Wednesday, June 24, 2026

06/23 Links Pt2: Jew-hatred drove the Montreal violence, even if it didn’t trigger it; Australian Teachers union seeks guidance on Holocaust lessons, claims it is ‘difficult’ to teach

From Ian:

Stephen Pollard: Starmer tackled antisemitism in opposition – but then helped fuel it in power
Whatever else may lie behind Labour’s attitude to Israel, that political demography explains why Starmer started to deal with the Jewish state not as one of our nation’s most trusted and closest allies, which has been engaged in a battle to defeat Iranian proxies since the October 7, 2023 massacre, but as a de facto enemy state.

Within weeks of taking office the then Foreign Secretary David Lammy had dropped Britain’s opposition to the ICC arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant and had imposed an entirely symbolic ban on the export of certain defence equipment to Israel – symbolic because Israel had no need of them, and because our armed forces rely far more heavily on Israeli technology than the other way round. Last year the Royal College of Defence Studies was instructed no longer to admit Israelis.

Then last September Starmer did the bidding of antizionists and antisemites across the world by recognising a Palestinian state without demanding anything in return – especially and notably not requiring the release of the remaining hostages as a quid pro quo. His action was criticised as, at worst, rewarding Hamas for October 7 or, at best, giving Hamas a PR coup over more moderate Palestinians in showing that their terrorism had forced recognition.

Starmer’s government has relentlessly portrayed Israel as some kind of rogue state, which has added fuel to the antisemitic fire which has taken hold since October 7, 2023. And until very recently, when the explosion in antisemitic incidents turned violent, Starmer had uttered not a word of criticism of the hate marches and demos across Britain which have been a festival of Jew hate since the Hamas massacre.

It is all very well for Starmer to seek to portray himself as some sort of healer, expunging Jew hate from Labour. But he cannot have his cake and eat it. Since becoming PM, Starmer has hugely damaged relations with Israel (even if Israeli intelligence continues to provide vital information to our security services). The last two years will go down as the worst in living memory for relations with Israel – in large measure as a result of Starmer’s deliberate policy to appease the Muslim sectarian vote.

The only question that remains now is how much worse this will get under Burnham.
The Kurds are the real victims of the Middle East, not the Palestinians
At the end of the day, perhaps the likeliest explanation for this indifference to the plight and promise of the Kurds is quite simple.

Could it be that the Palestinian cause can be made to fit into the contemporary, and all too simplistic, binary narrative of oppressor and oppressed, with Israel – the world’s only Jewish-majority state – cast as villain, a framing that echoes age-old tropes and carries a powerful emotional charge for some audiences?

The Kurdish story might seem more complicated from the outside. The antagonists include Arabs, Iranians, and Turks, but not Jews and Israelis, making it harder, and perhaps less comfortable, to fit into prevailing ideological frameworks and orthodoxies.

The result is a striking asymmetry. One national movement attracts enormous global attention, endless demonstrations, celebrity endorsements, campus encampments, and international campaigns. The other, despite representing a population many times larger and, in the case of Iraq, endured genocide, does not begin to command comparable concern.

The real question, then, is why a people of more than 40 million, denied a state for more than a century and subjected to repeated waves of repression, has attracted so little of the moral passion mobilised elsewhere.

Until that question is honestly confronted, claims of universal principles, support for self-determination and national liberation movements, and concern for human rights will continue to ring hollow.
Divided over vilification laws
Victoria’s strengthened anti-vilification laws have produced no convictions since taking effect, raising questions about whether the changes will deliver meaningful outcomes for the Jewish community.

Amendments earlier this year removed the requirement for the Director of Public Prosecutions to approve prosecutions before charges could be laid.

Jewish Community Council of Victoria CEO Naomi Levin said the change was a step forward, but cautioned it was too early to judge.

“Removing the barrier, which was DPP approval, is a real step in the right direction, but we need to give these laws time to be implemented, for police to become familiar with them, and for charges to be laid before we can really judge whether it’s satisfactory.”

Levin acknowledged a broader erosion of confidence.

“There’s been a breakdown of trust between the Jewish community and police and government, because we’ve seen so many really challenging incidents of vilification go unprosecuted.”

Some question whether further reforms really addresses the underlying problem.

