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Sunday, April 26, 2026

04/25 Links: Trump evacuated from WHCD after shots fired; suspect apprehended; Trump's Iran Doctrine: A Strategy for the History Books; The BBC asks why Jews are afraid – it should look in the mirror

From Ian:

Trump evacuated from White House Correspondents’ Dinner amid security threat
US President Donald Trump and other top leaders of the United States have been evacuated from an annual dinner of White House correspondents on Saturday night after an unspecified threat. There do not immediately appear to be any injuries.

The Secret Service and other authorities swarmed the banquet hall as guests ducked under tables by the hundreds. “Out of the way, sir!” someone yelled. Others yelled to duck.

Reports say shots were fired in the vicinity of the dinner.
Gunman at White House Correspondents’ Dinner identified as California teacher
The gunman who opened fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night has been identified as Cole Allen of Torrance, Calif. — with President Trump calling him a likely “lone wolf whack job” who “looked pretty evil.”

The 31-year-old, whom a federal law enforcement source confirmed is a teacher, was arrested after allegedly entering the Washington Hilton hotel and charging toward the ballroom where Trump and roughly 2,500 guests had assembled.

The gunfire broke out near the event’s indoor security screening area just after 8:30 p.m. — as salad was being served. The Secret Service rushed Trump out of the room as members of his cabinet ducked under tables before they too were evacuated.

Allen’s neighbor, who gave the name Jeff Smith, told The Post that “maybe he could be on the spectrum.”

Follow The Post’s live updates on the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Dramatic video posted on social media by Trump shows Allen opening fire and rushing toward the ballroom. A law enforcement officer was shot, with the bullet hitting his bulletproof vest.

“He was armed with a shotgun, a handgun and multiple knives as he ran into that checkpoint,” DC police chief Jeffrey Carroll said.

“At this point it does appear he is a lone actor, a lone gunman,” Carroll said. “There does not appear to be any sort of danger to the public.”

Trump hosted a press conference at the White House shortly after the incident, joined by first lady Melania Trump, who appeared on the verge of tears when her husband mentioned prior assassination attempts.

“There was a tremendous amount of love and coming together I watched,” the president said. “I was very, very impressed by that.”


Sorry, Israel-haters — US aid pays off big for America and the numbers don’t lie
Israel’s June 2025 air offensive against Iran — featuring 200 US-made F-35s, F-16s and F-15s — was the most consequential live demonstration of American air superiority in a generation.

It exposed the vulnerabilities of Russian and Chinese air defenses, tilted the global balance of power in Washington’s favor and became the best sales pitch Lockheed Martin could ever ask for.

Beyond defense, Israeli firms are the second-largest source of foreign listings on NASDAQ, and Israeli investment in the United States has tripled to nearly $24 billion.

In New York alone, 600 Israeli-founded companies generated $19.5 billion in output last year and supported 57,000 jobs; bilateral trade tops $49 billion.

Now here’s the part the podcasters can’t engage with, because it requires actually understanding the region.

Political strategists on both the conservative right and the progressive left agree that the US must urgently shift its military resources from the Middle East to the Pacific.

But there’s only one way to do that without ceding the region to Moscow or Beijing: building a coalition capable of defending itself, under American leadership.

And Israel has repeatedly demonstrated its worth as the key to that coalition.

Israel has a permanent structural alignment with American interests.

It fights its own wars.

It has proven, under sustained multifront combat, that its alliance with America can take the worst our enemies can throw at it.

Tucker Carlson delivered his anti-Israel monologue from Doha.

Theo Von posed in Qatari garb and tagged its tourism board before parroting Hamas talking points.

Candace Owens built an empire on the bombast.

The real grift isn’t $3.8 billion in aid that returns to American factories many times over.

What do you think? Post a comment.

It’s telling millions of listeners that America gets “nothing” from its most productive alliance — and cashing the ad checks while the algorithm rewards the rage.

The podcasters aren’t serious. The numbers are.
Israel must stop pretending bond with US is 'unbreakable' before it's too late - opinion
"We need better hasbara."

"We need to reach out to Democrats."

"We need to cultivate ties with the Latino community."

These are the kinds of ideas I have been hearing repeatedly in recent weeks from Israelis and American Jews who are alarmed by the sharp decline in support for Israel in the United States. The concern is real and justified, since what we are seeing is a historic shift that may never return to the way things once were.

