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Sunday, September 21, 2025

09/21 Links: Irwin Cotler: Palestine recognition would reward terrorism and contradict international law; The Gaza ‘genocide’: a 21st-century blood libel

From Ian:

Irwin Cotler: Palestine recognition would reward terrorism and contradict international law
Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said on Sep. 16 that Ottawa would recognize a Palestinian state at the UN despite its failure to implement any of the conditions and demands set forth in Prime Minister Mark Carney's July 30 announcement of Canada's recognition plan. This is a mistake, which would regrettably reward terrorism, make peace less likely, and contradict the longstanding international legal frameworks for recognizing statehood and for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Carney said Ottawa's "intention" was "predicated on the Palestinian Authority's commitment" to fundamentally reform its governance, hold general elections "in which Hamas can play no part," and demilitarize the Palestinian state. None of these commitments have been implemented. Carney also demanded that Hamas immediately release all hostages, disarm, and "play no role in the future governance of Palestine." None of these demands have been met.

The international legal criteria for statehood require that a nascent state have a) a permanent population; b) a defined territory; c) a government with effective control over that population and territory; and d) capacity to enter into relations with other states. The European Council (EC) added several non-binding criteria in its 1991 guidelines for recognizing new states in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. These include prospective states providing their citizens "the rule of law, democracy, and human rights."

One of us (Irwin Cotler) has personally met with PA President Mahmoud Abbas and his aides many times over the years. They have repeatedly promised that they would abolish the pay-for-slay program and move towards demilitarization and deradicalization. Regrettably, those promises have largely gone unfulfilled.
The Gaza ‘genocide’: a 21st-century blood libel
The goal of the genocide libel, repeated and repackaged by myriad academics and journalist is to legitimise the dissolution of the Jewish State. Just as the 7 October massacre was rationalised by the supposed ‘context’ of Israeli oppression and occupation, the eradication of Israel will be painted as just recompense for their ‘genocide’ in Gaza.

Most of the same claims that originated in the JGR have found their way into other, seemingly authoritative sources. Earlier this month, a UN commission of inquiry, set up by the UN Human Rights Council, issued a report finding Israel guilty of genocide. The commission’s lead members, Navi Pillay, Miloon Kothari and Chris Sidoti, have a long history of anti-Israel posturing. While the factual basis of the report is beyond the scope of this essay, the genocide claims have been conclusively debunked in a 300-page paper, led by Israeli professors Danny Orbach and Yagil Henkin.

Orbach and Henkin show that claims of deliberate starvation in Gaza before March 2025 are based on flawed data. Furthermore, they explain how UN agencies and human-rights groups have created an ‘echo chamber’ through circular citations and ignored corrections. Surveys indicate very few non-violent child deaths, contradicting starvation claims and instead pointing to disruptions in the medical system caused by the war and Hamas’s misuse of health facilities. Indeed, Hamas’s tactics include an unprecedented 500-kilometre tunnel network integrated into civilian infrastructure and the use of human shields to inflate casualties.

Moreover, Orbach and Henkin find no evidence of systematic civilian targeting or deliberate bombings. They note that isolated potential war crimes exist but they are outliers, not indicative of Israeli policy. Most of the UN report’s claims lack forensic proof and rely on unreliable sources. IDF measures, such as unprecedented evacuations and vetoed strikes for proportionality, aim to reduce harm, though some cases do suggest negligence on Israel’s part.

The UN report regurgitates many of the JGR Gaza forum’s themes. It dismisses the idea that Hamas posed an ‘existential threat to the State of Israel’. It implies that the 7 October massacre was a natural response to ‘the fact that [Israel] has taken [Palestinian land] by force and is unlawfully occupying and settling Palestinian territory by continuing violence, denying the rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination’. And it also relies on the same misinterpreted and misrepresented remarks from Israeli politicians, from Netanyahu’s Amalek comment to Gallant’s ‘human animals’ statement, in order to establish Israel’s supposed genocidal intent. For the UN commission, even humanitarian measures like letting civilians escape are ‘proof’ that Israel is committing genocide.

Underlining the UN report’s lack of credibility, it features truncated remarks by Israeli president Isaac Herzog in the immediate aftermath of 7 October, when he said that ‘it’s an entire nation out there that is responsible. It is not true, this rhetoric about civilians who were not aware and not involved. It is absolutely not true.’ It omits the rest of Herzog’s words in which he stressed that: ‘There is no excuse for murdering innocent civilians in any way in any context. And believe me, Israel will operate and always operate according to the international rules. And we do the same in this battle, too.’ In any case, belligerent rhetoric during wartime is hardly proof of genocide. President Obama spoke of the war against ISIS in terms of ‘eradicating a cancer’.

The genocide accusation has consequences. It has already fuelled lethal attacks on Jews around the world, including in Washington, DC and Boulder, Colorado. And yet the supposed consensus around Israel’s genocide stems from a small cadre of highly partisan academics who have long ago decided upon Israel’s guilt. Their theory is unfalsifiable, as even Israel’s adherence to international law is taken as proof of genocide.

For these experts, Israel essentially ‘had it coming’. They claim that the 7 October massacre was the end result of decades of ‘Jewish supremacy’ and occupation, despite the fact that Israel completely left Gaza in August 2005. They have convinced themselves that the supposed genocide in Gaza is an essential feature of Israel itself, a desire inherent to Zionism. They are certain above all that Israel is evil.

This is not an academic theory or analysis – it is a comprehensive belief system. And it is thoroughly delusional.
JPost Editorial: King Abdullah's silence: Quiet consumes growing radicalization in Jordan
In March 1997, when a Jordanian soldier opened fire on Israeli schoolgirls at the Island of Peace, killing seven young teenagers aged 13-14, the nation’s King Hussein bin Talal did something extraordinary. The Jordanian monarch personally traveled to Israel to visit the grieving families, offering his condolences in person.

After the 1997 massacre, King Hussein crossed into Israel and visited the bereaved families, a gesture widely remembered in Israel as reinforcing the spirit of the 1994 peace treaty. The Jerusalem Post later contrasted that empathy with Amman’s current posture.

Fast forward to September 2025, and the world witnessed a different response from Hussein’s successor.

On Thursday, “A driver bringing humanitarian aid from Jordan for Gaza opened fire and killed two Israeli military personnel at the Allenby crossing” before being shot dead, authorities in both countries said. Israel then moved to shut the crossing, pending review.

King Abdullah II, Hussein’s son, has remained conspicuously silent.

This silence has precedent, too.

