Tuesday, March 10, 2026

03/10 Links Pt2: Forget ‘Islamophobia’ – it’s Islamism the West should be fighting; Is ISIS now part of the ‘progressive’ alliance?; Pro-Iran Al-Quds Day march in London CANCELLED

From Ian:

Brendan O'Neill: Forget ‘Islamophobia’ – it’s Islamism the West should be fighting
The word ‘Islamophobia’ might be gone, but the tyrannical impulse is the same: to keep a beady eye on commentary about Islam. To ensure the masses’ rude blather on that religion is not too ‘intimidating’, too ‘stereotyping’, too far beyond the government-decreed bounds of ‘the public interest’. This is a blasphemy law by the backdoor. Once more, it is the policing of irreligious speech in the drag of anti-racism. For all the lip service the new definition pays to freedom of speech, the entire point of singling out Islam as uniquely deserving of government pity and attention is to circumscribe discussion. As shadow justice minister Nick Timothy says, this latest effort to lavish special protections on Islam is yet another ‘attack [on] our freedom to criticise, satirise and scrutinise ideas’.

The announcement of a bureaucratic offensive on ‘anti-Muslim hostility’ would be worrying at the best of times. That it has come now, at the outset of the Iran War, as we are witnessing explosions of Islamist intolerance, is mindblowingly reckless. The evidence of our eyes is that Britain and the West are afflicted with Islamism. With large numbers of people who feel a greater affinity with the anti-Semitic tyrants of Tehran than they do with the nations in which they live. Where’s the tsar for that, Keir Starmer?

Forget ‘anti-Muslim hostility’ – who will protect us from the anti-Western hosility of the Islamist mob? To weep showy tears over the ‘rise of hatred’ without mentioning the hatred for our own civilisation that courses through the veins of the Islamist movement and its suicidal allies on the bourgeois left is nothing short of insane. That we only ever hear chattering-class bleating about ‘hatred’ when the targets are Muslims is so striking. It confirms how catastrophically blind these people are to the hatred for our society. The hatred for our values. The hatred for our citizens, almost a hundred of whom have been slain by Islamists these past 20 years. The hatred for our working-class girls, who were raped by gangs disproportionately made up of Pakistani men, who called them ‘white slags’, as officialdom looked the other way. And the hatred for our Jewish compatriots, who remain the key victims of religious hate crime, many carried out by Islamists.

The Iran crisis has shone a harsh light on our moral troubles on the home front. In the US, the UK, Europe and Australia, people have openly wept for the ayatollah and prayed for the defeat of America and destruction of Israel. Now that is hatred. That is hostility. This week there was an explosion outside a synagogue in Liege, Belgium. We saw the allegedly ISIS-inspired hurling of a homemade bomb in New York City. The Iranians suspected of spying on Jewish institutions in London remain in custody. And you want us to fret over some muppet on the internet making a joke about the burqa? This is something worse than fiddling while Rome burns. It’s the throwing of petrol on to Rome’s flames. For in sanctifying Islam as the most put-upon religion, the ideology most deserving of special protection, the UK government risks inflaming the very cult of grievance that powers the Islamist mindset. They think they’re tackling hatred when in truth they’re inflaming it, giving ever greater licence to the anti-civilisational self-pity of the West’s Islamists.

What a betrayal this is of the good people of Iran who thirst for freedom. There they are praying for the demise of their Islamist oppressors while we shake our heads over mockery of Islam. There they are tearing off their hijabs while we worry about ‘hijabophobia’. So long as we fear ‘offending Islam’, we will be incapable of standing up for our own values or offering solidarity to those valiant warriors for liberty in the Islamic Republic.
Seth Mandel: Blaming Jews for Global Sadness
There are two primary points to consider here. The first is the subject of O’Neill’s column, which is that the cause of “Palestine” is not about helping Palestinians but about helping Sally Rooney—and the legions of likeminded bored-to-death Europeans—get out of bed in the morning.

Indeed, Rooney asked in her speech: “What else can make our lives endurable in times as dark as these? What else, in the face of such horror, can give us a reason to go on, to fend off despair, to live with ourselves.”

To some people, the permanent war against the Jewish state is all there is.

But there’s a second point here, in addition to Sally Rooney’s personal cry for help. And that is the unbelievable irresponsibility of public figures portraying the war against the Jews as a war to rescue humanity and save the earth.

In addition to Rooney and Albanese, the conference included—according to its website—the notorious anti-Semite Jeremy Corbyn and Omar Barghouti, the founder of the main BDS movement which seeks the destruction of Israel.

It was, in other words, a conference devoted to drumming up enthusiasm for globalizing the intifada. There have been such rallies against Jews throughout history—many of them, in fact—and not a single one has been about making the world a better place.

Although the conference bills itself as progressive, one can hear in Rooney’s spiel an echo of America’s right-wing “lost boys,” drifting into white nationalism as a demented form of group therapy.

Throughout history, Jews have been blamed for a very long list of maladies. Ennui is a new one, I think. Yet in an era rife with the self-pathologizing of emotional duress, it makes a certain kind of sense that we’re somehow now being blamed for sadness, boredom, restlessness, loneliness, and the guilt of the privileged.

All these things are real and, to judge by the public discourse, on the rise. But scapegoating Jews is not the cure. One can imagine a television ad in which hand-drawn clouds morph into words describing the symptoms of depression, as a voiceover recommends one consult one’s physician before taking anti-Semitism. The civilizational side effects, after all, are pretty rough.

And those civilizational side effects are precisely what the superstars of the People’s Congress for the Hague Group are threatening to bring down on everyone’s head. Rooney’s assertion that Israel is the great enemy of all the earth is the reason for the war in the Middle East in the first place. It is a battle cry that brings death and destruction to innocent people all over the world. And bored literary poster children have no right to make it their coping mechanism.
Seth Mandel: On Coexisting with Supporters of October 7
Essentially, October 7 became the kind of dividing line that made a lot of Jews understand history.