The vote in the Senate last week, for example, when 40 out of 47 Democratic senators supported a resolution to block the sale of bulldozers to Israel, and 36 backed a similar move on bombs, was not an outlier. It was a reflection of a broader trend that has been building for years and is now prevalent on both sides of the aisle.

A Pew Research Center survey published earlier this month found that 60% of American adults now hold an unfavorable view of Israel, including the share of Republicans, which has surged since last year, driven by those under 50.

Gallup data published just before the war showed how, for the first time in a quarter of a century, more Americans said they sympathized with Palestinians than with Israelis.

What makes this moment particularly striking, though, is the timing. The decline comes after the most vivid illustration of the strength and importance of the US-Israel alliance – the war against Iran. For 40 days, the US and Israeli militaries operated in a way never seen before. Intelligence was shared in real time, missions were planned in joint command centers, and aircraft flew side by side over hostile territory.

And yet, back in the United States, public sentiment was moving in the opposite direction.

In Israel, there is a tendency to dismiss this as the result of two external problems: growing antisemitism and a generational shift within the US that is independent of Israel’s actions. Both are partially true. Antisemitism is rising, and younger Americans lack the historical or emotional connection to Israel held by their parents. In addition, there is also a broad turn inward in American politics – from “America First” on the Right to skepticism of foreign alliances on the Left.

But these explanations are also an escape. They let us point a finger outward instead of asking the more uncomfortable question: What needs to change here in Israel?
Jonathan Tobin: It’s Zohran Mamdani’s New York now, not Eliot Engel’s
Former Rep. Eliot Engel outlived the paradigm he once exemplified, but not by much. The former member of Congress, who died on April 17 at the age of 79, was one of the last of his kind. He was a die-hard political liberal who was an ardent supporter of a raft of causes dear to the hearts of left-wing Democrats like single-payer health insurance for all, abortion rights and gun control. But he was just as passionate in his support for Israel and utterly opposed to efforts to pressure it to make concessions to its foes that seek its destruction.

That combination of positions is rarely found in the current political environment. In fact, it’s something that no one who hopes to have a future in the Democratic Party could possibly adopt in 2026. That is why it was almost fitting that in the week following Engel’s passing, the Democrat who runs New York City once again made clear that his support for the war on the Jewish state was his priority.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s decision to veto a bill that would have created buffer zones around houses of worship and educational institutions in the city for protection against efforts to harass congregations and students sent an unmistakable signal to residents. The impetus for the bill was the siege by a pro-Hamas mob last fall against people entering a synagogue on the Upper East Side. It was also motivated by the appalling targeting of Jews on college campuses since the Hamas-led Palestinian-Arab terror attacks on Israeli communities on Oct. 7, 2023.

A safe space for antisemites The mayor chose not to veto a similar bill that only affected houses of worship because it was passed with a veto-proof majority. But the reasoning for his choice was not so much a defense of the right to conduct antisemitic protests on campuses, even those that are violent and illegal, as it was a desire to show the left-wing Democrats responsible for his election last year that he was not abandoning his lifelong opposition to the existence of Israel. As such, it made it obvious once again that he was on the side of those trying to intimidate Jews wherever they happened to gather.

In the same week, Phylisa Wisdom, the left-wing activist that Mamdani appointed to head an office to combat antisemitism, told a New York City Council hearing that she could not define the term. The point of that statement was not merely to demonstrate that Mamdani’s administration would not use the widely accepted International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of the term. By not adopting any definition, especially the IHRA document that rightly linked efforts to destroy the one Jewish state on the planet and call Jews Nazis, she was similarly signaling antisemites that the city government didn’t take the subject seriously.

Taken together with other developments like the recent Senate vote where 40 out of 47 Democrats voted to cut off arms sales to Israel, it’s no longer possible to deny the obvious. At a time when Jew-hatred has surged to unprecedented levels in New York and around the globe, the Democratic Party and the government of the city with the world’s largest Jewish population outside of Israel are both largely hostile to the cause that Engel held dear.

How has this happened?
Leo Terrell’s civil rights roots fuel his fight against antisemitism
A “child of the ‘60s” inspired by the civil rights movement, Leo Terrell, senior counsel to the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice, always knew that he wanted to fight for people to have equal rights in the legal arena.

He expressed his gratitude to his parents, both of whom came from Jackson, Mississippi, for raising him in a Baptist home that welcomed people of all faiths and ethnicities. He recalled how his family had Jewish doctors and lawyers. He told the Magazine, “We had an open door. We didn’t see color or religion, we just saw friends.”

