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Monday, November 03, 2025

11/03 Links Pt2: Ben Shapiro: Tucker Carlson Sabotages America; The Right’s Immune System Has Kicked In; Yad Vashem has compiled 5 million names of Jews murdered in Holocaust

From Ian:

The Right’s Immune System Has Kicked In by Abe Greenwald
Via Commentary Newsletter, sign up here. The backlash was fast and furious. Roberts’s initial statement, in which he labeled Carlson’s critics a “venomous coalition” that is “sowing division,” dropped on Thursday afternoon. By Friday, he was out with a mealymouthed cleanup clip in which he denounced Fuentes. On the same day, he was interviewed by Dana Loesch, whose straightforward questions about right and wrong had him all but malfunctioning in response. On Friday evening, Roberts announced that his chief of staff, Ryan Neuhaus, would be moving to another position. Today, news broke that Neuhaus is gone from Heritage altogether. Not bad for a few days’ work. Let’s see where this goes next.

It goes without saying that Jewish Zionists will do all they can to excise the rot of Jew-hatred from the right. But it’s the majority of the non-Jewish right that has me so uncharacteristically hopeful about that effort. Carlson told Fuentes that Christian Zionists suffer from a “brain virus” and that he dislikes them “more than anybody.” Well, this country’s Christian Zionists weren’t about to take that slander of their faith lying down. And they’re fighting back with the most glorious array of weapons: their shining decency, their overpowering goodwill toward the Jews, and their love for both Israel and the United States.

This weekend, I’ve pored over dozens of social media posts, articles, and speeches from non-Jewish supporters of Israel. In opposing the right’s institutional acceptance of Jew-hatred, they unfailingly articulate the multiple threats posed by Kevin Roberts’s misguided stratagem. They know that right-wing anti-Semitism is a threat not only to the Jewish people and Israel, but to Christians of faith, to a political right worth saving, and to the future of this country. And without a United States guided by its Founding principle of liberty for all, the world would return to a moral dark age.

And in this moment, in an uncertain political climate, their defense of the good is not without risk. Unlike liberals, who’ve spent years ceding ground to their own Jew-hating mob, pro-Israel conservatives are not only full of goodness but courage, as well.

COMMENTARY receives more “thank you” emails from Christian readers and podcast listeners than you’d ever imagine. Too much for us to respond to adequately. And this won’t be quite adequate either, but there is no better time for me to express my thanks to them. So, to the virtual armies out there who take up the cause of the Jews, Israel, and the United States, thank you! It means the world. It literally means the world.
Seth Mandel: Let’s Put This ‘Legitimate Criticism of Israel’ Claim Under Scrutiny
All right. So we have part of our desire for specifics accommodated here. We do not hear who, specifically, accused Roberts and Heritage of anti-Semitism for asking Israel to “please get to the bottom of” what happened when a shell hit a church in Gaza. Roberts says he asked the question publicly and privately, so we don’t know exactly how he phrased it each time. It’s possible he said “Can we please get to the bottom of this?”

It’s doubtful such phrasing invited much of a backlash, obviously. But even if we suspend disbelief and give him the full benefit of the doubt, the reaction he claims he received from an unnamed “handful of people in Washington, DC” was surely disproportionate to his response, which was to call them a “venomous coalition” comprising “the globalist class” and “their mouthpieces in Washington.”

How do I know this? Because when the church in Gaza was struck, President Trump also registered his disapproval—and he did so in more pointed terms than “can we please get to the bottom of this?”

On July 17, a reporter asked Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt what Trump’s reaction was. She responded: “It was not a positive reaction. He called Prime Minister Netanyahu this morning to address the strikes on that church in Gaza, and I understand the prime minister agreed to put out a statement. It was a mistake by the Israelis to hit that Catholic Church. That’s what the prime minister relayed to the president — and you should look at the prime minister’s statement that will be coming out.”

Indeed, Netanyahu expressed regret for the mistake publicly and even in a phone call to the pope.

