Wednesday, May 27, 2026

05/26 Links Pt2: Republicans are fighting a battle for their souls Democrats already lost; Bondi inquiry condemns online abuse of Jewish witnesses

From Ian:

Jonathan Tobin: Republicans are fighting a battle for their souls Democrats already lost
Democrats embrace anti-Zionists
The situation is different among Democrats.

To take just one example of how Democratic primary voters are trending, the nominally pro-Israel Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), whose anti-Trump credentials could not be better (he was one of the attorneys for the dubious effort to impeach the president in 2019), is seen as an almost-certain loser in his effort to hold his seat.

He is opposed by Brad Lander, the former Controller of New York City, whose tenure in that office was widely deemed a disaster. But Lander, who, like Goldman, is Jewish, is endorsed by Mamdani and is a rabid Israel-basher. He even recited a Quranic verse in an appearance at a mosque that attacked Christianity while also repeating the familiar blood libels about Israel committing “genocide” and “apartheid.”

Yet according to the latest polls, Landers leads the incumbent in the deep-blue district with a significant Jewish population by an astonishing 57% to 23% margin.

Across the nation, similar results can be seen. Indeed, the antisemitic Platner is coasting to his party’s Maine Senate nomination, because his lead in the polls scared Gov. Janet Mills (who had been recruited by the party establishment to oppose him) out of the race.

It’s possible to imagine a future in which younger GOP voters hold onto their antagonism for Israel and the Jews, as well as tolerance for antisemites, and wind up being the dominant force in a post-Trump party. Yet even Vance has to know that holding onto his friendship with Carlson will be a problem in the 2028 presidential primaries against an opponent who will be able to appeal to the GOP’s evangelical pro-Israel base.

On the other side of the aisle, pro-Israel candidates face a base that has been marinating in the intersectional ideology that falsely identifies Jews and the Jewish state as “white” oppressors. And they will be operating in an environment in which liberal media, like the Times, will not only be legitimizing Jew-hatred but openly celebrating it.

The persistent appeal of people like Carlson and other Jew-haters for many on the right means that a battle for the soul of the Republican Party will be waged in the coming years, and the outcome is far from certain. But the awful truth is that the same battle has already played out among Democrats in recent years. And condemnations of outliers like Galindo notwithstanding, it has already been lost.
JPost Editorial: Belgium's ban on ritual circumcision is the same as making Jews second-class citizens
Jews have lived continuously in Belgium for 800 years, and an estimated 30,000 live there today. They are no longer being made to feel welcome.

How can we say this? Because the country is going ahead with the prosecution of two mohels, those who perform ritual circumcision, a Jewish rite mandated by the Torah and performed since the time of Abraham.

You can’t want Jews in your country and outlaw ritual circumcision. The two are mutually exclusive.

Circumcision is not some obscure or optional ritual in Judaism. It is among the oldest and most defining commandments in Jewish life, a covenantal act performed for millennia under empires, kingdoms, dictatorships, and democracies alike.

A country that effectively criminalizes that practice is not merely regulating medicine; it is placing itself in direct conflict with the continued flourishing of Jewish communal life.

Add to that statistics from one of the Anti-Defamation League’s Belgian partners showing that antisemitic incidents in the country rose by 80% in 2025, that Belgium remains one of the few EU countries without a dedicated national action plan to combat antisemitism, and that it is consistently among the harshest critics of Israel in Europe, and a picture emerges of a country not exactly eager to make Jews feel at home.

This is especially troubling given Belgium’s history. According to Yad Vashem, some 66,000 Jews lived in Belgium when the Nazis occupied the country in May 1940, and approximately 28,000 were murdered in the Holocaust. One would think that history alone would make Belgian authorities especially sensitive to measures perceived by Jews as an assault on their religious identity.

Earlier this month, Antwerp’s Public Prosecutor’s Office ordered the prosecution of two mohels on charges of intentional assault and battery with malice aforethought against minors and the unlawful practice of medicine.

Non-medical circumcision is not outlawed in Belgium, but it must be carried out with the involvement of a doctor. Mohels, trained in the ritual, are not necessarily doctors. A judge is set to decide on June 18 whether the two men will stand trial.


Australia inquiry condemns online abuse of Jewish witnesses
Jewish witnesses testifying before an inquiry into antisemitism have faced a surge of online harassment and intimidation, the commission’s chair said on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.

Virginia Bell, a former High Court judge leading the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, said multiple witnesses reported a sharp increase in hateful messages after giving evidence at public hearings that began ib May 4.

“We have received reports from a number of witnesses concerning a dramatic increase in online hate messages after they have given evidence,” Bell said, condemning what she described as “undiluted” hatred targeting the Jewish community.

The commission has begun documenting offensive social media content, and at least one case has been referred to police, she said.

The inquiry was established following a December terrorist attack in Sydney in which two gunmen inspired by the Islamic State terrorist group killed 15 people, including a 10-year-old girl and an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor, during a gathering celebrating the first night of Channukah in Bondi Beach.

