Sunday, April 05, 2026

04/04 Links: Trump: Tehran has 48 hours to open the Strait of Hormuz; USAF rescue missing F-15E crew member; Francesca Albanese and the Perversion of Academia; ICC votes to discipline Karim Khan

From Ian:

Douglas Murray: World leaders should be grateful the US is doing what’s necessary in Iran
This is their war even more than it is the United States’ war. Iranian missiles threaten British interests even more than they threaten the US. And Iran’s terrorist proxies are even more active in Europe and the UK than they have been in America.

It’s just that the UK, Europeans and others don’t have the military power or the political will to do anything against that threat. They hoped that one day the US would take this problem off their hands. Because otherwise they’d have sat on those same hands as the ayatollah got ever-closer to the bomb.

Critics of President Trump at home point to the rising price of gas. And that is certainly a concern. But the price will come down as America’s objectives are achieved. And while a month of high gas prices is a concern it is much less of a concern than the price of gas if the Revolutionary Islamic Government in Iran started throwing nuclear weapons around.

Consider how they lashed out at every single one of their Arab neighbors after America’s first strikes on Tehran. This is how they behaved with missiles and drones. Imagine how they would react if they were nuclear.

Meantime some critics of American policy have pointed out how North Korea was allowed to develop nuclear weapons. But that program is a signal lesson to the civilized world as much as it is to dictators. North Korea was able to develop its nuclear program because they were constantly threatening South Korea with an attack by conventional weapons if their unconventional capability was attacked. So they got away with it.

The Iranians hoped they could pull off the same trick. But after the destruction of their armies in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria there was a window — this past month — to stop similar blackmail from Iran.

Of course the Iranian regime has lashed out — aiming missiles at Qatari energy facilities and Saudi airports. They have also — interestingly for an “Islamic” regime — sent missiles that have nearly hit the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. It would be quite an epitaph for the radical Mullahs if they struck that.

Yet the region has managed to suffer through this. All in the knowledge that American and Israeli pilots are stopping a much greater threat ever emanating from Iran.

And that will be the end of the war.

This war does not need to end up with anyone being bogged down. It doesn’t need the dreaded “boots on the ground” that Western powers seem to have become so fearful of.

Another couple of weeks and the Iranian regime will not be able to threaten anyone again for the foreseeable future. Perhaps a little further along the road the regime itself will fall. That will be in the hands of the Iranian people.

But for the time being the pilots of the US Air Force are doing noble work on behalf of the whole world. And not just for this generation but for the generations to come. We should be proud of them.
John Spencer: What Would Sun Tzu Say About War with Iran?
Throughout the war, Sun Tzu would have returned to a simple measure of success, not only what was destroyed, but what was achieved. If the enemy’s decisions change, the strategy has worked. If they do not, then tactical success may prove insufficient.

That is why The Art of War endures. It is not a guide to battle. It is a framework for thinking about war as a contest of wills, shaped by political purpose, constrained by cost, and decided not by destruction, but by decisions.

Sun Tzu would also have recognized the political constraints that shape the use of force and the importance of perception beyond the battlefield. He warned that “there is no instance of a nation benefiting from prolonged warfare” and that the use of the military must remain tied to the interests of the state, not drift into objectives that expand beyond what was originally intended. He placed extraordinary importance on information, writing that foreknowledge must be obtained and used to shape outcomes, a principle that today extends to the information domain and the perceptions of both enemy leadership and the population.

Sun Tzu also understood the role of threat, not as a matter of rhetoric, but as a function of perception and pressure. “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting,” and that requires shaping the enemy’s understanding of what continued fighting will bring. But he also warned against excess. “When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.” The purpose of pressure is not to eliminate all options, but to shape them, and to shape how they are understood. In this context, that means applying enough force to influence decision-making while preserving a path toward a political outcome aligned with stated objectives.

That matters in this context. If the regime were to collapse as a result of the war, the outcomes associated with regime change could occur, but that would be distinct from making regime change the stated political objective. If the objective shifts, or is perceived to shift, from forcing a change in behavior to regime change requiring large-scale ground forces, it risks repeating patterns seen in past wars, where limited objectives expanded into nation building and protracted counterinsurgency campaigns against enemies able to adapt, disperse, and find sanctuary. Those conditions favor the defender, extend time, and erode political cohesion.

Sun Tzu’s warning is clear. Strategy must remain aligned to political purpose, and that purpose must remain disciplined, or the advantages gained early in a campaign can be lost over time.
IDF commando KIA in Southern Lebanon, another critically wounded
An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed overnight Friday in southeastern Lebanon, the Israeli military said.

He was named as Sgt. Maj. Guy Ludar, 21, a member of the Maglan reconnaissance unit of the IDF Commando Brigade, from Yuvalim in the Lower Galilee.

Another commando from the Maglan unit was critically wounded, the IDF said.

Their families were notified.

According to Ynet, Ludar was killed by “friendly” fire during a nighttime operation to arrest a Hezbollah helper in the village of Shebaa, north of Mount Hermon.

An IDF soldier from another force believed he detected two terrorists and opened fire.

The report noted that the building where the suspect was believed to be was not detonated in advance because Shebaa is predominantly a Sunni village, whose residents are not typically affiliated with the Iranian-backed Shi’ite terrorist group.

The IDF opened a probe into the incident.


US Forces rescue missing crew member of F-15E jet downed by Iran in daring mission, intense fighting: reports
US forces have successfully rescued and extracted the missing crew member of an American fighter jet that was shot down over Iran following “one of the most daring search-and-rescue operations” in the country’s history, President Trump announced early Sunday.

“WE GOT HIM! My fellow Americans, over the past several hours, the United States Military pulled off one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History, for one of our incredible Crew Member Officers, who also happens to be a highly respected Colonel, and who I am thrilled to let you know is now SAFE and SOUND!” Trump posted on Truth Social just after midnight.

The Air Force officer — a weapons specialist who has not yet been publicly identified — was one of two aboard an F-15E Strike Eagle shot down on Friday. Both had ejected over southwestern Iran, triggering a massive high-risk rescue mission.

The weapons officer was injured during the ejection, but was still able to walk, a US official told Axios.

“He sustained injuries, but he will be just fine,” Trump said.

The crew member was recovered in a dangerous Saturday night operation following intense fighting near the crash site, as US forces carried out a complex operation deep inside Iranian territory, according to Fox News.

No rescuers were injured during the high-stakes operation that utilized hundreds of special forces troops, dozens of US warplanes, helicopters, and intelligence, officials briefed on the operation told the New York Times.