Silence on terror attacks
In 2024, “A gunman from Jordan killed three Israeli civilians at the Allenby Bridge border crossing,” the IDF said after the attacker exited a truck and opened fire. Jordan announced an investigation and temporarily closed the King Hussein (Allenby) crossing.

Does Abdullah’s silence over two terror attacks committed by Jordanians prove his thoughts on the Israel-Jordan relationship?

Last week, at the Arab summit to discuss Israel’s attack on Hamas leaders in the Qatari capital of Doha, the Jordanian king stated that “the strike in Qatar is proof that the Israeli threat knows no bounds, and our response must be clear and deterrent.”

He also called on Arab and Islamic states to adopt practical decisions on the matter and to “review all tools of joint action” to face this threat.

Israeli concerns about threats from Jordan have grown so serious that the IDF established the 96th Division specifically to defend the Jordan border, fast-tracking it into operation in June. The 47th Battalion, known as the Lions of the Valley, now patrols the Jordan Valley as a coeducational combat unit. The fact that a new unit was forced into creation shows that Israel recognizes that the Jordanian border has become a problem.


Danny Danon: The UN is entertaining dangerous Palestinian adventurism
These same nations, which claim to stand for human rights and the protection of civilians, have shown little urgency in advocating for the release of hostages held by Hamas. Instead, they’ve continued to champion a political agenda that undermines the fight for justice and peace in the region.

By platforming such empty statements, these countries are complicit in rewarding terror. The Palestinian leadership, including both the PA and Hamas, has shown no real commitment to peace or coexistence with Israel.

The continuous glorification of violence and rejection of any genuine negotiations makes it clear that the path to peace cannot be paved through UN resolutions that sidestep security concerns and fail to address the real threats to regional stability.

There have been no calls by these member states on PA President Mahmoud Abbas to condemn the October 7 atrocities, nor have we seen any calls on those apparently peace-seeking nations to end the PA’s appalling “pay-to-slay” martyr payments that glorify terrorism.

The reality is that France and other countries have turned the General Assembly into a political theater, distracting from the real human suffering in Israel and Gaza. France has chosen to abandon its serious domestic challenges by taking part in a charade of “peace” conferences, including a summit set to take place the week of the assembly.

They have chosen to ignore the hostages still languishing in captivity, sidelining their plight for the sake of political calculations. In doing so, they’re sending the message that international law, human rights, and the safety of innocent civilians can be sacrificed for a seat at the diplomatic table.

The General Assembly could have used this moment to take a stand for peace, to demand the immediate release of the hostages, to hold Hamas accountable, and to push for a genuine peace process, one that involves all parties, not just the actors who choose violence over dialogue. Instead, it has chosen to reward the very forces responsible for the ongoing bloodshed.

If, at this month’s assembly meeting, unilateral steps are taken regarding the recognition of a Palestinian state, one can expect that Israel will also take unilateral steps.

If the UN wants to remain relevant and credible, it must stop being a platform for political games and start standing up for the values it was created to uphold 80 years ago. That means unequivocally condemning terrorism. That means demanding the release of hostages. And that means insisting on peace, not political theater.

The world is watching. And history will remember.
Netanyahu: There will be no Palestinian state
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Sunday that there will not be a Palestinian state, and said that an Israeli response to the international recognition by various Western countries will come upon his return from a visit to the United States.

“I have a clear message to those leaders who have recognized a Palestinian state after the terrible massacre of October 7: You are granting a huge prize to terrorism,” Netanyahu said. “And I have another message: It will not happen. There will be no Palestinian state west of Jordan.”

The Israeli leader noted that he has been a longtime opponent of such a state against vast international pressure, while doubling the size of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria.

“The response against the latest attempt to force a terror state on us in the heart of our country will be given after my return from the United States,” he said.

Netanyahu will be in New York later this week for the U.N. General Assembly’s annual general debate—he is scheduled to address the forum on Friday—and will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House next Monday.


Why a Palestinian State Won't Happen Any Time Soon
At the 80th UN General Assembly, three major players - Britain, France and Canada - are poised to recognize a make-believe state by the name of "Palestine." 147 UN members have already anointed Palestine, a state that never was and will not soon be.

All Israeli offers of "two states for two nations" have ended up in the shredder. Bill Clinton labored hard at Camp David in 2000, only to see Yassir Arafat scurry off to launch yet another intifada, which claimed 1,100 Israeli lives. In 2005, Israel withdrew unilaterally from Gaza, hoping to trigger a virtuous cycle. Instead, it got Hamas, which turned the Strip into a missile base financed unwittingly by billions of dollars from the EU, the U.S. and the UN.

Today, the two-state solution dwells in Neverland if we are to believe Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In Israel, the national trauma of Oct. 7, when Hamas slaughtered 1,200 Jews, is too deeply rooted to favor risk-taking. Now, only 21% of Israelis favor two states. Such are the realities, a string of Arab opportunities missed and Israeli dreams shattered.

Every time when the West imposed pressure on Israel, its enemies escalated the violence. This is an iron law. The remedy is not recognition as a free gift. The Palestinian Survey Center PCPSR reports that a huge majority of 77% does not want to disarm Hamas.
Andrew Fox: UK, Canada and Australia recognise Palestine
Today, Canada, the UK and Australia have formally recognised the State of Palestine. It goes without saying that the declaration of Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank is likely to follow. Hamas is now further from agreeing to a deal than ever, as they are rewarded for 7th October and riding high in Palestinian polling. Peace in the Middle East looks further away than ever, thanks to this foolish and premature move.

There is more to it, though. How did these three countries align and synchronise in this manner?

An influential progressive think tank, aligned with Qatar’s agenda, has been quietly orchestrating a significant shift in Western policy towards Israel and Palestine. The Center for American Progress (CAP), a Washington, D.C.–based NGO described by critics as a “pro-Qatar” organisation, has used its global network to encourage allied governments to recognise a Palestinian state and adopt more hardline positions against Israel. Under its international initiative Global Progress Action (GPA), CAP has brought together progressive leaders from Canada, Australia, the UK, and beyond at high-level summits. Within months of these coordinated gatherings, left-leaning governments across several countries publicly announced plans to recognise Palestine formally, echoing talking points remarkably similar to those crafted by CAP’s policy arm.

This orchestrated campaign constitutes a diplomatic coup. It advances Qatar’s interests by isolating Israel, but it also produces dangerous side effects. As CAP/GPA’s influence has increased, all three Western countries involved have adopted sharply adversarial policies towards Israel, accompanied by a rise in antisemitic incidents at home. The evidence indicates that this is no coincidence: CAP and its GPA affiliate have promoted a narrative that delegitimises Israeli actions and extols the Palestinian cause, fostering an environment permissive to hostility towards Jews. What follows is an exposé of how this NGO network, funded and flattered by Doha, manipulates democracies abroad while secretly tolerating hatred within their borders.