So it’s a useful question to ponder: How should we act? After all, not only must we maintain precisely the values we did before, but we also should work toward returning society to a place in which support for October 7 is brings public shame. What follows are a few guidelines.

First, Jews must not permit our own beliefs to be diluted by a society that makes excuses for pogroms. Nor should it temper our own criticism of October 7. Fact is, October 7 should be a red line for all civilizations, and it must remain a red line for us. We should not hesitate to state and restate that fact—that unqualified condemnation of that day is a basic human litmus test—even in front of those who justify Nazi barbarism. Especially in their presence, perhaps. We do not accommodate, out of misguided politesse, those who think our children deserved to be burned alive.

Second, and this goes for non-Jews just as much as for Jews: Use October 7 as a barometer for political, ideological and moral hypocrisy. Not because we’re looking for “gotcha” moments, but because it is impractical to remain unaware of who can be trusted in public life. We know, for example, that people who travel in the same circles as Duwaji and her husband Zohran Mamdani are not interested in protecting women from sexual assault, and that when they sign on to such campaigns it is because they are lying. We know that when they falsely accuse Israel of child murder it is because they support the murder of the children of Israel. Another example: The war began with Hamas carrying out the largest massacre at a music festival in recorded history. Musicians and artists who ignore this and instead parrot the propaganda of those who carried out the massacre do not believe in artistic expression; they only believe in dogmatic political expression. Indeed, they support regimes that would abolish the arts entirely.

Third, do not “trade” for condemnation of October 7. Do not dignify someone’s attempt to say “if you want me to condemn October 7, will you condemn [some random perceived crime they want you to falsely equate with October 7]?” October 7 is not something to be bartered away to some bad-faith ideological actor. October 7 is not an opening bid in some negotiation. Take it or leave it.

Finally: Punish people politically for their refusal to recognize the barbarousness of October 7. Just add it to any public figure’s civic record. This isn’t holding a grudge, it’s just more practical politics. People on the wrong side of October 7 are expecting to benefit from some sort of statute of limitations—or the limitations of human memory. Instead, let’s help them remember.
Is ISIS now part of the ‘progressive’ alliance?
In case anyone out there might still be under the impression that the violent fanaticism of the lefty culture warriors is abating, Saturday’s events should lay that to rest. Lang’s stunt was undoubtedly designed to cause maximum offence, but the cognitive dissonance of the counter-protesters and the media was truly something to behold. It was the most clear example yet of the theory that ‘words I don’t like’ are literally violence, but literal violence from ‘people I like’ is not violent at all.

One counter-protester, Walter Masterson, was in the middle of delivering a Kumbaya, we-love-everyone speech when one of the two attackers threw the first bomb. ‘We want everyone here to stay in New York. You don’t get to come from outside, and then tell everyone else…’, he was saying as Emir Balat – who had indeed come from outside New York – appeared behind him and, with a facial expression filled with rage and hate, appeared to hurl the nail bomb just above Masterson’s head, before running away.

Another video posted to X showed the attack from Lang’s perspective. As he stood there, annoying the counter-protesters, the bomb landed near him, prompting him and his supporters to run away. ‘Somebody threw a fucking bomb, bro!’, says one man. ‘That was a nail bomb!’, says another. Voices are heard thanking Jesus that the nail bomb did not go off. Eventually, someone calls out, ‘Somebody’s gotta get the goat’, and a female voice is heard saying, ‘Oh the goat!’.

The mayor’s immediate reaction was to condemn the ‘vile protest rooted in white supremacy’. New York governor Kathy Hochul blamed ‘both’ sides. Never mind that one side came armed only with a goat and a bad attitude, the other with multiple bombs and gave a statement to police that read in part: ‘I pledge allegiance to the Islamic State. Die in your rage you kufar.’ (sic)

Masterson, the now famous counterprotester, posted on X earlier this week: ‘I stand by [my speech]. As a born and raised New Yorker, everyone is welcome. Everyone except chief goat-fucker Jake Lang.’

So according to these truly thick white liberals with precisely zero self-preservation skills, coming to New York to chuck bombs at non-Muslims is just part of life in an open, tolerant city. If anything, it should be celebrated! However, coming to New York to loudly complain about Muslims wanting to bomb non-Muslims is an outrage of the highest order and will not be tolerated.

Good luck with that, ya dumb bastards!


Ted Cruz warns GOP not winning battle against right-wing antisemitism
Antisemitism is rising on the American right, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) warned on Tuesday, expressing concern that efforts to combat it are not doing so quickly or effectively enough.

“I want us to be winning, but I’m not sure it is accurate as a descriptive manner that we are winning right now,” Cruz said at an antisemitism symposium in Washington organized by the Republican Jewish Coalition and the National Review.

Cruz has emerged in recent months as one of the Republican Party’s most vocal critics of right-wing antisemitism. He has targeted influential commentator Tucker Carlson and his strain of isolationist, anti-Israel politics that has in recent months crossed over into overt antisemitism, though Cruz has bemoaned other Republicans’ wariness to criticize Carlson by name.

At the RJC event, Cruz called Carlson “the single most dangerous demagogue in this country.”

But he said that not enough of his colleagues and allies on the right are aware of the extent of the problem.

“I don’t want to wake up in five years and find myself in a country where both major political parties are unambiguously anti-Israel and unapologetically antisemitic, and I think that is a real possibility. If Tucker and his minions prevail, that will happen,” Cruz argued.

Cruz expressed fear that this attitude is not just present but popular among young people on the right, as evidenced by two viral Turning Point USA events last fall where students at Auburn and Ole Miss cheered after deeply anti-Israel questions were asked.

“I worry about the 19-year-olds who say, ‘Oh, that’s what our team believes. That’s who we are.’ Let’s be clear, if you are a young, ambitious Democrat, it is obvious what you should do. You should be viciously anti-Israel,” said Cruz.