State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce was asked about it the same day at the department’s press briefing. Bruce said that “President Trump also spoke to the prime minister, and I think it’s an understatement to say that he was not happy.” Bruce said the administration has “asked that Israel investigate the strike.” She added: “Obviously, everyone is appalled.”

Earlier in July, false accusations flew that Israelis had set fire to an ancient church not far from Jerusalem. U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called it “an act of sacrilege” and “an act of terror” for which Israel must ensure there are “harsh consequences.”

Perhaps I missed it, but I don’t remember Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio or Mike Huckabee getting “canceled” by mysterious pro-Israel forces in Washington. All three men are regarded by the Jewish community here and in Israel as monumental friends of the Jewish nation.

One more point to make. I reject the idea that being falsely accused of something should make that person choose to become what they’ve been falsely accused of. I fully understand that tempers flare in the heat of the moment, but that is different from embracing ideas one recoiled from the day before. Put simply, I don’t believe someone turns into Pat Buchanan overnight.

If you think Tucker Carlson is being criticized for embracing a guy who praises Hitler because there’s a foreign-aligned cabal of manipulative Jews in Washington, you have stumbled upon the problem—and it isn’t other people.


Ben Shapiro: Tucker Carlson Sabotages America In today’s episode, we discuss the most important thing happening in the country - the purposeful fragmentation of the political right.

Heritage Foundation in revolt over Tucker Carlson defense after controversial Nick Fuentes interview: ‘Footsie with literal Nazis’
Heritage is expected to host a town hall with its staffers on Wednesday, which had been planned before the controversy, but Roberts has cancelled several appearances on his schedule set for later in the week, with the exception of an address at the conservative Hillsdale College in Michigan Monday night.

“Dr. Roberts regularly meets with staff from across the organization, in addition to our monthly staff town halls. He of course plans to meet with colleagues this week,” added the Heritage spokesperson. “We will not comment on the internal schedule of Dr. Roberts or any staffers, especially in response to gossip that has been consistently wrong. Heritage’s Board of Trustees continues to support Dr. Roberts and our entire team.”

According to a March 2025 Pew Research poll, 72% of white evangelical Protestants in the US have a favorable view of Israel, while 57% of all American Protestants support Israel along with 73% of American Jews.

The same survey found majorities of US Muslims (81%), religiously unaffiliated Americans (69%), and US Catholics (53%) have unfavorable views of Israel, along with half of white non-evangelical Protestants.

GOP lawmakers and commentators who convened in Las Vegas this past weekend for the Republican Jewish Coalition’s Leadership Summit called out the alarming rise of anti-Israel and antisemitic views in their coalition.

“In the last six months, I’ve seen more antisemitism on the right than I have in my entire life. This is a poison, and I believe we are facing an existential crisis in our party and in our country,” said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) Friday night.

“Now is the time for choosing, now is the time for courage,” Cruz added in an address that referenced other guests on Carlson’s podcast who have downplayed Nazi atrocities and the Holocaust.

“If you say nothing, then you are a coward and you are complicit in that evil.”


Erin Molan: He QUIT The Heritage Foundation— Over Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes Fallout!
In Episode 40, Erin Molan dives deep into the breaking news that has the world talking.

Rabbi Dr. Mark Goldfeder, prominent lawyer and advocate and leader of the Heritage Foundation Task Force on antisemitism, has sensationally quit the Heritage Foundation — after its president stood by Tucker Carlson in his latest remarks. Erin asks: what does this mean for the conservative movement — and for truth itself?

From there, Erin breaks down a wave of global headlines — and delivers her signature fearless commentary:

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Trump’s bold move on Nigeria: After Erin’s call for action went viral, President Trump has now ordered the U.S. Department of War to “go in guns blazing” if the Nigerian government fails to stop the massacre of Christians. Secretary Hegseth says they’re “ready to neutralize the Islamists immediately.”

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง The UK stabbing spree — Police say it’s not terrorism, but Erin isn’t buying it. “When 11 people are fighting for life after a mass stabbing — that’s terror.”

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ UNICEF’s data reveals there was no famine in Gaza — Erin calls out mainstream media silence: “Where are your corrections?”

