Friday, October 03, 2025

10/03 Links Pt1: Israel’s War, Europe’s Surrender; Synagogue terrorists father praised Oct.7, worked for ICRC; Hamas agreement to release all hostages is just a ‘smart way’ to reject Trump deal

From Ian:

Israel’s War, Europe’s Surrender By Abe Greenwald
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The UK is a leading example, but it’s hardly an outlier. As we approach the second anniversary of the October 7 attack on Israel, it’s clear that Hamas set off a chain of events that not only ensured its own demise but also sped up the slower demise of the West. European leaders such as the UK’s Keir Starmer and France’s Emmanuel Macron are busy recognizing a Palestinian state that doesn’t exist while ignoring the ones taking shape in the countries they govern.

But—here we go—it’s actually worse than that. Ignoring what Seth Mandel calls “The Palestining of the West” would be bad enough. But liberal Western leaders are actively encouraging it by endorsing false claims of Israeli genocide, turning a blind eye to their own Islamist enclaves, threatening to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu, and rewarding terrorists with an imaginary state.

European leaders have worked out an accommodation with their jihad enthusiasts. While the mobs multiply and murder, the governments will continue to pretend that it’s all about Israel. The problem is that there’s no endgame, and the arrangement is sure to outlast Israel’s war.

But for the vigilance of the Trump administration’s efforts to crack down on anti-Semitism and its support for Israel, the U.S. would doubtless be playing a similar game by now. Both Kamala Harris and Joe Biden declared that the chanting mobs had a point, and the last administration’s turn against Israel was well underway by the time Biden left office. And that was before the Mamdanization of the Democratic Party.

What comes after Mamdani’s probable election as New York City mayor and after Donald Trump’s presidency, I couldn’t tell you. But most of the modern West is obsessed with spotting the early-warning signs of historical crises ever on the horizon—dictatorship, fascism, world war—while ignoring, excusing, or fomenting the concrete horrors of the present day. For forward-looking Israel, at least, there will be peace.
Telegraph Editorial: It is time we all stood up to anti-Semitism
This cannot go on. It seems clear that what we are witnessing is the tragic consequence of this normalisation of hate. The vicious anti-Semitism that has infected Britain’s body politic has run unchecked, and produced the inevitable result.

As the investigation into the attack unfolds we will learn more about the man responsible and his motivations. Now, it is worth reflecting that hatred always demands its toll; it is at the heart of how a great deal of modern terror works. The temperature is raised, and raised again, until someone, somewhere, acts upon the impulse; they, in turn, provide the model for copycat attacks.

Today’s violence followed the same wretched playbook as so many others across the West in recent years: normal implements of daily life, cars and knives, repurposed into weapons of terror in a manner the authorities will always struggle to halt completely. It was, however, foreseeable.

The spate of anti-Semitic violence gripping France had provided ample illustration of where the continual ratcheting of rhetoric in Britain might lead. Having allowed this ancient hatred to take root again, we must now eradicate it.
Keir Starmer: Respect the grief of British Jews this weekend
A horrific attack like this reminds us of the dangers Jews face simply because of who they are. Our thoughts remain with the victims and their families, as well as the wider community. Our gratitude goes to the first responders and emergency services, as well as those brave people who prevented this from being an even greater tragedy.

Across the country, people are reaching out in sorrow and solidarity. We stand firm in saying this is not who we are, and this is not what we stand for. Our Jewish neighbours are part of our communities and our country – the attack yesterday was an attack on us all.

For the government, that means taking action to guarantee your security. The police will provide a more visible presence around places of worship, transport hubs and schools. We will continue to work with the Jewish community, listening to their concerns and making sure that protection is as strong as it can be.

I know that planned protests over the weekend, just a few days before the anniversary of the October 7th attacks, as well as in the shadow of the Manchester attack, will cause distress.

Peaceful protest is a cornerstone of our democracy – and there is justified concern about the suffering in Gaza – but a minority have used these protests as a pretext for stoking antisemitic tropes.

I urge anyone thinking about protesting this weekend to recognise and respect the grief of British Jews this week. This is a moment of mourning. It is not a time to stoke tension and cause further pain.

This is still the country that was proud to be a refuge during World War Two.

This is still a country that prides itself on its values of tolerance, diversity and respect.

A country that welcomes all people, no matter their faith, to stand under the same flag together, as neighbours and friends. It is our flag that flew over Bergen Belsen concentration camp as it was liberated, a symbol of safety and freedom That is who we will always be – and hatred and violence will never win.