Founded in 2003, CAP has long been a pillar of the American left, but in recent years its stance on Middle East issues has noticeably shifted in favour of Qatar’s foreign policy goals. Reports suggest that CAP’s close engagement with Qatari institutions is evidence of their increasing tilt towards Doha; for instance, sending senior officials like COO Gordon Gray to forums at Georgetown’s Qatar campus. CAP’s reports on Gulf affairs frequently portray Qatar positively (as a victim or mediator), while sharply criticising its regional rivals such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Although CAP denies any direct funding from Qatar, its consistent alignment with Qatar’s narrative has raised eyebrows in policymaking circles, earning CAP a reputation as a de facto pro-Qatar advocacy organisation.

It is against this backdrop that CAP’s Global Progress Action initiative must be understood. GPA is essentially CAP’s international arm – an “incubator” for progressive strategies on a global scale. Launched through CAP’s 501(c)(4) Action Fund, GPA acts as a hub connecting left-of-centre parties and leaders across countries. Notably, Qatar’s interests align perfectly with GPA’s recent focus: using Western progressives to promote policies that pressure Israel and bolster the Palestinian cause. By advocating for “inclusive societies” and opposing “authoritarianism” abroad, CAP cloaks its Qatar-friendly agenda in the language of human rights and democracy. This clever disguise has deceived many well-meaning liberals.
Nicole Lampert: Oh, Perfidious Albion
No one quite knows who first coined the phrase ‘perfidious Albion’, but it was popularised by French-Spanish writer Augustin Louis de Ximenes in his poem L’Ere des Francais, following Great Britain's reversal on its support for French Revolutionaries.

It refers to acts of diplomatic duplicity in the pursuit of British self-interest. It has been used by everyone from Irish Catholics, angered by Britain's reneging on commitments to their rights, to Europeans who felt betrayed by Brexit.

It has been used frequently regarding the 100-year Israel-Arab conflict – unsurprisingly, as Britain promised the same patch of land to three different groups of people as it attempted to snatch the territory of what became known as Mandatory Palestine from the crumbling Ottoman Empire.

Today’s announcement by Keir Starmer recognising a Palestinian state falls into the category of perfidious Albion, except this time it is not in Britain’s interest, but it is in Labour’s. Because showing terrorists that killing, kidnapping, and raping is the path to recognition and statehood will, I have absolutely no doubt, come back to bite our nation.

As Matthew Syed writes in today’s Sunday Times: ‘Security insiders tell me that other jihadi networks also regard official British policy as an exoneration of terrorism as they busily recruit across the Middle East via propaganda pumped out daily over social media.’

I was proud of my country when we stood up for Ukraine against Putin’s empire-building. Our message was and remains that those who start wars are to be repelled. And yet our government is planning to reward Hamas for its invasion of Israel on October 7 2023.

Yes, Hamas wants all the land of Israel. However, it still sees this as a victory: last month, it described the decision of the UK government and other stupidly naïve Western countries to recognise a Palestinian state as ‘one of the fruits of October 7’. Ghazi Hamad, a senior operative, added: ‘We have proven that victory over Israel is not impossible and our weapons are a symbol of Palestinian honour’.

It is encouraging them.
Complicity in Terror: Why Recognizing a Palestinian State Will Not Lead to Peace
Another Palestinian terror state in the hills of Judea and Samaria overlooking Israel's coastal plain would constitute a strategic threat to the State of Israel. Despite the devastating consequences of the Hamas massacre of Oct. 7, 50% of Palestinians still view Hamas's decision to launch that attack as "correct" - rising to 59% in the West Bank. 85% in the West Bank and 64% in Gaza oppose the disarmament of Hamas, rendering meaningless the Western precondition of demilitarization of a future Palestinian state.

Western leaders' recognition rests upon the assumption that the "moderate" Palestinian Authority will govern any future state. Yet for three decades, the PA has spread blood libels against Jews and Israelis, promoted the financial incentivization of terror, and is guilty of massive corruption. Today, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is in the 20th year of his 4-year term, Palestinian polls show that 81% of Palestinians want Abbas to resign, yet Western leaders plan to empower his illegitimate government with statehood.

Other than Ramallah, Abbas and his security forces do not even exert political control over the cities under the PA's formal jurisdiction. Instead, Iran's Hamas and Islamic Jihad proxy militias dominate PA cities and towns. If the PA cannot maintain order in cities under its supposed control, it would be hard-pressed to secure a sovereign state.

Demilitarization agreements offer no solution. Oct. 7 was carried out with simple weapons - AK-47s, RPGs, and improvised explosives - that cannot be effectively monitored.

The historical record demonstrates that international recognition of Palestinian statehood has consistently rewarded and encouraged terrorism rather than promoting peace. Following Arafat's 1988 PLO unilateral declaration of independence in Algiers, which was recognized by 78 countries, Palestinian terrorist attacks escalated dramatically. After the Oslo Accords, between 1994 and 2005, suicide bombings killed 735 Israelis and wounded 4,554, with attacks specifically targeting civilians on buses, in shopping centers, and in restaurants.

A Palestinian state supported by scores of Western countries sends a clear message to extremists worldwide: terror pays, and the more heinous the act, the greater the diplomatic reward. The moral obligation currently rests on the Western powers to demand a complete remaking of Palestinian society and its leadership. Otherwise, it will likely not differentiate itself from the majority of Arab dictatorships in terms of human rights abuses, corruption, and a lack of democracy.
Europe's Reckless Recognition of Palestine
European governments plan to recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly. This is a betrayal of a key U.S. ally, a gift to terrorists, and a direct slap in the face to the U.S. By rewarding the butchers of Hamas, European leaders are legitimizing terror as a political strategy. It emboldens radicals, sidelines Israel's legitimate security concerns, and erases the progress of the Abraham Accords.

These governments intend to confer legitimacy to the Palestinian Authority led by president-for-life Mahmoud Abbas, which has not held an election in nearly two decades and which openly funds "pay-for-slay" stipends to terrorists' families, refuses to renounce Hamas, and incites hatred against Jews.

By undercutting Israel, Europe is showing Washington that it is more interested in mollifying its large domestic Muslim minorities at the UN than standing shoulder-to-shoulder with its allies against terror.

