UN charity once chaired by Hunter Biden stands by Texas money man after Post reveals DHS probe into $100M anti-Israel ‘war chest’
A UN-backed charity once chaired by Hunter Biden is standing by a Texas money man even as federal investigators probe his group’s possible ties to sanctioned Palestinian organizations, The Post has learned.Maureen Lipman slams ‘sanctimonious’ actors who ‘forced’ Boy George out of West End role over pro-Israel song
The World Food Program USA wiped its entire leadership roster from its website just days after this newspaper revealed the federal inquiry into PFF and its backers, including Basil Qunibi and a group of well-heeled Palestinian donors.
But despite the mounting controversy, the nonprofit insists the founder of Austin-based Atom Investors isn’t going anywhere and blamed the bizarrely timed disappearance of his profile on a routine IT issue.
“Both our staff and board pages are down for maintenance,” a WFP USA spokesperson told The Post. “Basil Qunibi is a member of our Board of Directors.”
They added that the IT work “will conclude by next week.” The rest of the organization’s website, including its donation portals, mission pages, and press releases, remained fully operational on Tuesday afternoon.
The Washington-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit raises money for the United Nations’ food assistance agency. Hunter Biden chaired the organization from 2011 to 2015, which overlapped with some of his controversial business dealings while Joe Biden served as vice-president under Barack Obama.
The website change followed The Post’s story detailing a Department of Homeland Security investigation into PFF and its backers.
It revealed the involvement of Qunibi, Australian billionaire and racecar driver Yasser Shahin, and Bassema Yousef, a Democratic fundraiser who is close to Mayor Zohran Mamdani, in the pro-Palestinian group.
Sources said federal investigators are scrutinizing the trio’s involvement in PFF, an alleged $100 million UK-based political ‘war chest’ that helps fund anti-Israel messaging and provides support to Palestinian activists.
The feds are tracking the entity’s cross-border financial flows tied to anti-Israel advocacy and possible links to sanctioned organizations.
Authorities have not charged any of the trio with wrongdoing. The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.
But Qunibi’s representatives have since retreated from initial claims made to The Post that he did not finance PFF.
Dame Maureen Lipman has defended Boy George in an op-ed in the Spectator discussing her own 13-week experience performing Allegra amidst the palpable burden of pro-Palestine protests.Lauded Australian director Kosky decries anti-Semitism
In May, the Jewish actor and JC contributor found herself the target of the anti-Israel mob when due to perform the musical in Aberdeen.
The Scottish city’s branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) shared a graphic of Lipman with horns and holding a pitchfork, claiming on its Instagram that she had “openly voiced extremist Islamophobic, anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab views”, and urging supporters to sign a petition against her performance.
The group further labelled her “an open supporter of the settler-colonial, apartheid state of Israel, which continues to commit genocide, and is ethnically cleansing the West Bank”.
On finishing her most recent West End stint, she wrote in her op-ed: “The gang of protestors who tried to boycott me from theatres in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Bath for believing in the state of Israel’s right to exist went underground in London.
“They were replaced by an altruistic band of brethren of all faiths called Mensch, who turned up to protest against the protestors. God bless them.”
She went on to talk about Boy George, who has, in recent weeks, also become the target of anti-Israel protesters after defending Israel most notably in his new song We Will Dance Again.
Lipman wrote that while her West End experience went off without any protest, “A group of sanctimonious actors forced Boy George out of his contract to play King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar.
“They allegedly pressured producer Michael Harrison into sacking Boy George because he has, in a brave song called We Will Dance Again, defended Israel’s right to defend itself after the Hamas pogrom.
“In other words, Boy George has a different political stance from some of the cast. Powerful people. The show itself concerns a nice Jewish rabbi fighting prejudice from angry mobs in his ancestral home of Israel.”
The main character of The Trial is arrested and finds himself trapped in an absurdly complicated legal system, trying desperately to find out what he has done wrong.
Readers of the novel never discover the answer, but in Kosky's version the trial is an examination of the author's Judaism, an attribute which is sometimes forgotten in discussion of his work.
Oh, and there's singing and dancing - including a tap dancing Rabbi.
The production is in German, Hebrew, and Yiddish, with surtitles translated from Kafka's stories - so for English-speaking audiences that haven't read Kafka, they will be reading him during the show.
In previous years Kosky has brought operatic productions to Adelaide, and in 2024 The Threepenny Opera, also with the Berliner Ensemble.
AAP spoke to the director just before the final block of public hearings for Australia's anti-Semitism royal commission, called in response to the terrorist attack at Bondi beach which saw 15 people killed and another 40 wounded.