Although Terrell grew up in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, he said the schools he attended “were initially segregated but they were integrated, so I had tremendous early exposure.” He attended Gardena Senior High School in Southern California, which he described as “the United Nations, a combination of every ethnic group.”

Despite being educated in a multicultural environment, he still experienced racism. “I knew for a fact that kids were segregated based on race. I saw that, I experienced that,” Terrell said. “It was a blessing of having all different types, people in school, but you also saw some people who didn’t understand or appreciate different ethnic differences.” He remembered becoming aware of antisemitism in high school and how it bothered him when derogatory terms toward others were used.

Terrell was inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr. and the coalition of Blacks and Jews uniting for equal rights. He referenced the tragic murder of activists Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and James Chaney, who were investigating the burning of a Black church in Mississippi when they were killed by the Ku Klux Klan. He spoke about how Jewish leaders traveled down South to advocate for Black civil rights, and how Henry Moskowitz, Rabbi Emil Hirsch, Rabbi Stephen Wise, and Lillian Wald co-founded the NAACP in 1909.

After majoring in political science at California State University Dominguez Hills, Terrell earned a master’s degree in education from Pepperdine University and taught middle and high school classes at public schools in Los Angeles for eight years. He received his law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), which he now calls “an embarrassment” because of the many antisemitic incidents that have occurred on campus since Oct. 7.

Terrell's vast experience fighting discrimination prepared him for his role today. In the 1990s, he was an appointed member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Advisory Council and co-chair of a statewide commission against hate crimes in California. On February 3, 2025, President Donald Trump appointed Terrell as chair of the Department of Justice Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism.

Expressing his gratitude to President Trump, Terrell said, “This man has given me the authority, under executive order, to head this task force…For those who believe in freedom of religion, we have a unicorn in the White House…If Trump was not in the White House, we would be in trouble.” He called Trump “the best friend in the White House the Jewish community ever had; the best friend in the White House Israel’s ever had.”
The BBC asks why Jews are afraid – it should look in the mirror
I’m not going to pretend to have approached the BBC’s recent Panorama documentary, Anti-Semitism: Why British Jews Are Afraid, with any degree of impartiality. The title alone triggered me. ‘YOU! YOU, YOU UTTER BASTARDS! YOU’RE WHY WE’RE AFRAID!’ Alas, the BBC has declined to make a 30-minute documentary about itself.

Okay, maybe I’ve gone too far. The host is Jewish. The programme is decently produced, made somewhat in good faith, and valid points are raised by experts who I respect. And it’s not like there was ever any chance of the BBC actually embracing accountability. Even so, the bad outweighs the good.

First of all, the title – ‘why British Jews are afraid’ – reeks of appeasement, timidity and victimhood. The poor Jews. Please be nice to us while we whine about people murdering us. And kidnapping and torturing us. And blowing up ambulances. And firebombing our places of worship. And continually plotting to murder more of us. Yeah, we’re afraid. But we’re also pissed off. And frustrated. And angry. And exhausted.

Our community has been betrayed. By cowardly politicians with the emptiest of rhetoric. By a complicit justice system. By most of our legacy media. And yes, even by this documentary itself. Because, while Anti-Semitism presents a decent enough summary of recent events, it makes a weak attempt to explain why these events happened, and are still happening. Meanwhile, nearly every day, another attack occurs, another plot is foiled by counter-terrorism police, without whom the death toll would be far greater. You can imagine the programme makers praying for a respite in firebombing, just so they could finally get this thing out without having to add more updates to it.

So what then are the reasons given for the increase in Jew hate? A decent chunk of time is spent on the weekly pro-Palestinian marches. Of course, being the BBC, the doc can’t help but mention that the marches include Jews, with two separate shots of banners to make the point.

At least Dave Rich and Rabbi Julia Neuberger both get to make the point that, for most marchers, criticism of Israel is merely a cover to be anti-Semitic. A missed opportunity, though, to point out how ‘anti-Zionism’ is itself a unique form a Jew hate.

So it falls then to Jonathan Hall KC – the UK government’s independent reviewer of counter-terrorism legislation – to get closest to calling out what’s really going on. Firstly, he points out that current laws are adequate, and should be utilised. The implication being that the police and the Crown Prosecution Service have not been doing their jobs properly.

But it’s Hall’s second point – that ‘hatred in the public sphere towards Jews has made them more acceptable as a target for terrorism’ – that brings us closest to the truth.