In its first weeks, the commission has examined the scope of antisemitism across Australian society and institutions. During that period, police charged a 68-year-old man with displaying a prohibited Nazi symbol outside hearings in Sydney.

The commission said it remained committed to conducting its investigation “without fear or intimidation,” adding that security measures are in place to protect participants.

Antisemitism in Australia was left unchecked and became normalized after the outbreak of the war against Hamas in Gaza in October 2023, fueling violence against Jewish people, the country’s national security and intelligence chief said on ‌Monday.

The frank remarks were made during Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion public inquiry.

“There is no doubt that the war in the Middle East invoked a range of emotions in Australia,” said Mike Burgess, director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization. “Some of those violent aspects ... and those behaviors, including antisemitism that, in our view, were left unchecked, were therefore normalized and gave more permission for violence ... and Jewish Australians were on the receiving end.”

Burgess said that beginning in late 2024, antisemitism “escalated in severity from threatening, intimidating behavior ‌to direct targeting of people, businesses and places of worship.”


Police ignored repeated ASIO terror warnings before Bondi Chanukah event
Sky News host Sharri Markson reveals police ignored multiple ASIO terror warnings before the Bondi Chanukah event.

“The Royal Commission interrogated police about why they had not properly protected the Chanukah event,” Ms Sharri said.

“ASIO had produced a warning two months before Bondi of the threat of terror to the Jewish community, but the NSW Police commander overseeing the Chanukah event admitted she did not read it.

“ASIO had also sent a second threat assessment on December 2, where it warned of the threat of terrorism in crowded public places, but again, the police superintendent said she does not recall reading the entire document.

“These revelations amount to a giant law enforcement and intelligence failure that led to Bondi.”


Foul-mouthed bikie denies heading anti-Semitic attack
A bikie accused of directing others to firebomb a kosher deli in an anti-Semitic attack has left court swearing after his trial was pushed out until next year.

Sayed Mohammed Moosawi, 33, allegedly ordered four other men to set fire to the Lewis' Continental Kitchen in Bondi in Sydney's eastern suburbs in October 2024.

He appeared at Downing Centre District Court on Tuesday where he pleaded not guilty to five charges, including participating in a criminal group and destroying or damaging property by fire.

Prosecutors allege he used the alias 'James Bond' when directing the men to commit three attacks.

One was an arson attack by two of his alleged associates at the Curly Lewis Brewery at Bondi Beach on October 17, 2024.

That business has no connection to the Jewish community and was allegedly the wrong target.

The other two alleged accomplices unsuccessfully set fire to the kosher deli on October 15 and returned five days later to complete the job, according to prosecutors.

Moosawi was heard swearing next to his solicitor Zemarai Khatiz in the lift after Judge Stephen Hanley delayed his trial until March 2027.

The member of the Nomads Outlaw Motorcycle Group continued his chain of expletives outside court while dodging questions from journalists.
Ian Garry Shuts Down Comments After Anti-Semitic Abuse On His Instagram
UFC fans always say exactly what they feel, even if it sounds wild or harsh. Sometimes the comments are funny, but sometimes they upset fighters and get inside their heads, too. Meanwhile, Ian Garry has turned off comments on his latest Instagram post after his page became a platform for anti-Semitic abuse. And he made clear exactly why he made that call.

Garry was already upset about his own problems when some people started posting hateful comments about Jewish people under his posts. His response was direct and historically grounded. The Irish fighter made clear that anyone who thinks that kind of language has a place on his platform has severely misjudged the man they’re dealing with.

“I thought we learned a long time ago, around the 1940s, that segregation was wrong, especially towards the Jewish community. A way for me to control that, I’m turning the comments off. Nobody is ever coming to my page and spreading that vulgar energy. I need to protect the peace,” Garry said.

Rather than leave the comments open and allow that energy to continue spreading, Garry decided to shut it down entirely. His page, his rules, and nobody using his platform to spread hatred toward any community. In a sport and on platforms where toxic comment sections are practically treated as background noise, Garry drew a clear line, without hesitation.


Ami’s House: Gad Saad: How Societies LOSE Their Minds | Suicidal Empathy
Gad Saad's book "Suicidal Empathy" just hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and the ideas in it explain something terrifying: the West is being dismantled not by its enemies, but by its own compassion.

Ami sits down with Professor ‪@GadSaad‬ to break it all open. Why suicidal empathy is rooted in Marxist thinking and the destruction of personal agency. Why antisemitism behaves like a shingles virus, dormant for decades, then explosive. Why there is no "radical Islam" only Islam, and individuals who choose how seriously to follow it. And what really happened when Gad went on Joe Rogan's show and spent three hours fighting a narrative backed by fifty other voices.

Plus: Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly's baffling turns, the role of audience capture in reshaping political identity, whether good-faith actors like Rogan can find their way back and Ami explains the strange gift of impressionism.