The final word must remain with those who lost their lives and those who mourn them. Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz. May their memories be a blessing.
Jake Wallis Simons: Spare us your crocodile tears, Starmer and Corbyn
Which brings me to his successor. Last week, Sir Keir Starmer was basking in the adulation of Hamas after he recognised a Palestinian state without any preconditions. While this week’s Trump peace plan boxed the jihadis in, Starmer’s policy did the same to Israel.

Trump was clear: he wants Israel to win. He demanded the release of the hostages and the surrender of Hamas as a precondition for any ceasefire. As for Starmer, well, he may have not wanted Hamas to win, but he certainly wanted Israel to lose.

This was part of an overall stance that condemned Israel as the guilty party, rather than the jihadis of Hamas – the group, that is, who started the war and is refusing to release the hostages and stop the ‘genocide’ to which it is supposedly being subjected.

Does this make Starmer a ‘friend’ of Hamas terrorists? From their celebratory response to his decision to recognise a Palestinian state, it would certainly seem like they see it that way. So spare us your condolences, prime minister. Stay away from our synagogues. You, I’m afraid, are part of the problem.

Too strong? Perhaps. But then came a further trapdoor, in the form of violent pro-Palestinian protests that defaced London, Edinburgh and Manchester – Manchester! – in the hours after the attack last night.

One photograph has been haunting me since. It was taken in the aftermath of 7 October 2023 and shows a mob of Gaza activists marching through the city behind a banner that says: ‘Manchester says one solution: Intifada revolution.’ You didn’t think they meant it, did you?

Not so fast. With the investigation ongoing, we have no idea whether Jihad al-Shamie was influenced by such things, though it is likely perhaps. What we do know, however, is that for two years, the climate of Jew-hate in Britain has been intolerable, and the protests have been at the heart of it.

It was in the week of the 7 October attack that the Jewish Chronicle, which I edited at the time, revealed that many of the key organisers of the marches had significant past links to Hamas, with some even pictured with jihadi leaders in Gaza. Difference, as they say, it made none.

Which brings us to where we are today. Trapdoor after trapdoor, all the way down. It is sickening to see all those leftist politicians who have smeared Israel with their every breath for two years suddenly using the Manchester attack to try to sanitise their reputations. It is sickening to see the baying mobs on the streets, without so much as a whisper of ‘not in my name’.

It is sickening to see so many people not even bothering with the mask anymore, or being satisfied with the thinnest of disguises. Why not? In Starmer’s Britain, that is all that is required.

Shame on them. Shame on all of them. The Jews have always stood up for Britain, including serving with distinction in the Second World War, as my grandfather did. Shame on Britain for not standing up for the Jews.


Hamas agreement to release all hostages is just a ‘smart way’ to reject Trump deal, say analysts
Hamas said has agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump's Gaza proposal, Reuters has reported.

The terror group indicated it was prepared to immediately enter negotiations to discuss the details.

However former IDF spokesperson Jonathan Conricus said: “Hamas is basically saying no, but in the smartest and least negative way possible.

“Yes to hostages but no mention of disarming or not governing Gaza, which are core tenets of the Trump proposal.”

The Hamas statement does, in fact, insist on the terrorists being part of a future Gaza government.

It refers to “a unified Palestinian movement, of which Hamas will be a member and to which it will contribute responsibly”.

Joe Truzman, senior research analystat the Foundation for Defence of Democracies, a US think tank, said: "At its core, Hamas sidestepped the central question in the cease-fire proposal: disarmament. By refusing to address the issue that determines its very survival, the group effectively left the deal’s most important obstacle unresolved.

“For that reason, Washington and Jerusalem should interpret Hamas’ response less as an acceptance than as a de facto rejection of the Trump plan.”
David Harsanyi: Trump’s Gaza plan is great. There’s just one big problem
Even if Hamas accepts the plan, which not only requires it to disarm and “deradicalize” but leave political and administrative positions for good, the group’s promises mean nothing. Hamas has never kept an agreement. Every break in fighting is simply an opportunity to retrench. The Oct. 7 massacre was launched in the middle of a ceasefire.

Even if Hamas accepts the deal, foreigners will need to run the place for the foreseeable future. Palestinians have never shown the ability to govern themselves in a manner required of the 20th century. Israelis handed Palestinians a proto-state in Gaza in 2005. American Jews bought the people advanced farming technology to feed themselves. Everyone knows what happened next — they destroyed the technology, put Hamas in charge, and engaged in 20 years of war.

Forget Gaza for a moment. Take the Palestinian Authority, the more moderate and responsible faction in Judea and Samaria. Though it has been showered with billions in aid from around the world, the corrupt ruling clan, which is unable to administer an election because extremists would win, can’t even control its own internal security. Without Israeli assistance, the entire place would have fallen to Hamas a long time ago, just as Gaza fell.