He applauded the people who came out to the Museum of the Bible on Tuesday to discuss antisemitism but pointed out that their concern does not reflect how the rest of the country thinks about the issue.
Tucker Carlson ‘most dangerous demagogue in this country,’ Cruz says
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sounded the alarm on Tuesday about the rise of antisemitism in the Republican Party and the American right, warning that the tide may be turning against supporters of Jews and Israel.

Speaking to a symposium on antisemitism hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition and National Review, the Texas senator cited the difference in reaction among elected Republicans to former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who turned sharply against Israel and its supporters in recent years, compared to neo-Nazi influencer Nick Fuentes.

“I believe Tucker Carlson is the single most dangerous demagogue in this country,” Cruz said. “If you look at Republican politicians, Nick Fuentes is easy to denounce, and I actually think it’s a tell among the Republican politicians if they’ll denounce Fuentes but are scared to say Tucker’s name. That tells you a great deal.”

“Virtually every single one of my colleagues in the Senate on the Republican side agrees with me,” Cruz said. “Yet almost none of them will say Tucker’s name.”

Carlson hosted Fuentes on his video podcast for a friendly interview with the Holocaust denier in October.

Speaking to an audience of about 200 RJC and National Review members, administration officials, hill staffers and Jewish leaders at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, Cruz warned that the anti-Israel and antisemitic politics of figures like Fuentes and Carlson is having a malign influence on young conservatives.

“The Christian church is asleep,” Cruz said. “I have seen more antisemitism in the last 18 months on the right than at any point in my lifetime. A year-and-a-half ago, I could not have imagined we would be here having this conversation.”

“I’m not sure it is accurate as a descriptive matter that we are winning right now,” the senator said, of philosemitic conservatives. “We’re winning with folks in this room with some gray or salt-and-pepper in their hair, but in the college classroom I’m a lot less certain.”


Prominent evangelical to Tucker Carlson: 'Hitler would be proud of you'
You keep saying, over and over, that you are not an antisemite. And you’re right, you’re not an antisemite. You’re the antisemite.

Many years ago, I met with the former president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He told me he hates Zionists but loves Jews. Like you, he believes that makes him not an antisemite.

Your rhetoric makes the same distinction. You recently stated, “Israel is one of the single ugliest countries in the world. Nothing of beauty has been built there since 1948.”

According to your own comments, Netanyahu is portrayed as pursuing total destruction against his enemies, their grandchildren and even their dogs, through a distorted reference to Amalek.

You further claim that the United States acts as a puppet of Israel, advancing the conspiracy theory that a powerful network of wealthy Jewish elites secretly directs American foreign policy in order to expand Israel’s power.

You said the IDF ended up wearing patches referring to the Israeli Defense Force, and that the point of the war was the destruction of one of the holiest places in Islam and the rebuilding of the Temple. That is precisely Hamas’s talking point. It is the justification they used for the October 7th attack, which they called the “Al-Aqsa Blood” operation.

Now you’re going after the most respected Jewish organization in the world, Chabad, an organization deeply involved in tremendous charitable work. You accuse Chabad of wanting to rebuild the Temple and claim they were behind the war efforts with Iran to achieve their so-called messianic vision. That is an astonishing antisemitic delusion.


With no clear path to confirmation, Jeremy Carl withdraws nomination for State Dept. post
With no clear path to confirmation in the Senate a month after he was grilled and struggled to explain his past views and writings at a confirmation hearing, Jeremy Carl withdrew his nomination to be assistant secretary of state for international organizations on Tuesday.

Carl faced unified opposition from Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as well as Sen. John Curtis (R-UT), who said after the hearing he found Carl’s past comments downplaying the U.S.-Israel relationship and his “insensitive remarks about the Jewish people unbecoming of the position for which he has been nominated.”

The nominee had previously expressed a range of derogatory views about Jews, describing them as having a victim mentality, downplaying the significance of the Holocaust to the Jewish story and experience and musing about the need to address the what he called the “Jewish Question.” He also espoused a view of the United States as a white, Christian nation, claiming that white people are undergoing a “cultural genocide” and deliberate replacement.
Sen. Van Hollen crosses a line
There is a long, almost sacred, Jewish tradition of disagreement. Jews argue about theology, politics, public policy and even what it means to love Israel. That debate has always been part of Jewish life and part of American democracy.

But there is a big difference between disagreement on policy and questioning the patriotism of fellow citizens who are simply exercising their rights under our democratic system.

That line was recently crossed at J Street’s national conference, when Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) declared that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) may call itself pro-American and pro-Israel, but is “neither.” Those remarks were not simply a critique of a lobbying group or a policy position. They suggested that Americans who advocate for a strong U.S.-Israel relationship are acting against their own country.

That charge is not merely wrong. It is corrosive to the democratic principles that allow citizens to advocate for their views in the first place.

Millions of Americans support the U.S.-Israel partnership. They are Jews, Christians and citizens of nearly every background and political affiliation. They vote, organize, advocate and speak out on behalf of an alliance they believe strengthens both nations. They do so openly and lawfully, exercising the very rights that define American civic life.

For generations, American Jews have been proud participants in that civic tradition. They vote in elections, serve in the armed forces, build businesses, lead civic institutions and advocate for policies they believe strengthen the country they love. Their participation in debates about foreign policy is no different from that of any other Americans who organize around issues they believe advance the national interest.

Americans have always organized around causes they care about. Citizens advocate for stronger alliances with NATO partners, support Taiwan’s democracy, promote human-rights abroad, defend labor interests, protect the environment and work to expand trade relationships. That tradition of civic participation is a hallmark of American democracy.
'Decolonial Organizing Lessons from Gaza's Warrior Mujahideen': Union Theological Seminary, A Columbia Affiliate, To Host Talk From 'Activist-Scholar' Banned By Columbia for Endorsing Hamas
Columbia University banned the self-styled "North African-Egyptian Muslim anarchist interdisciplinary activist-scholar of Indigenous, Black, critical race, and Islamic studies," Mohamed Abdou, from teaching at the school over his public support for Hamas and Hezbollah. Now Abdou is set to deliver a talk on "decolonial organizing lessons from Gaza's warrior mujahideen" at the Columbia-affiliated Union Theological Seminary (UTS), a registration form reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon shows.