Europe's rush to recognize an imaginary Palestinian state exposes the continent's failed globalist dogma that endless summits and hollow gestures can substitute for hard power and real security. European elites have learned nothing from the failures of the Oslo Accords or the repeated waves of Palestinian violence since the 1990s. They prefer moral preening to confronting the reality on the ground: Israel's survival is non-negotiable, and peace will never come through legitimizing extremist actors.

Instead of encouraging Palestinians to renounce terror and reform and engage, Europe is telling them they can bypass compromise, pocket international recognition, and continue funding terrorism with impunity.
Jake Wallis Simons: As long as the existence of Israel is seen as an insult, there can be no peace in Palestine
Is it any surprise that the Abbas government has long given generous handouts out of public funds to any Palestinian convicted of terrorism? Or that its schools and state media are infested with antisemitic incitement? Or that even in death, Adolf Hitler enjoys huge popularity both among Palestinians and across the Muslim world?

Yet while Benjamin Netanyahu would be arrested for setting foot in Britain, Abbas is treated to tea with our dullard Prime Minister. For shame.

What Starmer lacks the mental agility to comprehend is that the Israel-Palestine conflict is not about borders. It is about honour. It is a version of Samuel Huntington’s clash of civilisations.

For centuries, Muslim empires ruled up to 100 million people, with Jews living as second-class citizens. This created natural confidence in the supremacy of Islam. All was lost to the might of Christendom, however, culminating in the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1922. The cultural and religious trauma ran deep.

When Hitler arose, historians record that much of the Islamic world rushed into alliances with him, seeing the Third Reich as a vehicle for reclaiming dominion over the West. The then Palestinian leader, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Amin al-Husseini, was a particularly close ally of the Führer and lived in exile in Berlin from 1941 to 1945.

With this came antisemitism. In his autobiography, the Syrian Ba’athist politician Sami al-Jundi recalled: “We were racists, admiring Nazism, reading its books… We were the first to think of translating Mein Kampf. Whoever lived during this period in Damascus would appreciate the inclination of the Arab people to Nazism, for Nazism was the power which could serve as its champion, and he who is defeated will by nature love the victor.”

But Nazi Germany did not become the “victor” but the vanquished. When the weakling Jews – easily defeated, according to history as seen by others – returned to their ancient home, here was the ultimate dishonour.

Hamas or no Hamas, peace will only come when all this history is laid to rest. As long as the existence of Israel is seen as an insult, millions will never be satisfied until a Palestinian state replaces it. Now that is a truth in need of international recognition.
Jake Wallis Simons: Starmer's shame
If Israel wanted to avoid British recognition of a state of Palestine, he said, it must stop the war immediately. What would that mean? It would mean leaving the hostages in the catacombs and Hamas in power.

Aside from the fact that this provided a powerful incentive for Hamas to keep the hostages in the dungeons and extend the war – Mike Huckerbee, the American ambassador to Israel, has revealed that Hamas abandoned the negotiations after being emboldened by support from Starmer and the European powers – it also showed the world how quickly Britain forgets its morals.

No demand was placed on Hamas in return for a Palestinian state. Not the release of the hostages; not the disavowal of terror; not surrender; not disarmament. No demand, for that matter was placed upon Mahmoud Abbas, who would have benefited from encouragement to refrain from spreading Nazi-style antisemitism to an impressionable and fractious Palestinian population, and to refrain of paying financial rewards to anybody convicted of terrorism.

It could not be clearer. Britain is now on the side of Hamas. Starmer may belatedly tack on sanctions targeted at the terror group, but that fools nobody; in fact, the most revealing sentence of the Telegraph’s story reporting it was, “the preparation of fresh sanctions is especially significant as it will represent the first concrete action taken by the Labour government against Hamas”.

Read that again. And again.

So we return to the point that I have been making since the very beginning of the war. If only the international community had consistently backed the democracy under attack rather than the jihadis who attacked it, the hostages would be home and the war would have been over long ago.




Munich Betrayal 2.0-Perfidious appeasement will fail yet again
It’s been almost 87 years since the ill-fated Munich Agreement, when the UK and France, ostensible allies and guarantors of the independence of the sovereign country Czechoslovakia, perfidiously abrogated that sacred responsibility.

Nazi Germany demanded the Sudetenland, an integral part of Czechoslovakia and its defensive system on the border with Germany, be ceded to Germany. It was surrendered to the Nazis by the UK and France, without the consent of the Czechs, in the pursuit of so-called ‘Peace for our Time’, which British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declared had been achieved. The policy of appeasement proved very short-lived and it was not long before Nazi Germany and its allies conquered all of Czechoslovakia and then proceeded to attack Poland and start World War II.

The new version of the Munich betrayal (Munich Betrayal 2.0) is eerily similar to the original one. It is also promoted by, the original principal players, France and the UK.

It’s began almost two years ago, on October 7, 2023, when Hamas and its cohorts invaded Israel, brutally murdered over 1,200 Israelis, Americans and people from many other countries, kidnapped and took hostage 251 men, women and children and committed rapes and other unspeakable atrocities, as well as firing approximately 12,000 rockets against civilian targets in Israel.

Much like the Nazis, its goals and war aims were explicitly disclosed. No one could rationally believe that the violently antisemitic Nazis, who blatantly violated the Versailles Treaty, rearmed and remilitarized the Rhineland, were truly interested in maintaining the status quo and peace. Similarly Hamas has not hidden its goal of eliminating Israel.

The Hamas Covenant is overtly antisemitic. It requires an armed Jihad against Israel to eliminate the Jewish State. Indeed, Hamas officials have since expressly vowed to replicate October 7th-like attacks until Israel is completely eradicated. Moreover, as the horrendous slogans ‘Rape is Resistance’, ‘From the River to the Sea-Palestine will be Arab’, ‘There is Only One Solution-Intifada Revolution’, ‘Globalize the Intifada’ and ‘By Any Means Necessary’, commonly invoked by Hamasniks reveal, this is not just a one time evil outburst. It is part of an ongoing genocidal plan to eliminate the Jewish people and then destroy America and the West.

Instead of fully backing Israel in its defensive war against Hamas and its cohorts, to utterly defeat Hamas and save the hostages, France, the United Kingdom (UK), Canada and Australia (collectively, the Perfidious Quartet) have declared they intend to recognize a so-called Palestinian state and thereby reward the murderous terrorist Hamsnicks. Nevermind that they are inducing a material breach that goes to the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, signed in Washington DC on September 28, 1995 (Oslo Accords), sponsored by the US and Russia. Article XXXI, Section 7 thereof expressly enjoins changing the status of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip pending the outcome of the permanent status talks. The Palestinian Authority (PA) unilaterally declaring statehood would most assuredly violate this provision.