The airman evaded capture for up to a day in mountainous terrain, using survival training to move away from the wreckage and hide on elevated ground while signaling for rescue. He had little more than a pistol as Iranian forces scoured the area and mobilized civilians to hunt him down, the Times reported.

“This brave Warrior was behind enemy lines in the treacherous mountains of Iran, being hunted down by our enemies, who were getting closer and closer by the hour, but was never truly alone because his Commander in Chief, Secretary of War, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and fellow Warfighters were monitoring his location 24 hours a day, and diligently planning for his rescue,” Trump added.


Trump: Tehran has 48 hours to open the Strait of Hormuz
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday reminded the Iranians of his ultimatum to open the Strait of Hormuz by April 6, or else “all hell will reign down” on them.

“Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT. Time is running out—48 hours [are left],” Trump wrote on social media platform Truth Social.

Trump on Friday warned that U.S. forces have not yet “started destroying what’s left in Iran,” vowing more attacks on critical infrastructure following airstrikes that destroyed the country’s tallest bridge.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “Bridges next, then Electric Power Plants! New Regime leadership knows what has to be done, and has to be done, FAST!”

Trump on Thursday again urged Iran to “make a deal before it is too late,” after the strike on a major bridge connecting Tehran to the nearby city of Karaj.

In an address to the nation on April 1, the president said that the U.S.-Israel military campaign against Iran could conclude within two to three weeks as the “core strategic objectives” are near completion.

“We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks; we’re going to bring them back to the Stone Age, where they belong,” he vowed.


Turkey’s NATO role under scrutiny amid new report on Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood ties
A new report is raising concerns about Turkey’s role in the Middle East, arguing that under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the country has moved away from its traditional Western alignment and toward deeper engagement with Islamist movements, including the Muslim Brotherhood.

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies report, led by senior fellow Sinan Ciddi and titled "Islamist Domination of Turkey: A Forward Base for Muslim Brotherhood-Aligned Jihadism," argues that Turkey has ties to Hamas — the U.S.-designated terrorist group responsible for the Oct. 7 massacre — as well as to the Muslim Brotherhood — an Islamist movement whose affiliates have recently been designated as terrorist organizations by the United States — placing Turkey’s policies under renewed scrutiny as it prepares to host a NATO summit.

Ciddi told Fox News Digital the shift reflects a broader transformation in how Turkey defines threats.

"What we have is Turkey has completely rewritten the rules of how you interpret what a jihadist terrorist entity may be," Ciddi said. "Erdoğan has reinvented what is interpreted as a terrorist entity … groups such as Hamas or al-Nusra fall into line with his pan-Islamist view of the world."

Hamas presence draws scrutiny
A central focus of the report is Turkey’s relationship with Hamas, which the United States designates as a terrorist organization, and yet Hamas expanded its presence in Turkey after 2011, establishing offices and networks inside the country.

"From 2011 onward … Hamas used this opportunity inside of Turkey with a friendly government to establish offices, engage in recruitment (and) fundraising," Ciddi said.

U.S. authorities have taken action against some of those networks. The Treasury Department has designated Hamas-linked individuals and entities operating in Turkey, a point Ciddi said underscores longstanding concerns.

"The United States Treasury has been tracking and designating Hamas-affiliated NGOs and individuals inside of Turkey," he said.

The report also alleges that some Hamas operatives have been able to travel using Turkish-issued documents and that senior figures have been publicly received by Erdoğan.

Beyond Hamas, the report describes Turkey as a hub for Muslim Brotherhood figures from across the region, including Egypt and Yemen, many of whom relocated there following crackdowns in their home countries.
UAE condemns ‘acts of vandalism’ after anti-Israel riot at its embassy in Damascus
The United Arab Emirates foreign ministry on Saturday demanded Syria uphold its obligation to secure the Emirati mission in Damascus after pro-Palestinian protesters scaling the embassy walls.

Syria has seen regular anti-UAE demonstrations demanding the release of former Syrian rebel leader Essam al-Buwaydhani, who was arrested in Dubai last April. The protests have turned more markedly anti-Israel after the Knesset last week passed a law mandating the death penalty for West Bank Palestinians convicted of lethal terrorist acts.

In a statement Saturday, the UAE, which normalized relations with Israel in 2020, condemned what it described as “riots, acts of vandalism and assaults” outside its embassy and the residence of its head of mission, and called on Syria to investigate and put perpetrators to account.

A Reuters reporter saw dozens of protesters gathering outside the UAE’s embassy in Damascus at midday on Friday, including some chanting “the Zionist embassy.”

Footage showed protesters waving Syrian and jihadi flags, including those of al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda and forerunner of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, whose leader Ahmed al-Sharaa toppled longtime Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 after a nearly 14-year civil war. Protesters could also be seen scuffling with guards and hurling objects toward the embassy.

Other footage showed uniformed people, identified by Arabic media as Syrian security officers, detaining a protester who had climbed the UAE embassy wall and flown a Palestinian flag. An officer who removed the flag could be seen raising it on high and kissing it before proceeding with the arrest.


ICE arrests West Bank-born Wisconsin mosque president over terror funding suspicions
The president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque was detained by US federal immigration agents, with authorities saying he was suspected of funding terror groups.

Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian-born legal permanent resident of the United States, was taken into custody by nearly a dozen US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who surrounded his car on Monday in Milwaukee after he left his home, according to the Islamic Society of Milwaukee.

Supporters called for his immediate release on Thursday. His attorneys said he was detained because he is a foreign policy threat, a claim they argue has no merit.

Instead, they assert Sarsour, 53, was targeted for criticizing Israel and for a conviction as a minor by Israeli military courts in the West Bank, including for throwing rocks at Israeli officers.

“Our government should not be doing the bidding of a foreign government,” attorney Munjed Ahmad charged. “There’s no question in my mind that this is to stifle the discourse on the Palestinian narrative.”

Attorneys said Sarsour, born in the West Bank, has no criminal record in the US, where he has lived for more than 30 years. They said the US government has known about Sarsour’s conviction in Israel since he came to the US in 1993.

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), of which ICE is a part, confirmed his arrest and accused Sarsour of lying on his immigration forms and alleged that he was “suspected of funding terror organizations.”

Noting his past conviction, DHS said he was previously “convicted for throwing Molotov cocktails at the homes of Israeli armed forces.”


US arrests relatives of slain IRGC general Soleimani for supporting Iran’s regime
Two family members of slain Iranian general Qassem Soleimani have been arrested in the United States after their residency permits were rescinded, the US State Department said in a statement Saturday.

