progress and plans,” she said.

Armstrong noted that the university expected students to “engage in robust debate and discussion about our way forward, and we welcome it as an opportunity to shape the future of Columbia.”

On March 13, the U.S. Department of Education, the General Services Administration and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sent a letter to Columbia highlighting the government’s preconditions for discussion about renewed federal funding for the private school.

Columbia announced on Friday that it will appoint a new senior vice provost to review curricular offerings and hiring practices in its Middle East programs, including its Center for Palestine Studies, Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies, Middle East Institute, Tel Aviv and Amman hubs, Middle East policy major (in its School of International and Public Affairs) and its Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African studies program.

It also stated that it will hire 36 “special officers” with the authority to remove students from campus or arrest people when necessary to bolster campus security.

Among the other changes are requiring those who attend protests to identify themselves.
US Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Deport Foreign Students Who Support Terror Groups
US Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-NY) has introduced legislation to deport non-citizen students who support any US-designated terrorist group, arguing that these individuals have abused the “privilege” of seeking an education in America.

“It’s a privilege to come to America to learn at our institutions, NOT [sic] a right. The antisemitic actions that have threatened the safety of Jewish students must end,” Langworthy posted on X/Twitter on Tuesday. “That’s why I just reintroduced the Veto Your Visas Act, which ensures anyone here on a student visa who supports a Foreign Terrorist Organization will be deported. Whether it’s Mahmoud Kahlil or any other perpetrator of terrorist propaganda, you will be kicked out of our country.”

The legislation would mandate that colleges and universities alert the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) immediately if they learn that a student on an Exchange Visitor or Academic Student nonimmigrant visa has expressed support for an FTO. Additionally, the bill would mandate the US Secretary of State to cancel the student’s visa.

The legislation comes on the heels of the arrest of former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, who spearheaded raucous and destructive protests on Columbia’s campus against Israel’s defensive military operations in Gaza. Khalil’s conduct caused the Trump administration to apprehend and attempt to deport him, although his lawyers are challenging the government in court. Khalil, a Palestinian activist raised in Syria, is a green card holder and a permanent US resident.

“I commend the Trump administration and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on taking swift action against Khalil,” Langworthy said in a statement while announcing his legislation. “It is a privilege to come to the United States to study and learn — it is not a free pass to come here and spread hate and support terrorism. This legislation would ensure anyone here on a student visa who supports a Foreign Terrorist Organization will be deported, protecting our national security and making it clear we have zero tolerance for terrorism.”


Politico Runs Cover for Hamasniks at Georgetown
In an article on the arrest of the pro-terror husband of a Hamas-affiliated student at Georgetown, Politico sounds less like a news agency and more like a public relations firm. The article, “Trump is seeking to deport another academic who is legally in the country, lawsuit says,” by Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein, omits crucial context to portray the prospective deportee and his Hamas-affiliated wife sympathetically.

Unfortunately for Politico, that omitted context came from research produced by CAMERA. While the legal proceedings have only begun and remain under seal, we can already identify false claims in Politico’s story.

Here’s the background. In a February 13 article at National Review, CAMERA exposed that a Georgetown University graduate student, Mapheze Ahmad Yousef Saleh, was directly affiliated with the specially designated terrorist organization Hamas. Not only was her father a senior Hamas official, but Saleh herself had worked directly for the terrorist organization. CAMERA’s research meticulously documented the evidence, providing screenshots and linking to articles written by Saleh acknowledging her role in the Hamas’s “Committee to Break the Siege in Gaza.” CAMERA also documented Saleh’s deplorable views, including celebrating the October 7 massacre of Israeli civilians and mocking those taken hostage by her terrorist organization.

Unsurprisingly, it turned out that Badar Khan Suri, the man married to the Hamas-affiliated Saleh, also held similarly deplorable views. Disturbingly, Suri also held an academic role at Georgetown’s Alwaleed Center for Christian and Muslim Understanding, known for its extremist faculty members. Now Suri, an Indian national, has been arrested and is facing deportation proceedings.

So how do Politico’s Cheney and Gerstein ignore these details?


