Monday, November 02, 2026

11/02 Links Pt2: The ‘Third Worldist’ roots of the Islamo-left alliance; UNRWA faces shutdown to be replaced by Board of Peace; Israeli-founded startups claim nearly half of Fortune's 2027 Cyber 60 list

From Ian:

The ‘Third Worldist’ roots of the Islamo-left alliance
The New Left’s estrangement from class politics went hand in hand with ‘the cultural turn’ towards identity politics. Above all, it involved a turn towards a distinctly counter-Enlightenment tradition of thought. There was plenty of resistance to this shift among significant figures on the New Left, writ large in works such as EP Thompson’s The Poverty of Theory. But there’s little doubt that influential New Left-era thinkers, especially in France, drew most of their inspiration from those who sought to diminish or even dethrone human reason, from the protests of the Romantics to reactionaries like Friedrich Nietzsche or the card-carrying Nazi Martin Heidegger – the ‘unavoidable’ thinker as the New Left-adjacent Jacques Derrida described him. Even those associated with the New Left who still invoked Marx, like French Communist intellectual Louis Althusser, emptied his work of its ‘Hegelian’ or humanist-centred content.

Many on the New Left used these deeply reactionary, counter-Enlightenment thinkers to ruthlessly critique post-Enlightenment modernity – or even the post-Socratic West, in Heidegger’s case. And like much of the counterculture more broadly, the New Left tended to damn all those living within Western society too, as conformist victims – the duped members of the ‘society of the spectacle’. They reduced Westerners to mere ‘bearers’ of ‘relations of production’, in Althusser’s words, or cast them, Matrix-like, as effects of structures or systems of power forever beyond their control.

Here we come to one of the key moments in understanding the development of what would become the Islamo-left. With the turn away from domestic class politics, large parts of the New Left simultaneously embraced the ‘Third World’ – a term coined in 1952 by French demographer Alfred Sauvy to designate the Third Estate-like revolutionary force emerging in the colonial and the post-colonial sphere. In this reading, the Third World, from Vietnam to China to Cuba to Algeria, was set to challenge the established capitalist and Communist powers of the first and second worlds.

In part, the New Left’s Third Worldism built on traditional left-wing anti-imperialism – that expression of political solidarity with colonised peoples in their fight for the same freedom and autonomy enjoyed by people in North America and Europe. No doubt many left-wingers were still classically anti-imperialist. But there were elements to the New Left’s relationship with the decolonising postwar world that were new. For some, their Third Worldism was based less on class solidarity than on cultural identity – that is, on an almost psychological identification with the radically ‘other’, precisely because the Third World was not the West. As one American radical wrote of Fidel Castro’s Cuba in the late 1960s: ‘We look to Cuba not only because of what we sense Cuba to be, but because of what the United States is not… we needed to tie our fates to someone, somewhere in the world, who was seizing the chances for a humane society.’

There were modernist, interwar antecedents to this identification with the anti-Western and often the anti-modern, too. Think of ‘primitivism’, that modernist celebration of people and ways of life deemed closer to nature. Or think of the French Surrealists of the 1920s, who threw their lot in with the Berbers after a French colonial intervention in Morocco in 1925. ‘We profoundly hope that revolutions, wars, colonial insurrections, will annihilate this Western civilisation’, ran one of the Surrealists’ innumerable manifestos.

Elements of the New Left took this to another level. The Third World was effectively conjured up as the means by which the West might be de-Westernised and saved from itself. This is captured well by Jean-Paul Sartre’s infamous preface to the so-called ‘bible of decolonisation’, Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth (1961). Going far beyond anything Fanon actually wrote (The Wretched of the Earth was principally a radically humanist work about and on national liberation), Sartre hailed the rise of the Third World for exposing Western ideas of humanism, liberty and equality as ‘an ideology of lies’. From this perspective, independence movements, from Cuba to Algeria, were simultaneously in the process of purging the West of itself – exposing Europe and America’s grand heritage as no more than a ‘justification for pillage’. ‘We in Europe, too, are being decolonised’, concluded Sartre, ‘that is to say that the settler in every one of us is being savagely rooted out’.