The best solution to this mess would be for Egypt and Jordan to annex Gaza and parts of the West Bank and take responsibility for the people and borders. But neither of those nations wants Palestinians, who have been a destabilizing force in the region for a long time. Years ago, Jordan ejected the Palestine Liberation Organization. As did Lebanon. Egypt has closed its border with Gaza to keep out Hamas, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood.

The plan is still worth pursuing. At worst, it imbues Israel with far more legitimacy in its efforts to destroy Hamas. The entire world, including most Arab nations and many otherwise antagonistic Muslim countries, has agreed that the terrorist army must disarm and Palestinians must deradicalize before any plan can move forward. If the Palestinians fail to comply, what excuse does the world have in opposing Israel’s advance?

If Palestinians, however, accept reality, they could live in peace starting tomorrow. Of course, it has always been up to them.
Israel must stop bombing Gaza ‘immediately,’ Hamas ‘ready for a lasting peace,’ Trump says
U.S. President Donald Trump stated on Friday that he believes the Hamas terror organization is “ready for a lasting peace,” after it stated that it was prepared to accept some of the terms of his deal.

“Based on the statement just issued by Hamas, I believe they are ready for a lasting peace. Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza, so that we can get the hostages out safely and quickly,” the president stated.

“Right now, it’s far too dangerous to do that. We are already in discussions on details to be worked out,” Trump said. “This is not about Gaza alone. This is about long-sought peace in the Middle East.” (JNS sought comment from the White House.)

Earlier on Friday, the terror organization claimed that it “appreciates the Arab, Islamic and international efforts,” as well as Trump’s efforts, in a peace plan that the U.S. president unveiled on Sept. 29 and that Israel and Arab states have backed.

Hamas said that it agrees to parts of the plan, including releasing all of the remaining hostages—both living and dead—per the formula in Trump’s plan, “provided the field conditions for the exchange are met,” to end the war.

The terror group claimed “readiness to immediately enter into negotiations through the mediators to discuss the details of this agreement.”

It added that it held “in-depth consultations within its leadership institutions, extensive consultations with Palestinian forces and factions, and consultations with mediators and friends to reach a responsible position.”


Simon Sebag Montefiore: Yesterday in Manchester, the intifada was globalised
Last night, ghoulish demonstrators celebrated the killing of British people in bloodthirsty fiestas in London and Manchester. They took over the whole of Liverpool Street Station. In our Britain? The one my forefathers came to in 1904 to seek refuge from Lithuania and the pogroms of Kishnev? The Britain that the Sebags and Montefiores were welcomed into, even though they were born in Morocco and Italy, and yet they thrived here? The one my dear late parents revered for its tolerance and moderation? Yes that one, that Britain.

And no one stopped them. And no one has stopped their weekly frenzies, nor their ones planned for next week, nor their disgraceful calls for Jewish blood.

It was heartening to see the PM, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor in synagogue last night: thank you. To her credit, Home Secretary Mahmood called these ghoulish celebrations “fundamentally unBritish” and recognised the problem ordering the celebrating demonstrators: “show some humanity”. Thank you, Home Secretary. Such comments are two years overdue, and it has taken murders to get British politicians to say those two phrases. The pro-Palestine demonstrations always contained decent people making just points but their tone was brazenly set by racists bigots and terrorist sympathisers who were indeed fundamentally unBritish in their calls for violence against an entire faraway nation and the small, frightened community of Jews right here. Everyone has the right to criticise Israeli governments and their many faults as I do myself - just as they have the right to criticise Hamas and terrorism but they must recognise and acknowledge that any Israeli government is different from the state and its people just as Hamas are very different from the Palestinian right to self determination and to the people whose civilians deserve the same safety and peace as the Israeli people. That is it.

The Home Secretary also said, “I take my lead from the police” but that is the entire problem. You give the orders to the police: that is why we elected you with your huge majority. Thanks to confused fashionable guidance that has created a hierarchy of grievances in the last five years, the fuddled police especially the Met, more at home policing comments on computers, have lost the ability to make moral decisions on law and order, terror and protest, life and death on our streets. Hence pro Palestinian demonstrators are permitted extra space and latitude to promote killing, global intifada, and anti-Judaism that would never be permitted to any other cause and Jews are exposed as no other ethnic minority would be—time to redress that balance. The government now needs to give explicit orders to the police to enforce laws against terror and hate in the streets that they have ceded and surrendered to vicious activists whom they supinely watch. If that means police enforcing control of the streets, as Italian and German police do every day, please begin. Jews are rightly frightened.