The Free Press: Do American Jews Need to Arm Themselves?
As the tidal wave of antisemitism grows, some Jews are finding ways to fight back, from concealed carry to Krav Maga.


Trump's Iran Doctrine: A Strategy for the History Books
The narratives often suggest that the US campaign has failed and that Tehran remains firmly in control. In reality, however, US President Donald J. Trump has pursued a strategy that departs radically from decades of precedent — one that has left the Iranian regime cornered in ways not previously seen.

Rather than adhering to the usual norms of the international system, Trump redefined them — combining military force, economic coercion, serious deadlines and diplomatic "off-ramps" in rapid succession — denying Iran the ability to settle into its familiar pattern of adaptation and delay.

Trump met Iran's moves with countermoves that were even stronger, instead of with restraint.

"Trump Time" has transformed warfare. In just two sets of days, in June 2025 then again in February 2026, Iran's core military infrastructure was almost totally obliterated, allowing the focus to shift to sustained economic pressure. Trump's "little excursion" has been one of the fastest, most effective, least costly military operations in modern history.

"Trump Time" also brought negotiation techniques that departed from past practice. Historically, diplomatic engagements with Iran have been lengthy, baroque, often stretching over years to provide Iran with opportunities for delay and recalibration. Trump instituted shorter timelines sown with threats of escalation, evidently to prevent Tehran from using its favorite stalling tactic: forever-talks.

A regime accustomed to orchestrating prolonged cycles of pressure and relief, now finds itself encountering a series of uncowardly, high-impact shocks.

Through his unconventional statecraft, and his breaking from a long run of US failures, Trump – in a blend of military assertiveness, economic pressure and strategic unpredictability – decided to win.
Trump cancels envoys’ trip to Islamabad after Iranian delegation leaves
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he canceled the trip of the American delegation to Islamabad for talks on an agreement with Tehran as the Iranian representatives had already left Pakistan.

Explaining his decision on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “Too much time wasted on traveling, too much work! Besides which, there is tremendous infighting and confusion within their ‘leadership.’

“Nobody knows who is in charge, including them. Also, we have all the cards, they have none! If they want to talk, all they have to do is call!!!” the president added.

U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were expected to touch down in Islamabad to continue the indirect negotiations with Tehran through Pakistani mediators, but the Iranian delegation has reportedly left the country.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Pakistan on Friday and met with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan’s Chief of the Army Staff Asim Munir, according to the Associated Press.

Araghchi said on his Telegram account that he is currently on a trip to Islamabad, Muscat and Moscow “to coordinate closely with [Iran’s] partners on bilateral issues and consultations on regional developments.”

He emphasized “Pakistan’s special position in Iran’s foreign policy and relations and Iran’s will to further develop relations between the two countries.”

He did not disclose Tehran’s demands but said that his country’s “principled positions” were conveyed to Islamabad.

Trump spoke with Axios on Saturday, saying that “I see no point of sending [Witkoff and Kushner] on an 18-hour flight in the current situation. ... We are not gonna travel just to sit there.”

Asked whether the breakdown in talks means the war was to resume, the president said, “No. It doesn’t mean that. We haven’t thought about it yet. We have all the cards. We are not going to go there to sit around talking about nothing.”


IDF kills terrorists in Lebanon amid Hezbollah’s ongoing ceasefire violations
The Israel Defense Forces killed more than 15 Hezbollah terrorists in Southern Lebanon over the weekend as the Iranian proxy continued to challenge the fragile truce.

On Saturday, the terrorist group fired two projectiles from Lebanon toward Israel, triggering air-raid sirens in the border communities of Margaliot, Manara and Misgav Am, the IDF said in a separate tweet. One projectile was intercepted and the other struck an open area, according to the military. No injuries were reported.

“This is a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement by the terrorist organization Hezbollah,” the army said.

Minutes earlier, the Israeli Air Force downed a “suspicious aerial target” that was spotted flying over IDF soldiers in the buffer zone in Southern Lebanon under Israeli control, the IDF added.

Also on Saturday, forces of the 36th Division attacked and eliminated three Hezbollah gunmen who were traveling in an armed pickup truck equipped with combat means in Southern Lebanon.

A terrorist riding a motorcycle in Southern Lebanon, south of the forward defense line, was also killed, the military continued.