Jewish activist Menachem Vorchheimer argued the new laws were unlikely to make a meaningful difference, because the key legislative gaps had already been addressed under existing provisions.

“There is no evidence that there is any difference since recent changes to the laws came into place. Victoria has had a legal framework to deal with racism against Jews for 25 years,” he said.


Boston principal apologizes to Muslim, Arab students who felt 'unsafe' after Holocaust lesson
Jewish groups have condemned a Boston school principal for an email he sent apologizing to Arab, Muslim, Palestinian, and Lebanese students who were offended by a mandatory Holocaust lesson.

In the email, William Diamond Middle School Principal Johnny Cole said he was “sorry” for the impact the Holocaust lesson had on some students.

“Some of you felt unseen. Some of you felt like your own history, your identity, or your community was left out or erased. Some of you left that session feeling less safe, not more,” Cole wrote.

While he acknowledged that hard conversations and topics are part of the school’s framework, he apologized for “missing the mark” with this class.

“Every one of you deserves to walk into this school and feel that who you are matters – Arab students, Jewish students, Lebanese students, Muslim students, Palestinian students.”

He said the teachers are working with families in the community to “build something better” that “includes all of our histories.”


Teachers union seeks guidance on Holocaust lessons, claims it is ‘difficult’ to teach
Sky News host Chris Kenny reacts to the teacher union demanding guidance on teaching Holocaust lessons, claiming it is “difficult” to teach the subject.

“This report that the teacher’s union is looking for guidance when it comes to Holocaust lessons,” Mr Kenny said.

“They’re saying it is difficult to teach kids about the Holocaust because they have kids opposing Israel and rejecting these lessons in the classroom.”




Australian court rejects video evidence in alleged ‘kill Israelis’ nurses case
An Australian judge has ruled that footage of two nurses allegedly filmed making antisemitic comments on a video chat cannot be admitted as evidence in a trial regarding their conduct, appearing to accept their lawyer’s argument that being filmed without their consent amounted to an illegal invasion of their privacy.

Ahmad Nadir, 28 and Sarah Abu Lebdeh, 27, were allegedly filmed on Chatroulette, a video site where two screen users are randomly paired with each other. They were matched with Max Veifer, an Israeli content creator. They told Veifer that they worked in Bankstown hospital in Sydney.

The video footage allegedly shows that in response to Veifer telling Nadir his nationality, Nadir said he would be killed and sent to ‘Jahannam’ – hell. When Veifer questioned why he would be killed, Abu Lebdeh then joined the video, saying it was because the rightful country was “Palestine”, not Veifers.

The video allegedly then went on to show Nadir saying that Veifer had no idea how many Israeli “dogs” had come to the hospital, claiming that he had sent them to hell. It also allegedly showed Abu Lebdeh saying she would not treat Israelis and that she would kill them instead of treating them, with Nadir again joining in and reiterating that he would send Israelis to hell. Abu Lebdeh also reportedly said she wanted Veifer to remember her face when he died.

After Veifer subsequently published the alleged video in February 2025, the two nurses were suspended from the hospital for two years. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned the video as “sickening and shameful”, with the Health Minister for New South Wales saying at the time that they would never work in the NSW health system ever again. In February 2025, the co-chief executive of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry Alex Ryvchin said the video served as a “warning sign once again to all Australians about the evil that exists in our midst”.

Australia’s ABC reported that the two former nurses pleaded not guilty to using a carriage service to threaten, harass or offend. Abu Lebdeh also denies an additional charge of threatening violence against a group.
Why excluding a recording from an alleged antisemitism case in Australia matters
Why, then, should nurses accused of expressing hostility towards Jewish or Israeli patients be viewed through a different lens? Even if criminal liability remains to be determined, the allegations strike directly at the professional standards that healthcare workers swear to uphold.

This is why the ruling has generated such outrage. It appears to elevate process over substance. The alleged conduct, if proven, goes to the heart of public trust in healthcare. Patients enter hospitals assuming that their religion, ethnicity, or political identity will not affect the care they receive. Once that assumption is shaken, confidence is damaged for everyone.

The case also raises an uncomfortable question: should people feel compelled to hide aspects of their identity to avoid discrimination? No Australian should wonder whether revealing that they are Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Israeli, Palestinian, or anything else could affect the treatment they receive from medical professionals.