Breakdown:
0:00 Welcome: Gad Saad, Instant #1 NYT Bestseller
1:30 What Is Suicidal Empathy? The Marxist Undercurrent
4:00 Self-Serving Bias and the Destruction of Personal Agency
6:00 The Norway Story: When Self-Blame Becomes Policy
8:30 Open Borders and the Physiotherapist Problem
10:00 The Reactionary Right: What the Woke Left Created
12:00 Antisemitism as the Shingles Virus
14:30 Shape-Shifting Jew Hatred: From Blood Libel to "Anti-Zionism"
17:00 Karl Popper: When Racism Claims Become Unfalsifiable
20:00 Jews as the Universal Scapegoat (Thomas Sowell's One-Word Answer)
23:00 There Is No Radical Islam Just Islam
29:00 Can Islam Be Reformed? The Inerrant Word of God Problem
33:00 Critiquing an Ideology Without Blaming a People
38:00 48,000 Terror Attacks and the Talmud Double Standard
44:00 Joe Rogan, Gad Saad, and the Danger of Good-Faith Openness
55:00 Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly & Audience Capture
1:00:00 The Path Back: Redemption Through Honesty
1:02:00 Ami on Impressions: What Perfect Pitch Reveals About Perception




FDD: The anti-Israel propaganda pipeline feeding mainstream media | feat. Jacki Alexander
FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer provides timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Jacki Alexander, president and CEO of HonestReporting.




Maryland Gov. Wes Moore accuses Netanyahu of committing war crimes
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a recent interview with Politico, arguing that the Israeli premier has committed war crimes and that his actions make American Jews less safe.

Moore, a Democrat with close ties to Maryland’s Jewish community, reiterated his support for Israel’s existence. But he strongly criticized Netanyahu’s leadership.

“I think that the State of Israel has a right to exist, but I also think that so do the Palestinian people,” Moore said, when asked if he considers himself a Zionist. “From what we’ve seen from Bibi Netanyahu, I just do not know, and nor believe, that he is putting the same measure of focus on Palestinian lives as he does on Israeli lives.”

Moore declined to say whether he believes Israel’s actions in Gaza amount to a genocide, saying instead that the matter will be left to international courts to decide.

“I think that it’s going to have to be international tribunals [that] figure that out, but I do think this,” Moore said. “I know as a military person that you cannot use food as a negotiating tool. That is a war crime, and I think Bibi Netanyahu has committed war crimes.”

When asked whether Netanyahu should be in prison, Moore dodged the question.

“Look at it this way. First of all, he’s actually under investigation and indictment already right now,” said Moore. “But also if you look at what’s happened in Lebanon, even just since the start of the Iran war, he’s annexed and taken over 10% of Lebanon. That, again, is a war crime. I just don’t know how we can continue tolerating these types of actions by Bibi Netanyahu.”

Further, Moore continued, Netanyahu’s actions put Jews in Israel and America at risk, and complicate efforts to combat antisemitism.
El-Sayed said he struggles with question of whether Israel should exist as a Jewish state
Abdul El-Sayed, the far-left Democratic candidate for Michigan’s Senate seat, said at an event with Jewish supporters last week that he struggles to answer questions about whether he believes Israel has a right to exist as a Jewish state.

At his “Jews for Abdul” event last week in Pontiac, Mich., a recording of which was obtained by Jewish Insider, El-Sayed, in response to a question from an audience member about him sidestepping inquiries about Israel’s right to exist, said, “I often struggle with the question that people ask in this particular scenario, because what they now ask is, ‘Do you believe in the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish state,’ which, to me, forces the question of a definition of what a Jewish state means.”

El-Sayed continued: “I need folks who want to ask me that question [to explain] what it is that they mean by that, and how that is consistent with any form of liberal values that we say we believe in here in the United States.”

He accused Israel of “bypassing” the issue of Palestinian rights and maintaining a Jewish majority in Israel by implementing apartheid in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza, and said that the question of Israel’s right to exist overlooks “the rights of people who’ve been displaced by Israeli action” dating back to 1948.

He said that U.S. support is “funding leadership” in Israel that is opposed to a two-state solution while Palestinians do not have a voice in that conversation, and said “it’s not actually our job to decide what the peace looks like there.”

“[Israel] exists as it stands, but nobody ever asked me about the right of Palestine to exist, because it doesn’t exist. And so I just push back on the characterization here,” El-Sayed said.
Israel-Hating ‘TrackAIPAC’ Attack Account Used To Be Elizabeth Warren-Boosting ‘California for Warren,’ Raising Money for Her Presidential Bid
The X account known as "TrackAIPAC," the self-described "America First" group that accuses pro-Israel U.S. politicians of being "foreign agents," got its start as "California for Warren," an account dedicated to promoting left-wing Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren's (D.) failed presidential campaign, a Washington Free Beacon review found. At one point, the account described itself as part of the "Warren for President team."