Abdou's Wednesday "Iftar dinner & galvanizing talk" is titled, "Death to the Akademy: How To Be a Thorn in Their Throat Amidst Snakes in the Grass." It will offer "strategies for student organizers who seek to confront the liberal Akademy and topple [the] Euro-Amerikan empire where they are" and explore "the spiritual and racial-religious war our peoples have been fighting since 1492," according to an event description from the event's sponsor, Queer Muslims of NYC, an "antiracist, abolitionist, grassroots collective rooted in Islamic Liberation Theology, committed to gender justice, queer justice, anti-capitalism, and decolonization."

A flyer advertising the event features the inverted red triangles used in Hamas propaganda videos to identify Israeli targets. Its cosponsor is Students for a Liberated Palestine at UTS, a radical campus group that has called for an "intifada revolution" at Columbia and protested alongside Columbia University Apartheid Divest, the anti-Semitic student organization behind the encampments that plagued Columbia in the wake of Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack.

It will also provide an "anti-imperialist geopolitical analysis of rapidly shifting events across the so-called 'Middle East' and West Asia as they map onto religious end times prophecies, the spiritual and racial-religious war our peoples have been fighting since 1492," the event's description reads. A section regarding "Covid Safety" urges participants to "[p]lease get tested and wear a mask to keep yourself and others safe."

The event was co-organized by Queer Muslims of NYC, which describes itself as an "antiracist, abolitionist, grassroots collective rooted in Islamic Liberation Theology." The group has shared radical posts such as one calling the U.S. "the great satan" and blaming "Euro-American imperialism" for the "primary violence shaping our world." The other host, Students for a Liberated Palestine at UTS, has posted flyers calling for an "intifada revolution" decorated with multiple Hamas triangles and declared its solidarity with Columbia University Apartheid Divest, which was behind illegal encampments and violent building occupations.


Erin Molan: Iran War Reaches Australia — Women’s Players Risk Their Lives Defying the Regime
Iran’s war is now reaching far beyond the battlefield.

In Australia, members of the Iranian women’s national football team refused to sing the anthem of the Islamic regime during a match — a quiet act of defiance that could put their lives in danger if they return home.

Soon after, Iranian state media reportedly labeled them traitors, and witnesses say some of the players appeared to signal for help from inside their team bus.

On today’s episode of The Erin Molan Show, Erin breaks down the escalating Iran war, what it means for global deterrence, and why the regime’s allies appear to be backing away.

Plus:
• The controversy surrounding NYC Mayor Mamdani and his wife’s social media activity
• The shocking attacks on synagogues in Canada
• Why Keir Starmer is being mocked over the war response
• And Kamala Harris making headlines again.

Erin also speaks with a witness who says he saw the Iranian players’ signal for help firsthand.

Chapters
00:00 Welcome to The Erin Molan Show
01:10 The real cost of the Iran war
02:00 Iran being hammered by U.S. and Israeli strikes
04:20 Why Russia and China aren’t helping Iran
06:10 What the war signals to America’s enemies
07:45 Qatar threatens to expel Hamas leaders
08:50 Iranian women’s football team defies the regime
10:55 Interview: Witness describes the players’ signal for help
13:40 Mamdani controversy in New York
15:00 Synagogues targeted in Canada
16:05 Keir Starmer mocked after Trump rebuke
17:20 Kamala Harris comments at Jesse Jackson funeral
23:04 Interview with wittness of Iranian women's "help" signal
34:05 Fan feedback


Erin Molan: Charlie Kirk’s Rabbi Pal DESTROYS Candace, Megyn & Tucker (He went there)
Rabbi Pesach Wolicki — widely known as Charlie Kirk’s go-to voice on Israel and someone Charlie trusted to help him prepare for debates on the issue — joins The Erin Molan Show for one of Erin’s biggest conversations yet.

First, Wolicki takes on the growing rift inside conservative media, responding to Candace Owens, Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson and explaining why he believes that entire debate is missing the mark.

Then the conversation turns to the war itself: Iran, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Qatar, the Gulf states, regime change, what President Trump may actually want, and whether America and Israel’s goals could eventually diverge.

Finally, Erin asks the question everyone in Republican politics is already thinking about: Marco Rubio or JD Vance in 2028? Wolicki’s answer is blunt — and it may surprise you.

Wolicki is the Executive Director of Israel365 Action, host of the Shoulder to Shoulder podcast, and a columnist for The Jerusalem Post.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:35 Erin sets up the interview
01:18 Tucker Carlson and why Wolicki says not to panic
04:10 Megyn Kelly, Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens
08:25 How Wolicki sees Tucker, Candace and Megyn differently
12:05 Why online outrage is not always real life
13:22 The war begins: Hezbollah, Lebanon and what victory looks like
17:05 Why Hezbollah is not just an Iranian proxy
20:20 Qatar, the Gulf states and what they really want
24:10 Could America and Israel’s goals eventually split?
28:05 What Trump may really want in Iran
31:10 Regime change, chaos and the future of Iran
36:20 Reza Pahlavi and the odds of democratic transition
39:05 Rubio vs JD Vance in 2028
40:10 Final thoughts


Mamdani Dines With Anti-Israel Radical Whose Group Called for ‘Death to America’
Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D., N.Y.) broke bread Sunday night with an anti-Israel radical who said "we couldn’t avoid" Oct. 7, whose group called for "death to America," and whom the Trump administration has long attempted to deport.

Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of the pro-terrorist protests at Columbia University after Oct. 7, 2023, smiled alongside the mayor and his wife, Rama Duwaji, at dinner at Gracie Mansion, a photo Mamdani shared on X shows.