Supporters of the ruling argue that legal safeguards exist for a reason. Privacy laws protect everyone, and courts cannot abandon legal principles simply because a case attracts public attention. That argument deserves respect. The rule of law depends on consistent application of legal standards.

Yet consistency is precisely what many people are questioning. The public is entitled to ask whether the same degree of legal protection would be afforded if the alleged targets were members of other minority groups. They are entitled to ask whether the justice system is applying principles uniformly or whether some forms of prejudice are treated with greater urgency than others.

The danger is that rulings of this kind can create the perception that courts are more concerned with the manner in which evidence is obtained than with the conduct that evidence reveals. Worse still, they risk emboldening those who harbour antisemitic attitudes by creating the impression that institutions are reluctant to confront such behaviour directly.

Whether that perception is accurate is almost beside the point. Once public confidence erodes, rebuilding it becomes difficult.

This case is no longer just about two former nurses. It is about whether Australians believe their institutions are capable of confronting antisemitism, protecting patients, enforcing professional standards, and balancing legal rights with common sense.

The legal debate may continue. But for many Australians, the deeper question remains unanswered: if healthcare professionals can allegedly express hostility toward Jewish patients and the most direct evidence is excluded from consideration, what confidence can the public have that hatred is being confronted rather than accommodated?

That question should concern every Australian, regardless of religion, ethnicity, or politics.


Gil Troy: Jew-hatred drove the Montreal violence, even if it didn’t trigger it
Trained to avoid rushing to judgment, we historians know there will be far more to learn about Monday’s Montreal bloodbath, wherein a terrorist killed one police officer and one civilian.

The police claim the terrorist was not antisemitic and that the resulting murder of a beloved Jew in the Jewish neighborhood attacked is coincidental.

Assuming that conclusion holds, Canadians and their leaders must admit that even if antisemitism didn’t trigger this crime, the lynch-mob mentality against Jews, Zionism, and Israel drove it as well as other acts of political violence.

The same argument holds when terrorists attack areas with no Jews at all. It’s essential to recognize that by tolerating so much antisemitism and “Zionophobia” – hostility toward Zionists – many Canadians helped foster an atmosphere of political totalitarianism breeding extremism, zealotry, and violence.

Silence often speaks volumes. Those who keep quiet while others harass Jews, Israelis, and Zionists broaden the zone of tolerance for all forms of brutality. In healthy democracies, there are no innocent bystanders; when fellow citizens are besieged, silence is complicity.

Lack of public reaction to antisemitism
Jesse Brown opens his March 2026 Atlantic essay, “Canada’s Polite Pogrom,” with a devastating line. Describing how the University of British Columbia’s Ed Rosenberg quit teaching geriatric medicine after 30 years, Brown explains that the antisemitic bile students and colleagues at the University of British Columbia posted after October 7 was bad enough. Nevertheless: “He did not resign because of the messages…; he resigned because the university wouldn’t do anything about them.”

Antisemites around him could be dismissed – it’s hard to feel betrayed by twisted people who celebrated such perversions. But Rosenberg and so many others have felt betrayed by so-called “innocent bystanders” and supposedly responsible administrators who did nothing.

The insult is compounded by a cancel culture and DEI bureaucracy exaggerating the slightest slips into massive grievances – when it comes to other groups.
Montreal gunman’s alleged manifesto identified ‘influential Zionists’ as targets
A manifesto allegedly left by the gunman behind Monday’s rampage in Côte-des-Neiges, a heavily Jewish neighborhood in Montreal, repeatedly targeted Jews and Zionists, specifically identifying “influential Zionists” among his intended victims, according to a copy of the document published by Rebel News.

A Jewish civilian, a police officer and the suspect were killed in the attack, while one other police officer was seriously injured but is in stable condition. On Tuesday, Quebec authorities identified the alleged suspect as Seth Hatfield, a 25-year-old man from Alberta. Police have not yet released a motive for the attack.

The 104-page document, published in full by Rebel News, lists “valid potential class A targets,” including large investment banks, powerful politicians and “influential Zionists.”

The manifesto included antisemitic conspiracy theories, stating, “The influence of Zionist Jews upon the western bourgeoisie is in fact so strong that in my other works I sometimes refer to the western ruling class itself as the Judaeo-bourgeois class.” It also repeatedly laments male loneliness and capitalist ideology.