This aggressive, intolerant radicalism is not just about anti-Judaism, it is also a threat to our liberal democracy. The terrified reactions of our ministers in the last two years are evidence of that: you regain their courage now. These murders are a sign for responsible people, politicians, and media to “dial down the rhetoric” as Conservative leader Badenoch said last night, that created “a climate of fear and aggression” for British Jews. “Get a grip,” demands Chief Rabbi.

Britain is suddenly a flimsy once grand ship tossed helplessly on a storm, partly of its own making, its own captain and crew (I don't just mean politicians but police and media too) often unsure, scared and confused; its course, its British values, its moral structure are being tested. Now we have a chance: regain your courage, take the helm, steady the ship before the rigging falls, before more lives are lost.
The Manchester Synagogue Murders
Against the backdrop of the Israel–Palestine conflict, tensions between Muslim and Jewish communities seem to have reached a historic peak worldwide. An attack like this one was entirely predictable. This is particularly evident in the Manchester neighbourhoods surrounding the site of the attack. Broughton Park, where the synagogue is located, is majority Jewish (56.7%), and it directly borders Crumpsall South, a majority Muslim area (69%), according to the 2021 census. The area has become a microcosm of the wider Israel–Palestine conflict.

Such ethnic ghettoisation only exacerbates community tensions, and, in the age of mass migration, the importation of foreign grievances has become an all-too-common problem. Authorities seem unwilling to prevent or remove dangerous foreign extremists from the country. This is epitomised by the recent case of a Taliban commander’s nephew who was granted refugee status in Britain, along with the right to bring seven of his relatives.

There has also been a considerable and deliberate political campaign in Britain to downplay the threat of Islamic terror. This is even in the face of a growing Islamic population. Nevertheless, there has been an increasing emphasis on Prevent, the governmental strategy to identify potentially dangerous extremists, to focus on the “far-right” rather than that of Islamic terror.

Colonel Richard Kemp, a terror expert who has chaired the government’s COBRA Intelligence group, has been critical of these attempts. Stating:
“I know that the authorities are trying to emphasise far-right extremism rather than Islamic extremism… I can tell you that the threat between the two is not comparable. Of course there is a marginal threat from the left and right, but not comparable.”

“In the interests of trying to appear even-handed and appease people that criticised the Prevent programme for focusing on Islamic extremists, I know they are looking at far-right extremism more to counter those accusations… The authorities have tried to inflate that threat to try and appease critics of those policies.”
Julia Hartley-Brewer: Why is Keir Starmer shocked at horrific terror attack? It’s HIS words and HIS actions that have fuelled hatred
Wasn’t that the wake-up call that “Never Again” was turning out to be a hollow slogan, not a solemn pledge?

So, forgive me if I’m not convinced by the PM’s own hollow words before he boarded a plane home from a summit to chair a Cobra emergency meeting and deployed extra police on to the streets, insisting he would do everything he could to keep Jewish people safe in this country.

We all know that simply isn’t true.

This, after all, is a man who happily joined Jeremy Corbyn’s Cabinet and stood silently by while antisemitism engulfed the Labour Party.

Numbers game
And now, as the Prime Minister faces a drubbing in the polls, Starmer has chosen to do whatever is necessary to appease his left-wing backbenchers and self-appointed Muslim community leaders with the ­formal recognition of a Palestinian state.

Let’s not mince words here: This isn’t a moral stance or a means to further British interests abroad.

Starmer is simply playing a numbers game to gain as many votes as possible at home from Britain’s four ­million Muslims — and to hell with the concerns of this country’s 290,000 Jews.

Despite all his hand-wringing about October 7, Starmer has chosen to appease the very same extremists and dangerous ideology responsible for that horror.

As every historian worth their salt will tell you, when the tide of antisemitism rises in any country, it’s not just bad for Jews, it’s a symptom of a rot deep in the core of our political system.

That’s why no one should be shocked by this terror attack on a Manchester­ synagogue — least of all our Prime Minister, who has acted to reward antisemites abroad and to appease anti-Jewish hatred at home.

So, Starmer can go ahead and light a candle then deliver that oh-so-familiar call for us to all stand together in the face of extremism.

But we all know that, in the end, it is actions that speak louder than words.
Manchester’s synagogue attack must be a national wake-up call
Week after week, demonstrators chant to “globalise the intifada,” glorifying an uprising that murdered over 1,200 Israelis. Jews who go near these marches are told by police they risk arrest because their very presence might “provoke” disorder.

What we are witnessing is not protest but a cult built around the vilification of Israel. Obsession with the Jewish state, and ultimately with Jews themselves, has become a defining feature of people’s identity. The world’s only Jewish state is cast as uniquely evil. Much of the “evidence” is Hamas propaganda, laundered by media outlets that too often jettison basic journalist standards of verification. The result has been mass hysteria and a surge in violence against Jews everywhere.