It identified the niece as Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and described her as an “outspoken” supporter of Iran’s “terrorist regime.” Her daughter was not named. Soleimani Afshar’s husband has also been barred from entering the United States, the statement said.

“Last night, the niece and grand niece of deceased Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Major General Qassem Soleimani were arrested by federal agents following Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s termination of their lawful permanent resident (LPR) status,” said the statement.

Soleimani Afshar and her daughter “are now in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),” the State Department said, without specifying their whereabouts.

Earlier this month, the State Department said Rubio also terminated the legal status and barred the future entry of the daughter and son-in-law of Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani, who was killed by the IDF last month amid the war that the US and Israel launched on Iran on February 28.

“The Trump administration will not allow our country to become a home for foreign nationals who support anti-American terrorist regimes,” wrote Rubio on X. Ali Larijani greets journalists upon his arrival to meet with the Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut on August 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

Qassem Soleimani, the longtime leader of the IRGC’s Quds Force, was killed in a US drone strike while he was in the Iraqi capital Baghdad in January 2020, during US President Donald Trump’s first term.

As head of the IRGC’s overseas arm, Soleimani played a key role in forming the “Axis of Resistance” network of regional terror proxies, including Gaza’s Hamas, Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthi rebels.


UN Agencies Are Stonewalling a Probe Into Their Employees' Ties to Hamas, US Investigators Say in Report to Congress
The chief oversight body responsible for tracking U.S. foreign assistance says United Nations agencies are stonewalling a probe into their ties to Hamas. The agencies have failed to provide investigators with information that could identify their employees as affiliates of the terror group, according to a non-public report transmitted to Congress and obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) inspector general's office, an investigative entity separate from USAID, sent letters to six separate U.N. agencies in December 2025 asking them to name all employees "who worked on U.S.-government funded awards" and provide their contact information and "date and place of birth." The office also asked the agencies to detail their "interactions with Hamas," among other requests.

One recipient, the World Food Programme, confirmed receipt of the letter but did not send a final response, while the U.N. Development Programme did not respond at all, according to the report. Four others—the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children's Fund, the International Organization for Migration, and the World Health Organization—offered "partial responses," the report said. "None of the responding UN recipients provided the requested information pertaining to their personnel," it added.

The investigation—dubbed "Operation Stop the Carousel"—comes amid concerns from the State Department and from Republicans in Congress that U.N. agencies working in Gaza remain vulnerable to Hamas infiltration. The inspector general initiated the investigation late last year in an attempt to prevent Hamas-linked U.N. staffers from working on U.S.-funded projects. Its March 31 report, sent to Congress on Wednesday, is the latest update on that investigation.

Access to employment records would enable the inspector general to determine whether the U.S. government had ever flagged a particular U.N. staffer for involvement with Hamas or another terrorist organization. Staffers who were found to have Hamas affiliations could then be blacklisted, preventing them from working on any U.S.-funded foreign aid project for a period of 10 years. The U.S. government blacklisted one former U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school principal who participated in the Oct. 7 attack, the Free Beacon reported in February. The inspector general is "in the process of referring numerous additional UNRWA-affiliated personnel for suspension or debarment consideration in the near future," according to the report.

A spokesman for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, which the inspector general said gave only a "partial" response to its query, told the Free Beacon that the agency "maintain[s] a strong and constructive relationship with the USAID Office of Inspector General" and that the body has responded to requests for information. The International Organization for Migration—which also gave a "partial" response, according to the investigators' report—said it "works and communicates regularly with all our donors, including the U.S. Government, fully responding to all inquiries with timely replies."
German authorities ban anti-Israel demo at Buchenwald
German authorities have shut down a planned anti-Israel demo at Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp memorial after a fierce outcry.

The rally was set for 12 April, marking the 81st anniversary of Buchenwald’s liberation by U.S. troops. But the city of Weimar said on Monday it would ban the event on the memorial grounds and offered a square downtown as an alternate location.

Kufiyas in Buchenwald, the group behind the campaign, announced it was challenging the ban in court. The group said it aimed to “commemorate victims of genocide and fascism” and “uplift the fundamental duty to fight against all genocides, particularly the genocide currently taking place in Palestine.”

The planned event had been heavily criticized by German leaders, such as federal antisemitism czar Felix Klein. In an interview with the Jüdische Allgemeine, Klein said he viewed the rally as “disrespectful self-promotion and a perfidious attempt to relativize the murder of over 11,000 Jews in the Buchenwald concentration camp by comparing it to Israel’s actions in the recent Gaza war.”

The campaign was also protested in a joint statement by a coalition of 17 organizations, including several Jewish communal and academic groups. They accused the organisers of “instrumentalising the Buchenwald memorial site as a platform for anti-Jewish agitation.”

Kufiyas in Buchenwald had support from the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network and the German group Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East.

Rachael Shapiro, an organiser with the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, said the memorial foundation’s “insistence on the singularity and exceptionalism of the Nazi genocide of European Jews” served to “actively provide cover for Germany’s participation in and funding of the mass murder of Palestinians.”
ICC votes to advance disciplinary measures against prosecutor Karim Khan over sexual assault claims
ICC member states have voted to pursue disciplinary proceedings against Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan after receiving reports regarding sexual assault allegations against him, two sources briefed on the matter told Reuters, confirming a Wall Street Journal report.

In a vote on Wednesday by a core group of member states, 15 voted in favor, two abstained and four voted against moving forward with the process, said the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Khan, who investigates war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, has taken leave of absence pending an inquiry into accusations of non-consensual sexual interaction with a lawyer in his office. He rejects any allegations of wrongdoing.

The prosecutor's office said it would not provide a comment on the continuation of the proceedings as it was an ongoing process.

The International Criminal Court has been thrust into crisis by the investigations into Khan - its most prominent official - as well as by US sanctions over the court’s actions, including arrest warrants for Israeli officials for alleged war crimes.

Pro-Khan group claims findings 'do not establish misconduct'
A report by United Nations investigators found a "factual basis" for the allegations of sexual misconduct made by a female aide and that witness accounts "lend support to her claims," the sources said.

However, a second report by three judges that analyzed the UN report found the evidence insufficient to establish the truth of the allegations "beyond a reasonable doubt," they said.

Lawyers for Khan told Reuters last week that the judges unanimously concluded that the "factual findings do not establish misconduct or breach of duty."