Years before the "AIPAC Tracker," run by Cory Archibald and Casey Kennedy, began posting graphics spewing bile at Israel, which it has described as "a terrorist state, massacring innocents by the hundreds of thousands," and maligning pro-Israel Americans, it was known as California for Warren, according to archives of the account. Created in April 2019, California for Warren described itself as "Californians supporting Elizabeth Warren for president" and as part of "#TeamWarren."

The account amassed thousands of followers by live-tweeting Warren's speeches and debates, defending her when she faced criticism, and coordinating with her campaign on volunteer efforts. Archived posts reviewed by the Free Beacon, for example, show the account advertising a Warren campaign town hall in San Diego, soliciting donations for the campaign, and recruiting prospective volunteers. It also promoted a "#TeamWarren Night School," which it described as "an 8-week free online training program on the nuts and bolts of being a Community Team Leader for #Warren2020!"

California for Warren at times presented itself as directly affiliated with the Warren campaign. On Nov. 18, 2019, the account announced an event marking the opening of a new campaign office in Los Angeles. "The Warren for President team is excited to announce we will be opening our new LA Office on Sunday, November 24th!" the tweet read. "Come and join the fight for BIG structural change! #Warren2020 #TeamWarren."

The revelation comes as 2028 Democratic presidential contenders court the left-wing senator, who has met recently with Kentucky governor Andy Beshear and California governor Gavin Newsom, according to Axios. Those meetings have sparked concerns among centrist Democrats that the party has drifted too far to the left, and her affiliation with TrackAIPAC is unlikely to quell those worries.


Josh Shapiro warns of ‘very dangerous’ efforts to target AIPAC supporters in Democratic Party
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro warned of the dangers of efforts within the Democratic Party to single out AIPAC, telling Politico in a new interview that painting the pro-Israel group as “toxic” could be seen as silencing Jewish voices in the American political system.

“I think it’s been used cynically by some to try and silence certain voices, to try and say that certain people participating in politics shouldn’t count, or should be viewed in a toxic way,” Shapiro said in the interview, which was released on Tuesday.

Where some Democrats have recently distanced themselves from AIPAC, Shapiro declined to do so.

“Do I agree with every political decision they’ve made, every endorsement they made? Of course not,” said Shapiro. “I think what we have seen is a weaponization of that. And I think that is a danger for our system. When you have people who are advocating for issues that they feel strongly about and they are having their voices silenced, I think that’s a problem in our system.”

Shapiro, a potential 2028 presidential contender, declined to say whether he would accept support from AIPAC, which does not get involved in state or presidential races, nor did he address AIPAC’s tactics or its involvement in any particular race.

He cautioned that efforts to vilify the group have sometimes crossed a line into targeting American Jews’ political advocacy, noting that sometimes Jewish donors who currently or have in the past supported AIPAC are tarred just for being part of the political process.

“I think it does get blurred because now what you are seeing is not ‘AIPAC money,’” said Shapiro, “but you’re getting the Jews who give to that candidate who also support AIPAC. I think it’s very dangerous in our system, if you are trying to silence certain voices based on their race, based on their faith, based on their particular ideology.”
Dem congressman says Platner’s Nazi tattoo ‘disqualifying,’ says he isn’t endorsing the Republican in the race
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) said that Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s Nazi tattoo was “disqualifying,” before clarifying on Tuesday that he continues to support Democrats taking back the Senate “regardless” of the outcome in Maine’s primary.

In an interview with CNN on Monday, Auchincloss, who is Jewish and represents some of the largest Jewish communities in Massachusetts, cited Platner’s recent decision to cover up a skull-and-crossbones Nazi Totenkopf tattoo on his chest and questioned the national appeal of Platner’s left-wing politics.

“I find that tattoo and his commentary about it to be personally disqualifying,” Auchincloss said. “I hope Maine voters agree with me.”

“I think that it would be a mistake for the Democratic Party to think that Graham Platner’s brand of the Democratic Party is what wins us durable majorities throughout this country,” he added.

Polls suggest that Platner will likely be the Democratic nominee to challenge incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in one of the most closely-watched races in the country to determine control of the Senate.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills has dropped out of the Democratic primary, though her name will remain on the ballot for the June 9 election.

Auchincloss’s comments drew condemnation from some on the Left and praise from conservatives.


Sex therapist who vowed to put ‘American Zionists’ into ‘castration’ centers loses Texas Democratic primary
A sex therapist who vowed to force “American Zionists” into federal immigration detention centers — where many, who she claimed are also “pedophiles,” would be castrated — was soundly defeated in a Texas Democratic primary on Tuesday.

Maureen Galindo, whose “insane, antisemitic views” were denounced by members of her own party, lost to opponent Johnny Garcia in the Lone Star State’s 35th Congressional District runoff, 59.5% to 40.5% when the Associated Press called the race at about 10:40 p.m. EST.