"Last night, as we marked the one year anniversary of his detention, Rama and I were honored to welcome Mahmoud, Noor, and their son Deen to Gracie Mansion to break our fast together," Mamdani wrote Monday evening. "Mahmoud is a New Yorker, and he belongs in New York City."

Khalil, a Syrian native and Algerian national, first came to prominence as a leader in the Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) movement, a coalition of student groups that Columbia does not recognize as a legitimate organization. During the months after Oct. 7, Khalil took part in illegal protests where agitators disseminated Hamas propaganda, participated in an occupation of Barnard College’s library, and served as a negotiator on behalf of the Columbia encampment. He told reporters he and his movement would push Columbia to divest itself from Israel "by any means necessary," and his organization said immediately after Oct. 7 that it supports "liberation by any means necessary, including armed resistance."

CUAD posted the Islamic Republic’s refrain of "marg bar amrika," which translates to "death to America," after the beginning of Operation Epic Fury, and described the October 2024 Iranian ballistic missile fire targeting Israeli civilians as "a significant leap in the resistance."
ADL condemns Zohran Mamdani for hosting Mahmoud Khalil at mayor’s mansion
The Anti-Defamation League condemned New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday for hosting Columbia University anti-Israel protest leader Mahmoud Khalil at his official residence.

“Welcoming someone known for justifying the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks as an honored guest at Gracie Mansion — while some in the Mayor’s inner circle have amplified antisemitic content and posts dismissing the atrocities of that day — sends a deeply troubling message,” an ADL spokesperson told Jewish Insider.

“Gracie Mansion belongs to all New Yorkers. Public office must never be used to legitimize hate, and New York’s Jewish community deserves a mayor who makes that clear in both words and actions,” said the ADL spokesperson.

On Monday night, Mamdani posted a photo which included his wife, who has come under fire in recent days for her social media support for Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks, and Khalil having an iftar meal at Gracie Mansion.

Other Jewish groups have so far declined to publicly weigh in on the dinner.

Khalil, a former Columbia graduate student who grew up in Syria but is of Palestinian descent, was released in June from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Louisiana, where he had been held for three months pending deportation proceedings. A federal appeals court ruled in January that Khalil could be rearrested.


Whoopsie! CNN Accidentally Sympathizes With Terrorists
CNN claimed on Tuesday that expressing sympathy for terror suspects violated the network's "editorial standards." Observers were stunned to learn that 1) CNN had standards, and 2) those standards were at odds with the mainstream media's longstanding tradition of valorizing terrorists who target people they don't like.

The network was forced to take action in response to widespread outrage over a CNN article and accompanying social media post about Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi—the (alleged) terrorists who tried to detonate homemade explosives at a protest in New York City over the weekend.

"Two Pennsylvania teenagers crossed into New York City Saturday morning for what could've been a normal day enjoying the city during abnormally warm weather," the CNN account wrote on X. "But in less than an hour, their lives would drastically change as the pair would be arrested for throwing homemade bombs during an anti-Muslim protest outside of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's home."

Just a couple a crazy kids whose lives veered off course when—in a moment of youthful exuberance—they were accidentally inspired by ISIS to eschew the splendid weather and pursue their passion for DIY by (allegedly) cobbling together some adorably makeshift bombs, traveling nearly two hours to Manhattan (boys trip!), lighting the fuses and hurling them into a crowd. Bless their hearts, the poor things. It could happen to anyone.

It is a remarkable piece of so-called journalism. A tranquil setup (and subtle nod to the existential threat of climate change) followed by a passive-voiced twist that seems to imply the rambunctious teenagers were participants in the anti-Muslim protest and targeting Mamdani with their homemade fireworks. It will surprise no one to learn that the story's lead author is a Los Angeles-based they/them who attended the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and holds a degree in gender studies from the University of California, Berkeley.


Ann Arbor mayoral candidate featured Hamas supporter in campaign video
A mayoral candidate in Ann Arbor, Mich., featured an open Hamas supporter in his campaign video, Jewish Insider has learned.

Justin Yuan, co-chair of Michigan’s Huron Valley Democratic Socialists of America, made a brief appearance in Washtenaw County commissioner and DSA member Yousef Rabhi’s video ad promoting Rabhi’s mayoral bid ahead of August’s Democratic primary.

A former member of the Michigan House of Representatives, Rabhi is challenging Democratic incumbent Chris Taylor, who is generally viewed as more moderate and has served as mayor of Ann Arbor, a college town that is a liberal stronghold, since 2014. Rabhi’s campaign was endorsed last week by Huron Valley DSA.

Yuan, who does not speak in the campaign video but is filmed sitting in a group of people listening to Rabhi speak, uses a pseudonym on X but has posted photos on the account identifying himself.

He has a series of posts hostile to Israel and in support of Hamas, screenshots of which were obtained by JI before the account was turned private last week, including a tweet on Oct. 7, 2023, during Hamas’ terror attacks in Israel that said, “universities across the country, especially huge rich ones like UMich [University of Michigan], need to be forced to drop ties with the zionist colonial entity and its occupation.”

A University of Michigan alum, Yuan called for “militant fighting unions on every campus that not only demand justice for Palestine but shut shit down to win it” in the same post.

One month after the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel, Yuan wrote, “Love Hamas. Simple as.”


Pro-Iran Al-Quds Day march in London CANCELLED after police intervention
A pro-Iran regime rally due to take place in central London this Sunday has been cancelled after the Metropolitan Police asked the government to intervene and stop the event.

Jewish News understands that Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley approached Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood on Tuesday evening, urging that the annual Al-Quds Day march should not be permitted to proceed. Following discussions, the Home Office and City Hall confirmed the event will not go ahead.

The march had been scheduled to take place in central London this weekend – just weeks after the regime’s massacre of its own citizens.