A group of African states said disciplinary proceedings should end, arguing that the judges had exonerated Khan. But other nations, including the court's biggest backers, voted to continue proceedings.
The Disgrace of Tariq Ramadan
Tariq Ramadan is either a predatory manipulator who belongs behind bars or a calm voice of reason victimised by a prejudiced ruling class. It really depends on whom you ask. Last week, the Paris Criminal Court sentenced Ramadan to eighteen years in prison for raping three women between 2009 and 2016. This ought to have settled the question about one of Europe’s most divisive thinkers. In fact, Ramadan’s punishment will only fortify the views of the two opposing camps.

Ramadan’s background is well known in France and his native Switzerland but less so elsewhere. His maternal grandfather, Hassan al-Banna, founded the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in 1928. In the late 1940s, al-Banna’s daughter Waffa married a Brotherhood activist named Said Ramadan. After al-Banna’s assassination in 1949, Said became one of the organisation’s leading figures. Expelled from Egypt in 1954 during president Gamal Abdel Nasser’s crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, the couple moved to Syria and then Pakistan before eventually settling in Switzerland, where Tariq was born in 1962.

According to his defenders, Ramadan rejected the illiberal fanaticism of his father and grandfather and grew up to be an urbane and moderate academic, enculturated by Western norms but with a heritage that provided him with the legitimacy to speak to and on behalf of radical Muslim communities. Western liberal elites were entranced by this paradoxical figure, and they embraced him as a figure who could explain East to West and vice-versa. This was especially true in France, where he enjoyed his highest profile, frequently appearing in debates and on talk shows.
Francesca Albanese and the Perversion of Academia
For despite the serious flaws of her reporting, Albanese has become for many not simply the Savonarola of Israel-hatred, but the legal expert on the Gaza war. Her hosts at Princeton’s School of International and Public Affairs hailed her as a “leading international lawyer.” Her hosts at Erasmus University said that her reporting was “meticulously grounded in international law and empirical evidence.” SOAS, per its mission, did not even profess academic objectivity. They claimed to “stand in solidarity with Rapporteur Albanese in the face of attempts to silence her powerful and courageous voice.” She answered “smears, slurs, [and] accusations of antisemitism,” they said, with “vigour and moral clarity.”

On 12 February 2025, a week before Albanese was scheduled to speak at the Free University of Berlin, the university’s president Günter M. Ziegler noted, “We do not provide a platform for antisemitism...” But he did not cancel Albanese’s talk as was later claimed; he offered university-sponsored virtual space instead as a result of recent violence in Germany by activist groups and concern for the safety of those in the lecture hall. But Ziegler also pointed out that a university’s task is to provide spaces for “scientifically sound [wissenschaftlich fundierte] discussions.” This phrasing finally raised the critical question of whether or not Albanese’s work was actually empirical and therefore worthy of presentation at a serious university. Neither Albanese nor her supporters engaged with this point. They invoked her status as an “international lawyer,” and argued that Ziegler’s allegations of antisemitism had been “instrumentalised.” It was far simpler to represent the issue as one of free speech versus oppression.

An honest debate about the issues raised by the Free University could have been productive. It was the perfect moment, because from 19 January to 1 March 2025 there was a ceasefire in Gaza. The 25,200 trucks that entered the strip in that period with 448,482 tonnes of aid (338,676 tonnes of which were food) could traverse the strip without crossing combat zones. Maybe it would reveal to everyone that while the war had been devastating, there had not been a genocide in Gaza after all.

In the meantime, the Berlin episode raises critical questions that the Flemish universities so eager to bestow accolades on Albanese should be asked to confront. Is a triple honorary doctorate in keeping with these universities’ missions of sound inquiry? Or is the doctorate an act of political theatre intended to grant the imprimatur of higher learning to the ideologically correct but academically undeserving? Albanese is not the first propagandist allowed to speak at a major university at the behest of this or that student group. But she is the first to receive an honorary doctorate at the insistence of three separate rectors. As it stands, the Flemish universities, whether they admit it or not, will convey the sanction of university-recognised expertise to a deeply dishonest and fraudulent individual who has vilified an entire society as well as those persons, including many in Belgium who view themselves as connected to it.


Man convicted in 1979 murder of rabbi ‘innocent,’ judge rules
Carl Miller served 30 years in prison after being convicted in 1980 of murdering Rabbi David Okunov in Brooklyn. This week, a judge vacated his conviction, saying that Miller “is actually innocent” of the crime.

The ruling means that Okunov’s murder, which shocked New York at the time, is unlikely ever to be solved. The rabbi, who had moved to the United States from the Soviet Union three years earlier, was killed while walking to morning prayer services in Crown Heights. He was robbed of his prayer shawl and tefillin.

Miller, who was 19 at the time, always maintained his innocence, and his conviction came as New York City’s murder rate peaked, with more than seven times as many killings per year than today. In recent years, revelations that convictions from the era were based on coerced confessions or falsified evidence has led to the exoneration of dozens of people in Brooklyn alone. The judge’s declaration that Miller is innocent, rather than falsely convicted, meets a higher legal standard.

Okunov’s murder came amid rising tensions in Crown Heights, home to both a large Black community and the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement of Judaism. Thousands of Hasidic Orthodox Jews attended Okunov’s funeral procession as it moved through the streets of the neighborhood, and the movement’s leader, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, reportedly cried as he spoke at Okunov’s funeral. The two men had known each other in Russia in the early 20th century, and Okunov remained a Chabad adherent even when doing so was cause for arrest in the Soviet Union.

“It is particularly tragic that a man who came here to enjoy the free practice of his religion, who worked hard for his fellow immigrants, should be so wantonly and senselessly cut down,” Gov. Hugh Carey said at the time. “We can only hope that the memory of his life, of his struggle for freedom and justice and mercy, will be cherished by every New Yorker.”
Fourth suspect arrested in London court over arson attack on Jewish ambulances
Three young men were charged with arson and a fourth person was arrested for burning four ambulances run by the Jewish medical charity Hatzolah in north London, British authorities have said.

British citizens Hamza Iqbal, 20, and Rehan Khan, 19, appeared Saturday at a Westminster court alongside an unnamed 17-year-old UK-Pakistani dual-national over the March 23 attack.

All three were remanded in custody, with the 17‑year‑old ordered to be held in youth detention accommodation. The three defendants are set to appear at London’s Central Criminal Court, better known as the Old Bailey, on April 24.

The fourth man was arrested at the court on Saturday morning, when police officers recognized him as a suspect. “While attending the hearing of three other suspects, officers recognized the man as being involved in the arson attack. He was… taken into custody,” the capital’s Metropolitan Police said.

The three were arrested at separate addresses in East London on Wednesday. They were charged with arson, “being reckless as to whether life would be endangered,” the police said in a statement.