Columbia Law School Hit with Vile Anti-Semitic Email Threat Demanding ‘Death’ to Israel
Tensions at Columbia University have escalated once again following a deeply disturbing incident in which an anonymous agitator sent a hate-filled, antisemitic email to multiple administrative offices at the university’s law school. As reported by The New York Post on Thursday, the threatening message—laden with explicit calls for violence and hate speech—has further shaken a campus already roiled by months of controversy surrounding anti-Israel protests and demonstrations.

According to police and sources cited by The New York Post, the email was sent earlier this week, with a security guard at Columbia receiving it on Monday and subsequently alerting law enforcement on Wednesday. Authorities confirmed that the vile message contained the following chilling statements: “Death to Judaism, death to Zionism, death to Israel. Antisemitism is 100% free speech. Jews are sickness.”

The email, which was reportedly sent to “a number of administrative offices” at Columbia, has prompted both internal security responses and official police investigations. As of Thursday, no arrests had been made, and the identity of the sender remains unknown.

In a statement provided to The New York Post, a Columbia University spokesperson confirmed that the university is aware of the email and has acted swiftly to respond.

“We are aware of an email with antisemitic and harassing language that was sent to a few administrative offices at Columbia from an external email address,” the university said. “After it was reported to Public Safety and our Office of Institutional Equity, the University immediately blocked the email address and will track if there are any additional messages from this user, in addition to notifying law enforcement.”

The administration emphasized that it is taking the matter seriously, and is monitoring for any further incidents from the same source.

This latest incident comes amid a prolonged period of unrest at Columbia University, which has seen multiple waves of anti-Israel protests, many of which have stirred controversy over allegations of antisemitism and intimidation of Jewish students and faculty.

As noted in The New York Post report, the university’s campus has become a flashpoint in the national debate over free speech, academic activism, and hate speech, particularly in the context of pro-Hamas demonstrations following the October 7 Hamas attacks and the subsequent Israeli military response in Gaza.

Just last week, protests erupted over the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia student identified by law enforcement as a protest ringleader. Khalil, currently in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, has been at the center of controversy for his role in organizing demonstrations that have drawn both national attention and legal consequences.


Columbia student who praised Mahmoud Khalil arrest in WSJ op-ed received death threats: ‘These people are ridiculous’
A Columbia University freshman who wrote an article praising the arrest and possible deportation of campus agitator Mahmoud Khalil was almost immediately besieged with unhinged messages from fellow students calling him “Zionist scum” and urging him to kill himself.

Lucca Ruggieri’s March 18 commentary in the Wall Street Journal voiced full-throated support for President Trump’s efforts to oust troublemakers like Khalil from campus — while questioning how someone who “harbors hostilities” toward American values was even admitted to the prestigious school in the first place.

“It’s like little kids. You say one thing that hurts their feelings, and they have a temper tantrum,” Ruggieri told The Post Thursday. “This is not the sort of person that one of our top institutions should be admitting.”

Ruggieri, 19, an economics major from Pennsylvania who eyed elite institutions like Yale and Harvard before deciding on Columbia, said he did so because it’s “an Ivy League school basically in the center of the universe” — despite its reputation as a “politically controversial place.”

Within hours of the article’s publication, Ruggieri said the rage started flooding in on Sidechat — an anonymous messaging app for Ivy League schools, which requires a student email address to use.

“Someone said, ‘Can we please end this Zionist scum,’ ‘We need to place a fatwa on him.’ Other people sent me messages saying to kill myself, those sort of things,” he said.

A fatwa is a formal ruling issued under Islamic law which, in some cases, is a call for a death sentence.

Someone even took the time to Photoshop his head onto a Nazi SS officer’s body.
Legal Group Defending Anti-Israel Activist Previously Warned Protesters Like Him Could Be Deported
A legal group claiming President Donald Trump has no authority to deport a Palestinian protester previously warned others about how pro-Hamas advocacy could get them deported.

Syrian national Mahmoud Khalil’s legal team has argued that the Trump administration’s plan to deport him for leading Columbia University’s pro-Hamas encampment violates the First Amendment. But three lawyers representing him — Ramzi Kassem, Naz Ahmad and Shezza Dallal — work for Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsibility (CLEAR) at the City University of New York, a group advising noncitizens that they can lose citizenship for supporting terrorists, as Khalil is accused of doing.