Parliament itself is gripped by the same fixation. Israel has been debated more often than Russia’s war in Ukraine – a conflict with direct implications for our national security that could yet drag us into confrontation with a nuclear-armed power. Israel has been discussed more than the NHS and immigration, issues of fundamental importance to this country and within government’s actual remit.

Labour has not merely failed to resist this mood; too often it has echoed it. Ministers flirt with the charge of “genocide” which – as the antisemitism scholar David Hirsch warns – acts as an incitement to anti-Jewish violence. You cannot demonise and defame Israel, isolate it diplomatically, and simultaneously claim to oppose antisemitism. These positions are incompatible.

So what needs to happen now? The immediate task is security: enhancing police protection, identifying and eliminating imminent threats. That requires acting against dangers already known. Foremost among them is the IRGC, the Iranian regime’s terror army, which must finally be proscribed in Britain. No serious strategy to defend Jews – or the country at large – can continue to ignore Tehran’s long arm. It also means a much harder look at Islamist networks in general in the UK, including the Muslim Brotherhood, which threaten not only the Jewish community but coexistence and social cohesion itself.

But security alone will not suffice. The government and above all the Prime Minister must set the example for how to talk responsibly about Israel: questioning wild accusations rather than ignoring or echoing them; recognising that Israel is not the aggressor. Yes, the suffering of Palestinians is real and awful. The ultimate responsibility, however, lies with Hamas, which started this war – a war Israel for two decades tried to avoid precisely because it knew the misery Hamas would inflict by using civilians as human shields, and the terrible loss it would impose on young Israeli soldiers. Yet Israel’s war is treated as unique, as if civilian casualties were a Jewish innovation, as if Israel had any choice but to defeat a genocidal movement committed to its destruction.

Nor can government act alone. A society in which every professional body, every student union, every cultural platform treats hostility to Israel as a badge of belonging is not one in which Jews can live freely. Nothing less than a cultural and political shift will suffice. Universities must ensure Jewish students can feel safe and welcome on campus. Union leaders must finally end their obsession with foreign policy – and certainly with Israel – and return to the tasks for which they exist: negotiating better pay and conditions for their members. Church leaders, with two millennia of history of antisemitism, have a particular duty to avoid falling into simplistic denunciations of the Jewish state. The NHS must demonstrate zero tolerance of staff who bring political agitation into medicine, undermining trust in their professionalism and making Jewish patients fear they will not receive proper care.

The killings in Manchester are not a bolt from the blue. They are the most brutal consequence yet of a climate Britain has tolerated far too long. To mourn the dead while excusing or indulging the culture of hate that made their murder possible would be an obscenity. Our leaders must now finally summon the moral courage to confront it. For centuries this proud British Jewish community has flourished here – and it will not be driven from its home now.
Manchester terror victims named as Adrian Daulby, Melvin Cravitz
British authorities early on Friday identified the victims of the Yom Kippur synagogue attack in Manchester, England, as Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66.

“My deepest sympathies are with Mr. Daulby and Mr. Cravitz’s loved ones at this extremely hard time,” said Greater Manchester Police Detective Chief Superintendent Lewis Hughes, who is coordinating the casualty response.

“Specially trained Family Liaison Officers are in contact with them. They will continue to update them on the investigation and support them throughout the coronial process,” he added.

Police on Thursday identified the suspect in the deadly attack as Jihad al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent. They also confirmed that he was shot dead during the attack.

Al-Shamie rammed his car into worshippers outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation on Middleton Road before exiting the vehicle and stabbing others on Judaism’s holiest day.
Family of man killed barricading UK synagogue door: ‘Final act was one of profound courage’
Adrian Daulby was confirmed Friday as the man accidentally shot and killed by police while barricading the synagogue door during the Yom Kippur terror attack in Manchester, as his family and law enforcement praised his heroism.

Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, were named as the two killed in a terror attack at Heaton Park Congregation Synagogue in Manchester.

The attacker, Jihad al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent, was shot dead by police at the scene. Shamie had worn a vest holding an apparent explosive device, but it was not functional, police said.

“Adrian was one of the brave worshippers attending the synagogue at the time of the incident and prevented the attacker from gaining access to the premises,” Greater Manchester Police said in a statement.

“It is currently believed that Adrian’s injury may sadly have been sustained as a tragic and unforeseen consequence of the urgently required action taken by our officers to bring a vicious attack to an end,” the police force said.

Earlier Friday, Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Sir Stephen Watson said that one of the two victims of the terror attack was apparently accidentally shot by police responding to the incident. He did not name Daulby.