Three more hostage bodies returned to Israel — Erin prays the families can finally lay their loved ones to rest.

And in America — Trump’s speech at the 40th anniversary of the Republican Jewish Coalition leaves no doubt about where he stands with Israel and the Jewish people.

This is one of Erin’s most explosive, emotional, and truth-filled episodes yet.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro — The week that shook the world
02:00 Trump’s order on Nigeria
03:22 Tucker’s silence on Nigeria
04:50 Trump’s RJC speech: “I will always stand with Israel”
08:51 The UK stabbing spree and Erin’s furious reaction
10:19 UNICEF data exposes the Gaza famine myth
13:05 Mark Goldfeder quits Heritage Foundation
20:25 Lawsuit against the PA "Pay 4 Slay" program
24:19 Francesca Albanese served papers
30:00 Fan Feedback
33:05 Bonus: Erin Molan Speech at JNF Conference


A Heritage of Shame
We welcome Eliana Johnson to the podcast as our new daily colleague following the departure of Matthew Continetti as we discuss the crisis at the Heritage Foundation and the behavior of its chief executive in defending Tucker Carlson after he literally turned his airwaves over to a modern-day Nazi.


Mark Levin Slams Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Nick Fuentes, And More At RJC Event



'It's Time We Once Again Took Out the Trash': Scott Jennings on the Attempt to Hijack Conservative Institutions
Scott Jennings addressed the Republican Jewish Coalition Leadership Summit on Saturday. The CNN analyst and Washington Free Beacon Man of the Year's remarks came two days after Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts planted the organization's flag—in dramatic fashion—with the podcast host Tucker Carlson days after Carlson conducted a friendly interview with Hitler and Stalin fan Nick Fuentes.

Jennings was in Israel when the war with Iran began and watched the Iron Dome intercept Iranian missiles. "The resolve of the Israeli people to defeat once and for all the head of the terror octopus—Iran—is something I’ll never forget," he said.

Jennings continued: "And that’s why I need to speak out today, plainly and with no reservation, to condemn—in no uncertain terms—the attempts by some to hijack the conservative cause and even storied conservative organizations for their vile purposes.

"I am baffled and frankly shocked at the attempts by some on the right to side against the Jews after October 7 and to blame the Jews for every bad thing that has happened in our country since," Jennings said. "When tragic acts of terrorism and murder have occurred on our own soil—even the murder of Charlie Kirk—we have heard some voices on the right rush to insert the latest Jewish conspiracy theory to explain it.

"For our leaders, let me make a suggestion: do not pussyfoot around this," he continued. "Do not play footsie with it. Do not look the other way. Do not fear losing the support of a hateful band of brain-addled anti-Semites. You don’t want them anyway.

"What good is our movement if we can’t act any better than the radical left, which refuses to purge itself of the same kind of hate? This nation led the free world against the forces of darkness not that long ago, relegating the ideology of anti-Semitism to the dustbin of history. I humbly submit to all conservatives: it’s time we once again took out the trash."

You can find Jennings's remarks below. They are worth reading or watching in full.


Manchester synagogue rabbi ‘laughed off’ death threat before terror attack
Manchester Rabbi Daniel Walker has revealed that he received a death threat a few weeks before his synagogue was attacked by an Islamist terrorist and now has security guards to keep him safe.

The rabbi spoke movingly about how he was ‘shocked but not surprised’ by the attack by last month.

Worshippers Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, died after Jihad Al-Shamie smashed into the synagogue gates in his car and then started stabbing people while wearing a fake suicide vest.

Mr Daulby is thought to have been inadvertently shot dead by armed police as they tried to stop Al-Shamie.

‘I didn’t really think something like this could happen,’ said Rabbi Walker who was speaking on a panel alongside former Prime Minister Boris Johnson at a European Jewish Association conference on antisemitism in Krakow, Poland. ‘But on the other hand, the reason why so many lives were saved that day is because of the security infrastructure in place because we were worried that it was going got happen.