Sartre may have got carried away with his own rhetorical brilliance – after all, his political affiliations and sympathies seemed to be in perpetual motion throughout his life. But many other New Leftist elements seemed thoroughly committed to embracing the Third Worldist ‘other’ as the gravedigger of the West. In ways that anticipate the contemporary leftist identification with Islamism, New Left Third Worldists tended to recast themselves as alien ‘others’ within their own societies. In America, anti-Vietnam War protesters filled the streets chanting, ‘Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh, the NLF is gonna win’. Elsewhere, Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara became an icon to be emulated, while upper-class Parisian radical Régis Debray transformed Guevara’s guerrilla exploits into a voluntarist model (‘focoism’) for revolutionary action throughout the West and beyond in Revolution in the Revolution? (1967) – a model taken to terroristic extremes by the West German Red Army Faction, Italy’s Red Brigades and America’s Weather Underground. As the politics of Third Worldism streamed through the New Left, this also supercharged racial identity politics among minorities – it’s no coincidence that black separatist movements began flourishing in late-1960s America.

It was in the Third Worldist context, too, that Palestine first began to emerge as what it is today – the anti-Western rallying cry of today’s Islamo-left.
Herzog lauds work of Jewish lawyers in battling antisemitism and lies about Israel
In his address on Sunday at the opening of the conference of the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (IJL), President Isaac Herzog, himself a lawyer, praised the work of Jewish lawyers in combating antisemitism and lies about Israel.

“We are seeing an expanding cycle of prominent entities, governments, NGOs, media outlets, politicians, and influencers investing infinite resources in indoctrinating the lies about the Jewish people and the world’s only Jewish democratic state,” he said.

“We are seeing our enemies exhibit their distorted view of Israel, and lecture the free world with vile, false allegations against us, while completely overlooking truth, fact, and reality.”

Looking out at the large gathering of distinguished lawyers and jurists from around the world who were seated in Jerusalem’s Museum of Tolerance, Herzog remarked that it is no coincidence that IJL has a special consultative status at the United Nations.

IJL’s reputation and legal expertise, he continued, have informed and influenced international discourse, proving particularly significant for legal matters involving Israel and its worldwide family.

Herzog attributed this to the fact that, in the eyes of the international community, Israel is the focal point of nearly every debate concerning human rights and the rule of law “as a single issue that plagues the family of nations.”

He surmised that the distorted views shared of Israel and the false allegations against it and the Jewish people could be considered antisemitism, as those who repeat them completely overlook truth, fact, and reality.

“The reality is that, for three years, Israel has been embroiled in a war we did not seek, in civilian terrain of our enemies’ choosing,” he said, adding that Israel had no choice other than to defend itself, “despite being dragged into an urban battlefield, forcing us to combat terrorists in schools and hospitals just to keep our borders and people safe and bring our hostages back home.”

Herzog recalled that it was his great-uncle, Sir Hersch Lauterpacht – a Holocaust survivor who prosecuted Nazis at the Nuremberg trials – who was the first to formulate the legal definition of Crimes Against Humanity.

Herzog warns of collapse of the post-Holocaust world order
Based on current disruptions in geopolitics, Herzog warned of a collapse of the post-Holocaust world order, which includes an aggressive delegitimization of Israel by international institutions and a dangerously violent assault on world Jewry.

Turning to Israel’s recent elections, Herzog noted that the pillars of democratic life must be strengthened through foundational judicial cornerstones.

Israel’s ultimate task is to ensure that the state remains rooted in the ideals on which it was founded, he said, listing security, freedom, Jewish pride, democracy, and a commitment to upholding rights for all.

He also emphasized that, on the “day after” the war, Israel must continue to pursue peace agreements with its neighbors.

“At this moment, your role is particularly important,” Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion told conference participants, citing the chilling reality that Jewish students outside of Israel cannot study in safety. He said that it is the duty of IJL members to defend Jewish communities and institutions.


UNRWA faces shutdown as plan emerges to transfer responsibilities to Board of Peace
Arab and Western diplomatic sources tell Israel Hayom that a plan to gradually shut down the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and transfer its responsibilities and operations to the Board of Peace is expected to be presented soon, following talks between the two bodies.

UNRWA, established in 1949 and operational since 1950, is the UN agency dedicated specifically to Palestinian refugees. Its mandate has effectively preserved Palestinian refugee status across generations, even though most of those registered as refugees have long since settled and established themselves in other countries or in territories administered by the Palestinian Authority.