Ignoring Islamic hate preaching will lead to more violence
Since he is now dead, untangling what went through Jihad Al-Shamie’s mind when he decided to attack Jews outside a Manchester synagogue yesterday is no longer possible. As Jewish community leaders reached out to his victims, they voiced anger at officialdom’s failure over many years to deal effectively with those preaching antisemitic hate, especially from the pulpits of mosques. Once described by the Muslim counter-extremist Quilliam Foundation as “the mood music to which suicide bombers dance”, such sermons, they said, were likely a significant factor.

Dave Rich, policy director of the Community Security Trust, the charity that provides physical protection for Jews across Britain, told me the “comfort and support” offered by Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other senior political figures was welcome. “But it’s not enough,” he said. “There has to be hard action. When it comes to antisemitic extremism, too many blind eyes have been turned for too long.”

In some cases, mosques that have featured extremist preachers, often posting their sermons on YouTube, have been courted by local and national political leaders. The Abdullah Quilliam Society in Liverpool is one example. In October 2023, two weeks after the Hamas attack on Israel, imam Haroon Hanif urged its worshippers to “wage war for Allah”, not to be “weak about jihad”, and to follow Allah’s wish to “wipe out disbelievers”. As for Jews, they should not be seen as victims of the atrocities but instead as perpetrators of genocide. Allah would eventually get rocks to talk in order to betray where they might be hiding.

The counter-extremism expert who posts on X as “Habibi” publicised this at the time, eventually prompting the Charity Commission to issue a formal warning in June 2025. It said the sermon was “inflammatory and divisive”. Yet months after Hanif’s sermon, Attorney General Richard Hermer paid a visit, saying the mosque’s work was “inspiring”. In March, its head imam Adam Kelwick was a guest of Starmer’s in Downing Street.

Undeterred by the formal warning issued in June, two weeks later another preacher, Ajmal Mansoor, attacked the British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis as “godless” and “despicable”, saying “Israel must be dismantled today”, along with the “Israeli lobby” which had sent donations to the UK Government. In July, this prompted the Commission to launch a new statutory inquiry, its strongest available weapon. Yet six weeks after this was announced, Labour MP Sarah Owen, a member of the Women and Equalities Committee in the Commons, also visited the mosque, saying this would help inform the committee’s work on community cohesion and Islamophobia.

There are, Habibi told me, “scores and scores” of documented similar examples across the country. They include an imam in East London who has preached of the need to kill “usurping Jews”, and another in Nottingham who says that since “the white man” commits genocide, the answer is to carry out “pre-emptive strikes” — what he calls “offensive jihad”.
Manchester terrorist al Shamie was out on bail for rape, could be behind death threats to MP
The Manchester Synagogue terrorist was out on police bail for an attested rape, Sky News reported on Friday.

Jihad al Shamie might have also been behind the death threats sent to an MP in 2012.

Tory MP John Howell told The Jerusalem Post in 2012 that he feared for his life over his support for the Jewish state.

In a series of emails from someone who named himself as Jihad Alshamie, Howell was told that “it is people like you who deserve to die.”

“The last thing I want to appear as is a drama queen, but you have to take seriously a threat when it says, ‘I would like to see you dead,’” Howell told the Post at the time of the incident.
Manchester synagogue attacker's father praised Hamas's Oct.7 attack, worked for ICRC
Faraj al-Shamie, the father of the Manchester synagogue attacker, praised Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attackers as “Allah’s men on earth,” according to a Facebook post reviewed by the Telegraph on Friday.

Shamie, a trauma surgeon who is said to live in state-funded housing in Britain, allegedly wrote that Hamas’s invasion into southern Israel in 2023 “proved beyond a shadow of a doubt” that Israel would be destroyed eventually.

The discovery of his social media posts came after Shamie issued a statement claiming “profound shock” at his son’s attack.

“Where is this so-called resistance with the Haifa rockets... May God’s curse be upon the hypocrites, the traitors pledged to a disgusting and filthy sectarian agenda – the moment of truth is inevitably coming,” he wrote on October 10, 2023, complaining of a lack of support from Arab nations as rockets were launched at Israel by both Hezbollah and Hamas.

“You told me [about the] Haifa rockets... Our brothers in Palestine are publicly asking for help from anyone who still has a part of honour or humanity, but with God’s permission, they will be victorious, oh you who sold your religion, your honour and your humanity to the mullahs of Tehran, and whoever sells his honour, there is no hope from him... As for the Arab governments, leave them to wander blindly in their tyranny. Long live the brave men of Gaza #Palestine_is_Arab.”

Despite his celebration of the attacks, he reportedly worked for the Red Cross as a trauma surgeon in Sudan.Two Jewish men, Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz, were killed at Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester after 35-year-old Syrian-born British citizen Jihad al-Shamie rammed into the synagogue and began stabbing congregants. The attack occurred on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.