Al-Quds Day was established in 1979 by Iran’s revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as a global day of demonstrations against Israel and in support of the Palestinian cause. Since the early 1980s, rallies marking the day have been held in several cities around the world, including London.

A previous Al Quds day march
The London event has long been controversial because of its association with the Iranian regime and the presence in previous years of imagery and symbols linked to terror groups aligned with Tehran. Prior to the proscription of both Hezbollah and Hamas in the UK, flags and banners linked to those organisations were frequently seen at the march.

The event has typically been organised by the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC), described in the government-commissioned Shawcross Review of Prevent in 2023 as “an Islamist group ideologically aligned with the Iranian regime”.

In recent years, demonstrators have also carried placards praising Iran’s leadership and calling for the destruction of Israel, prompting repeated criticism from Jewish organisations and community leaders who have questioned why the rally has been allowed to take place in the capital.


Performers urge British Museum to show support for Palestine
Actresses Maxine Peake, Siobhan McSweeney and Juliet Stevenson are among more than 200 cultural figures who have signed a letter to the British Museum urging it to show support for Palestinians.

The letter, coordinated by campaign group Culture Unstained, comes amid reports that the museum has removed the word “Palestine” from several of its gallery displays.

Last month, UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) raised concerns about references to Palestine in the British Museum’s displays, claiming that this risked “obscuring the history of Israel and the Jewish people”.

According to UKLFI, the museum has since changed panels in its Egypt galleries to replace “Palestinian descent” with “Canaanite descent”.

The letter described amending these displays as an “act of historical revision and potential erasure”, and said: “The British Museum (must) avoid complicity in genocide, either through its representation of Palestinians and their history or by providing direct support to those that perpetrate or profit from that genocide.”

It also took aim at the British Museum’s director, Nicholas Cullinan, and said: “(He) is reported to be ‘disgusted’ by these media reports – but many are more disgusted by his museum’s indefensible decision to host a private party for the Israeli Embassy last year while the fugitive Israeli Prime Minister is charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Court.

“Many are also disgusted that his museum continues to partner with BP, a company that has profited from its supplying of fuel to the Israeli military throughout the bombing, violence and destruction in Gaza.

“The museum has ignored repeated calls to remove BP’s name from the museum’s lecture theatre.”
The Rising Antisemitism in Scottish Education
Up until a few months ago, I lived in a part of Scotland called Edinburgh. I lived there for 7 years – and during those 7 years, I and the other Jewish friend of mine experienced a sure, steady rise in antisemitic discrimination inside our separate schools, which I will detail in this blog.

My Experiences at Fettes College
In my most recent school, the bigotry towards me was mainly much quieter, implied, and manipulative, save for one case. The last school I was at, Fettes College (though I was in middle school), acted very strangely. I was their only Jewish student out of a thousand, which seemed to irk them, as they were a traditionally Christian school, and my family only chose it due to its prestige.

I was given certain “benefits”, though they all seemed basic and practically expected – I was allowed to skip chapel and evening prayer. However, in return I was made to go in on Shabbos – this school had a 6-day week – would have to sing choir for prayers and had to go into the school chapel.

All of these were a silent attempt to stifle my Judaism and freedom and get me to conform to their standards of which they had simply no right to force upon me. Additionally, Fettes also had only one Jewish teacher, who, quite suspiciously, came in on all holidays, even Yom Kippur, and from what I was told by my close friends frequented the Christian prayers.

All of those antisemitic actions were somewhat subtle, if only comparatively to their most flagrant acts of prejudice. As soon as I left Fettes, the school immediately started pushing out pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel books on their social media, which I had read and were clearly very biased.

This was obviously not an accident, because, as I previously stated, I was their only Jewish student, and also one known to be very knowledgeable about the conflict and history, so it was beyond suspicious.
Hundreds of ABC complaints over Bondi terror coverage centred on one journalist
The ABC has received hundreds of complaints for how it covered the Bondi terror attack, centred on one journalist’s controversial question to former treasurer Josh Frydenberg.

The taxpayer-funded broadcaster received more than 3,000 content complaints in the six months to December 2025, a 42 per cent increase on the previous year.

The ABC's six-monthly report by its so-called independent ombudsman found a large portion of the complaints were related to its coverage of the Bondi terror attack.

Almost 90 per cent of the 440 complaints were targeted at 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson’s interview with former treasurer Josh Frydenberg.

Mr Frydenberg, who led criticism of the government's response to antisemitism in the wake of the December attack, had appeared on the program in the days following.

Ferguson asked him whether the criticism was politically motivated to which the former treasurer said was deeply offensive.

The interview received 395 complaints in the six months to December 31 last year, according to the ABC Ombudsman’s mid-year report.

“While reporting of the Middle East and the Bondi terror attack attracted the most complaints, there were no breaches in relation to this coverage during the period,” the report said.

The ABC received a total of 3,043 complaints about content broadcast or published on its platforms, up from 2,008 over the same period last year.

“Most of these complaints related to bias or lack of balance with 51 per cent of the audience concerned ABC content was broadly pro-Palestine and 47 per cent believing the coverage was pro-Israel,” the Ombudsman wrote.

General complaints were 7,261, down from 9,836 in July-December 2024.

It comes as shadow communications minister Sarah Henderson has called for the government to establish an independent investigation into the ABC's impartiality.

“The minister is failing in her job to hold the ABC to account as it should. And that's why I think the government needs to conduct this inquiry," Ms Henderson told Sky News Australia.


Hamas terror-cell suspect arrested in Cyprus
Cypriot authorities on Friday arrested a suspected Hamas operative wanted in Germany, allegedly for providing supplies for attacks on Israeli or Jewish facilities, German prosecutors said Tuesday.

The Lebanon-born man, identified by the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office as Kamel M., was arrested upon landing in Larnaca from Lebanon, the Office’s statement said. On Sunday, police searched the man’s apartment in Berlin. The statement did not say whether anything was found during the search.