Additionally, combat teams of the Golani Brigade and the Multidimensional Unit (also known as the “Ghost Unit”) identified two armed Hezbollah terrorists in the Litani area, south of the forward defense line, and directed the IAF to eliminate them.

“The IDF continues to operate in the forward defense line area to remove threats to the citizens of the State of Israel and IDF forces,” the Israeli military noted.


IAF slays armed terrorists in Gaza
The Israeli Air Force on Friday eliminated armed Palestinian terrorists in the southern Gaza Strip after they were identified riding on a pickup truck, the military said.

“The terrorists were operating to advance immediate terror plots against IDF forces operating in the Gaza Strip,” the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement.

The terrorists were attacked and eliminated from the air to remove the immediate threat, the army said.

“IDF forces in the Southern Command are deployed in the area in accordance with the [ceasefire] agreement and will continue to operate to remove any immediate threat,” the military added.

The ceasefire in Gaza has remained in place since it took effect on Oct. 10. According to U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan, Hamas and the other terrorist groups in the Strip must lay down their weapons for an Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip to happen.


Loose Women star Nadia Sawalha's husband Mark Adderley is suspended from the Green Party after posting 'antisemitism rants' on YouTube
Loose Women star Nadia Sawalha's husband Mark Adderley has been suspended from the Green Party over 'antisemitic rants' comparing Israel to Nazi Germany and blaming Mossad for carrying out terror attacks against Jews.

Adderley, who was standing as a Green candidate in Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood in the Croydon elections, regularly uploads content to his YouTube channel, flanked by his wife, in which he shares his views on Israel and its government.

Several refer to 'Israeli false flag' operations being behind the assassination of US political figure Charlie Kirk and a missile attack on a British base in Cyprus.

Following concerns raised by antisemitism advocacy groups and political figures, including MP Steve Reed, Communities Minister, the Green Party moved to suspend Adderley on Friday night.

The would-be candidate reacted strongly on social media, saying he was 'truly, deeply, viscerally disgusted' by the decision.

Adderley added that he had spent his 'entire life fighting racism in all its forms'.

He said: 'I have stood shoulder to shoulder with Jewish friends, comrades and communities against genuine hatred.'

Sawalha called her husband's suspension 'an utter disgrace'.


Turnout low as Palestinians in West Bank and part of Gaza vote in local elections
Palestinians in the West Bank and part of central Gaza voted on Saturday in municipal elections, the first since the Gaza war erupted, marked by low turnout and a narrow slate of contenders.

Nearly 1.5 million people were registered to vote in the West Bank, as well as 70,000 people in Gaza’s Deir al-Balah area, according to the Ramallah-based Central Elections Commission (CEC).

“We are very pleased to exercise democracy in spite of the many challenges we face, both locally and internationally,” Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told journalists after voting in Al-Bireh, according to the official Wafa news agency.

Early Saturday, a steady trickle of voters headed to polling stations in the West Bank, as foreign diplomats observed the process.

By 5 p.m., turnout in the West Bank reached 40.62 percent, the CEC said. But participation in Deir al-Balah was significantly lower, at just 21.2 percent, by the time polls closed there at 6 pm.

In the previous municipal elections in March 2022, turnout was 53.7 percent in West Bank cities. Voting in the West Bank ended at 7 pm, with a notable late surge of women voters in Jericho, an AFP journalist said.

“We will elect someone who can improve the local community… things like water and repairing the streets,” said Manar Salman, an English teacher in the city. “We don’t receive much support from outside, and the occupation affects us in many ways… it limits what the municipality can do.”

Some questioned the election’s timing.

“We didn’t want elections at this time — not with war in Gaza and settler attacks ongoing in the West Bank,” said Ziad Hassan, a businessman from Dura Al-Qaraa village. “The decision was imposed on us, and so we are compelled to elect an administrative body for the village council.”


Canadian Senate report on Jew-hatred calls for improved security, fails to mention Islamic extremism
A new Canadian Senate committee report on rising Jew-hatred in the wake of the Hamas-led terror attacks of Oct. 7 calls for improved government action and security infrastructure but falls short of naming Islamic extremism as a contributing factor to antisemitism.

The 73-page report, released this week by the Senate’s human rights committee, follows a 17-month study in which 15 senators heard from 44 witnesses beginning in late 2024 and concluding in April 2026.

Notably, the report does not reference Islamic extremism, instead attributing the rise in antisemitism to social media and, in some cases, “malicious foreign actors.” The only mentions of Muslims or Islam come in the context of comparing antisemitism to other forms of hate, including Islamophobia.