Either Republican state Rep. John Lujan or Air Force veteran Carlos De La Cruz will face off with Garcia in the Nov. 3 general election.

The 38-year-old congressional hopeful previously bested Garcia in a March primary, 29.2% to 27%, but neither won a majority of the vote and were forced to face off in the May 26 race.

The 35th District was formerly represented by Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) but had its boundaries redrawn amid a Texas GOP-led redistricting effort, moving from a solid Democratic seat to a likely Republican pick-up opportunity in the 2026 midterm elections, according to the non-partisan Cook Political Report.

Galindo’s campaign doubled down on the candidate’s forced castration threats in a statement posted to its website just days before her match-up with Garcia in the San Antonio-based district.

“She does want Karnes ICE facility to be turned into a prison for the billionaire zionists who have profited off genocidal prison state materials and trafficking. Prosecution has nothing to do with religion– they could be Evangelical, Catholic, Mormon, Jewish, etc.,” the statement read.
NY legislators add ‘buffer zone,’ twice size of one Mamdani vetoed, around Jewish schools into state budget proposal
New York lawmakers rolled a proposal for a 50-foot “buffer zone” around Jewish day schools and community centers into the state budget on Tuesday.

Sam Sutton, a Democratic state senator who is Jewish, stated that “after the horrific incident outside Park East Synagogue, I became the first legislator to introduce this proposal.”

“Today, buffer zone protections were included in the final state budget,” he said.

Noam Abrahams, Sutton’s communications director, told JNS that the proposal was included in the budget bill that’s being discussed in session.

“Although that means it hasn’t technically passed both houses yet, I’ve never seen a budget bill not pass once it was on the floor,” Abrahams told JNS.

Mark Treyger, CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, said that Jewish organizations and partners had turned “pain into purpose and ultimately policy to ensure safety reaches all faiths and communities across New York.”

Members of the state Assembly said that the buffer zone is particularly important after Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York City, vetoed a buffer zone around educational institutions which passed the New York City Council without a veto-proof majority. The council passed a bill, which calls on the New York City Police Department to come up with a plan to protect houses of worship, with a veto-proof majority.


NYC Dem socialist councilwoman condemns Muslim organizers to hell in vile post slamming pro-Israel protest
New York lawmakers rolled a proposal for a 50-foot “buffer zone” around Jewish day schools and community centers into the state budget on Tuesday.

Sam Sutton, a Democratic state senator who is Jewish, stated that “after the horrific incident outside Park East Synagogue, I became the first legislator to introduce this proposal.”

“Today, buffer zone protections were included in the final state budget,” he said.

Noam Abrahams, Sutton’s communications director, told JNS that the proposal was included in the budget bill that’s being discussed in session.

“Although that means it hasn’t technically passed both houses yet, I’ve never seen a budget bill not pass once it was on the floor,” Abrahams told JNS.

Mark Treyger, CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, said that Jewish organizations and partners had turned “pain into purpose and ultimately policy to ensure safety reaches all faiths and communities across New York.”

Members of the state Assembly said that the buffer zone is particularly important after Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York City, vetoed a buffer zone around educational institutions which passed the New York City Council without a veto-proof majority. The council passed a bill, which calls on the New York City Police Department to come up with a plan to protect houses of worship, with a veto-proof majority.

Anila Ali, the president of the American Muslim & Multifaith Women’s Empowerment Council, was one of the organizers that Hanif slammed in her post.

Earlier Tuesday, Ali told Fox News Digital that Mamdani’s “Islamist” supporters had hijacked their religion.


Queens rally planned after anti-Israel vandalism targets kosher bagel shop
Several Jewish organizations are planning a rally in support of a kosher bagel shop vandalized in Queens, N.Y., on May 22 in what police are investigating as a possible hate crime.

Surveillance footage showed a man dressed in traditional Muslim attire rampaging for nearly five minutes outside Bagels & Co., an Israeli-owned restaurant in the Jamaica Estates neighborhood, overturning tables and chairs, smashing flower pots and hurling objects at the storefront at around 1 a.m. on Friday.

No injuries were reported, and the extent of the damage was not immediately clear. The suspect remains unidentified and at large. The incident was first reported by JFeed.

The New York City Police Department reported earlier this month that antisemitic incidents in the city fell 30.2% in April compared with the same month last year. However, hate crimes overall rose more than 11% during the first quarter of 2026, with Jews targeted in 55% of the incidents, according to NYPD statistics.

The advocacy group IMPACT, together with Young Israel of Jamaica Estates, Young Israel of Holliswood, Chazaq, Great Kosher Restaurant Foodies, Yeshiva University High School for Girls and Emet Outreach, is organizing a lunchtime rally on May 28 outside the restaurant.


Hanging effigies of Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir paraded in Montreal
Dozens of anti-Israel activists demonstrated on Sunday in Montreal, Canada, where they displayed hanging effigies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), the advocacy group of Jewish Federations of Canada-UIA, protested the display, organized by the Montreal4Palestine group on Phillips Square on Sunday afternoon.