The Quebec coroner’s office confirmed that the civilian killed was Michael Mizrachi, 64. He has been described as an active member of the Jewish community and father of three who sold suits for a living. His local rabbi, Mendel Raskin, told Canadian media that Mizrachi was originally from Lebanon and had moved to Israel before settling in Montreal.
Jake Wallis Simons: The Greens could be about to get even more sinister
More than 30 local election candidates were accused of spreading such venom on social media last month, leading to nearly a dozen suspensions and two arrests. Yet this, the GMG insists, is an example of persecution of “Global Majority candidates and those who support Palestinian liberation”, supporting an atmosphere that supposedly “demonises migrants and Muslims” as well as “women”.

Why all the focus on anti-Semitism? If the GMG had its way, there would seemingly be no limit to the hatred permitted towards the “Zionists” (Jews, the GMG concedes – by which I suppose it means that small number of Jewish Leftist cranks who are shoved into the vanguard at Gaza marches – must be kept “safe”), coupled with a greatly magnified pre-occupation with perceived slights against anybody non-white.

Forgive me if I suggest that we are witnessing a broad political insurgency. After signing a Faustian pact, the Greens are now facing an internal battle to salvage the last vestiges of decorum. Call me a pessimist, but I can’t say I fancy their chances. Across the Left of politics, similar moves are afoot.

The last general election returned a brace of “Gaza Independents” on the back of thuggish campaigning and a coordinated campaign of sectarian, tactical voting dubbed “The Muslim Vote”. Next time around, there will be more of them.

Meanwhile, this week, parliamentary gatekeepers were too cowardly to prevent a pernicious e-petition about “pro-Israel influence on UK politics” from being accepted for debate in Parliament.

Answer me this: if the “Israel lobby” were so powerful, would the Government have recognised a state of Palestine? Methinks the growing power lies elsewhere.
Brent council leader defends Nablus twinning after exhibition honouring Hamas founder and terror leaders
The leader of Brent Council has defended the borough’s twinning arrangement with Nablus after an exhibition was put on in the West Bank municipality that glorified terrorists Palestinian terrorists.

The display celebrated figures linked to some of the deadliest terror attacks in Israeli history, including the leader of the 1978 Coastal Road Massacre, the mastermind of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre, and the founder of Hamas.

Nablus mayor Dr Hussam Al-Shakhshir said the exhibition was intended to give those depicted “the recognition they deserve”.

"We greatly appreciate the role these figures played in the Palestinian national action sphere, and we say to people – hopefully we will learn from these figures,” he said.

Bob Blackman, the Conservative MP whose Harrow East constituency includes part of Brent, last month wrote to the leader of Brent Council, Labour councillor Mohammed Butt, to convey his Jewish constituents’ concern over the twinning arrangement, which he said should now be “urgently” investigated. The West Bank exhibition, he said, honours “notorious Palestinian terrorists”.

In his response to Blackman, Butt acknowledged the exhibition “raises matters of serious concern” but said Brent does “not control Nablus… [and] is not responsible for its decisions”.

He wrote: “Let me be absolutely clear: antisemitism, the glorification of terrorism, and any celebration of violence against Jewish people, or any civilian population, are abhorrent and must be condemned without qualification.
Commentary Podcast: Enemies On All Sides
Today we discuss the antisemitic shooting in Montreal, and the controversy involving Dan Goldman and a Brooklyn coffee shop. Plus, Dan Schueftan, chairman of the National Security Studies Center at the University of Haifa, speaks on the current regional and international state of Israel, and the struggle to ensure the continuity of the Jewish way of life.


NYPost Editorial: Mamdani takes the Jew-hate all the way to 11
The idea that Jews secretly plot to divide and control society isn’t new; it was a common theme in tsarist Russia and 1930s Germany. Today it’s big in Arab media and progressive campaigns: The Jews (not Messi’s three goals) robbed Algeria in that World Cup match; AIPAC is why everyone’s hearing about Graham Platner’s sordid past of … a few months ago.

Mamdani’s classic antisemitic themes got worse: The Jews put more cash into AIPAC than they’d ever pay in taxes, he proclaimed, albeit without using the words “money-grubbing.”

Again, PACs and “dark money” of all kinds serve the left as well as the rest of the political spectrum, but the money is only tainted when it comes from the Jews.