The Perfidious Quartet would also be violating international agreements to which they are bound, if they unilaterally recognize a so-called Palestinian Arab state within the area of Israel between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. These are boundaries delineated in the 1920 San Remo Resolution, unanimously confirmed by the League of Nations in 1922. In addition, the UK would be violating the 1924 Anglo-American Convention with the US.
'It's a Farce': UN Security Council, Under Pressure From Islamic States, Schedules Meeting on Gaza During Rosh Hashanah
The United Nations Security Council has scheduled a critical meeting on the Gaza war for Tuesday afternoon—as the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah is in full swing. The move is meant to sideline Israeli officials who will be observing the holiday, sources familiar with the meeting told the Washington Free Beacon.

The Security Council's public calendar shows only that a "Middle East" briefing is slated for Tuesday—the first day of high-level debate at the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA)—in the council's Turtle Bay chambers. Though the council did not disclose a specific topic, sources familiar with the meeting said that it will focus on the war in Gaza and that it was scheduled during Rosh Hashanah thanks to pressure from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the self-described "collective voice of the Muslim world" that maintains a permanent delegation to the U.N. and counts the likes of Iran, Qatar, Turkey, and Pakistan as members. Another member, Algeria, was especially aggressive in pushing for the Gaza meeting to fall within Rosh Hashanah, the Free Beacon has learned.

The Jewish holiday begins at sundown on Monday and concludes at nightfall on Wednesday. UNGA high-level debate does not end until five days later, leaving plenty of time for the Security Council to hold the Gaza meeting after Rosh Hashanah. South Korea, which holds the Security Council presidency, ultimately decided on the date and time, suggesting the country capitulated to the OIC’s demands.

The meeting will come amid a larger push by Arab nations and European allies to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state during the UNGA, a move meant to increase pressure on Israel to end its war against Hamas with no conditions. One source familiar with the meeting said its schedule is "yet another example of how the U.N. is a fundamentally unserious institution."

"It’s a farce for the Security Council to schedule this meeting on Rosh Hashanah, knowing Israel can’t participate or respond to the anti-Semitic dogpile that will take place," the source told the Free Beacon.

The meeting is likely to include discussion of the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia's joint recognition of the state of "Palestine" on Sunday. Any meaningful recognition of such a state would need to come with full U.N. membership, a designation that requires Security Council approval. The United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia are all Security Council members, and the UNGA voted in favor of a Palestinian membership bid last year.

One former U.S. diplomat who worked on U.N. matters said the Security Council’s Rosh Hashanah meeting on Gaza amounts to "outright anti-Semitism."

"The United Nations has long had an anti-Israel problem—if not actual outright anti-Semitism—but purposely hosting such a meeting on one of the holiest days for the Jewish community is them going out of their way to exclude Jews who observe Rosh Hashanah and serves as a statement against the world’s only Jewish state," the former diplomat said. "When leaders go out of their way to exclude or single out one religious minority, that’s discrimination—and when it’s the Jewish faith that’s anti-Semitism."
GOP leaders, Jewish orgs decry states recognizing ‘Palestine’
Republican leaders in Congress and Jewish groups denounced Australia’s, Canada’s and the United Kingdom’s decision to recognize an independent state of “Palestine” and said that the decision rewards Hamas for terror attacks, including on Oct. 7.

Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.), chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued an 18-word statement. “Recognition of a ‘State of Palestine’ is empty virtue signaling that only rewards the Hamas butchers and rapists,” he said.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) stated that “80 years after the end of World War II, where over 6 million Jews were killed by the Nazis for simply being Jewish, the so-called civilized world is rewarding modern-day religious Nazis with an arbitrary Palestinian state designation.”

“To those Western leaders who embrace this, I do not believe you are antisemitic, just shockingly ignorant and blind to what you are doing,” he stated. “Western democracies recognizing a mythical Palestinian state—one without leaders, one without borders, one without a capital and one without accommodations for Israel’s security—is truly rewarding the largest slaughter of Jews since World War II.”

Terrorists worldwide will now consider Oct. 7 “liberation day” because of Australia’s, Canada’s and the United Kingdom’s action, according to the senator.

“Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran and the Houthis do not wish for two states,” he said. “They wish to destroy the Jewish people and drive Israel into the sea. Their words not mine.”


Telegraph Editorial: Starmer’s betrayal of Israel shames Britain
In doing so, it seems likely that Sir Keir is striving to appear even-handed, betraying our erstwhile ally Israel while hoping to sweeten the pill by simultaneously hitting Hamas. He surely hopes that this combination will placate the US administration and signal to pro-Israeli British voters that he isn’t singling out the Jewish state for opprobrium, while also demonstrating to far-Left and Israelophobic elements that he agrees with their absurd worldview.

This attempt at having his cake and eating it, first seen at this week’s press conference with President Donald Trump, will convince nobody. The premature and unconditional recognition of a Palestinian state is one of the gravest errors in British foreign policy of the past 50 years. It is a shameful moment for this Government and country, and a fundamental rupture with our past approach.

A two-state solution has long been desired in Britain, and used to be supported in Israel too. The prerequisites were extensive: recognition was to be part of an effective package when a new dispensation could be found. Peace and agreed borders would come first. Crucially, Palestinian elites would accept Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state in defensible borders. Palestinians would cease to be refugees claiming a “right to return” to Israel, and in return have an independent state as a permanent home, with trade deals, aid and global recognition following. Crucially, attempts to negotiate this outcome stumbled on the intransigence of a Palestinian elite that hated Israel more than it loved the idea of its own nation.

As a result these steps have not happened. The ultimate diplomatic prize, recognition, is now being squandered with nothing gained in return. Moreover, there is no prospect whatsoever that Israel and the United States will allow a terror organisation fanatically dedicated to the destruction of the Jewish state to claim the trappings of statehood in any meaningful sense. If peace is ever realised in the Middle East, it will have nothing to do with Sir Keir’s cakeist foreign policy.
Nearly 75% of French oppose Macron push to recognize ‘Palestine’
Almost three in four French people oppose French President Emmanuel Macron’s initiative to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations this week.

According to a survey commissioned by the CRIF umbrella organization of French Jewish communities and published on Thursday, only 29% of French people support immediate recognition as promoted by Macron.

Those who were in favor of an immediate recognition only formed the majority among voters of the far-left La France Insoumise Party, the survey found.

Among those who expressed opposition to Macron’s initiative, 38% were in favor of recognizing “Palestine” only after Hamas terrorists release the remaining 48 hostages and surrenders, while 33% said they were opposed to any recognition “in the short time.”