‘I think we are all saying we were shocked. We weren’t surprised. We live behind gates. Our kids, our schools are behind gates. The security guards are everywhere. I personally have security guards at the moment because, yes, we are worried and we were worried.’ Rabbi Daniel Walker shakes hands with members of the congregation after the funeral of Adrian Daulby at Agecroft Jewish Cemetery in Salford, Manchester.

Rabbi Walker said that just a few months before the attack he received a death threat on his telephone: ‘There was a message left on my machine telling me to get out of Manchester, they don’t like my type around here, I support genocide.’ I laughed it off. I am not laughing anymore.’

The rabbi said similar language was used by Al-Shamie on the day of the horror attack.


Wikipedia co-founder blocks editing of ‘Gaza genocide’ page over ‘egregious’ anti-Israel claims
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales personally intervened to block the site’s users from editing a page titled “Gaza genocide” — calling out the article and its introduction for anti-Israel bias.

The first sentence of the controversial entry refers to a “Gaza genocide” without attributing it to any sources, failing to indicate that it is an allegation that remains “highly contested” and instead portraying it as an undisputed fact, Wales wrote.

“This article fails to meet our high standards and needs immediate attention,” Wales wrote, citing Wikipedia policies on neutrality and attribution to call out the biased tone of the “Gaza genocide” entry.

His Sunday intervention marked a relatively rare instance of users being blocked from editing Wikipedia, which is reportedly cited in seven out of 10 AI query results and is the top-ranking result for most Google searches about people or things.

“I believe that Wikipedia is at its best when we can have reasonable discussion rooted in a commitment to write articles that reflect a neutral point of view,” wrote Wales, whose current title is chair emeritus of the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation that oversees the free online encyclopedia.

“I believe that’s especially important on highly difficult or contentious topics,” Wales added. “While this article is a particularly egregious example, there is much more work to do.”

Wales demanded that the volunteer editors of the site adopt a “neutral approach” that “would begin with a formulation such as: ‘Multiple government, NGOs, and legal bodies have described or rejected the characterization of Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide.'”

“Remember: ‘This policy is non-negotiable, and the principles upon which it is based cannot be superseded by other policies or guidelines, nor by editor consensus,'” he wrote.

In August, House Oversight Chair James Comer and Rep. Nancy Mace alleged that organized groups were violating Wikipedia’s rules to spread propaganda and manipulate articles on sensitive topics, including antisemitic and anti-Israel content.

Their letter to Wikimedia CEO Maryana Iskander cited reports claiming foreign actors and US taxpayer-funded academics were systematically editing pages to advance anti-Western and pro-Kremlin narratives, and demanded records on how Wikimedia detects and disciplines such activity.

The row over the “Gaza genocide” post also comes after Elon Musk launched a Wikipedia rival called Grokipedia last week. The AI-powered site is meant to provide info without the lefty bias Musk has long attributed to Wikipedia.
Anti-Israel Radicals Lay Low Following Trump’s Campus Crackdown—But It’s Too Soon To Celebrate, Experts Say
Anti-Israel radicals spent four semesters ravaging college campuses across the nation, storming buildings, establishing illegal encampments, attacking Jewish students, barging into classrooms, and vandalizing school property. Suddenly, they’re silent.

The fall 2025 semester is roughly halfway through, and anti-Israel agitators have yet to make a splash, retreating well before the Trump administration brokered a peace deal between Israel and Hamas. Even on the second Oct. 7 anniversary, the most notorious anti-Semitic student groups remained relatively quiet, taking protests off campus with only minor incidents, although Hamas flags and "river to the sea" chants still made appearances.

Outside experts credit President Donald Trump for applying pressure on universities, forcing them to crack down on campus radicals. His administration has frozen schools’ federal funding, launched civil rights investigations, and threatened their accreditation status, to name just a few actions. University administrators have gotten the message, Foundation for Defense of Democracies executive director Jonathan Schanzer told the Washington Free Beacon.

"These schools understand that if they allow violence and intimidation and hate speech and chaos to erupt on their campuses today or really at any time in the future ... there will be Hell to pay with the Trump administration," Schanzer said. "Trump has made this extremely clear. He has been unambiguous about the price that will be paid for this kind of activity, and so I think the schools are on high alert right now."