The CLEAR lawyers joined other organizations in a lawsuit after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Khalil on March 8. Columbia briefly suspended him in April 2024 for assisting an illegal tent encampment on behalf of the activist group Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD), acting as a “lead negotiator” to pressure the school to financially “divest” from Israel. Encampment protesters praised Hamas and its Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in Israel while harassing Jewish students, and the Trump administration is fighting a court battle to deport Khalil on a national security basis.

Despite invoking the Constitution in Khalil’s defense, CUNY CLEAR has distributed materials advising foreign anti-Israel activists that they should avoid pro-terrorist speech that “can adversely affect a non-citizen’s immigration status” under federal law.

A “know your rights” document from CLEAR appears to paraphrase the Immigration and Nationality Act, saying that “inciting, advocating, declaring public approval/support of, or persuading others to advocate or declare public approval/support of ‘terrorist activity'” or a “terrorist organization” can lead to deportation. The guide warns that “being a representative … of any group” that endorses terrorism is risky for a foreign national, echoing the text of the law.

“If you are a non-citizen who has exercised your First Amendment right to associate with any organization or a specific cause, consider consulting an attorney before applying for any immigration benefits or appearing for any immigration-related interviews,” CLEAR said.


Trump Admin Yanks Visa From Cornell Protest Leader Who Said He Takes His 'Cue From the Armed Resistance in Palestine'
The Trump administration has revoked the visa of Momodou Taal, a Cornell University graduate student who has called for the destruction of the United States, celebrated Hamas's October 7 attacks, claimed to take his "cue from the armed resistance in Palestine," and said "every single Zionist is a sick sick individual," the Washington Free Beacon has learned.

Momodou Taal, a British and Gambian dual national, began studying at Cornell in 2022 on an F-1 student visa, which he no longer holds, according to a State Department official.

Taal's lawyers confirmed in a court filing that the administration asked Taal to surrender to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials at a facility in Syracuse, N.Y., for deportation proceedings. The request came in an early-morning email from the Department of Justice on Friday, the filing shows.

"ICE invites Mr. Taal and his counsel to appear in-person at the HSI Office in Syracuse at a mutually agreeable time for personal service of the NTA and for Mr. Taal to surrender to ICE custody," wrote DOJ attorney Ethan Kanter in the email. "NTA" refers to a notice to appear, an ICE document that begins removal proceedings against a foreign national.

Taal's lawyers asked a federal judge to block the deportation actions on an emergency basis, arguing that Taal was being targeted for deportation because of a federal lawsuit he filed against President Donald Trump's executive order calling for the revocation of visas given to foreign students who support terrorism.

Taal filed the lawsuit on Saturday, several days after the Trump administration started publicly revoking visas of foreign nationals linked to pro-Hamas activism.

In the lawsuit, Taal argued that the looming threat of deportation had a "chilling" effect on his freedom of speech and has "deprived" other Cornell students and professors of hearing his "ideas and suggestions." He asked a judge to halt Trump's executive order.


Board gives BBC bosses Pesach deadline to commit to tackling community concerns
The Board of Deputies has called for the BBC to commits to a series of actions in relation to concerns about its reporting of the Israel-Hamas conflict and the wellbeing of Jewish staff during a meeting with Director-General Tim Davie.

A statement issued by Board president Phil Rosenberg said the corporation had been given seven areas of particular concern to address – including a commitment to a “thematic Review into the Corporation’s reporting on Israel-Gaza since October 7th, 2023.

At Thursday’s meeting with Davie, and other members of the senior leadership of the BBC, the Board issued an ultimatum insisting the corporation must commit to a clear series of actions ahead of the Passover Festival – beginning 12th April – at the latest.

The demands raised by the Board included: Formalising a commitment – with a timeframe – for an independent Thematic Review into the Corporation’s reporting on Israel-Gaza since October 7th, 2023.