Melbourne-born Kosky, 59, hasn't lived in Australia for 26 years, but laments the nation's public discourse, which he says has morphed from legitimate political criticism into discussion so polarised it has become terrifying and dangerous.
"We have crossed over into 'should the state of Israel exist?' which has never happened in any other country ... (It) leads us into rampant 21st century anti-Semitism, of a type that we have not seen for decades," he said.
He's vehemently opposed to the Israeli government, but cautions that Jewish people from both Israel and the diaspora are being forced to take reductive positions on complex issues, in response to a performative moral outrage from non-Jews.
"You can be a good Jew if you basically disown Israel, disown Zionism, disown Jewish culture, and say absolutely free Palestine," he said.
K has absolutely nothing to do with anti-Semitism, Gaza, Israel or the Holocaust, said Kosky - it's fundamentally a show about Jewish spirituality and culture.
Perhaps that's timely, as he perceives Jewish people again becoming a scapegoat for the world's evils.
"It's a perfect storm and I don't know how we get out of it, because this is the time you want dialogue, compassion, empathy - most of the yelling offers no solutions."
K is at Her Majesty's Theatre from March 4-7.
The Brink: The Middle East, Zionism and The West’s New “Religion”
In this episode of The Brink, Andrew and Jake are joined by bestselling historian and author Simon Sebag Montefiore for a sweeping conversation about the history of the Middle East and his new book, The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East.
Sebag challenges many of the assumptions shaping today's debates about Israel, Islam, and the wider region. He explains why Islam cannot be treated as a single political or religious force, why Israel is in many ways more typical of Middle Eastern history than Western audiences realise, and how Zionism fits into a much longer history of Jewish attachment to the Holy Land.
The conversation also examines what Sebag describes as the West's almost religious commitment to the two-state solution, despite the realities on the ground. From the collapse of the Ottoman Empire and the creation of modern nation-states to Turkey, Iran, and the decline of Christianity across the region, he explores how history continues to shape today's conflicts.
Finally, we look at America's changing role in the Middle East and the emergence of a new geopolitical order in which conflicts from Ukraine and the Caucasus to the Horn of Africa are increasingly interconnected.
Chapters
00:00 The Two-State Solution Has Become A Religion
02:28 Simon Sebag Montefiore On The Brink
07:25 The Truth About Islam
13:37 Israel’s Crisis From Within
18:50 Will Israel Survive Its Divisions?
24:15 The Real History Of Zionism
30:44 Why The Two-State Solution Keeps Failing
32:12 The West’s Contradiction On Nationalism
35:36 Does The Middle East Need America?
45:37 Why Israel Isn’t Historically Exceptional
Australia’s royal commission on antisemitism to conclude hearings after Bondi Beach attack
Australia's Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion held its final day of hearings on Wednesday, wrapping up months of testimony from Australians in the aftermath of the 2025 Bondi Beach mass shooting.‘Betrayal’: Royal Commission cuts final hearings short as ‘clear’ witnesses left out
Established in the wake of the ISIS-inspired attack on a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach in Sydney, where Sajid and Naveed Akram allegedly murdered 15, the commission has heard from hundreds of Jewish community members, policy experts, and security officials.
The commission has also reportedly received over 20,000 submissions.
Some of the key witnesses include survivors of the massacre, Holocaust survivors, and the head of Australia's national security agency.
Chabad of Bondi director Rabbi Yehoram Ulman is scheduled to be among the last to testify on Wednesday. Ulman's son-in-law, Rabbi Eli Schlanger was killed in the attack.
Royal commission was initially rejected, only formed after public pressure
Some in Australia have called for the commission's duration to be extended to allow for a more thorough investigation. New South Wales Premier Chris Minns told the press he would call for an extension to get “the fundamental truth of what happened” out.
“If we need to for a couple of weeks longer, given that most of the expense was spent setting it up, that would seem to be money well spent because both the federal and the state government are relying on these recommendations to shape some of our policy,” News.com.au reported him as having said.
MP Julian Leeser, who has Jewish ancestry, submitted a motion in Parliament to extend the commission, though it was defeated.
Following the attack, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese initially rejected calls for a royal commission. Weeks later, after calls from Jewish organizations, individuals, and politicians, he announced the formation of the commission.
From its formation, the commission was tasked with four main areas: Investigating antisemitism, making recommendations to assist security services to respond to antisemitism, examining the circumstances surrounding the Bondi attack, and making recommendations to strengthen social cohesion in the country.