The survey was conducted by France’s Ifop polling agency on Sept. 3-4.

In an interview with Yonit Levi of Israel’s Channel 12 network that aired on Thursday, Macron accused Jerusalem of “completely destroying the image and the credibility of Israel” in the war against Hamas in Gaza.


Suella Braverman: Recognising Palestine is a grave error and diminishes Britain in the eyes of the world
Starmer’s pivot reeks of domestic capitulation. His once-steadfast support for Israel as an ally has crumbled rapidly under pressure from the aggressive anti-Israel faction on Labour’s backbenches. After a difficult first year in office, and now with the party conference looming, Starmer’s team hope they are buying goodwill and time. But, make no mistake, this faction won’t stop here. For many of them, “Free Palestine” means no Israel. Next will surely come calls for sanctions, arms embargoes, reparations for the Balfour Declaration, and further steps to de-legitimise the Jewish state. Starmer is starting down a very dangerous path.

The Government’s Palestinian policy represents a major break with the US which no amount of pomp and ceremony will gloss over. Even under Democratic leadership, the US was clear that statehood must be tied to a secure, demilitarised Palestine. The European approach, which Starmer has opted for, would instead lay the foundation for a terrorist state in the West Bank – something that no Israeli politician, left or right, would ever allow to happen.

It is painful to watch Britain’s standing in the Middle East reduced to tatters. Once a trusted mediator and guarantor of Oslo, Britain has alienated Israel, a trusted and vital security partner, while signalling to moderate Arab states that it is not a reliable friend when under pressure from extremists.

Every right-thinking person longs for lasting peace in the Middle East. But unilateral recognition is a reckless gesture that makes it even more improbable – while, in the meantime, fuelling antisemitism at home and tarnishing Britain’s legacy as a force for stability.
Stephen Pollard: Starmer's recognition of a Palestinian state - while 48 hostages are still being held - will be nothing more than a shameful reward for the October 7 massacre
Last month, a senior Hamas official described the decision by Britain and other credulous Western nations to recognise a Palestinian state as 'one of the fruits of October 7'.

In an interview with news channel Al Jazeera, Ghazi Hamad, a member of the terrorist organisation's political bureau, added: 'We proved that victory over Israel is not impossible, and our weapons are a symbol of Palestinian dignity.'

The annals of British statecraft are littered with decisions that have been naive, foolish and downright shameful.

But none to my mind reeks of the moral degeneracy of recognising a Palestinian state – as this government is expected to do today – while 48 hostages remain in the hands of Hamas.

This is to say nothing of the horror of October 7, the worst atrocity committed on the Jewish people since the Holocaust, which has now been rewarded by the British state.

'One of the fruits', as Hamas says, of their sickening barbarism.

But don't get me wrong – I am a strong supporter of the so-called 'two-state solution'.

I am a proud British Jew who was born here, has lived and worked here all my life and will die here.

But as a Jew, I also have a strong emotional attachment to Israel and see its safety and security as vital not just to the future of the Jewish people but to the West itself.

And for this to work, Israel and a Palestinian state have to find a way of existing side by side.

More often than not, that prospect seems vanishingly unrealistic. There have been many false dawns, but even when it seemed that an agreement was on the cusp, such as at the Camp David summit in 2000 during the tail end of Bill Clinton's presidency, the Palestinians rejected the terms.

As former Israeli foreign minister Abba Eban once put it, the Palestinians have never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity.


Hostage Families Denounce UK Prime Minister Starmer Over Palestinian Recognition: 'Dramatically Complicated Efforts To Bring Home Our Loved Ones'
The families of Israeli hostages taken and held by Hamas are denouncing U.K. prime minister Keir Starmer for recognizing a Palestinian state with no conditions. In a searing letter to Starmer, they warned that the move has emboldened Hamas and made it harder to secure the release of their loved ones.

"Your regrettable announcement … has dramatically complicated efforts to bring home our loved ones," wrote the 16 hostage relatives, a group that includes the mothers of Evyatar David and Rom Braslavsky, two hostages who remain in Hamas captivity and were last seen "starved, tortured, and abused" in propaganda videos that the terrorist organization released last month.

"Hamas has already celebrated the UK's decision as a victory and reneged on a ceasefire deal," they continued. "As Prime Minister of the UK you have a valuable role to play in bringing the hostages home, including three remaining British-linked hostages, but your current path is the wrong one."

Starmer first announced plans to recognize a Palestinian state in late July and solidified them on Sunday, when Britain, Canada, and Australia formally pledged their recognition. Though Starmer said the move "is not a reward for Hamas," the terrorist organization disagrees.

In the wake of Starmer's initial announcement, senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad hailed plans from Starmer and other European leaders to recognize a Palestinian state as "the fruits of October 7," which saw Hamas kill more than 1,200 Israelis, including children, kidnap 251 people, and rape women and girls. Another senior Hamas official, Mahmoud Mardawi, celebrated Starmer's recognition on Sunday.

"These developments represent a victory for Palestinian rights and the justices of our cause," he said, "and send a clear message: no matter how far the occupation goes in its crimes, it will never be able to erase our national rights."


U.S. Tells UN: "Israel Has Accepted Proposed Terms that Would End the War, but Hamas Continues to Reject Them"
Morgan Ortagus, Deputy U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East, told the UN Security Council on Thursday: "U.S. opposition to this resolution will come as no surprise. It fails to condemn Hamas or recognize Israel's right to defend itself and it wrongly legitimizes the false narratives benefiting Hamas, which have sadly found currency in this Council....The Council instead opted for a performative action - designed to draw a veto."

"Let's recall that Hamas started this brutal conflict on Oct. 7, 2023, when it perpetrated the worst massacre and kidnapping of Jews since the Holocaust. To the approval of its supporters, who took to the streets on Oct. 8 to praise what Hamas had done, Hamas promises to repeat Oct. 7. Despite everything, Hamas has no regrets. The lives of Gaza's civilians in harm's way are mere tools in the project to destroy Israel."

"We have seen the chilling videos and images of how Hamas has starved the hostages. In this Council we have heard heart-rending testimony from freed hostages of how Hamas brutalized and sexually assaulted them during their captivity. Hamas is responsible for starting and continuing this war. Israel has accepted proposed terms that would end the war, but Hamas continues to reject them. This war could end today if Hamas freed the hostages and laid down its arms."

"The resolution seeks an 'immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire' that would leave Hamas in a position to carry out future Oct. 7 attacks, as it has threatened to do so many times. This resolution draws a dangerous false equivalence between Israel and Hamas. There can be no equating the two. Full stop. The hostages in this resolution are a mere afterthought. The United States will never accept this."