Germany and Cyprus are E.U. member states. Authorities within the bloc typically apprehend suspects for one another and extradite them speedily.

In August, the suspect sent 300 rounds of live ammunition to another man, Abed Al G., who is also facing terrorism charges since his arrest in January in Berlin, the statement said. A third suspect, Mohammad S., who is also being prosecuted separately, received the ammo.

“This action was intended to prepare for Hamas’s assassination attacks on Israeli or Jewish institutions in Germany and Europe,” the statement said.

After his extradition to Germany, the suspect will be brought before the investigating judge of the Federal Court of Justice, who may issue an arrest warrant and decide on the execution of the pre-trial detention order, the statement further said.

In November, German authorities arrested and uncovered a suspected Hamas terror cell with at least five members who had plotted attacks on Israeli or Jewish targets, German prosecutors said.


CPS drops reference to circumcision as possible ‘child abuse’
Milah UK, the organisation which safeguards the practice of brit in the Jewish community, has welcomed guidance on circumcision for prosecutors after a reference to it as potentially a form of “child abuse” was dropped from an earlier draft.

The Crown Prosecution Service makes clear that circumcision is a “legal practice” which has religious significance for Jews and Muslims and in some African communities but that it could be “harmful” when carried out in unsafe conditions.

In a statement, Milah UK said the guidance was “clearly expressed and right in principle” whereas some of the references in the earlier draft were “misleading and wrong”.

The information on circumcision appears in a section on offences against the person, rather in another on “honour-based abuse” that includes forced marriage and female genital mutilation.

Milah UK said the guidance, issued last week, “reflects our long held view that in certain circumstances, such as the procedure being carried out by those falsely claiming to be suitably qualified practitioners or carried out in non-sterile conditions, it can cross the line into a harmful practice.

“That is why the Jewish community has strict regulation in force to ensure that circumcision can only be carried out by properly trained and qualified practitioners – known as mohelim – in safe and sterile conditions.”

Brit Milah was “not in any way related to the concept of honour-based abuse, as the CPS has rightly recognised,” Milah UK said. The CPS was “to be commended for putting right the errors.”
Jewish music producer pushed in front of car by man shouting ‘vile’ antisemitic abuse
An acclaimed Jewish music producer was pushed in front of an oncoming car in Finchley on Sunday in an alleged antisemitic attack.

Brian Harris, who has worked with the likes of Barry White in a career spanning three decades, was walking near Woodside Park Synagogue when a man allegedly began shouting anti-Jewish slurs.

“He was yelling the most horrendous abuse at the top of his voice,” Harris told the JC. “‘Heil Hitler’, ‘death to all Jews’, ‘you are all c***s’, ‘you should all die’, ‘you should all be buried’ - the most vile things.”

Harris said that he told the man that, if he continued, he was going to call the police, at which point he apparently became even louder and said: “F*** off you Jew, you should be dead.”

“I called the police,” Harris went on, “and while I was talking to them, I could see him out of the corner of my eye.

“He suddenly ran at me and threw me in front of a car that was doing about 25 mph down Woodside Park Road.

“Luckily, it was a young driver, so he was very quick to react. Had he not reacted so quickly, I would have been hit head-on.”

However, the side of the car still caught Harris, leaving his legs badly bruised, though he said he did not require hospital treatment.

“As I was walking down to get a coffee on Monday, for the first time in my life, I didn’t like people walking behind me. It made me feel uncomfortable,” he continued.

“Britain 2026, and I was pushed in front of a moving vehicle because I am a Jew.”

The Metropolitan Police told the JC: “Police are investigating a racially-aggravated assault in Woodside Park Road, North Finchley.
San Jose police probing attack on Israeli Americans as potential hate crime
The San Jose Police Department is investigating an attack on two Israeli American men on Sunday afternoon as a potential hate crime, a spokesman for the department in the California Bay Area told JNS.

According to the department, three men approached the victims and a “physical altercation occurred” near Santana Row, a fancy shopping area. The victims had minor injuries and alleged that the offenders used antisemitic language, according to the police spokesman, who said that the suspects fled the scene.

Matt Mahan, mayor of San Jose, told JNS that “antisemitism and any acts of hatred have no place in San Jose.”

“Being able to talk about our differences and celebrate them is what makes us the safest big city in America,” the Democrat said. “I have been in touch with our police department and leaders in the local Jewish community regarding this deeply disturbing incident and will continue to monitor the situation closely.”

Marc Levine, Central Pacific regional director at the Anti-Defamation League, told JNS that the ADL is working “actively” with police and the mayor’s office. “We are relieved to see reports that those who were attacked received care at a local hospital,” he said.


Teen charged for shooting Jewish teen multiple times with pellet gun in NJ
A 17-year-old has been arrested and charged after authorities say he targeted a 19-year-old Jewish man with a gel pellet gun in Teaneck, N.J.

Teaneck police responded around 6:10 pm on March 8 to a report that a man had been shot with a gel pellet gun near West Englewood Avenue. The victim, a local resident, told officers that he had been walking when a black sedan approached him, and its occupants asked whether he supported Israel or Palestine.

When the victim did not respond, someone inside the vehicle fired a gel pellet gun, striking him multiple times in the upper torso, per police.

Investigators said the car contained three males. The victim later saw the vehicle nearby, and the suspect allegedly fired additional pellets and shouted at the victim.

Using surveillance footage and license-plate reader technology, detectives identified the vehicle and located it at a residence, where a 17-year-old was taken into custody. Police recovered a gel pellet gun, a water gun and a container of gel pellets from the car.

The suspect faces charges “simple assault, conspiracy, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and multiple counts of bias intimidation,” according to local outlet News 12.

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), whose district includes Teaneck, said that “an armed teen targeting Jewish residents in Teaneck isn’t just a bias incident. It’s part of the dangerous rise in antisemitic hate we’re seeing across our country.”