“Let us be clear: this is not a debate about the Middle East. Hanging effigies of Jews in the streets of Montreal evokes some of the darkest antisemitic imagery in history and is completely unacceptable. This is not ‘peaceful activism.’ It is the promotion of hatred and the incitement of violence that fuels the radicalization of our social climate. What will it take for authorities to treat these acts as the serious threat they are?” said CIJA.

In 2024, protesters burned an effigy of Netanyahu in Montreal, prompting then-prime minister Justin Trudeau to condemn their actions. “Canada’s government will not tolerate antisemitism,” he said.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has not commented publicly on the latest display. On Tuesday, Carney’s office published a statement about his conversation with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, in which Carney complained about the treatment of anti-Israel activists who had been detained briefly in Israel last week after trying to breach Israel’s naval blockade on the Gaza Strip.

Carney “reiterated that the appalling treatment of civilians, including Canadian citizens, aboard the Gaza-bound flotilla was unacceptable,” the statement said. It also read: “The leaders discussed the devastating resurgence of antisemitism around the world. The Prime Minister outlined Canada’s work through legislation and community safety funding to counter hate, to confront antisemitism with the full force of the law, and to protect Jewish communities.”


Israel supporters slam Harvard’s appointment of controversial NY Times columnist’s wife
Harvard has named the wife of controversial New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof to one of the university’s top leadership posts — sparking backlash from pro-Israel critics who accused both the Ivy League school and the Gray Lady of amplifying anti-Israel narratives amid the ongoing war in Gaza.

Sheryl WuDunn, a journo who jointly won a Pulitzer with hubby Kristoff, was named last week as vice chair of the executive committee of Harvard’s Board of Overseers, the university’s second-highest governing body, according to the Harvard Crimson.

The appointment triggered online backlash from supporters of Israel still furious over Kristof’s explosive May 11 op-ed that alleged widespread Israeli abuse of Palestinian detainees, a piece experts blasted as distorted.

WuDunn’s elevation at Harvard quickly became swept up in that controversy.

“Harvard’s antisemitism problem isn’t getting better. It’s getting promoted into leadership,” media personality Samantha Ettus wrote in a viral X post criticizing the appointment.

“She is married to blood libelist Nicholas Kristof,” Ettus added.
Rome LGBT+ Pride bans Jewish LGBT+ groups for failing to be vocal enough about Gaza
Italy’s largest LGBT+ pride parade has announced that it has refused to accept the participation of Italy’s most prominent Jewish LGBT+ organisation because it “failed to distance itself from the ongoing genocide in Gaza.”

The Rome Pride Parade, scheduled to take place next month with hundreds of thousands of participants, announced that Keshet Italia and Keshet Europe would not be welcome to join, as reported by Times of Israel.

A statement from the parade organisers shared on social media read:

“Anyone who shares the founding values of our movement and our community can join us in the streets. Participation of a float in the Roma Pride therefore presupposes — regardless of the sexual orientation, identity, religion, ethnicity, or nationality of those aboard — a clear and unequivocal stance condemning the genocide perpetrated by the Israeli government.”

“We are fully capable of distinguishing between the Israeli government and the Jewish community, made up of both LGBTQIA+ and non-LGBTQIA+ people, and we could never attribute to the latter responsibility for the criminal acts of war carried out by a genocidal government,” it adds. “We do, however, hold Keshet Italia responsible for having failed, and continue to fail, to distance itself from the ongoing genocide in Gaza.”

Keshet Italia responded by saying that “the Roma Pride has shown its true colours. Our crime? To be Jewish.

“This is just the last step on a hostile path. Last year, during the parade, we received explicit antisemitic attacks, and the Roma Pride chose to remain silent, refusing to condemn them. Today, that silence has become active complicity.”

The Italian Jewish LGBT+ organisation has previously stated that “while the conflict in the region is not our area of expertise, we feel close to the suffering of the Palestinian people. However, we ask people to be careful with the language used to refer to this war.”
Is Harry Styles's new concert tour indirectly fundraising for Hamas-linked charities?
The ticket purchasing site for a concert tour by popstar Harry Styles titled "Together, Together" includes a donation link to a charity with ties to organizations that donate money indirectly to Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, and posted messages supporting the October 7 massacre, investigations found this week.

The ticket site gives concertgoers the option to donate either USD 1 or GBP 1, depending on location, to a partner organization called Choose Love.

Choose Love confirmed the partnership on their official Instagram page, saying they are "beyond excited" about it.

Choose Love refers to 'ongoing genocide' in Gaza on fundraising site
Choose Love, on their official website, refers to the situation in Gaza as an "ongoing genocide" that Palestinians are still experiencing, The Jerusalem Post found.
LSE student union drops case against Israel Society over pro-IDF merchandise
The student union at London School of Economics Students’ Union has dropped disciplinary proceedings against the university’s Israel Society after legal advice concluded the group’s actions were protected by freedom of speech legislation.