The first three suspects did not enter pleas at the 45-minute hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday.

“There is significant evidence that this was a premeditated and targeted attack against the Jewish community,” prosecutor Emma Harraway told the court.


Argentina designates Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organisation
Argentina announced on Tuesday that it had designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation, a move that was quickly praised by Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.

The move stems from Argentina’s decades-long investigations into the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, which killed 29 and injured more than 200, and the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish centre, which left 85 dead and 300 injured in what remains the deadliest terrorist attack on Argentine soil.

In a statement, President Javier Milei’s office described the attacks as “two of the most serious terrorist attacks in history, carried out in the 1990s by the IRGC’s operational arm in the region, the organization Hezbollah.”

With Tuesday’s decision, the Argentine government will now include the IRGC in the Public Registry of Persons and Entities Linked to Acts of Terrorism and its Financing, triggering financial sanctions and operational restrictions intended to curb its ability to operate in the country and safeguard Argentina’s financial system from illicit use.

The announcement by Milei, who has stood out as one of Israel’s staunchest international supporters, comes months after his office also designated the Quds Force, the foreign arm of the IRGC, as a terrorist organisation in January. In recent years, Argentina has also designated Hamas and Hezbollah as terror groups.
Argentina expels Iranian chargé d’affaires
Argentina on Thursday declared Iran’s chargé d’affaires in Buenos Aires, Mohsen Soltani Tehrani, persona non grata and ordered him to leave the country within 48 hours.

The decision came in response to “the communiqué issued yesterday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which contains false, offensive, and unfounded accusations against the Argentine Republic and its highest authorities,” Buenos Aires said in a statement posted to X.

Tehran had accused Argentinian President Javier Milei—an ally of U.S. President ‌Donald ⁠Trump—and his foreign minister, Pablo Quirno, of being complicit in the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against it.

Argentina’s Foreign Ministry slammed the statement as “an unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of our country and a deliberate misrepresentation of decisions adopted in accordance with international law and the national legal system.

“This latest aggravating act is added to the persistent refusal of the Islamic Republic of Iran to cooperate with Argentinian justice in the investigation of the AMIA bombing, as well as its repeated non-compliance with international arrest and extradition orders for those responsible,” it stated. “Likewise, it is particularly serious that individuals sought by Argentinian justice have been appointed to high-ranking positions within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.”

Argentina has blamed the Iranian-backed Hezbollah for a 1994 attack on the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people and wounded more than 300 others, the deadliest bombing in the South American country’s history.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Thursday night praised his Argentinian counterpart for a “courageous and inspiring decision.”


Explosion hits Christian pro-Israel center in the Netherlands
A blast hit a pro-Israel centre in the Netherlands causing minimal damage and no injuries, police said Saturday, as the targeted group pointed to a spate of similar incidents across Europe.

A police spokeswoman told AFP no one was inside the site run by Christians for Israel, a non-profit in the central city of Nijkerk, when the explosion went off outside its gate late on Friday.

“Investigations revealed that a person dressed in black placed the explosive device,” the police added in a statement, appealing for witnesses to come forward.

Christians for Israel said it was “shocked” by what it described as part of “a worrying pattern” of incidents targeting Jewish and pro-Israeli sites in the Netherlands and neighbouring Belgium.

“The damage was limited, but the impact is significant,” the group said in a social media post.

“The fact that this took place on the eve of Easter, the most important celebration for Christians, makes it all the more poignant.”

Police cautioned it was too early to determine a motive for the incident. An investigation was ongoing and no arrests have been made so far, they added.

Christians for Israel says its mission is to promote “Biblical understanding in the Church and among the nations concerning God’s purposes for Israel and to promote comfort of Israel through prayer and action”.

Its “Israel Centre” in Nijkerk hosts exhibitions, lectures and a shop, according to the group’s website.


6 wounded as Iran cluster bombs smash homes in central Israel; IDF hits Iran infrastructure
Iran fired several salvos of ballistic missiles at Israel on Saturday, causing extensive damage to homes and lightly wounding six people, officials said, as the Israeli Air Force carried out a wave of strikes against Iranian infrastructure targets in Tehran and beyond.

The strikes came as the US military pressed ahead Saturday in a frantic search for a missing pilot after Iran shot down an American warplane, as Iran called on people to turn the pilot in, promising a reward.

As of late afternoon, missiles carrying cluster bomb warheads had caused impacts at more than a dozen sites in central Israel.

Shortly after 1 a.m., a ballistic missile carrying a conventional warhead of several hundred kilograms slammed into the Neot Hovav industrial zone, south of Beersheba, sparking a fire.

“Upon arrival at the scene, firefighters detected a fire and are working to extinguish the fire and conduct searches. As of this time, there are no known injuries and no involvement of hazardous materials have been identified,” the Fire and Rescue Service said in a statement.

An hour later, Iran fired a ballistic missile, carrying a cluster bomb warhead, at central Israel.

The munitions caused a building to partially collapse in Ramat Gan, while a high-voltage electricity line was damaged in the attack in Rosh Ha’ayin, causing a power outage in parts of the city.

A 45-year-old man was lightly injured by shattered glass in Bnei Brak and taken to hospital for treatment, medics said.

After a 10-hour lull, a second ballistic missile salvo was fired at central Israel, also containing cluster munitions that disperse small bomblets indiscriminately across the area.

The attack caused heavy damage to residential buildings in the central cities of Bnei Brak and Ramat Gan.

Bomblets also struck Tel Aviv and Petah Tikva, causing damage to roads and cars.


Jonathan Harounoff: Why the Islamic Republic must fall | The Brendan O’Neill Show
Jonathan Harounoff – Israel’s International Spokesperson to the United Nations and author of Unveiled: Inside Iran’s #WomanLifeFreedom Revolt – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Jonathan and Brendan discuss why the Iran War was not ‘unprovoked’, Iran’s proxies in the West, and how Iranians can win their freedom.


The Free Press and School of War Podcast: Trump Says We’re “Winning” in Iran. It’s Complicated. | Former Marine Aaron MacLean
On Wednesday night, President Trump delivered a 19-minute address on Iran. As expected, he stressed his accomplishments: “In these past four weeks, our armed forces have delivered swift, decisive, overwhelming victories on the battlefield. . . . Iran’s navy is gone. Their air force is in ruins. Their leaders, most of them. . . are now dead.” And he issued a threat to bomb Iran “back to the Stone Age.”