While it cites legislation such as Bill C-9 that would ban the use of “terror symbols and Nazi iconography to willfully promote hate,” the report’s recommendation on addressing the display of hate group symbols only specifies “Nazi and white supremacist symbols.” Such examples are explicitly mentioned throughout the report, but references to “terror” or “terrorism” do not include mention of the ideology or groups associated with that terror.

Similarly, “anti-Zionism” as a driver for antisemitism is only mentioned twice in the report, both times as part of testimony provided to the committee.

At the conclusion of the section titled “Foreign Interference,” which addresses non-profit organizations receiving funds from foreign actors post-Oct. 7, the report cautions against collective blame.

“While antisemitism crosses borders and is, in some cases, organized by malicious actors, it is important not to assign blame collectively to entire ethnic or religious groups,” the report states. “The committee reaffirms that everyone in Canada has a right to their political opinions and expression, even when their views are offensive, and that such expression does not necessarily indicate funding or influence by foreign actors.”

In reference to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism, the report warns that “excessive focus on defining antisemitism can be counterproductive. Definitions, whatever their source, do not protect Jewish people from harassment, violence or exclusion in Canada.”

The report makes 22 recommendations, including improving government policies and hate crime data collection, expanding education programming, strengthening community security infrastructure, addressing non-profit organizations listed as terrorist entities and creating safety zones around religious institutions and community spaces.
Man admits racially aggravated assault on Jewish man in Slough
A man has admitted racially aggravated assault after being filmed abusing an Orthodox Jewish man and accusing him of “killing babies”.

Shafiq Rahman, 48, pleaded guilty to racially aggravated common assault, fear or provocation of violence by words and criminal damage at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Friday.

The victim had been working in Elliman Avenue, Slough, Berkshire, on April 20 when Rahman cycled past and started shouting abuse at him.

A video of the attack, in which Rahman called the victim a “dirty Jew”, accused him of “killing babies in Palestine” and threatened to “break his jaw”, was shown in court.

District Judge Devinder Sandhu described the attack as a “pure hate crime”.

She added: “I am appalled and startled by what I saw on that footage, a completely unprovoked attack on a man who was simply doing his job.”

Rahman appeared in the dock wearing a grey prison jumper and spoke to confirm his name, address and date of birth and admit the charges.

Anushka A, prosecuting, said: “The victim was in the area for some work with his professional commitments, the defendant was on his bicycle, he has shouted ‘Jew, what are you f****** doing here Jew’.”

She added: “I believe the victim was wearing a kippah and believes that for this reason he was targeted in this attack.”
Winnipeg man charged for threats against Canadian PM, Jews, Muslims
A Winnipeg man was charged following threats he made against Jews, Muslims, and Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced on Friday.

55-year-old Jason Paul Rindall was charged on March 30 with advocating for genocide, and a threat against the Canadian prime minister to cause death.

Rindall had previously been arrested following a series of threats posted to X/twitter, and in February had been charged with another count of a threat to Carney, threats to Muslims, and threats to Jews.

Last Tuesday, former Canadian Nationalist Party leader Travis Patron, who had previously advocated for the removal of Jews from Canada and called them a "parasitic tribe," was charged with promotion of hatred.
‘Exodus’: When Hollywood still loved the Jewish state
Welcome to The Reel Schmooze with ToI film reviewer Jordan Hoffman and host Amanda Borschel-Dan, where we bring you all the entertainment news and film reviews a Jew can use.

This week, before diving into the nuts and bolts of the iconic epic Hollywood adventure, we learn how the 1960 film “Exodus” is part of Hoffman’s genesis story. WATCH the full episode here:

Hoffman lays out the film’s plot, which is based on a 1958 Leon Uris novel. We learn about director Otto Preminger, who was a very big deal in Tinsel Town during his era, which is how he managed to capture an all-star cast including a dashing Paul Newman, high-heeled Eva Marie Saint, Sal Mineo’s fury and the “good Arab” John Derek, whom we recently saw in “The Ten Commandments.”

We give a big shoutout to Ernest Gold’s soundtrack — as well as the many covers of it.

We then hear a sharp criticism from Borschel-Dan on the poor historical accuracy of the film: The real boat, the Exodus 1947, never weighed anchor in Cyprus, where the first third of the film takes place.

Hoffman notes that the film raises abiding issues, including ideology pitting brother against brother and the everlasting hope of coexistence in the land.






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