Nor was it just one rally: Mamdani and his candidates did an interview last week with radical left influencer Bartley Blakeley, who openly adores Hamas and compares its late leader Yahya Sinwar to Martin Luther King Jr.

Blakeley also promotes the wacko beliefs that Israel perpetrated 9/11 and created ISIS.

Fake-populist brocaster Hasan Piker, another pal of the mayor, also backs bizarre conspiracies about 9/11, insinuating that a couple of 767s flying at top speed couldn’t have destroyed the Twin Towers.

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Chevalier attended the Times Square pro-Hamas rally on Oct. 8, 2023; even Mamdani waited a week or two before joining in such demonstrations.

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Mamdani supposedly represents the fresh face of the Democratic Party.

Too bad the new blood keeps pushing this ancient hate.
'Take Note, Mayor Mamdani': Video Shows Slain Hamas Sniper Firing Rifle, Day After Mayor Called Him an 'Al Jazeera Journalist' and Condemned Israel for Targeting Him
A day after New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the killing of "an Al Jazeera journalist, Ahmed Washah," in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Saturday, a video surfaced showing Washah aggressively firing an automatic rifle in the air and posing with a sniper rifle with a huge sight while wearing a militant headband.

The Israel Defense Forces say that Washah was a Hamas sniper and active combatant who also worked as a photojournalist for Al Jazeera—one of a long list of Palestinian militants in Gaza who are masquerading as journalists.

"Take note, @NYCMayor Mamdani. Ahmed Wishah was not just an Al-Jazeera cameraman killed by the Israeli military. He was a member of a terrorist organization in Gaza," said Joe Truzman, an intelligence analyst who tracks Palestinian armed groups and verified the video that shows Washah.

Truzman later identified Washah's headband as representing the West Bank terrorist group Lions' Den.

When Mamdani was asked during a press conference on Monday if he regretted calling the pro-Israel organization AIPAC "monsters who move dark money," the fiercely anti-Israel mayor defended his stance by using Washah as an example of Israel's supposed crimes.

"We're talking about a status quo where children are being killed on a daily basis," he said. "More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military since the so-called ceasefire. Even an Al Jazeera journalist, Ahmed Washah, who was killed this past Saturday by an Israeli strike."

But Washah—like more than 150 other Gaza "journalists" killed in military operations—was an active terrorist. According to the IDF, Washah "advanced sniper attack plans and additional terrorist activities against IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip." Al Jazeera, meanwhile, published a touching tribute to their fallen cameraman, hailing him as a "kind, principled" colleague but not mentioning his other job.


Mamdani’s wife snubs Brad Lander in primary day Instagram post
Former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander has bear-hugged Mayor Zohran Mamdani as he seeks to unseat Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) — but got a primary day cold shoulder from New York City First Lady Rama Duwaji.

The left-wing illustrator posted an Instagram story Tuesday flashing an “I Voted” sticker and encouraging her followers to support the two congressional candidates endorsed by both her husband and the Democratic Socialists of America: Assemblymember Claire Valdez and doctoral student Darializa Avila Chevalier.

Valdez is battling Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso for the seat of retiring Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) while Avila Chevalier hopes to oust Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY).

“today’s the day NYC!!!” she wrote in a story on her personal account. “vote @claireforny @darializaforny”

The post excluded Lander, who alone among Mamdani’s candidates identifies as a Zionist — albeit as one who has accused the Jewish state of genocide in its military campaign in the Gaza Strip and even Lebanon — and who renounced his DSA membership after the group promoted an anti-Israel rally one day after Hamas’ 2023 attacks. Mamdani, then an unwed state lawmaker, denounced the event at the time.
Brad Lander, Jewish Mamdani ally and Israel critic, wins NYC Congressional primary
Brad Lander, a leftist Jewish ally of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, won his primary race for New York’s 10th Congressional District on Tuesday, ousting the centrist incumbent Dan Goldman.

The winner of the primary race in the district, covering lower Manhattan and part of Brooklyn, is the presumed winner of the general election and next US House representative in the Democratic district.

The Associated Press called the election for Lander soon after polls closed at 9 p.m. With 80% of the vote counted, Lander had 66%, compared to Goldman’s 33%.

Lander and Goldman are both Jewish, but Lander ran further to the left in the race, in which Israel was a major issue.