Notably absent, though, was any clear scenario for how the war ends—or, more urgently, how the Strait of Hormuz gets reopened. A speech that was supposed to inform and reassure the public left a long series of unanswered questions:
Has President Trump overstated American gains? How will the U.S. deal with Iran’s remaining nuclear assets? Will it put boots on the ground to seize or destroy nuclear material—and what would such a mission look like? Would the U.S. try to seize Kharg Island? How could it reopen the Strait of Hormuz? And the great strategic puzzle: Is there a path to a negotiated exit?

I sat down with Aaron MacLean, Free Press contributor, CBS analyst, and host of the School of War podcast, to unpack Trump’s address—and the state of the war.




David Harsanyi: Everyone knows what the Democrats’ AIPAC obsession is really about
The Democrats’ new AIPAC obsession is just a convenient way to tap into some ugly conspiracies and fearmongering about Jewish money and its alleged control over our politics. Democrats are increasingly, as the New York Times might put it, “J-pilled.”

There are, of course, wholly legitimate criticisms of American foreign policy. But Jew-baiting progressives such as Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) don’t merely argue that AIPAC sits on the wrong side of a foreign policy issue but that it wants to steal constituents’ healthcare and child care to enrich war profiteers and genocidal maniacs.

The world is filled with real genocidal Islamists, yet Khanna and his friends on the progressive Left and isolationist Right foster an unhealthy obsession with the only free nation in the Middle East. You don’t have to wonder why.

Our aid to Israel, incidentally, constitutes somewhere in the vicinity of 0.06% of the federal budget. Meanwhile, Israeli tech and commercial interests operating within the United States generate billions in economic activity here and create thousands of high-wage jobs.

Yet, it’s become difficult to function within left-wing politics, increasingly dominated by the Green-Red alliance of socialists and pro-Islamists, without condemning the bogeymen of AIPAC and Israel.

Take Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL), a one-time donor to the group, who now justifies his opposition to the PAC by claiming the group only supports “Donald Trump and people who follow Donald Trump.”

As far as I can tell, AIPAC has given Trump zero dollars. The group is far more inclined to get involved in primary races, many of which neither candidate supports Trump, but feature unhinged antisemitic communist conspiracists such as Jamaal Bowman or Cori Bush.

AIPAC is going to have a lot more on its plate moving forward. As of now, though you’d never know it, AIPAC is a minor player in American politics. In 2024, it spent around $50 million on all races. There was $2.68 billion spent by PACs in that cycle, and yet AIPAC is surely mentioned far more by liberals than all other PACs combined.

AIPAC’s lobbying expenditures, somewhere around $3.3 to 3.8 million a year, rank them somewhere in the 200s on the list of spenders. To put that in perspective, Eileen Gu was reportedly paid around twice as much to ski for China at the last Olympics as AIPAC spends in a year lobbying.

Moreover, AIPAC accounts for every dollar it spends. It’s not a foreign entity. It’s an American organization funded by American citizens. Whether liberals and isolationists like it or not, the U.S. government engages in foreign policy. Foreign policy includes decisions made by politicians on which countries we ally with. Americans have every right to finance organizations that lobby for an alliance with the Jewish State. That right is literally protected in the Constitution.

Never mind that “dark money” is just a euphemism adopted by partisans to make political causes they disagree with sound creepy and illegitimate. “Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority,” the 1995 Supreme Court ruling in McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission famously noted, it “exemplifies the purpose behind the Bill of Rights and of the First Amendment in particular: to protect unpopular individuals from retaliation … at the hand of an intolerant society.”
The Brink: Why do feminists have a problem with Jews? | Zoe Strimpel
In this episode of The Brink, Andrew and Jake discuss modern feminism, anti-Semitism, and the contradictions in contemporary culture with journalist and academic Zoe Strimpel.

Strimpel shares her shocking experience visiting an anti-Semitic art exhibit in Margate, describing the disturbing imagery and rhetoric. She challenges the artist, raising questions about political expression, hate, institutions, and the normalisation of extreme ideas.

The conversation explores how modern feminist movements have evolved and sometimes lost sight of their original aims. Strimpel argues that while feminism has made gains, its contemporary form is entangled with identity politics, victimhood narratives, and ideologies that undermine individual agency and social cohesion. The episode examines how these ideas intersect with attitudes towards Israel, the West, and liberal democracy.

A central theme is the paradox of modern progressive movements: how feminist strands that claim to champion women’s rights can align with ideologies and regimes that oppose them. Strimpel traces a recurring pattern of anti-Semitism within feminist spaces, arguing that this is not new but increasingly visible.

The conversation explores deeper cultural questions, such as the decline of family formation, changing attitudes to relationships and sexuality, and whether modern societies can sustain long-term fulfilment. Strimpel challenges assumptions about power, freedom, and gender, arguing that Western liberalism, despite its flaws, remains the most successful framework for human flourishing, especially for women.

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
02:59 Inside the Gallery: “This Was Next Level”
05:21 Nazi Imagery and Blood Libels
07:46 Confronting the Artist and Crowd Intimidation
10:41 Calling the Police and Institutional Failure
13:37 Civil Society Complicity and Cultural Silence
17:55 Why Progressive Women Support Hamas
20:42 Feminism and Jihadism: An Impossible Alliance
21:06 The History of Anti-Semitism in Feminism
23:24 Class, Elites and Anti-Jewish Sentiment
24:17 Why Moral Clarity on Israel Is Rejected
25:00 Identity Politics and the Corruption of Feminism
27:46 Cognitive Dissonance in Western Activism
28:28 The “Problem With Women” in Modern Politics
31:54 Victimhood Culture and Feminist Identity
33:01 Hypocrisy in Modern Feminism
36:55 The Backlash to Good Slut
37:56 Bonnie Blue and the Limits of Liberal Society
40:07 Sexual Freedom vs Social Collapse
41:40 Family, Community and the Future of Society




Tucker Carlson’s “Banned in Israel” Film Is Just Old News Repackaged
Yes, the film cannot be officially screened in Israel. But not for the reasons Carlson suggests.

The claim that it is banned because it “exposes” Netanyahu is misleading. The real reason is far more mundane: the documentary includes leaked police interview footage tied to Netanyahu’s ongoing corruption trial.

Under Israeli law, broadcasting such material would violate privacy protections, which is why it cannot be formally shown. As reported here, this is a legal issue, not a political cover-up.

And in practice? Israelis can still watch it online via VPNs or streaming platforms. It has also been reviewed across the Israeli media spectrum.

Hardly the mark of a suppressed exposé.

Carlson’s promotion leans heavily on one supposed bombshell: that Netanyahu allowed Qatari funds to flow into Gaza.