"This resolution also refuses to acknowledge and seeks to return to a failed system that has allowed Hamas to enrich and strengthen itself at the expense of civilians in need....Gaza has humanitarian needs because of Hamas, and because the international community turned a blind eye to the true use of the billions in aid that it provided....This resolution fails to recognize the reality on the ground that there has been a meaningful increase in the flow of humanitarian aid."
Gaza terrorists fire two rockets at Israel
Israeli air defenses intercepted a rocket launched toward the Jewish state’s southern communities from Gaza on Sunday morning.

The attack triggered air-raid alerts in Moshav Shtulim and Nitzan, as well as in areas of the nearby city of Ashdod, sending up to 65,000 Israeli civilians running for bomb shelters.

Rockets from the Gaza Strip last targeted Ashdod five months ago.

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that “following the alerts activated a short time ago in the Lakhish and Ashdod areas, two launches were identified crossing from the northern Gaza Strip. The Air Force intercepted one target, and the second fell in an open area.” No casualties were reported.

Israel’s Magen David Adom medical response group also stated that its emergency hotline did not receive calls regarding impacts or casualties.

On Sept. 7, Palestinian terrorists also fired two rockets at Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip. One projectile was intercepted by air defenses while the second hit in an open area near the border.


Netanyahu calls on US to curb Egypt’s Sinai military buildup
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested that the Trump administration pressure Egypt to halt its military buildup in the Sinai Peninsula, warning that it constitutes a violation of the 1979 U.S.-brokered Camp David Accords between Jerusalem and Cairo.

“In their meeting in Jerusalem on Monday, Netanyahu presented to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio a series of Egyptian activities in Sinai that, according to him, constitute significant violations by Egypt of the peace agreement with Israel—a treaty for which the U.S. has stood guarantor and served as its primary sponsor,” Israeli journalist Barak Ravid reported in a Channel 12 article published online on Saturday.

Israeli officials told Ravid that the military buildup in the Sinai has become another point of tension as Israel’s war against the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza approaches its second year.

Two senior Israeli officials said that the Egyptians are establishing military infrastructure in the Sinai, some of which could also be used for offensive purposes. According to the long-standing peace deal, only light weaponry is permitted in these areas. Israeli officials also said that Cairo has extended runways at air force bases in the Sinai so they can be used by fighter jets and has built underground facilities that, according to Israeli intelligence, could be used to store missiles.

While the officials noted there is no evidence that Egypt is actually storing missiles, “they claim that when Israel approached them through diplomatic and military channels and requested clarification, the Egyptians did not provide a satisfactory explanation regarding their use of these facilities.”

Additionally, the Egyptian army’s force structure is significantly larger than what Jerusalem agreed to in talks last year.


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'People TOO STUPID To See There's NO GENOCIDE In Gaza' | Keir Starmer To Recognise Palestinian State
Kemi Badenoch warned that Sir Keir Starmer would be “rewarding terrorism” if Britain recognises a Palestinian state now.

She said reports suggest the UK could adopt the policy as early as Sunday to pressure Israel into a Gaza ceasefire.

Writing in the Telegraph, she argued that recognising Palestine before hostages are freed would reward Hamas, adding that the US shares this view.

Badenoch also accused Starmer of appeasing hostile nations and criticised him for condemning Israeli strikes on Hamas leaders earlier this year.




Qatar lobbies hard to kick Israel out of UEFA competitions
Qatar is actively pressuring UEFA to expel Israel from European soccer competitions, with a key vote expected at a UEFA Executive Committee meeting on Tuesday, coinciding with the Jewish New Year.

Doha has been engaged in intense lobbying efforts over the past few weeks to secure a majority in favor of the Jewish state’s expulsion, with a “sweeping majority” of the 20 voting members on board with Israel’s removal and only two or three countries firmly opposed to the move, Israel Hayom reported on Saturday.

While Israeli officials are working behind the scenes to get the issue off the agenda for Tuesday, Qatar has been ramping up its efforts, especially since an Israeli strike in Doha on Sept. 9 targeting Hamas terrorist leaders in response to a Hamas-claimed shooting in Jerusalem the previous day that killed six and wounded 21.

The fate of scheduled international matches is up in the air pending the vote on Rosh Hashanah, with Maccabi Tel Aviv scheduled to open its Europa League campaign against PAOK Thessaloniki in Greece the following day.


Former MK Hanin Zoabi arrested for comments in support of Hamas terror
Police on Sunday morning moved to arrest former Knesset member Hanin Zoabi on charges of public identification with a terrorist group and incitement to commit a terrorist act.

Zoabi, a Muslim who served as a lawmaker for the Arab nationalist Balad Party between 2009 and 2019, was arrested after the Israeli Attorney General’s Office approved the police investigation.

Police confirmed it arrested a 59-year-old woman from Nazareth “on charges of incitement and identification with a terrorist organization, based on statements she made during a speech at an anti-Israel conference abroad.

“In recent months, several complaints were received regarding the statements she made at the summit. After gathering evidence and reviewing it with relevant authorities, it was concluded that her statements raised suspicions of the offenses,” the statement continued.

“This morning, after receiving the appropriate approvals, Northern District police detained the suspect for questioning,” police added.

Speaking at the “Palestine Conference” in Vienna in October 2024, Zoabi hailed the Hamas war, which the terrorist organization started on Oct. 7, 2023, by massacring 1,200 people in Israel, as an achievement by the “resistance,” saying it managed to “take out Zionism from its balance.

“The two options that the Palestinians have is either to kill us in this massive way of genocides, or a slow death, a slow suffocation, a slow oppression,” the former lawmaker claimed, adding, “This is what we resist, and it is not Hamas who resists it, it is the Palestinian people.

“You cannot differentiate between Hamas and the Palestinian people—you cannot differentiate between them—and don’t talk about the 7th of October,” Zoabi continued.


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Blind folded and shot in the head, without trial.

This is the type of society that the UK, Australia and Canada are supporting when they support a "Palestine" state.




WSJ Editorial: Iran Loses "Snap-Back" Vote in a Landslide
On Aug. 28 the European powers triggered the snap-back mechanism, starting a 30-day countdown to the reimposition of sanctions on Iran. As part of the countdown, a UN Security Council resolution had to be introduced proposing to save the sanctions relief. On Friday, the resolution failed in a 9-4 vote, with 2 abstentions. Only Algeria, China, Pakistan and Russia voted to shield Iran from the sanctions.