News24 host Sharri Markson reacts to the Bondi Royal Commission cutting short its hearings by two days.
‘Extremely disturbing’: Home Affairs funded group with anti-Israel record
Liberal MP Julian Leeser reacts to the Australian Home Affairs Department awarding a social cohesion grant to a Muslim media group that platformed manosphere influencer Sneako.
Representatives of Australia’s major Jewish groups thank all those who courageously gave evidence over the past months at the Royal Commission on Antisemitism & Social Cohesion, and all those who stood by us. THANK YOU! pic.twitter.com/UlTpeyYCMm
— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) August 26, 2026
My @AIJAC_Update colleague Jamie Hyams, writing in @FinancialReview on how 'a court decision by a NSW judge could make the fight against antisemitism harder.' pic.twitter.com/1ApIgTblkU
— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) August 25, 2026
UNICEF UK ‘takes action’ over employee linked to anti-Israel merchandise
UNICEF UK says it has taken “immediate action” after an employee was linked to an online shop selling merchandise celebrating violence against Israelis and honouring Hamas leaders.Cambridge’s Farah Ahmed: study engineering ‘to produce weaponry for Jihad’
Muhammad Karim, who was listed as a marketing specialist at the children’s charity, was reported to UNICEF UK earlier this month by UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI).
The pro-Israel legal group raised concerns after research by antisemitism monitoring group GnasherJew linked Karim to Solid Mujahid, an online store selling clothing and accessories carrying anti-Israel slogans and violent imagery.
The shop, which has since been taken offline, offered hoodies carrying the words “Death Death to the IDF” and caps featuring an inverted red triangle, a symbol used in Hamas propaganda to mark Israeli targets.
Another product showed a watermelon throwing a lit firebomb at an Israeli tank and was promoted as an “epic representation of resistance” against “the absolute worst of humanity, the IDF and its ilk”.
UKLFI also highlighted a T-shirt featuring the names of Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh and Ahmad Yassin alongside other political and historical figures.
A further item carried the words “Punch a Zionist” alongside an image of a Palestinian flag bearer punching a person marked with an Israeli flag.
UKLFI contacted UNICEF UK on 9 August and warned that some of the material could potentially breach UK terrorism legislation.
Karim had been described on LinkedIn as a marketing manager at UNICEF UK and was also named in an organisational directory as a marketing specialist. According to UKLFI, his details were subsequently removed from the directory, and references to UNICEF disappeared from his LinkedIn profile.
UNICEF has not confirmed whether Karim has been dismissed.
Its chief executive, Dr Philip Goodwin, told UKLFI: “We are aware of the serious allegations concerning this employee and took immediate action commensurate with the alleged conduct.”
Cambridge University’s education faculty – former home of Jason Arday – has appointed as assistant research professor a woman who wrote that Muslims should study engineering and computers ‘to produce advanced weaponry for Jihad in order that the deen [Islam] may dominate over all other deens.’Cambridge defends academic over ‘produce weaponry for Jihad’ article
This is the fourth in our series of articles about Farah Ahmed, a former activist in the racist, extremist and separatist group Hizb ut Tahrir, now banned as a terror organisation, who has been given a senior role by Cambridge training the future leaders of the teaching profession.
Two weeks ago we covered one chapter Ahmed wrote in a Hizb pamphlet – published in 2002, and republished in 2017 (Ahmed was not involved in the republication) – where she attacked ‘western education’ as a ‘threat’ to Muslims, condemned democracy and integration, and criticised British schools for teaching pupils that child marriage is wrong.
However, the same pamphlet includes a second, even more radical chapter, co-written by Ahmed and another senior Hizb activist, Nazreen Nawaz, head of its women’s section. This describes Hizb’s plan to create a fully Islamic education system as part of the Islamic dictatorship, the Khilafah, which is its core goal. As the chapter puts it: ‘nothing will be contained within the curriculum that contradicts with Islam, such as the teaching of the ideas of freedom, nationalism, democracy or evolution in a positive light’.
‘Nor can there be any schools established on any other religion, sect or race… Even the non-Muslims need to be educated under the educational curriculum of Islam… by pushing them to think about the correct belief in life.’
As for higher education, there is little room in Ahmed and Nawaz’s world for the doctrines and subjects so beloved of the Cambridge airheads who hired her: ‘Subjects such as foreign philosophies and religions, capitalism, communism, socialism, nationalism, sociology, psychology, foreign history, foreign languages and foreign literature, should be taught only at the higher level of education with the view of refuting their ideas and exposing their falsehood.’