“Jewish families deserve to feel safe in their own communities,” he said. “We must confront antisemitism wherever it appears.”
2 more Toronto-area synagogues hit with gunfire on Shabbat, raising alarm among local Jews
Two more Toronto synagogues were hit with gunfire on Shabbat, making three struck since last week.

A shooter fired through the glass doors of Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto, a Modern Orthodox synagogue in the Thornhill neighborhood, at about 11:45 p.m. Friday. Two maintenance workers were still cleaning up from a Shabbat dinner.

Just 30 minutes later, a shooter approached the Orthodox Shaarei Shomayim congregation in North York, about 6 miles south, and fired multiple rounds at the entrance. In both cases, only the buildings were damaged, and no injuries were reported.

Toronto Police Service, led by the gun and gang task force and hate crime unit, are investigating whether the two incidents are connected. As the investigation continues, TPS said it is maintaining an increased police presence around Jewish neighbourhoods, synagogues and community institutions.

The shootings come as Jewish security officials warn of possible threats to Jewish institutions connected to the U.S.-Israel war against Iran, whose agents have planned and staged attacks on Jewish sites around the world for decades.


Toronto police probing firearm discharge at US consulate
Toronto police are investigating reports that a firearm was discharged at the American Consulate in downtown Toronto early Tuesday, with no injuries reported.

Police said they responded around 5:29 a.m. to the area of University Avenue and Queen Street West, after reports that someone had fired a gun at the consulate, and found evidence confirming a firearm had been discharged.

Officers remained on the scene late Tuesday morning, and there was no information on any suspect.

Southbound University Avenue from Armoury Street was closed as the investigation continued, and police appealed to anyone with information to contact authorities.

The U.S. embassy in Norway was hit by an explosion in the early hours of Sunday, according to Oslo police. No injuries were reported in the incident.

Anti-American protests in Pakistan on March 2 ended with the deaths of at least 22 people at U.S. consulates in Karachi and Lahore as thousands protested the fighting between the U.S.-Israel alliance and Tehran.


Israel has surpassed UK as 7th-largest global arms exporter, report shows
The Swedish research institute SIPRI, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, published its global arms export and import report on Monday, comparing the arms exports of various countries in the years 2016–2020 to 2021–2025.

Israel’s share of global arms exports in recent years (2021–2025) has climbed to 4.4%, up from 3.1% in the previous period (2016–2020). Israel is now the world’s seventh-largest arms exporter and, for the first time, has surpassed Great Britain in weapons exports. Britain’s share of global exports currently stands at 3.4%.

Following the US, the largest arms exporters are France (9.8%), Russia (6.8%), Germany (5.7%), China (5.6%), Italy (5.1%) and then Israel (4.4%).

Israel is also the 14th-largest arms importer in the world. Most of its imported weaponry is purchased from the United States (68%), followed by Germany (31%), with a small fraction coming from Italy (1%).

The total volume of the global arms trade rose by 9.2% in 2021–2025 compared to 2016–2020. European nations more than tripled their weapons imports, effectively becoming the world’s largest arms-importing region.

The US was the world’s largest arms exporter in 2021-2025, commanding a 42% share of all global arms exports — putting it far ahead of the runner-up countries. Its share of total arms exports increased compared to the 2016–2020 period, when it stood at 36%.
The Jewish immigrant story behind the dress shoes Trump has made White House uniform
He might be dealing with a war, ricocheting oil prices and unfavourable approval ratings, but Donald Trump presumably enjoys at least one small win each morning – when he experiences the joy of stepping into a comfortable pair of shoes as he prepares to face the day.

Trump’s footwear of choice has become a talking point in Washington after it emerged that he has not only “fallen in love” with the classic shoe brand Florsheim, but that he has been sending pairs of his favourite dress shoes to “agency heads, lawmakers, White House advisers and VIPs” including vice president JD Vance, secretary of state Marco Rubio, and secretary of war Pete Hegseth.

First reported by the Wall Street Journal, Trump’s Florsheim fixation has become the source of both intrigue and amusement – not least because of the shoes’ relatively affordable $145 (£108) price tag. But while the company is being touted as a classic US brand, its roots are, in fact, distinctly Jewish.

Founded in 1892 by Milton Florsheim, the son of a Chicago-based cobbler – one of countless Jewish shoemaking immigrants – the brand adopted a slogan unlikely to win over Trump today: “The aspiration shoe for the average guy”.
Milei: Proud to be the most Zionist president in the world
“I am sincerely proud to be the most Zionist president in the world," Argentinian President Javier Milei said, reaffirming his support for Israel and the Jewish people during an address at Yeshiva University on Monday, pushing back against critics and proudly claiming the mantle of the world's most pro-Israel head of state.

Speaking behind a podium bearing the seal of Yeshiva University, Milei addressed criticisms from political theorists regarding his staunch foreign policy alignment. "Hoppe [referencing libertarian theorist Hans-Hermann Hoppe] is bothered that I am a strong supporter of Israel," Milei told the audience before delivering his definitive statement of support.

The declaration was met with enthusiastic applause from the crowd, further cementing the Argentine leader's deep ideological and spiritual connection to the Jewish state.

Beyond his political support for Israel, Milei used the address to delve into his philosophical worldview, explicitly rooting the core principles of Western civilization: life, liberty, and property, in the Torah and the Ten Commandments.

"For us, and that's written in the tablets of the law: stealing is wrong, killing is wrong," Milei stated. He went on to explain how the concept of freedom is deeply embedded in the biblical narrative of the Exodus. Citing the first commandment, he noted, "Freedom is enshrined... when it says, 'I am the creator, 'I mean, I am not reproducing it verbatim, you know why, let's say, 'the one who took you out of Egypt.' In other words, freedom is enshrined, life is enshrined, and property is enshrined."

Milei, an anarcho-capitalist who has long expressed a deep personal interest in Judaism and has frequently sought the counsel of rabbis, made it clear that these biblical principles are absolute.




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