A requirement for the BBC to consistently, across all its media platforms, inform their audience of the status of all organisations proscribed as terrorist groups by the British Government – including both Hamas and Hezbollah.

Calling for the BBC to rapidly change its current editorial policy of mistranslating the words “Yahud/Yahudi” – which mean “Jew/Jews” – as “Israeli/Israelis” when cited by Palestinians. Board president Phil Rosenberg

A ‘one-strike’ policy when its staff are found to have egregiously breached its rules of impartiality and or antisemitism.

A separate review of its BBC Arabic network, where multiple members of staff were found to have openly celebrated the mass-terror attack of October 7th and were briefly suspended – before being allowed to return to their jobs, which have included subsequent reporting on Israel.
Influencer deletes altered photo of Jason Isaacs after broadcaster steps in
An influencer who digitally removed a yellow hostage ribbon from a photo of actor Jason Isaacs has taken the post down following intervention from entertainment network Sky.

The incident occurred during a press junket in Thailand for the third series of White Lotus, currently airing on Sky Atlantic. British actor Jason Isaacs, who is Jewish, wore the yellow ribbon as a symbol of solidarity with the hostages still held in Gaza — as he also did at the British Independent Film Awards.

Zainab Jiwa, a London-based journalist and internet personality described by Vogue as specialising in red carpet coverage, conducted the interview and later posted a photo to her own social media accounts in which the ribbon had been digitally erased.

Sky, which had no involvement in the altered image, confirmed it had requested the post’s removal after being made aware of the edit.

“Sky operates to the highest of editorial standards and this image and subsequent post was not a part of our campaign,” a spokesperson told Jewish News. “It was posted without our knowledge and we asked for it to be removed as soon as we were made aware.”






Palestinian terrorist shoots, seriously wounds IDF soldier in Nablus
A Palestinian terrorist shot and seriously wounded an Israel Defense Forces soldier who was operating in Nablus (Schehem) in Samaria overnight Thursday, according to the military.

The soldier was evacuated to the hospital for treatment and his family was notified.

Last week, Israeli security forces arrested two Palestinians from Nablus on suspicion of receiving funds from the Hamas terrorist organization to finance attacks in Judea and Samaria.

The same day, a Jewish baby sustained light wounds in a Palestinian rock-throwing attack on the road that bypasses the village of Huwara, located just south of Nablus.


Two men convicted in Iranian plot to kill American dissident
A federal jury convicted two men, who plotted to kill a prominent Iranian-American dissident on behalf of Iran, on Thursday.

Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov, both high-ranking members of an Eastern European crime group called “The Organization,” conspired to kill the women’s rights activist and journalist Masih Alinejad at her home in Brooklyn.

“For years, the government of Iran has attempted to silence an outspoken Iranian journalist, author, activist and critic of their regime through any means necessary, including harassment, violence, intimidation and even attempted murder,” stated Matthew Podolsky, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.

“Chillingly, the plot to murder this Iranian dissident culminated over 6,000 miles from Iran, on U.S. soil, right here in New York, when a hitman with an AK-47 camped outside her home to kill her,” Podolsky said.

In 2022, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sent instructions to Amirov to kill Alinejad after Iranian plans to kidnap her in the previous two years had failed. Amirov, in turn, sent targeting information to Omarov, who asked a third member of the Organization, Khalid Mehdiyev, to be the hitman.

Police arrested Mehdiyev after a traffic stop near Alinejad’s home and found an AK-47, 66 rounds of ammunition, $1,100 in cash and a black ski mask.

Mehdiyev had stalked Alinejad at her home for days before Omarov told Amirov that they were ready to kill her.


‘Emotional challenge’ for both Jewish, German actors in new film ‘World Will Tremble’
There have been many powerful films about the Holocaust, so if one opts to create a new one, one must “bring something new to the conversation,” according to the Israeli-American director Lior Geller.

Geller told JNS that the new film “The World Will Tremble,” which he wrote and directed, “is a story that wasn’t told before, and I think it’s important to make it as accurate as possible.”

The film centers on Michael Podchlebnik and Solomon Weiner, who fled the Nazi death camp Chelmno in German-occupied western Poland on Jan. 19, 1942. The movie is based on the true story of the survival of the two men and their evasion of the Nazis.