According to Frederick Hess, the American Enterprise Institute’s director of education policy studies, recent disciplinary actions issued by schools like Columbia University, which came under pressure from the Trump administration, have helped lead to this semester’s campus calm.

"A huge chunk of the protesters were fair weather protesters," he said. "They did it because it was exciting and exhilarating. It let them be part of a movement. When you risk getting suspended or expelled, when there's actual consequences, a whole lot of these students are suddenly saying, ‘You know what? Maybe I've got other things I can do.’"


Fired CBS News Reporter Who Tangled With Huckabee Over Gaza Interview 'Considers Suing CBS': Transcript Shows Her Selective Edits Made Ambassador Sound Insensitive to Hungry Children
Debora Patta, a prominent South African journalist laid off last week by CBS News, is "now looking to sue" the Tiffany Network, according to the New York Post. The ouster of Patta, who as a CBS News "senior foreign correspondent" was harshly critical of Israel, comes a few months after the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, accused her of selectively editing an interview she did with him about the war in Gaza.

"She is probably looking to sue over her Middle East coverage," a former CBS News staffer told the Post.

During the contentious Huckabee interview, which aired in early August on multiple CBS News platforms, the ambassador came across as insensitive to starving children and defensive when Patta claimed to him there was no proof Hamas was looting aid trucks.

Shortly after the interview aired, Huckabee published an unedited transcript of his interview, asking, on X, "Ever wonder how the media edits an interview to give you a different story than the one they had?"

Patta's supporters within CBS News—which prior to a management shake-up last month had a long history of anti-Israel sentiment—claim her Gaza reporting was "fearless" and that she was laid off in retaliation for challenging Huckabee over the hunger and aid situation in Gaza.

But the contretemps is one of four recent controversies in which CBS News was accused of selectively editing pre-taped interviews to make Democrats look good and Republicans bad. Most notably, President Donald Trump sued CBS over its early October 2024 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, which producers edited in a way that made her sound more coherent. The controversial lawsuit was settled for $16 million, which Trump's detractors claimed was a bribe to win approval of CBS parent Paramount Global's acquisition by Skydance.


Swedish aid chief summoned over Hamas-linked funding scandal
The head of Sida, Sweden’s foreign aid agency, Jakob Granit, will be summoned to appear at a parliamentary hearing following revelations that his organization gave millions of dollars to a Palestinian group with ties to Hamas, a senior lawmaker in Stockholm said on Sunday.

Mattias Karlsson of the right-wing Sweden Democrats party, who chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Swedish Parliament, announced the move in the Expressen newspaper.

The hearing is intended to answer questions on whether funding by Sida for a group called the Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) went to Hamas.

“Either Sida has not had control or they have actively turned a blind eye to the dangers. In both cases, it is unacceptable,” wrote Karlsson. Either way, “this is a national scandal,” he said.

The summons follows the revelation last month by Sweden’s Cabinet minister for development cooperation, Benjamin Dousa, that Sida had funded ICHR, a group established by former PLO chairman Yasser Arafat.

The group “regularly collaborates with and has demonstrated its support for … Hamas, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ),” according to the Jerusalem-based watchdog group NGO Monitor.

NGO Monitor has known for years of Swedish government funding for ICHR, but the issue only recently came up for high-level discussions in the Swedish government.

Granit last month said following the revelations: “We are now reviewing all relevant documentation and previous assessments again to ensure that Swedish aid does not finance terrorism.”


CPS told Jews who faced alleged Nazi salutes that they weren’t victims
The Crown Prosecution Service is facing further questions about its treatment of cases involving antisemitism, after revelations that it declined to prosecute a case where Jews were subjected to Nazi salutes, only agreeing to review the decision after two of those targeted applied for a judicial review.

As reported by The Telegraph, the CPS had declined to take forward an incident which took place last October outside the JW3 Jewish community centre in North West London, where a 29-year old man and 69-year old woman alleged they had been targeted. Pro-Palestinian protestors had gathered to picket a conference held by liberal Zionists highly critical of the actions of the Israeli government.