The investigation centred on complaints made during the union’s Freshers’ Fair over the distribution of “I Support the IDF” wristbands and “Thank you to the IDF” stickers by the society.

According to UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), an internal investigation commissioned by the union claimed the materials could have negatively affected campus relations and been viewed by some students as “distressing, frightening or provocative”. The report reportedly recommended sanctions against the society.

But in a message sent to Israel Society committee members on 12 May, the students’ union confirmed that no disciplinary action would be taken following external legal advice.

In the email cited by UKLFI, the union said: “Following a thorough investigation, including consideration of relevant evidence and advice from external legal counsel, it is our view that elements of the Society’s conduct and behaviours appear to have crossed the line from robust and lawful debate into conduct that may have been inappropriate or had the potential to limit open and respectful discussion.

“However, based on the legal advice received, these matters did not meet the threshold for disciplinary action. This is due to the protections afforded to freedom of speech within the law, which the Students’ Union is required to uphold.”

Ben Weinstein, president of the Israel Society, challenged the disciplinary process in a witness statement prepared with support from UKLFI. He argued that the union had a legal duty to protect lawful political expression under higher education free speech legislation.
Park Slope Food Coop passes controversial Israel boycott in divisive, chaotic meet attended by over 7K members
Park Slope Food Coop members approved a boycott of Israeli goods Tuesday night — following a years-long food fight that has turned vicious.

Over 7000 of the co-op’s 15,000 members attended the meeting — which had to be shifted to Zoom only after Jewish attendees cited “explicit fears” for their safety if they attended in person.

The huge turnout, which many said was the largest in the co-op’s 53 year history, comes after months of heated debate at the Brooklyn institution that has spilled out on the lefty enclave’s streets.

The boycott passed by a vote of 67 percent in favor to 31 percent against, with 2 percent abstaining.

The debate over whether the co-op should join the anti-Israel boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) movement over a handful of Israeli groceries led to an antisemitic outburst at a meeting last month, as well as accusations the Jewish members were supporting genocide.
Meet the New Leader of Massachusetts’s Top Teachers’ Union, a DSA Member Who Says the US Is ‘Fascist,’ Borders Are for ‘Colonizers,’ and Israel Is ‘Genocidal’
The newly elected vice president of Massachusetts's top teachers' union is a longtime left-wing activist who has denounced the United States as a "fascist oligarchy," objected to national borders as a "construct of colonizers," and pushed resolutions condemning Israel as "genocidal."

The Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA)—an affiliate of the National Education Association (NEA), the largest labor union in the United States—earlier this month elected Deb Gesualdo as its vice president. The new leadership team will take over from outgoing MTA president Max Page in July.

Gesualdo, along with the MTA’s newly elected president, Matt Bach, is a member of Educators for a Democratic Union, the MTA's progressive caucus, which works to "build a … social justice movement in our union and communities" and "dismantle structures of oppression within our union as well as other institutions." It has received funding from the Social Justice & Solidarity Fund, a group affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America, of which Gesualdo is a member. She has been open about her anti-American and anti-Israel views both on social media and within the MTA.

In a post on the left-wing social media site Bluesky, Gesualdo called for anti-government uprisings against the "fascist" United States, writing that it was "beyond me that there’s still people who think we can legislate our way out of the fascist oligarchy that is the United States." The "antidote," she added, was "working people rising up."

Gesualdo uses children’s cartoons to promote far-left and socialist ideology on social media. On TikTok, she posted a picture of Snoopy with a caption and voice-over denouncing national borders as a "construct of colonizers" that are "meant to control and exploit workers." In another comment on Bluesky, she published an image of Hello Kitty alongside the message "No war but class war."

Gesualdo has also pushed anti-Israel policies within the MTA. She helped advance a 2023 resolution for a ceasefire petition that accused Israel of carrying out a "genocidal assault" in Gaza and signed a letter calling on the NEA to stop using Holocaust education materials from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), accusing the Jewish civil rights group of "Zionist supremacy."
Massachusetts teachers union VP-elect backed call to drop ADL materials
The Massachusetts Teachers Association elected as its next vice president Deb Gesualdo, a union leader who signed a letter urging the National Education Association to stop using educational materials from the Anti-Defamation League, accusing the Jewish civil rights group of promoting “Zionist supremacy.”

Gesualdo, president of the Malden Education Association and a K-8 music teacher, was elected earlier this month alongside incoming MTA president Matt Bach. The pair will begin their two-year terms on July 15.

The open letter Gesualdo signed specifically criticizes the NEA’s relationship with the ADL and opposes the use of the group’s educational resources. The letter accused the ADL of advancing “the antisemitic belief that Jewish people are a monolith” and described allegations of antisemitism as “bad-faith claims” meant to “undermine resistance to that genocide.”