Many are unaware that Chelmo was operational the day before the infamous Wannsee Conference, held in the Berlin suburb on Jan. 20, 1942, in which the Nazi plan for European Jewry—the “Final Solution”—was laid out in detail, according to Geller.

“The first transports to the gas vans of Chelmno were a day after Pearl Harbor, before there even were gas chambers at Auschwitz,” he said, of Japan’s attack on U.S. military assets in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941.

Early in World War II and the Holocaust, Nazis lined Jews up and shot them, with their bodies either falling or being thrown into ditches throughout Europe. But the process was slow and messy, and munitions were expensive. For mass murder to work as they planned, the Nazis needed a more efficient manner of killing.

Geller said that before they used Zyklon B to gas Jews to death, German Nazis retrofitted an Opel Blitz truck with a grate to seal it off. A pipe connected the exhaust fumes to go directly into the truck to create a killing machine.

There was no way to get around having a violent film given the subject, but Geller told JNS that he approached the subject judiciously.
Antisemitism in Switzerland reached ‘unprecedented level’ in 2024, study finds
Antisemitic incidents in Switzerland have reached an “unprecedented level,” rising 43 percent in 2024, according to a new report by the Swiss Federation of Israelite Communities (SIG) and the GRA Foundation against Racism and Antisemitism.

Some 221 antisemitic incidents were recorded during the year, compared to 155 in 2023 and 57 in 2022, the report says.

The report notes a sharp rise in physical violence during the year, including an attempted arson attack on a synagogue and 11 cases of assault.

A knife attack in Zurich by a teen who is said to have shouted “Death to Jews” nearly killed a 50-year-old man, the report notes.

Another 1,596 incidents were recorded online, with over 55% found on the Telegram platform. The figure is based on new software used for monitoring online media, and cannot be compared with previous figures, SIG says.


Group arrested for breaking into historic Indiana synagogue
A group of people were recently charged with trespassing after breaking into a vacant historic synagogue in Indianapolis, Ind., to allegedly shoot a music video, The Kansas City Star reported.

Local police responded to what was reported as a burglary at Beth-El Zedeck Temple, a vacant building on the National Register of Historic Places, on March 15. Upon arrival, they saw multiple people in the driveway, with four more inside. Five individuals were arrested, reported WTHR, the local NBC affiliate.

The building is the oldest surviving synagogue in Indianapolis and has been out of use since 1958, according to NRHP documents. Authorities have not identified the incident as an act of antisemitism.

Inside the building, police recovered a camera propped up on the glass door the group broke to get in, as well as several pieces of camera equipment, a firearm, a magazine and live rounds.

Court documents state that one of the individuals arrested was a videographer hired to record a “rap music video.”

“I wish that everyone would treat historic places and historic properties with the same reverence that I do,” said Mark Dollase, vice president of preservation services for the Indiana Landmarks Foundation, which owns the synagogue. He added that while the door has been repaired, the interior needs to be examined for damages.

According to the NRHP, the synagogue is “one of the most well-preserved places associated with the history of the Jewish community in Indianapolis.” Former Indiana Gov. Edward Jackson attended its opening ceremony in 1925.


London cinema to screen BBC’s Hamas propaganda documentary
A London cinema will screen the BBC’s controversial documentary about Gaza, narrated by the son of a Hamas terrorist, just weeks after the broadcaster removed it from iPlayer pending an internal review.

Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone is due to be shown at the Garden Cinema on Tuesday 25 March. The 59-minute documentary, directed by Jamie Roberts and Palestinian filmmaker Yousef Hammash, follows the lives of four young people living through the war between Israel and Hamas.

The film first aired on BBC2 in January but was later removed from iPlayer. BBC Director-General Tim Davie told MPs that he had made the “personal decision” to take it down because he had “lost trust” in the production.

In a statement to Jewish News, a BBC spokesperson said:

“The BBC does not own the copyright to this documentary, but has the rights to television broadcast in the UK.

“Enforcement of copyright is conducted by the copyright holder, in this case this is the production company.