The real purpose of university study, say the pair, is to equip Muslims for conquest. ‘The motivation to study engineering would be to aid the development of machinery for Jihad and Allah’s reward for this is immeasurable. The motivation for studying computer technology would be to elevate the Islamic society over all other societies in the world, to show it as a shining example and to produce advanced weaponry for Jihad in order that the deen [Islam] may dominate over all other deens as commanded by the Creator.’
There is a whole section in this chapter, by the way, on ‘the training of teachers’ to achieve all these goals – the very thing Ahmed is being paid by Cambridge University to influence.
Cambridge has now told Jewish News that Ahmed says the comments were not written by her and do not represent her views.
A spokesperson for the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, said: “These comments were made in an article to which Dr Ahmed contributed as a historical researcher more than 20 years ago. She has said that they are not her words and do not reflect her views. Dr Ahmed also reiterated that she ended her association with Hizb ut-Tahrir more than 15 years ago, long before the group was proscribed. Her appointment at Cambridge followed a standard recruitment process and complied fully with the University’s legal obligations as an employer.”
Ahmed previously said in 2010 that she no longer supported “all” the views of Hizb ut-Tahrir and had not recently been involved with the organisation.
The revelations follow separate scrutiny of an education project led by Ahmed which promotes an Islamic curriculum. The Spectator reported last week that teaching material promoted by the project described Israelis taken hostage by Hamas on 7 October as “prisoners of war”, called Hamas an “excuse” used by Israel to justify attacks on Gaza and included a map on which Israel did not appear.
Hizb ut-Tahrir was proscribed by the UK government on 19 January 2024. Announcing the ban, the government described it as an antisemitic organisation which “actively promotes and encourages terrorism” and pointed to its praise for the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023.
Mark Ruffalo thinks he's living in a Marvel movie, and Israel is the supervillain.
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) August 25, 2026
How else could he have merged a Hollywood studio deal with warnings about Jews controlling the media, and Israel's "genocide”?
It's nothing new for the Israel-obsessed actor-turned-activist, who… pic.twitter.com/bpSgr10lFK
If antisemitism is merely a symptom of Israel's war in Gaza, then why did it exist before the modern state of Israel did?
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) August 25, 2026
My thoughts in depth here: https://t.co/TW2X37qzq1 pic.twitter.com/EXHFj4k8EN
El-Sayed slated to take part in Michigan Jewish Dem event honoring Dana Nessel
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee in Michigan whom the Republican Jewish Coalition called “the most antisemitic U.S. Senate candidate in America,” is slated to participate in an upcoming Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus event honoring Dana Nessel, the state attorney general.
The Summer Simcha, described as “a conversation with our statewide elected officials and candidates on their thoughts on governing the state and engaging with our Jewish community,” is scheduled to take place on Aug. 30 at an undisclosed address.
“Join us as we especially honor and celebrate Attorney General Dana Nessel for eight years of courage and chutzpah,” the flier states.
“Conversationalists” include El-Sayed, Michigan secretary of state Jocelyn Benson, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, prosecutor Eli Savit, state representative Samantha Steckloff and state senator Jeremy Moss, who was recently the target of antisemitic streamer Hasan Piker, who appeared to blame American Jews and their support for Israel for violent antisemitism.
Piker has campaigned with El-Sayed.
After the primary, the Jewish caucus called on the Democratic nominee to engage with Jews in Michigan and work toward “healing” through “accountability and constructive dialogue.”
In response to criticism for inviting El-Sayed, the caucus stated that “we invited all statewide candidates” and that it hopes people will “come and listen.”
You're the one who campaigned with that twitch streamer and won't denounce him. Who tried to equate a radical Muslim running a truck into a Jewish pre-school with the IDF killing a Hezbollah member in Lebanon. Who said many of your own supporters were warm toward Ayatollah… https://t.co/5Z0WIC3b25
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 25, 2026
I've never seen anyone bloviate so hard.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) August 25, 2026
I went on @JesseBWatters Primetime immediately following his conversation with Abdul el-Sayed for an instant reaction. pic.twitter.com/vAvKQS43pX
The biggest feature of antisemites is they lie constantly to justify their bigotry.
— AG (@AGHamilton29) August 25, 2026
The Ellisons don’t donate to the IDF. The IDF doesn’t even take private donations. They donate to the FIDF, a program to support military families. It has 0 to do with actual military activities. https://t.co/8D3o5ELpKE
Mehdi lied, and now he’s lying again to cover his first lie.