Terrorist bears ‘moral weight’ of police killing Jewish Manchester worshipper, rabbis say
The international press and global organizations often blame Israel for targeting Gazans, despite Hamas’s embedding among civilians as a deliberate strategy. On Yom Kippur, Greater Manchester Police officers shot and killed a Jewish worshipper at a synagogue while they neutralized a terrorist, who killed another Jewish man.

Rabbis told JNS that the accidental police killing at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation, an Orthodox synagogue in Manchester, in the United Kingdom, is the responsibility of the terrorist.

“If I walk into a bank and pull a gun on the teller and he has a heart attack, it’s probably a felony murder,” Rabbi J. David Bleich, Herbert and Florence Tenzer professor of Jewish law and ethics at Yeshiva University, told JNS.

In such a situation, the intent would be irrelevant, “because you have to be aware of the consequences of the illegal act,” Bleich, who holds a doctorate in late medieval Jewish philosophy and has often written on Jewish law and ethics, told JNS.

“This was a police officer who fired the shot, but I think if you’re on a killing spree, you can expect that there will be a response from the authorities,” he told JNS. “You can expect that innocent people might be killed.”

Rabbi David Wolpe, rabbi emeritus of Sinai Temple, a Conservative synagogue in Los Angeles, and scholar-in-residence at the Maimonides Fund, told JNS that “the competence of the response may be on the police, but the moral weight of the entire tragedy is with the terrorist.”

Wolpe cited the Talmudic principle of adam mu’ad l’olam, which he defined as “a person is always forewarned.”

“It means if you start something, the consequences, even if not fully foreseen, are on you,” he said.


Manchester synagogue attack: broadcasters like LBC add to climate of hate against Jews
Jonathan Sacerdoti on LBC News, discussing the climate of hate which contributes to terror attacks on Jews in the UK.


Commentary: Terrorism on Yom Kippur
We return to daily podcasting in the wake of a horrible car-ramming-stabbing spree at a synagogue in Manchester, followed by a massive pro-terrorism demonstration right outside 10 Downing Street. The bloodlust for Jewish lives and security has only grown in the two years since October 7. Why? And how can it be stopped?


Jonny Gould: BONUS EPISODE: Yom Kippur tragedy in Manchester
The anger we feel as British Jews has reached a head as we mourn the two congregants from Heaton Park, who were killed on Yom Kippur inside the synagogue.

This episode also includes the regrettable appearance of David Lammy, the deputy prime minister in front of a furious community in north Manchester.


Anthony Albanese slammed for ironic response to Manchester synagogue attack
Sky News host James Macpherson discusses Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s tweet response to the Manchester synagogue attack.

“I particularly love how he writes ‘there is no place for terrorism’,” Mr Macpherson said.

“Does he feel the need to say that because he's well aware we've imported plenty of people who feel emboldened to commit acts of terror?”


Albanese needs to ‘take a stronger stance’ and ‘act with courage’ on antisemitism
Liberal Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says Prime Minister Anthony Albanese needs to “wake up to himself” and “take a stronger stance” on antisemitism after the terrorist attack at a synagogue in Manchester.

“What happened in Manchester, this devastating terror attack, is a devastating reminder of what can happen when we tolerate hate, when our leaders tolerate hate in our country, it leads to terror attacks,” Ms Price told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio.

“We are silly if we think here in Australia that somehow this couldn’t happen to us.

“I’d like to see is our prime minister and his government … act with courage and some moral clarity about the antisemitism that we know has spread like wildfire ever since 7 October 2023.”


Manchester vigil participants heckle UK deputy prime minister
David Lammy, deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom, faced boos and heckles on Friday at a vigil for the victims of the Manchester synagogue attack that took place the day before on Yom Kippur.

Participants greeted the Labour politician with chants of “Shame on you!” and repeatedly interrupted his memorial speech, accusing Lammy of contributing to the attack.

“You enabled it every Saturday,” one man shouted, referring to anti-Israel demonstrations in London and other British cities that have been held weekly since Oct. 7.

Lammy called on the organizers of those demonstrations to suspend this weekend’s anti-Israel rally in light of the attack, in which Jihad al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent, rammed his car into the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation on the Jewish holiday before trying to stab other victims with a knife.

Two men were killed in the incident, including one who was inadvertently shot by police; four others were injured, three of them seriously. The attacker, who was on bail for an alleged rape at the time, was shot and killed by law enforcement at the scene.

“For those that are considering marching over the weekend, I ask them to reflect with all human dignity, grace and understanding and to stop and to stand back,” Lammy said.