“The BBC’s position remains that we have removed the film from iPlayer and will not show it while we investigate a number of editorial matters related to the production of the documentary.” Garden Cinema logo

The BBC has made it clear that it is not involved in the Garden Cinema screening.

While the broadcaster retains UK television rights, the copyright belongs to the independent production company, Hoyo Films, which is responsible for any cinema or non-broadcast distribution.


Israeli startup AISAP named one of the world's most innovative companies for 2025
AISAP, an Israeli medical startup pioneering AI-driven diagnostics, has been recognized as one of the world’s most innovative and promising companies for 2025 by Fast Company. The company secured fourth place globally in the healthcare category, a remarkable achievement that underscores the international recognition of its groundbreaking technology and its impact on the future of medicine.

AISAP was founded by Adiel Am-Shalom, a former officer in Israel’s elite 8200 intelligence unit, alongside leading medical professionals: Professor Ehud Raanani, Professor Robert Klempner, and Professor Ehud Schwammenthal. The company has raised approximately $13 million in funding from investors including Harel Insurance, Shoni Health, and former Mossad director Tamir Pardo. Revolutionizing cardiac diagnostics with AI

AISAP has developed AISAP CARDIO, the world's first real-time AI-powered cardiac diagnostic platform. This technology enables life-saving bedside diagnostics, allowing for immediate and highly accurate detection of structural heart diseases and heart failure. The platform recently received FDA approval, marking a historic milestone in AI-driven medical diagnostics.

“The recognition by Fast Company is a source of immense pride for us as Israelis and highlights the global relevance of the problem we are solving,” said Adiel Am-Shalom, AISAP’s co-founder and CEO, in a statement. “This is a strong validation that our product can influence the future of medicine worldwide and save countless lives through real-time, precise diagnostics.”

Professor Ehud Raanani, co-founder and board member, emphasized the significance of their achievement, stating: “We are proud to be the first company to secure FDA approval under the unique CADx pathway for comprehensive AI-based diagnostics at the point of care. We remain committed to driving innovation and improving the lives of millions of patients worldwide.”
Israeli Companies to Supply Ship-Defense Electronic Countermeasures to European Frigates
Israel's Rafael and Elbit Systems will supply a European NATO country with electronic countermeasures for protecting 5 frigates from ship-killing missiles, the companies announced on Monday.

Rafael's passive and active decoy countermeasures were designed to neutralize threats such as advanced Anti-Ship Missile (ASM) seekers.

Elbit provides a maritime electronic warfare capability for repelling complex missile attacks.
From Waze to Wiz: How Google learned to love Israeli tech
Earlier this week, Google announced that it had agreed to acquire the Israeli cybersecurity company Wiz—which offers essential services to companies employing large and complex software—for $32 billion. It marks, by far, Google’s largest acquisition ever, and the largest ever acquisition of an Israeli-founded company. (Wiz is based in the United States, though its founders and many of its employees are Israeli.) Sharon Wrobel examines the deal’s background and consequences:

Wiz was founded by four tech musketeers who met in the Israeli army and served together in the IDF for almost a decade. Assaf Rappaport, forty, Yinon Costica, forty-one, Ami Luttwak, forty, and Roy Reznik, thirty-five, are graduates of the famed elite Israeli military intelligence unit 8200, which has built a track record of churning out serial tech entrepreneurs and founders of startups, including Nice, Palo Alto Networks, CyberArk, and Waze.

[Today] businesses face heightened network-security risks, including sophisticated ransomware, malware, and other breaches. The changing environment bolstered the need and ample demand for Wiz’s fast-growing multi-cloud security platform powered by artificial intelligence. Its customers include more than 40 percent of the Fortune 100 companies, such as Slack, Mars, BMW, DocuSign, Plaid and Agoda.

The estimated tax revenue Israel could earn from the transaction is equal to about 0.6 percent of the GDP and would help relieve government pressure to introduce measures to fund the war’s defense and civilian expenditures and bring down the budget deficit and high debt levels.

If a deal is finalized, it would also further anchor Google’s commitment to develop key technology in Israel and cement its presence in the country.




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