— Yehuda Teitelbaum (@chalavyishmael) August 25, 2026
Scroll down the page and FIDF explains exactly what their programs provide: mental health retreats, food and pharmacy vouchers for poor and lone soldiers, and welfare grants for battalions and brigades. https://t.co/igEoQydDfr pic.twitter.com/BvTUg002B7
Pretty amazing he negated his first point in his second point. pic.twitter.com/eE0NZLM3AT
— Jon Liedtke יוני שמואל לידקי (@jonliedtke) August 25, 2026
A good place to look for evidence of what I’m saying is something called “literally all of recorded history.” Pretty embarrassing for someone in his field not to realize this.
— Danny Gold (@DGisSERIOUS) August 25, 2026
If by “same point” you mean she predicted Hasan Piker decades ago, then yeah, sure. https://t.co/GgyqfD2VIr
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) August 24, 2026
Cool. Now do Abdul El-Sayed. https://t.co/uKiT8wrJ2p
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 25, 2026
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— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) August 25, 2026
Ha'aretz reveal their hand rather early in the piece.
Ah yes, "grates on the ear" - just a mild sensory annoyance, like chalk on a blackboard, rather than the mainstreaming of violent extremism and antisemitism. Downplaying hate as a minor aesthetic nuisance is peak Ha'aretz. pic.twitter.com/11A7hpM5Lr
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— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) August 25, 2026
Piker also compares Zionism’s “starting position” to the Irgun and Lehi, then claims its “driving principle” was to “rid the land” of Palestinians.
This is simply not true.
Zionism predates these organizations by decades, accepted partition and a Jewish state alongside an… pic.twitter.com/wEVyofxtsq
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— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) August 25, 2026
And if it wasn't already clear that Ha'aretz provided him a friendly platform, they close with him joking about being called an "arch-terrorist" and self-describing as "pragmatic and agreeable."
Providing a friendly megaphone to normalize extreme rhetoric isn't journalism.… pic.twitter.com/ADMK041Rcq
Hannah Einbeinder is about as Jewish as a ham sandwich. And the dude quoting her is a "queer jew w long nails...he/they." If you believe that these people represent Jews or Judaism, then you believe Madonna represents Catholics and Catholicism. https://t.co/4LK8SM455A
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 25, 2026
Wow! @mahmoudkhalel finally said the quiet part out loud. He knows that Zionism is part of Jewish identity, and that it doesn't mean what he says it means to the very people whose word it is. He just doesn’t care!
— Mark Goldfeder (@MarkGoldfeder) August 25, 2026
Only he gets to define Jewish identity.
Wrong.
Let me explain: https://t.co/w8PLfHthB8
Faux student and 24/7 Palestinian Arab propagandist @mahmoudkhalel wages forever war against the Jewish people (aka "Zionism".)
— Prof Gerald M Steinberg (@GeraldNGOM) August 25, 2026
Jews (Judeans) are the indigenous people of this land (8 million as of 2026). For 100 years, Arabs (like his grandparents) chose war and mass terror… https://t.co/Ug8xQmPcG2
Compare Cenk Uuguyr's "bipartisan" "Make America Free Again" slogan to Joseph Goebbels' essay: “Why Are We Enemies of the Jews?” (1928).
— Magdi Jacobs (@magi_jay) August 25, 2026
Here is Goebbels:
"We are enemies of the Jews because we are warriors for the freedom of the German people. The Jew is the cause and the… pic.twitter.com/1T3q5IKfV1
Is it from foreigners who come to this country to undermine it with socialistic, conspiracy-laden, Third Worldist bullshit? https://t.co/vqifVQe2AR
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 25, 2026
Name the disagreements then.
— Jake Donnelly (@RedWhiteBlueJew) August 25, 2026
And explain why you disagree.
Remember, your arguments are supposed to be coming from the perspective of “what’s best for America.”
So explain exactly why your nephew—who sexually harassed Ana when he was chubby—has bad ideas for America https://t.co/jQJPp2YIxM
🚨Watch how Candace Owens spent a year HIJACKING Charlie Kirk's death and silencing her so-called friend's real warning he sent about the left the night before his death, instead actively manipulating that message to push her own anti-Israel agenda.
— Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV) (@TheMilkBarTV) August 25, 2026
Feat. @paleochristcon pic.twitter.com/hjMKBiH7e6
"They" being the people of Kentucky? https://t.co/dMoXmbQzBv
— Yehuda Teitelbaum (@chalavyishmael) August 25, 2026
Walking by The Thames after this morning’s tv appearance and I’ve resisted posting about this terrorist supporting camp in London, but I really think something should be said now. Terrorist flags, anti Israel crap and this has been here for months and months. How long would an… pic.twitter.com/DFp8iLCXP8
— Alastair Hilton (@London_W4) August 25, 2026
The article targeting a synagogue in The Canary was written by the notorious David Miller. Here he’s researching the genetic lineage of a Jewish member of the Green Party. This is antizionism in action. Pure unadulterated hate. https://t.co/pHvNWuoZDA pic.twitter.com/hWZLBNInE5
— Heidi Bachram (@HeidiBachram) August 25, 2026
These creeps are calling Manor Solomon a “baby-killer”. That would be bad enough even if he had served recently but he finished his mandatory IDF service in 2019. He wasn’t even in a combat role and had elite athlete status so had light duties and carried on his career. Ghouls.
— Heidi Bachram (@HeidiBachram) August 25, 2026
Northern Irish pro-Pals keep harassing the local supermarket because they stock Israeli baby wipes. To claims to be human rights advocates while wearing a T-shirt for Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti actually turns my stomach. Vile bullies. pic.twitter.com/3r38YUV4Uz
— Heidi Bachram (@HeidiBachram) August 25, 2026
Montreal passes amended motion that does not cut ties with Israel
Montreal City Council voted to amend a motion that would have cut the city’s institutional ties with Israel and instead passed a version that recognizes Hamas as a terror organization and notes the rise in Jew-hatred across the country.Documentary about killing of civilians in Gaza to premiere at Venice Film Festival
References to “apartheid” and “genocide” were removed from the motion, which the opposition party Projet Montreal had put forward. The final version supports international judicial bodies examining allegations of “genocide.”
The council voted 38-22 to make the changes, which the administration of Soraya Martinez Ferrada, mayor of the city, promoted. The amended motion then passed 54-6.
In the passed version, the council “affirms its solidarity with the Palestinian people” and supports a negotiated two-stated solution.
Paola Samuel, Quebec and Atlantic Canada regional director at B’nai Brith Canada, stated that she was “pleased that the City Council did not adopt the deceitful and distorted language contained in the original motion.”
Divisions about the “conflict in the Middle East” are “contributing to a significant increase in hostility and violence targeting the Jewish community,” Samuel said. “This manifested itself at City Hall last night, where an angry mob of extremists accosted people leaving the building, shouting hateful invectives.”
Samuel urged the council “to continue to focus its attention on what matters most to its constituents—housing, crime and affordability—rather than inserting itself into complex geopolitical issues that foster division and contribute to the normalization of hate on our streets.”
A documentary examining Israel’s killing of civilians in Gaza was added to the Venice Film Festival line-up on Monday, the second year running that a highly charged work about the conflict has competed for the prestigious Golden Lion.
Festival organizers said “NAZA,” directed by the Israeli duo Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, will join the main program for the September 2 to 12 event — the only documentary among this year’s 21 contenders.
Last year, “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” which tells the harrowing story of the final hours of a Gazan girl trapped in a car under Israeli fire, won second prize at Venice after earning a record 23-minute standing ovation at its premiere.
According to a synopsis released by the festival, “NAZA” was shot at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv and “reveals in detail the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.”
It is based on reporting that appeared in the Israeli left-wing activist outlets +972 Magazine and Local Call, and the UK’s Guardian, at least some of which has been challenged by the Israel Defense Forces.
“Naza” is a reference to a Hebrew acronym for collateral damage, used by the military.
Israel says that it tried to avoid killing civilians during its operations in Gaza, which targeted Hamas after the terror group that rules the Strip led a devastating assault on southern Israel that killed 1,200 people and saw 251 abducted to Gaza. Israel accuses Hamas of embedding its operatives and military infrastructure among the civilian population, a claim that Hamas denies.
Israel also rejects all accusations of genocide in Gaza.
Update: Jason Gervase is no longer employed with the University of Arizona. https://t.co/MJCdMzNXpt
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) August 26, 2026
Even more nauseating?
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) August 25, 2026
The NEA Union has paid Rethinking Schools nearly $110,000 USD.
Yes.
Hard working teachers' dues are being funneled to promote socialism & antisemitism!