The man and woman had provided witness statements to the police, who had subsequently referred the case to the CPS. When the latter declined to prosecute, the police encouraged the pair to challenge the decision via the Victims Right to Review, (VRR) scheme, the Telegraph said.

However, the CPS then informed them that it did not consider them to be “victims” and therefore they would not be able to contest the decision via this route. Only after lawyers were instructed and judicial review proceedings initiated did the CPS say that a mistake had been made, accepting that the pair were victims and had every right to use the VRR scheme. The CPS is also reviewing its original decision not to prosecute.

In a dossier published last week by The Telegraph, Jewish community groups set out scores of incidents from pro-Palestinian protestors, including activists calling for “Zionists” and “Jews” to be killed, harassing Jewish people and blocking their way as they attempted to enter a Synagogue. Many such incidents, they said, had been reported to the police, but subsequently dropped by the CPS.

The Jewish community’s level of trust in the CPS plummeted several years ago after an incident where a convoy of cars waving Palestinian flags drove through North London neighbourhoods with large Jewish populations. One of the cars had a loudspeaker, and caught on camera was the call “f*** the Jews…rape their daughters”. The CPS went on to drop charges against all four of the people in the car.
NYC Hamas, Hezbollah supporter sentenced to 17 months for ‘repeatedly’ attacking Jews
Tarek Bazrouk, 20, of New York City, was sentenced on Oct. 28 to 17 months in prison and three subsequent years of supervised release for hate crimes of “repeatedly” attacking Jews, the U.S. Department of Justice stated.

Per court documents, Bazrouk attacked three Jews at pro-Israel gatherings over the course of nine months.

He wore a “green headband typically worn by Hamas terrorists” at an event near the New York Stock Exchange on April 15, 2024, during which New York City Police Department officers arrested him after he lunged at pro-Israel protesters and he kicked a Jewish college student in the stomach as officers took Bazrouk to a police car. The Jewish victim was standing alongside other Jews, who were wearing kippahs, carrying Israeli flags and singing Jewish songs, according to the Justice Department.

On Dec. 9, 2024, he assaulted a Columbia University Jewish student, who was wearing a kippah and an Israeli flag draped on his shoulders and who was singing Jewish songs, at a rally near the private school. Bazrouk, who has his “mouth covered,” also stole an Israeli flag from the victim’s similarly attired brother. When the brothers followed him into a crowd trying to take their flag back, “Bazrouk snuck up beside victim two and struck him in the face with a closed fist,” the Justice Department stated.

On Jan. 6, Bazrouk attacked another Jew at a rally in Manhattan’s Gramercy Park neighborhood. The third victim was wearing an Israeli flag over his shoulders, a hat with an image of the Israeli flag and a Star of David chain.

“During the protest, Bazrouk, who was wearing a keffiyeh on his face, made contact with victim three’s shoulder and wrapped his foot around victim three’s ankle,” the department said. “Victim three attempted to push Bazrouk away and cursed at him. Bazrouk then punched victim three in the nose with a closed fist.”

“Tarek Bazrouk repeatedly attacked Jewish victims at protests relating to the Israel-Hamas war,” stated Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. “He targeted these New Yorkers based on their religion and national origin, and he was undeterred by multiple arrests following these assaults, instead quickly returning to violently targeting Jews.”

“The prosecution of this case and the sentence imposed make clear that New Yorkers will not tolerate hate-based violence and that this office will aggressively prosecute those who perpetrate senseless crimes of hate,” Clayton said.
Arizona man sentenced for making 1,000 death threats against NYC Jews
Donovan Hall, 35, of Mesa, Ariz., was sentenced to 49 months in prison on Thursday for stalking Jews in New York City and sending more than 1,000 threats to murder and rape them, the U.S. Department of Justice stated.

Hall “targeted Jewish victims with a sustained campaign of intimidation, terror and harassment,” stated Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. “The approximately 1,000 threats he sent to these New Yorkers were alarming and brazen. The prosecution of this case and the sentence imposed make clear that this office will aggressively bring to justice those who perpetrate senseless crimes of hate.”