Bodies of Hamas terrorists dragged through the streets as terror group targets Gazan clan
Hamas terrorists attempted to carry out an attack on the al-Mujaida clan, one of the largest families in Gaza's South, according to Hamas statements, social media footage and Palestinian reports on Friday. The terror group claimed it was carrying out arrests of parties alleged to be working with Israel.

The exchange of fire saw around 11 Hamas terrorists killed and their bodies dragged through the streets, according to BBC News. At least five members of the prominent family were also killed.

The reports indicated that Hamas raided civilians’ homes with IEDs and RPGs during morning prayers.

Hussam al-Astal, a leader of the clan, told KAN that he believes that the IDF helped the al-Mujaida clan and struck 22 Hamas terrorists.

Hamas's use of civilian shields
Earlier on Friday, the IDF reported that soldiers killed 20 Hamas terrorists who attempted to raid a humanitarian area in Khan Yunis where Gazan civilians were staying.

The aircraft identified and struck several operatives from the terror organization attempting to use children in the area of the humanitarian zone as human shields, the IDF added.

After the fire was exchanged, injuries were reported on both sides. All of the injured were taken to Al-Nasser Hospital in Gaza. At the hospital, two Hamas terrorists lured two members of the al-Mujaida clan to a different part of the hospital and attempted to kill them. One clan member was killed.

Additionally, KAN reported that six clan members are being held by Hamas and could be executed soon.


StandWithUs Canada: The Legal Battle for Israel | Natasha Hausdorff Answers Your Questions
Barrister and International law expert Natasha Hausdorff returns to Breaking the Narrative for another powerful conversation. In this episode, we explore the latest false claims of Israel violating international law, the truths behind them all, and the double standard Israel is held to on the world stage. The law is black and white, and Natasha’s sharp insights and keen understanding help to illuminate the realities that support Israel’s moral war against Hamas, and claim to the Jewish state.

We were glad to include questions submitted by guests at our nationwide fireside chat series with Natasha this past June.


Israeli Minister Just Connected The Dots About Islamists In The West & It’s Terrifying!

The horror of October 7th - raw footage (for pro-Palestinians only)
Pro-Palestinian? This one is for you - https://www.hamas-massacre.net/


Episode 47: Building a new Gaza, with Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib
The day after Trump's release of his 20-point plan for an end to the Gaza war, Haviv sat down with Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, Palestinian-American analyst and director of the Atlantic Council's Realign for Palestine project, to discuss what it means.

Can Hamas really be disarmed and removed from power in Gaza, as the plan envisions? Can an international force in Gaza succeed where the likes of UNIFIL and countless other international interventions in the region have failed miserably? Who in Palestinian society can push back against Hamas or build out political and military power to rival and ultimately suppress Hamas? Can Gazan society be deradicalized?




Couldn’t the hate marchers have taken just this one day off?
They couldn’t just take a single day off, could they? They couldn’t pause for a moment of reflection or show a sliver of restraint. Then again, who honestly expected them to?

Although it’s been conveniently forgotten now, the first demos against Israel in October 2023 erupted long before Israel had even invaded Gaza. They began on 8 October, the day after the Hamas pogrom. The day after the deadliest day for Jews since the Nazi Holocaust. Within hours of terrorists filming themselves killing, maiming and raping their way through southern Israel, the ‘pro-Palestine’ brigade were out celebrating on the streets. Enjoying spiked?

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These were not the actions of a violent, extremist fringe. Even ‘respectable’ pro-Palestine groups wanted to join in the celebrations, or denounce the Israeli state while it was under attack. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign applied for a police permit for a march, soon after midday on 7 October. This was around the same time as Islamist butchers were marauding through the Nova music festival.

After last night’s scenes, there are growing calls to have the hate marches banned. This would be a grave error. Free speech must extend to hateful, bigoted and even fascistic speech if it is to have any meaning at all. What’s more, it is not the mere existence of these protests that is normalising anti-Semitism. It is the failure of those who should and do know better to take a strong public stand against them. They just cannot summon the minerals to condemn what is widely seen as a ‘progressive’ cause, or say anything that might cause offence to Muslims. The most the UK home secretary could say of last night’s demos was that they were ‘insensitive’ and ‘un-British’ in the wake of an anti-Semitic atrocity. I can think of many harsher words.

The pro-Palestine campaigners showed us who they are when they celebrated Hamas’s pogrom. They showed us again last night and will do so again on Saturday, when a march is planned on behalf of Palestine Action. This is despite the police’s pleas to activists to stay home, as their demo will divert police resources from protecting Jewish communities at a time of heightened risk.

Then again, as that protester herself said last night, they don’t give a fuck about the Jewish community anyway. If they did, they wouldn’t say what they say, or chant what they chant. It would break the habit of a lifetime to start caring now.




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