More from @NAVIvalues here: https://t.co/xIswmjOLjy pic.twitter.com/aoWitOkDLC
A look into Marisa Ibrahim Pangilinan's previous public social media posts include:
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) August 25, 2026
- Jewish supremacy claimshttps://t.co/g72yeRTybW
- defending murderer Marwan Barghoutihttps://t.co/WmRjXwUnKE
- blaming Israel for 9/11 https://t.co/8jMRLpHzuX
... and many more. This bigot… pic.twitter.com/xKjgA6XREj
Next level Israel derangement on RTÉ Radio 1. McCullough interviews journalist Ciara Carolan about the aftermath of the Columbian earthquake. Ms. Carolan decides to berate the Columbian president for being pro-Israel and recognizing the Golan Heights.
— ZZ Flop ✡️🇮🇪 (@ZzVvbbbbn) August 25, 2026
This is why articles - all articles - need to be checked at a senior level by an editor. This piece doesn't even attempt to shield itself, however slightly, by citing someone claiming that JK Rowling has engaged in Holocaust denial. It just states it as fact. https://t.co/iE6tyPLmbB
— Daniel Sugarman (@Daniel_Sugarman) August 25, 2026
Aaaand the bit of the sentence accusing JK Rowling of Holocaust Denial has now vanished from the Metro piece.
— Daniel Sugarman (@Daniel_Sugarman) August 25, 2026
Screenshots remain though, obviously pic.twitter.com/86U7GUShod
Just a staggeringly bad mistake for any serious publication to make. You are free to dislike someone intensely, but, and I cannot stress this enough, DO NOT PUT YOURSELF IN A POSITION WHERE YOU WILL MORE THAN LIKELY HAVE TO APOLOGISE PUBLICLY AND/OR PAY THEM A LOT OF MONEY
— Daniel Sugarman (@Daniel_Sugarman) August 25, 2026
Despite their being more fortunate than others in Gaza, Snounu would appreciate your donations.
— Imshin (@imshin) August 25, 2026
Snounu Restaurant is a family business in Gaza City. Before the war the restaurant was in Tel al-Hawa, and during the war they opened in another more central location. Now they are on… pic.twitter.com/lfkncO4G3R
Gazans advertise their food spots using their own creative flair. pic.twitter.com/Nc4ROEzZ2L
— GAZAWOOD - The Pallywood Saga - BACKUP (@GAZAWOOD2) August 25, 2026
Palestinian children singing threatening songs against Israel, dressed as terrorists with weapons. pic.twitter.com/iyc7E60qf5
— GAZAWOOD - The Pallywood Saga - BACKUP (@GAZAWOOD2) August 25, 2026
Police investigate after man photographed near Stamford Hill wearing t-shirt marking ancient attack on Jews
The police are investigating after a man was seen wearing a t-shirt marking a 7th century attack on Jews in a supermarket close to a Charedi area of London.
The garment, photographed by a Jewish man who had been shopping at the Haringey supermarket with his family, bore the Arabic “Khaybar Khaybar ya Yahud”.
The words are part of the well-known Arabic chant, “Khaybar, Khaybar ya Yahud, Jaish Mohammed Sauf Ya’ud”, which means “Watch out Jews, remember Khaybar, the Army of Mohammed is returning”.
"Khaybar” refers to a battle that took place in the 600s when over 1,000 Muslim soldiers invaded a Jewish fortress in what is now modern-day Saudi Arabia.
Many of the Jews at the fortress had been deported from Medina by Muhammed but, as the then-century old Islamic state expanded, Khaybar was invaded.
The chant is widely considered to invoke a threat against Jews and is seen as antisemitic.
The Sainsbury’s supermarket on Williamson Road, Haringey, where the man was photographed, is only around 2km from Stamford Hill, the heavily Orthodox area of north London.
The Jewish shopper reported the incident to the police on August 14.
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson told the JC: “On Friday, August 14, officers received a report that a man had been seen in a supermarket in Williamson Road, Haringey, wearing a t-shirt with an alleged antisemitic wording on.
“The wording was not in English and while officers who initially spoke to the complainant a short time later were able to obtain a translation, they were understandably not aware of its meaning and historical context.
“Following subsequent discussions with officers with expertise in this area, the report has been recorded as a potential racially aggravated public order offence. Officers have been in contact with the victim and enquiries to identify the person involved are ongoing. No arrests have been made at this stage.”
A man is being investigated after he wore a shirt saying "Khaybar Khaybar Yaa Yahud" in London.
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) August 25, 2026
It is a phrase telling Jews to remember the Battle of Khaybar, where early Muslims marched on and conquered a large Jewish community in the Khaybar oasis, which is in modern day Saudi… pic.twitter.com/VVOhkiiFwh
Mayhem in the Middle East hasn’t dampened Israel’s tourism industry
Friends just returned from three weeks in Israel. It was family functions — weddings, bar mitzvahs, veal cutlet dinners, who knows what.