Over three months, Hall contacted “several” New Yorkers about 1,000 times and “made antisemitic and violent threats to torture, mutilate, rape and murder them and their families,” the Justice Department said. “In particular, starting in August 2024, Hall made dozens of threatening phone calls, many of which were antisemitic in nature, to the Jewish owner of a hotel located in Manhattan, the owner’s family members and hotel staff.”

“During these calls, Hall threatened numerous times to kill the victims,” it said. It added that he “escalated” his threats by “texting photographs of two firearms and a machete to the hotel owner, along with threats to use those weapons to harm the owner and his family.”

Officers found and recovered the two guns, which weren’t registered to Hall and one of which was loaded, and ammunition at his home.

He was sentenced to three years of supervised release after his jail term.


Philanthropist gives £82m to rebuild Soroka hospital hit by Iranian missile
A major reconstruction of Soroka University Medical Centre will get underway after Canadian-Israeli philanthropist Sylvan Adams announced a $100 million (£82m) donation to repair and modernise the Beersheba hospital damaged in an Iranian missile strike on 19 June.

The commitment – revealed at Sunday’s Israeli cabinet meeting – forms part of a more than one-billion-shekel (£210m) national plan to reinforce healthcare infrastructure in the south, including a 360m shekel (£65m) state-funded, fortified in-patient tower at Soroka. Funding will be split equally between the Israeli government, Clalit Health Services and Adams.

Adams, who serves as President of the World Jewish Congress – Israel Region, told ministers the investment is intended as a bold response to Iran’s attack.

“Our answer to Iran is to build back bigger and better,” he said. “On the very place where missiles fell, we will build in Beersheba a beacon of healing, progress and peace… We choose to answer destruction with construction, and hatred with compassion.”

He added that the project advances David Ben-Gurion’s vision of a “flourishing Negev… in hospital wards and emergency rooms”.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Adams as “a great friend and benefactor of the State of Israel… giving generously and wholeheartedly – sometimes even through demanding aerobic effort on a bicycle”.

“You raise Israel’s standing in so many fields and make a truly significant contribution,” he said, thanking him “especially (on behalf of) the residents of the Negev”.

Soroka – the only major trauma centre for more than one million people in southern Israel – suffered significant structural damage in June’s strike, which saw Iran fire hundreds of missiles and drones at Israeli territory. Medical teams kept the hospital operational throughout the assault.
Yad Vashem says it has compiled 5 million names of Jews murdered in Holocaust
Yad Vashem, Israel’s World Holocaust Remembrance Center, said Monday that it has recovered the names of five million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, a milestone it called “historic” in its decades-long mission to restore the identities of the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis.

The announcement comes as the number of living Holocaust survivors able to give testimony dwindles, Yad Vashem said. Of about 200,000 Holocaust survivors living today, about half will no longer be with us in seven years, according to a calculation made by the Claims Conference earlier this year.

The names of the remaining one million Jewish victims will probably never be known, Yad Vashem said, although new technologies like AI and machine learning may make it possible for as many as 250,000 more to be uncovered.

“Reaching five million names is both a milestone and a reminder of our unfinished obligation,” said Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan. “Behind each name is a life that mattered — a child who never grew up, a parent who never came home, a voice that was silenced forever. It is our moral duty to ensure that every victim is remembered so that no one will be left behind in the darkness of anonymity.”

Yad Vashem said its global campaign to recover names has relied heavily on partnerships with Jewish communities, archives, genealogical societies and research institutions worldwide. A cornerstone of the effort is its Pages of Testimony project — one-page memorial forms filled out by survivors, relatives and friends. To date, 2.8 million names have been collected through these pages, written in more than 20 languages. The collection was recognized by UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register in 2013.

Researchers have also used personal letters, diaries, Nazi documentation and deportation lists, census data, and legal documentation from proceedings against Nazi criminals and collaborators to gather data, as well as some less-conventional initiatives like researchers combing through tombstones in Jewish cemeteries and memorial plaques in synagogues.


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