Lander accused Israel of genocide and apartheid and attacked pro-Israel lobbying, while acknowledging that the attack line made him “queasy” because it played into antisemitic tropes.

Goldman has been harshly critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and the war in Gaza, but is more in line with the Democratic Party center and the mainstream Jewish community.

In his victory speech, Lander again accused Israel of genocide and said the US was “paying for Netanyahu’s wars with our tax dollars.”

“I will be one of the Jewish members of Congress most willing to stand up for Palestinian human rights, and I will stand firmly against bigotry aimed at Jews,” he said.


A Parliamentary debate over ‘pro-Israel influence’ sends a dreadful message
At a time when the number of antisemitic incidents in the UK are running at near-historic levels, it beggars belief that, this week, our parliament will stage a debate on “pro-Israel influence on politics and democracy in Britain”.

Jews have been stabbed in the streets, murdered at their synagogues, and harassed and intimidated in schools, hospitals and campuses and, somehow, the real problem Britain faces is the alleged outsize influence of the “pro-Israel lobby”.

This is not parliament’s doing or the government’s. It’s the result of a petition pushed by a plethora of extremist groups – like 5Pillars, an Islamist news site, which hosts fascists and neo-Nazis like Mark Collett and Nick Griffin to rail against Zionists – clearing the 100,000 signatures requiring a parliamentary debate.

This debate is nothing short of an opportunity for centuries-old antisemitic tropes about Jews, money and power to be peddled and propagated in the mother of parliaments. It is a dark, disturbing day for Britain – a country which the Chief Rabbi, Sir Ephraim Mirvis, once described as “being good to the Jews” as well as “the Jews being good for Britain”.

As we all know, antisemitism has metastasized in recent decades. As the late Lord Sacks, the former Chief Rabbi, suggested in 2017: “In the Middle Ages Jews were hated because of their religion. In the 19th and early 20th century they were hated because of their race. Today they are hated because of their nation state, the state of Israel.”

Consequently, the myth of an all-powerful Jewish conspiracy pulling the world’s strings – most notoriously propagated by that infamous forgery, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion – has evolved over time.

But the essence remains the same: that Jews are engaged in a surreptitious and malevolent effort to subvert the national interest to promote their own agenda – and, when they’re caught out, they attempt to deflect criticism by raising the false charge of antisemitism.

This is unsurprising: anti-Zionism – the all-consuming hatred of the world’s only Jewish state which is today so prevalent in many of our public institutions and culture – was contrived in Stalin’s Soviet Union by a group of far-right nationalist authors who, as expert Izabella Tabarovsky put it, “rewrote the antisemitic conspiracy theory of the Protocols as a Marxist-Leninist critique of Zionism fit for consumption by Soviet Communist elites and the global left”.


Agitator films herself howling at customers to leave Israeli-owned coffee chain in LA
A pro-Palestine TikToker has unleashed a campaign of terror on a Los Angeles coffee chain — proudly posting a video of herself inside the shop telling patrons to leave simply because she said the java joint was “pro-Israel.”

The keffiyeh-wearing content creator, who goes by @redheadheretic, shared a clip to her 23,000-plus followers showing her inside the West Hollywood location of Couplet Coffee raging against its owner.

In the clip, she describes owner Gefen Skolnick as “super pro-Israel” and urges patrons to boycott the shop.

“Just know that this is owned by an Israeli,” she said, adding later: “Thank you for leaving.”

It isn’t the first time the TikToker — real name Madison Dunaetz — has attacked Couplet.

She’s posted several clips bashing the business, including one in which she announced that the owner’s parents were from Israel.

“Gefen loves Israel,” Dunaetz says in the clip.

In other videos, the TikToker regularly shames businesses across Los Angeles that she cla have ties to Israel.

In one, Dunaetz went after the owner of an LA food truck because the owner is a “Zionist” who “goes to Israel” and posts photos vacationing there, she calimed.
NY man imprisoned for attacking Jews is released early, supporters say
A prominent anti-Israel activist in New York City who was imprisoned for assaulting Jews is released from prison early, his supporters say.

Tarek Bazrouk pleaded guilty to antisemitic hate crimes in federal court last year.

He physically assaulted Jews during anti-Israel protests in at least three incidents.

After his arrest, Bazrouk became a cause célèbre in the anti-Zionist movement.