What they said after their return:
“You wouldn’t know the country was in chaos. Beaches are packed. The big obstacle is getting a reservation at a coveted restaurant.
“The wedding was on the waterfront of ancient Roman-era Caesarea. The bridal canopy waterside. Hors d’oeuvres, cocktails. The couple emerged along a parapet built by the Crusaders. Atheists, they wrote their own vows. The marriage performed by a friend. Bride and groom stomped on the traditional glass recalling the destruction of the Temple 2,000 years ago. Then eating and dancing till midnight.
“Hotel Dan Caesarea was packed. Said a couple from London, ‘We usually go to Spain — but with the outburst of antisemitism, we came here where we knew we’d be welcome.’ ”
More notes on the trip:
“It was an afternoon at the movies (‘Minions & Monsters’), then strolling the mall in North Tel Aviv, which had Chanel, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren. Plus Israeli brands.
“Another day, brunch at a packed countryside dairy farm. This 10-minute drive from the chaos of the West Bank sold homemade jams, oils, macaroons, breads, cakes. An Arab-Israeli family — Mom, Dad, two kids gorged on the sandwiches and pastries.
Israel looks good in green. 💚🇮🇱
— Israel ישראל (@Israel) August 25, 2026
Here’s a glimpse at the greener side of Israel. 🌿#green #nature #travelreels #beautifuldestinations #exploreisrael pic.twitter.com/2SKZhDCIcf
Israeli flags flew over a Druze convoy in As-Suwayda, Syria. Spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri: the Druze are "an integral, inseparable part of the State of Israel." pic.twitter.com/e2aBUbVFzD
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) August 25, 2026
Music legend Dolly Parton, country singer and songwriter, dies at 80
Country music singer Dolly Parton died in Nashville, Tenn., her family announced on Tuesday. She was 80 years old.
A Christian who once told The New York Times that she kept a Bible on her nightstand, Parton was born in a one-room cabin in Pittman Center, Tenn., in 1946. She was the fourth of 12 children. Her family moved into a two-room cabin and farm on Locust Ridge when she was a child, a replica of which is displayed at Dollywood, Parton’s theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
Parton met her husband, Carl Dean, outside a laundromat on the first day she arrived in Nashville, one day after graduating from high school. They married two years later in 1966. They never had children. Dean died in 2025.
After singing on local radio and television shows as a child, Parton released her debut album, “Hello, I’m Dolly,” in 1967. She would go on to make 50 studio albums, win 10 Country Music Association awards, 13 Academy of Country Music awards, 11 Grammy awards, three Emmy awards, six Golden Globe awards and a Tony award.
She also received two Oscar nominations and a humanitarian honorary Oscar in 2025 in recognition of her charitable work.
Some of her most well-known musical hits include “Islands in the Stream,” “Jolene,” “9 to 5" and “I Will Always Love You,” which later rose to pop-music fame when it was performed by singer Whitney Houston for the 1992 romantic thriller, “The Bodyguard.”
Parton’s lyrics tended to include Bible references, including “Coat of Many Colors” and “The Master’s Hand.” She was said to have written thousands of songs, not just for herself but for artists across musical genres.
In 1976, she began working with Sandy Gallin, her personal manager, who was Jewish. In her 2020 visual memoir Songteller, Parton wrote about Gallin: “Nobody could quite get how the Christian Southern girl and the New York Jewish boy could have so much in common. But it was real.”
Her philanthropic Imagination Library program inspired Jewish philanthropist Harold Grinspoon to start PJ Library, which distributes Jewish books to children. In 2023, Parton did an interview with the nonprofit literacy program.
“My daddy didn’t get a chance to learn to read or write, and that was so hard for him,” she told PJ Library. “He was one of the wisest men I have ever known, but his inability to read kept him from fulfilling all his dreams. Inspiring kids to love books and reading early in life became a passion for me.”
She noted that she was “a big believer in putting my money where my heart is. But it’s impossible to do this work alone.”
Lawmakers and celebrities flooded social media on Tuesday with fond memories of the singer-songwriter and entrepreneur. U.S. President Donald Trump wrote that he was “very sad that Dolly Parton, one of the greatest country singers, and far beyond, ever, has just passed away.”
The president said he would be lowering the American flag throughout the United States in her honor for one week, beginning Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Perhaps the only thing that unites Americans: we all think Dolly Parton was awesome. RIP. https://t.co/Sf6SmAxTKj
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 25, 2026
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