“While NEA leadership claims it consulted with both Jewish and Muslim community groups on this issue, it is effectively promoting the ADL’s antisemitic belief that Jewish people are a monolith,” the letter stated. “Now more than ever, we must not be distracted by bad-faith claims of antisemitism designed to undermine resistance to that genocide.”


Antisemitism and hostility to Israel persist in Jordanian textbooks
Thirty-two years after Israel and Jordan made peace, Jordanian school textbooks still include antisemitic content, which is both deeply hostile to the State of Israel and encourages violent interpretations of Jihad, a study released Tuesday found.

The disturbing report by the London-based IMPACT-se educational watchdog on the newest textbooks in the neighboring Arab country that made peace with Israel over three decades ago and is a regional U.S. ally finds that general messages of tolerance continue to be mixed with persistent antisemitism, antagonism towards Israel, and justification of violence.

The examination of 125 textbooks being used for the current 2025-2026 school year, a quarter of which are new, uncovered a continuing negative portrayal of Jews through stereotypes and antisemitic tropes alongside a conspicuous lack of Holocaust education.

A 9th-grade textbook cited in the study teaches that “treachery and violation of agreements are some of the traits of the Jews and their natural qualities,” while instructing students to “think about the reasons for the Jews’ efforts to annihilate the Muslims.”

Tellingly, Israel is erased from maps in the textbooks, with all the territory labeled as “Palestine” while Israeli actions are portrayed in hostile and conspiratorial terms as a “settler colonial movement” in the new textbooks, the study finds.

Even the Israel-Jordanian peace agreement, signed on Oct. 26, 1994, is viewed as a “begrudging concession,” the research institute said.

The Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas massacre in which 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the single greatest attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust is “continually justified in textbooks as a response to Israeli oppression, and is portrayed primarily as a militarily-focused operation,” the report says.


Los Angeles man charged for attacking Jewish man near synagogue
Semaj De Leone James, 21, of South Los Angeles, was charged with a felony hate crime in connection with the April 27 assault of a Jewish man walking home from synagogue in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles, prosecutors announced on Tuesday.

According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, James allegedly followed the victim in a van into an alley near Adas Torah synagogue before attacking him “without provocation” at about 9:50 p.m. The incident is being investigated as a hate crime.

LAPD detectives, working with the FBI, identified James and arrested him on May 19 in South Los Angeles. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment the following day. A judge released him on his own recognizance over prosecutors’ objections and ordered him to stay away from the scene of the alleged attack.

“Attacking someone because of their faith is not just a crime against one person, it’s an assault on our community,” Nathan J. Hochman, district attorney for Los Angeles County, stated. “I want every resident in Los Angeles County to know that my office will aggressively prosecute hate crimes against our communities.”

The victim, identified in media reports as a 32-year-old Judaic studies teacher, said the assailant attacked him after following him from the synagogue.

James is scheduled to return to court on June 4. If convicted, he faces up to three years in county jail.


Elbit’s profit soars as global defense needs drive record order backlog
Israeli defense giant Elbit Systems saw its quarterly profit surge and order backlog grow to a record, as heightened geopolitical conflicts and increased military spending continued to bolster demand for its defense and weapons systems from the Israeli military and countries in Europe and Asia.

“Our funnel of orders has never been so strong,” said Elbit CEO Bezhalel (Butzi) Machlis announcing the company’s first quarter results on Tuesday. “We see growing potential in the US market and Europe, especially from Germany, Scandinavian countries, and the Baltics, as well as in the Gulf countries, and also in countries in the Far East around China.”

To meet growing demand and operational challenges, Elbit is investing in expanding production capacity and increasing the use of automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence, Machlis added.

The country’s largest privately owned defense firm generated a net profit in the January to March period of $161 million, up more than 50% from the $107 million posted in the same quarter a year ago. Revenue rose by almost 16% to a record $2.2 billion from $1.9 billion during the same comparative period, led by sales of its land systems, which were up 27% due largely to increased ammunition and munitions sales in Israel and Europe.

Elbit, led by Machlis, is an arms manufacturer and supplier specializing in the development of a broad spectrum of defense, homeland security and commercial systems that are marketed worldwide.

The defense firm’s Tel Aviv-listed shares jumped 8% on Tuesday and have soared 21% since the start of the year, buoyed by booming sales to Israel’s military and multiple contracts with international customers. Following the multifront wars sparked by the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre with Hamas, Hezbollah, and subsequent Iran conflicts, alongside the war between Russia and Ukraine, Israel’s military and European countries have been increasing defense spending and showing growing interest in buying Israeli defense technology due to heightened regional security concerns.

As a result, Elbit’s backlog of orders for the first time crossed the $30 billion threshold, reaching a record $30.2 billion at the end of the first quarter, up more than $7 billion versus the same quarter last year. Most of the increase was attributable to orders from Israel and Asia‌. Overall, 71% of the total backlog was generated from orders outside of Israel, Elbit said.





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