Iranian intransigence had antagonized the rest. Tehran now has only a week left to make real concessions before Sept. 28 arrives. So far it doesn't seem interested. Last week, Iran's regime asked the Europeans to cancel the snap-back in exchange for mere promises ahead of negotiations.

Iran also sought a U.S. guarantee that it would be allowed to extract its remaining stockpile of highly enriched uranium from under the rubble of its nuclear facilities. At present Iran can't easily extract the highly enriched uranium without risking another U.S. or Israeli strike.

Iran has cheated for years on its Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty commitments and then lied, stonewalled and covered up evidence. Iran had time to negotiate and blew it off.
Mossad deployed over 100 foreign agents in Iran war, its largest ever mission – report
Israel’s Mossad spy agency deployed some 100 foreign agents in Iran ahead of the start of June’s 12-day war with the country, with the spies tasked with destroying many of Iran’s missile launchers and air defense systems at the start of the war, according to a report.

In a report that aired last week, Channel 13 said the specially trained agents placed and operated heavy missile systems that had been smuggled into Iran, and were then used to target the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missile launchers and anti-aircraft missile systems in order to assist the Israeli military in its campaign.

The operation was described as unprecedented both in scale — never before had so many agents been activated in a single mission — and in complexity, as it required giving non-Israelis control over sophisticated weapons systems.

The report included interviews with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, and National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi, who discussed details of the extraordinary June 13 overnight strikes in Iran that started the war, the hope that the United States would step in to help destroy the underground Fordo nuclear facility, attempts to find an opportunity to assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and destabilize Tehran’s regime, and efforts to cause residents of Tehran to flee the capital.

Netanyahu recalled informing US President Donald Trump about the planned operation against Iran, saying: “I told him, ‘We have to do it.’ And he said, ‘You’re right, it’s gotta be done.”

Netanyahu added that he told Israel’s defense establishment: “We are going to destroy the Iranian nuclear project as best we can. We aren’t waiting for a green light from the US, and what is more, it doesn’t matter if they say no.”
Witness: Suspect shouted ‘Free Palestine’ during NH country club shooting
A suspect who allegedly opened fire at a Nashua, N.H., country club on Saturday shouted “free Palestine” while carrying out the shooting, that killed one and wounded two, according to an eyewitness report.

A witness told the local ABC affiliate WMUR that the shooter appeared to target his victim as he fired several shots in the restaurant of the Sky Meadow Country Club, which was also hosting a wedding at the time.

Tom Bartelson, who was at the country club to attend his nephew’s wedding ceremony on Saturday, told the outlet that he heard the suspect shout “the children are safe” and “Free Palestine.”

Authorities identified the suspect as Hunter Nadeau, 23, and said he had been arrested and charged with one count of second-degree murder for knowingly shooting the victim, identified as Robert Steven DeCesare.

“Additional charges likely will be brought, including for the additional shooting victims,” stated New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella and Nashua Police Chief Kevin Rourke on Sunday.

“There is no known connection between Hunter Nadeau and Mr. DeCesare,” according to the statement by the New Hampshire Department of Justice.

Leo Terrell, who leads the Trump administration’s Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, said in a response to the shooting that “Free Palestine is a violent virus attempting to take over our country!

“How many more times does this need to happen before the world wakes up?” he tweeted.


'I fear for my children's lives': Israeli chef in New York under attack
Chef Guy Vaknin, the owner of six successful vegan restaurants in New York - City Roots, Reverie, Willow, Le Basque, the Sentir sushi chain, and Coletta - revealed in an interview with Israel Hayom an ongoing campaign of harassment, threats, and antisemitic incitement against him. "They've been after me for two years," he said. "I tried to stay out of politics, but they threatened my children. They even sent me photos of my son. These people are sick."

Vaknin, who grew up in Sderot with a single mother and later immigrated to the US to pursue his culinary dream, described the difficult road to success. As a young man, he served as an infantry soldier in the Samson Unit before turning to the culinary world after his release from the army. "I started with a hole in the wall, just 12 seats. For 15 years I've worked like crazy. I don't know many chefs who managed to build what I did without piles of investors."

His vision, he explains, was to create vegan restaurants that offered the experience of a traditional dining setting. "Each restaurant has a different style - French, Mexican, Italian, American, Mediterranean. Two of them are sushi restaurants. The whole idea was to cook, to do what I love, and to create vegan food."

But everything changed after October 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists massacred civilians in southern Israel. "Until then, people celebrated me at the highest levels. They kissed my hand at the restaurant, came to eat three times a week. After October 7, it all collapsed.

In recent weeks, the campaign against him has intensified on the Instagram account "Vegans for Palestine," which called for a boycott of his restaurants, accusing him of being "Zionist" and of "using veganism to whitewash Israel's crimes." Posts spread rapidly, went viral, and were soon followed by direct threats. "It got to the point where you have to hide that you're Israeli. But I won't. I don't go around shouting it in the street, but I won't hide it either. It's insane. The world has gone mad."

The threats moved from online to the real world. Slogans such as "Free Gaza" were scrawled on bathroom walls in his restaurants, storefront windows were smashed, and former employees were approached by hostile groups trying to recruit them against him. "This is a group of people who claim to care about the world, but in reality, they're trying to destroy us. It's absurd - they're vegans, yet filled with burning hatred."


LI park named in honor of slain Israeli soldier Omer Neutra as mom pays heartbreaking tribute: ‘I want the children to play’
Hundreds of people gathered in the hometown of a slain 21-year-old Israeli captain Sunday to dedicate a park in his honor — as his family prays for his body to be returned from the Gaza Strip.

The town of Oyster Bay officially renamed the green space the Capt. Omer Neutra Memorial Park, honoring the young man from Plainview who was killed by Hamas during the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack in Israel.

“[The park] always meant something because we used to bring him here as a child,” grieving father Ronen Neutra told The Post. “But now you see his picture [here]. … It’s an amazing sign of support.”

The fallen soldier’s mother, Orna Neutra, said, “In this park I see Omer. I see my boy.

“Not the soldier, not the headlines. I see a boy full of mischief. I hear his laughter, the endless brotherly bickering with [his sibling] Daniel.

“This neighborhood was his world. Carefree, a place of friendship, small adventures,” she said. “The foundation for the values that shaped who he became. A place where being connected to Israel is a source of pride where community and contribution are valued.

“And I want the children to play in this park. To feel what Omer felt. Joy. Adventure. Belonging. A community that wraps around you with love.”

Neutra was remembered by loved ones and his community as a strong but playful young man, brimming with positive energy that spread to those around him.




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