One advertisement claims: “We were lied to about Benjamin Netanyahu’s dealings with Hamas.”

But who exactly is “we”? Anyone following Israeli politics over the past decade would recognize this as old news.

This policy has been:
Widely discussed after October 7
Examined in a 2021 analysis
Criticized by Israeli politicians as early as 2020
Reported in 2018

To name only a few examples.

Whether one views the policy as pragmatic containment or strategic miscalculation, it was never secret.

The only people likely to find this “shocking” are those newly introduced to the subject or who, like Carlson, have only recently found the Jewish state to be a signficant topic of interest.

Why push a two-year-old, widely discussed film as if it’s breaking new ground?

A few possibilities stand out:
1. Exploiting Audience Gaps Carlson’s audience may not be deeply familiar with Israeli politics. By framing old information as newly uncovered, he creates the illusion of exclusive insight — and monetizes it.

2. Advancing a Narrative on the Iran War Carlson has positioned himself as a leading critic of U.S. involvement. The documentary is being repurposed to suggest shadowy forces are driving American policy. Or as he puts it, “As America dives deeper into the Iran War, understanding who is pulling the strings matters more than ever.”

3. Staying Relevant in a Shifting Debate As segments of the American right reassess U.S.-Israel ties, repackaging familiar material as scandal helps Carlson remain central to the conversation even if the premise is misleading.

There is no hidden documentary.
There is no suppressed truth.
There is only old information repackaged, reframed, and resold.

And once again, Carlson is counting on his audience not knowing the difference.


El-Sayed’s Former Chief Security Officer Says He's Unfit for Senate
Former Marine and top security official for Abdul El-Sayed's campaign, Jordan Domingue, is breaking the political "code of omertà" to warn voters about the candidate's character and profoundly concerning foreign policy positions.

This comes in the aftermath of a campaign call leak to The Washington Free Beacon during which El-Sayed made clear that he did not wish to comment on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei because of support for the regime in Dearborn, stating that “there are a lot of people in Dearborn who are sad.”

In this Michigan Enjoyer exclusive, Domingue, who was the only veteran on El-Sayed's staff, details conversations and observations that he says "give credibility to the claims of [El-Sayed’s] antisemitism and pro-Islamist regimes/factions," painting a picture of a candidate unfit for the United States Senate.

Once a dedicated supporter of Abdul El-Sayed, Domingue has been involved in his campaigns since El-Sayed's 2018 run for governor. Domingue resigned from the campaign in January.

Domingue’s concerns predated the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attacks on Israel, the campaign of lies that began in the aftermath of the attacks, and Israel’s military response. Eventually Domingue’s concerns became too great.


'I F—ing Hate This University': Columbia Student Workers Union Erupts Over Anti-Semitism Task Force's Recommendation To Hire Middle East Professors Who Don't Hate Israel
After Columbia University’s anti-Semitism task force recommended hiring Middle East professors who are "not explicitly anti-Zionist"—the task force's final report noted that there are no such professors who are full-time and on tenure track—an official group chat for the Ivy League school's student union erupted, screenshots exclusively obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show. Members compared Zionists to racists and fascists. The chair of the union's board said, "I f—ing hate this university."

"I think the way they’ve framed it carefully states that the existing faculty are anti and they want ‘not anti,’" wrote Jon Ben-Menachem, a Student Workers of Columbia (SWC) member and doctoral student studying "the politics of American criminalization."

"Which is still quite zany if you thought [sic] about ‘not anti racist.’"

Hayes Buchanan, an architecture Ph.D. student, said the recommendation amounted to "affirmative action for zionist views," "trigger warnings for zionists," and a "giant pot of money to pay zionists with."

"You’d never know that this started with a genocide of palestinians [sic]," wrote Buchanan, ignoring the Oct. 7 terror attack that prompted Israel's war on Hamas. It isn’t clear what "giant pot of money" he was referring to.

Other union members were more despondent. "Jesús f—ing cristo," an SWC member identified as "Lex" wrote. "I’m so over these idiots." Adithya Gungi, a graduate student studying physics who identifies as they/them and chairs the union's board of trustees, sarcastically responded to the report’s recommendation, "I enjoy colonizing and genocide."

"I f—ing hate this university," added Gungi.

The messages provide an inside look at the union's hostility not just toward Israel and its supporters but also toward the university the union has spent the last year negotiating with in search of a new contract. In addition to pushing for massive pay increases for student workers, SWC is demanding Columbia dismantle ties to the Jewish state and adopt an "academic freedom" article that gives teaching assistants free rein to insert progressive politics into unrelated lectures without facing disciplinary action, the Free Beacon reported.


Kanye West plays to packed LA stadium as he launches comeback from antisemitism controversies
The artist formerly and possibly again known as Kanye West reveled in support from one of his musical idols, Lauryn Hill, as he staged a sold-out Southern California concert meant to mark a comeback from years of controversy.

Eleven months after releasing a song titled “Heil Hitler” and just over two months after publishing an apology letter for his antisemitism, Ye let two decades of hits — and 70,000 screaming loyal fans — speak the loudest on Friday night at SoFi Stadium.

“I want to thank y’all for sticking by me all these years. Through the hard times, through the low times,” he told the crowd. “I love you for that.”

Hill joined Ye on a stage for the first time ever for an energetic rendition of his 2004 hit “All Falls Down,” which originally sampled her voice. Ye left the stage as she performed “Lost Ones” and “Doo Wop (That Thing)” before rejoining for his 2021 “Doo Wop”-sampling song “Believe What I Say.” They hugged as she exited.

Travis Scott, CeeLo Green and Ye’s tween daughter North West also strapped on safety harnesses to join Ye high above the stadium floor atop a striking half-orb stage, which alternately depicted a moon, a rotating Earth and a smoking sphere throughout the two hours-plus livestreamed performance.

A loud singalong of “Heartless” midway through the more than 40-song Good Friday show seemed to boost Ye’s spirits: “That’s what 80,000 people sound like, ladies and gentlemen. … They said I’d never be back in the States. Two sold-out concerts, baby!”
Connecticut school punishes students for antisemitic posts against hockey rivals
A Connecticut Catholic school has issued punishments in connection with a series of antisemitic social media posts about the school’s hockey rivals last month, The New York Times reported.

Posts associated with fans of Fairfield College Preparatory School disparaged the New Canaan Rams ahead of their March 23 game, which the Rams won, according to the newspaper.