More than 12,000 people signed a letter supporting him during his trial, hundreds showed up to his court hearings, and supporters have donated more than $11,000 to his prison commissary.

Leading anti-Zionist groups, such as National Students for Justice in Palestine and Within Our Lifetime, have publicly supported him.

A group of his backers says he was released from prison this morning, after 13 months of incarceration.
Seattle University provost puts Palestinian flag-waving student in her place at commencement ceremony
A Seattle University commencement ceremony has found the national spotlight after a high-ranking administrator ripped a Palestine flag from a student's hand just as she was about to unfurl it on stage.

University provost Shane Martin suddenly snatched the tricolor from Sumeyya Osman on June 14 moments before they posed for a photograph at the graduation ceremony.

Video of the tense exchange was later shared on social media by CAIR Washington, an Islamophobia-focused civil rights group, which claimed Martin had been 'aggressive'.

'A Muslim student communicated to the provost that she does not shake hands with men, she then attempted to hold up her Palestinian flag and had it aggressively ripped away by the provost and subsequently physically accosted her'.

Martin said he did not receive a request from Osman to forfeit the handshake, and that he honored this request from 'at least a dozen other graduating students'.

The pair were seen awkwardly standing side-by-side for a photograph before Osman left the stage, and appeared to unfurl the flag again as she walked.

Osman also spoke with CAIR about the ordeal a few days later.

'I told him that I don't shake hands, obviously because he's a man and I'm a Muslim,' she said. 'But then he just proceeded to try and take the flag away from me aggressively,' Osman said at a press conference on Wednesday.


BMA votes to scrap international definition of antisemitism across NHS in shock move
The British Medical Association (BMA) has voted to drop the international definition of antisemitism across the NHS.

The shock decision by the doctors’ union to ditch the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition, adopted by the NHS to protect Jewish healthcare workers and patients, was made at the BMA’s annual general meeting on Tuesday.

Used around the world, the British government formally adopted the definition in December 2016.

To guide IHRA in its work, it cites a number of examples of how antisemitism manifests itself, such as comparing Israeli policy to that of the Nazis, or holding Jews collectively responsible for the actions of Israel.

NHS England endorsed the definition last year after ministers ordered action amid surging rates of antisemitism.

Then health secretary Wes Streeting mandated that NHS England and all Department of Health and Social Care arm's length bodies explicitly adopt IHRA.

But BMA members backed a motion at the AGM in Brighton which expressed “grave concern” about the IHRA definition of antisemitism in the NHS.

It claimed that the IHRA definition has a “chilling effect” on political speech, and means that NHS doctors cannot express “ethical concerns about Israel’s actions in Palestine”.

The motion, initially proposed by BMA consultants, stated: “This meeting expresses grave concern about the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism in the NHS without proper consultation or risk assessment.”

It called on the BMA – which represents over 200,000 doctors and medical students across the UK – to “immediately investigate the impact of IHRA definition adoption on NHS staff, particularly regarding the chilling effect on legitimate political speech and professional expression of ethical concerns about Israel's actions in Palestine.”
Police assess complaint over Oxford Union president’s alleged Hamas comments
Police are assessing a complaint against the former president of the Oxford Union after leaked WhatsApp messages appeared to defend Hamas and justify the terrorist group’s actions.

Thames Valley Police confirmed it is examining allegations relating to support for a proscribed terrorist organisation following a complaint submitted by UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI).

The complaint relates to messages attributed to former Oxford Union president Arwa Elrayess, 20, in which she described Hamas as a “resistance group” and appeared to justify the terrorist group’s actions.

According to screenshots of the messages, Elrayess wrote in a student WhatsApp group in September 2025: “Any resistance group will inevitably be deemed a ‘terrorist’ organisation by the West until they achieve their liberation (by which time, they’ll be lauded as heroes, as history has repeatedly proven).”

She also wrote: “I think the severity of resistance is often proportional to the severity of oppression.”

When challenged by another student, Elrayess added: “Some would argue it’s less than proportional. Have u seen what Israel has put Palestinians through for decades???”

The messages were reportedly shared in a WhatsApp group containing more than 100 Oxford students.

A spokesperson for Thames Valley Police said: “We can confirm that we are aware of a complaint relating to an allegation of support of a proscribed terror organisation in Oxford. We are continuing to assess this allegation and have been in discussion with Counter Terrorism Policing South East.”