“Win or lose we booze, and at least we’re not Jews. Hail Fairfield,” read one of the social media images, according to the New York Times, while another depicted a New Canaan player wearing a kippah and an Israel jersey. Some used the epithet “Jew Canaan.”

The school informed families about the posts and told the New York Times that the posts did not reflect Fairfield Prep’s values.

“We are very aware of the offensive antisemitic comments and posts,” a spokeswoman said. “Antisemitism is repugnant and antithetical to our values as a school and antithetical to the Jesuit tradition. There have been disciplinary actions that have been taken related to the social media posts.”

Many Jewish high school students say casual antisemitism is common at their schools, and the Anti-Defamation League recorded a sharp rise in reported incidents of antisemitism in K-12 schools in recent years, noting that independent schools, which vary in their accountability processes, may have fewer safeguards than public schools.


NY man indicted on hate-crime charges for Holocaust day assault
Eric Zafra Grosso, of Queens, N.Y., who was indicted on hate crime charges for allegedly assaulting a rabbi on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, is in custody after failing to appear in court, the Queens district attorney said earlier in the week.

The 32-year-old was arraigned on a grand jury indictment and charged with third-degree assault as a hate crime, assault and aggravated harassment.

Grosso allegedly approached Rabbi David Soussan in Forest Hills on Jan 27 and shouted an antisemitic slur before punching him in the face and chest, knocking him to the ground. The incident occurred as the rabbi was walking to synagogue and wearing a “visible prayer shawl with fringes,” prosecutors said.

Melinda Katz, the Queens district attorney, called the attack unprovoked.

“The defendant is indicted on the charge of assault as a hate crime. As alleged, he yelled ‘F*** Jews’ before assaulting a rabbi completely unprovoked. He then did not show up for a mandated court appearance,” Katz said. “We asked for and obtained a warrant for his arrest. Thank you to the NYPD for apprehending this defendant, who now remains in custody.”

“Anti-Jewish bias still accounts for a significant share of hate crimes in our city, and my office will continue to take these cases with the utmost seriousness,” she said.
Muslim called Jewish family 'dirty people' in park then tried to tell cops that he had First Amendment right to do so, prosecutors say
A Muslim man argued he had First Amendment rights to call a Jewish family 'dirty people' at a Miami Beach park, prosecutors said.

Ahmad Zeeshan, 32, was arrested on Thursday after he allegedly approached a Jewish family at Stillwater Park and shouted anti-Semitic slurs at them, NBC Miami reported.

'Are you guys Jewish?' he allegedly asked, according to Local 10 News. After confirmation, he allegedly yelled: 'Get the f**k out of here, you f**king dirty people.'

Zeeshan then allegedly threatened to attack the father, an arrest report said.

The father allegedly pulled a gun out after feeling his and his children's safety was being threatened, the outlet reported. He allegedly asked Zeeshan to get away from them multiple times before pulling out the weapon, CBS reported.

A woman at the park allegedly asked the Jewish family to stand behind her as she was also disturbed by Zeeshan's behavior.

The father allegedly asked her to film the encounter and to call the police. Zeeshan also began to film, before he left the park in a car, according to Local 10 News.

Both men called police, with Zeeshan saying the Jewish father had threatened him with a gun, while the dad said the man had berated him with anti-Semitic slurs.


Shots fired at Jewish-owned restaurant in Toronto’s north end
Shots were fired at a Jewish-owned restaurant in North York early Friday morning, damaging the building but leaving no injuries.

Toronto police says officers responded at around 1:28 a.m. to reports of gunshots in the Avenue Road and Brooke Avenue area.

Police say bullet holes were found in the front entrance of the restaurant, noting that no injuries were reported.

In an email to CP24, officials said investigators with the Gun and Gangs Unit are leading the investigation and have increased patrols in the area.

Surveillance video obtained by CTV News Toronto shows a single suspect crossing Avenue Road shortly before 1:30 a.m., pulling out a firearm and firing multiple shots into the restaurant from outside.

The gunfire, as many as 14 shots, shattered the front windows and sent bullets into the interior, including toward a doorway leading into the kitchen.

The incident occurred during Passover.

The same business had also been targeted previously, with another location near Dufferin Street and Steeles Avenue struck by gunfire last month.


Gerald Steinberg: Passover Parody: Moses the War Criminal
If the 10 plagues and the Exodus took place now, this is how the events would be portrayed:
The headlines in the world’s most respected news platforms are focusing attention on the terrible suffering of millions of Egyptians. From the first blow, journalists featured interviews with mothers who spoke about the devastating thirst after Moses, the leader of the Israelite rebels, turned the sacred Nile River into blood. Shortly afterwards, other victims provided moving descriptions of the traumatized families, particularly children, resulting from the frog invasion, and the succession of parasites, insects, hail, darkness and other afflictions. Officials from Pharaoh’s palace were featured on media platforms, where they denounced the entirely unjustified Israelite attacks, and rejected reports of slavery as inventions of an evil cabal.

To give additional support, 1000 legal and human rights experts from Egypt’s top universities and NGOs signed a petition condemning Moses and Aaron as nefarious war criminals, responsible for destroying the Egyptian economy and causing millions of deaths. Doctors Without Borders produced testimonies accusing the Israelite leaders of causing horrendous pain, entirely without provocation, and joined Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch in declaring that a genocide was being committed. These accusations were parroted by UN officials, journalists, and European political leaders. Social media mega-influencers posted choreographed Tik-Tok and Instagram reels and podcasts poured scorn on the Israelites and pledged solidarity with their Egyptian victims.

Although the Israelites are known for the hi-tech skills acquired by building giant pyramids, boycott campaigners told everyone not to use them as consultants or to purchase their products. “Boycott Israelites” events were held in major cities, and the items were theatrically removed from Cairo’s stores and shopping centers. In these performative hatefests, fringe activists organized as Israelite Voices for Peace were placed in the front of the crowd. They were the “proof” that Moses and Aaron did not speak for the majority, that the Israelites were always treated fairly and hospitably by their Egyptian neighbors, and the slavery allegations were inventions and lies. They erased all traces of Pharaoh’s order that all Israelite boys are to drowned at birth, including Moses (whose mother saved him by sending him downriver in a small basket)

Amidst all this, a few courageous commentators have tried to break the narrative monopoly by mentioning the 200 years of enslavement and Pharaoh’s decrees on slaying of the Israelite boys, but they were instantly condemned as apologists for war criminals and Zionists. Attempts to discuss the story of Moses’s birth and miraculous survival, after his mother was forced to send him floating down the Nile in a tiny basket were immediately denounced as Israelite propaganda and silenced.




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