UKLFI said it has referred the matter to both Thames Valley Police and the Metropolitan Police.


Holocaust survivor, 97, takes part in fundraising cycle ride from Auschwitz to Krakow
A 97-year-old Auschwitz survivor is cycling from the site of the camp to Krakow this week to raise funds for the growing Jewish community in the Polish city.

Bernard Offen, who also survived four other Nazi concentration camps, will be riding a tandem bike fronted by his friend Jonathan Ornstein, chief executive of the city’s Jewish Community Centre (JCC), as part of this year’s Ride For the Living.

Prior to the Second World War, Krakow was a bustling centre of Jewish life but later became synonymous with nearby Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Holocaust. In recent years, however, it has experienced a resurgence of Jewish life and in 2008 the former Prince of Wales – now King Charles III – inaugurated the JCC founded by World Jewish Relief.

Now in its 11th year, 300 participants will ride from the camp where more than 1.1 million people were murdered, to the gates of the JCC. Cyclists from around a dozen countries, including the UK, US and Israel, are aiming to raise $1 million (£756,000) to fund the centre’s operations.

The bike ride is the focal point of an inspiring four-day programme starting on Wednesday, which also includes tours of the city and Auschwitz-Birkenau, and a huge Shabbat dinner.

Born in Krakow in 1929, Offen and his two older brothers were the only ones of more than 50 of his family to survive the Holocaust. His mother and sister were murdered at the Bełżec extermination camp in Poland in 1942, while his father was killed in the gas chambers at Auschwitz in 1944 – shortly after they arrived together and were separated.

He was only reunited with his brothers after the war, having also survived the horrors of Płaszów, Julag, Mauthausen and Dachau. In 1951 the siblings emigrated to the US.

Three decades later, he returned to Poland for the first time and from 1991 onwards he started spending his summers in his birthplace, giving tours of the Jewish quarter and speaking publicly about his family’s experiences.
Argentine survivors of 1992 attack on Israeli embassy visit Israel
A delegation of survivors of the 1992 attack on the Israeli embassy in Argentina is visiting Israel, led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and held a meeting with Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar. During Sa’ar’s visit to Argentina in November, Sa’ar invited the survivors he met with to visit the country.

On March 17, 1992, a suicide bomber detonated a truck bomb in front of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, an explosion that caused the complete collapse of the building, the murder of 29 civilians (including Israeli diplomats and employees, local workers and others), and the wounding of 242 additional civilians. Those who initiated, planned, and carried out this murderous attack were Iran and Hezbollah.

The survivors’ delegation consists of 12 people, all local Argentinians who worked at the embassy at the time of the attack, and some of whom were wounded in it. All participants lost colleagues and good friends in the attack, and the trauma accompanies them to this day.

Sa’ar presented certificates of appreciation and esteem to the survivors for their contribution to the State of Israel. He also thanked them for their contribution to preserving the memory and providing testimony over the years.

After years during which the investigation of the attack did not advance significantly, the rise to power of President Javier Milei led to a profound change and turned the fight against Iranian terrorism into a central axis of foreign policy.

The Argentine Congress amended the criminal code to allow for full trials in absentia of the accused, thereby stripping immunity from senior foreign officials who refuse to turn themselves in.

On April 11, 2024, Argentina’s Federal Criminal Cassation Court ruled that the attack, and the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center, were crimes against humanity not subject to statutes of limitations, and held that Iran planned the attacks and was a “terrorist state,” and that Hezbollah carried them out. This enabled the prosecution to begin proceedings for filing indictments against senior Iranian officials and Hezbollah operatives.


The U.S. Navy's 1847 Expedition to the Holy Land
U.S. Navy Lt. William Francis Lynch led a government-sponsored expedition to the Holy Land in 1847 and published his findings in Narrative of the United States' Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea, five years later.

Lynch was also a strong adherent of "Restorationism," a precursor to Christian Zionism, believing that the Jewish people must return to the Holy Land as part of the fulfillment of biblical prophecy.

Lynch described the Jordan River's raging rapids, difficult terrain, unusual flora and fauna, warring Arab tribes, and suffering Christian and Jewish communities.

Photography was not yet available, so Lynch and his crew relied on illustrations to accompany the expedition record.





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