In recent years, Israel has passed two laws and additional legislation targeting UNRWA, banning its operations in Israel and prohibiting contact between the agency and Israeli government bodies. Most of its assets in Israel have been seized, while a sharp decline in contributions from Western and Arab countries has further undermined its ability to operate.

According to the sources who spoke to Israel Hayom, the plan is being spearheaded by UNRWA's acting commissioner-general, Christian Saunders. It calls for the agency's responsibilities to be transferred gradually to other bodies, including the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and the Board of Peace in the Gaza Strip.

Saunders presented the proposal at a meeting of UNRWA's Advisory Commission, citing the agency's severe financial difficulties and arguing that a substantial portion of its operations could be transferred to those bodies.

A deficit of up to $100 million
UNRWA's deficit for this year is estimated at $70 million to $100 million, equivalent to roughly one-tenth of its annual operating budget.

Initial steps toward implementing the plan have already been approved, but the proposal has triggered fierce opposition from the Palestinian leadership, which fears losing one of its principal political tools in its struggle against Israel: the institutional framework that preserves Palestinian refugee status.

The Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) recently convened in Ramallah, inviting representatives of the UNRWA Employees Union to attend. The committee decided that the PLO and Palestinian Authority would work to thwart the plan.

Palestinian officials argued that any decision to dissolve UNRWA would require approval from the UN General Assembly. They also criticized Saunders, accusing him of acting out of political motives. UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem.

International opposition to the plan
At a meeting of the agency's international advisory body held several days ago in Amman, Jordan, representatives of several Western countries, including Switzerland and Ireland, also opposed the proposal. Egypt joined the opposition, while other Gulf states did not. The Irish representative announced that he would seek alternative sources of funding for UNRWA in an effort to prevent its closure and halt the initial measures, which include dismissing thousands of Palestinian employees.

Israel Hayom has learned that talks between UNRWA and the Board of Peace have laid the groundwork for mechanisms to transfer the agency's responsibilities and operations in two main areas: education and health care. The Board of Peace has been preparing to assume responsibilities in these fields for more than a year as part of US President Donald Trump's plan for the reconstruction of Gaza. The plan is awaiting its next phase, which is supposed to begin after Hamas is disarmed. The Palestinian terrorist organization, however, is unwilling to surrender its weapons at this stage.

Israel has accused dozens of UNRWA employees of participating in the October 7, 2023, massacre and has presented evidence to support its allegations. The UN initially rejected most of the allegations for an extended period but eventually acknowledged that evidence had been presented against 19 employees and dismissed nine of them.


‘Modern, progressive’ Jew-hatred most common form of such hate in Australia, envoy says
The most common form of Jew-hatred in Australia is “modern, progressive” antisemitism, according to Jillian Segal, the country’s special envoy to combat Jew-hatred.

“Islamic extremist, far-left and far-right antisemitism are still very much with us, and they require vigilance and laws that are properly enforced,” Segal said in a report released on Friday.

The updated report follows a government-adopted roadmap that came after the Bondi Beach terror attack on Chanukah in December 2025.

“The form that is leaving Jewish Australians increasingly anxious and excluded is the one that has taken root in influential institutions, where Jewish Australians are being discriminated against, blamed and vilified for the actions of the government of the state of Israel,” Segal said.

“It is best countered by understanding and by leaders who accept responsibility for the environments they oversee,” she wrote.

The document sets out Segal’s priorities for the next year for herself, the government and institutions.

Institutions are particularly vulnerable to “ambient antisemitism,” according to Segal.

“What was once extreme can become familiar. What becomes familiar can become acceptable, and what becomes acceptable can become fashionably progressive,” the document states.

The Bondi massacre “exposed with devastating clarity that the normalization of antisemitism in our institutions and public discourse cannot be separated from the threat of extremism and violence,” the envoy wrote.

She calls for a whole-of-society approach, for universities to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of Jew-hatred and for schools to use the UNESCO program for teachers and students.

The report also recommends having a national healthcare antisemitism task force to protect Jewish practitioners from harassment and an independent ombudsman and expert panel to review broadcasters.


Faith groups urge action over antisemitism in New Zealand
A group of Christian and Jewish organizations in New Zealand has jointly called for action against a climate of increased antisemitism in the country.

The move comes after the representative body of Jewish communities in New Zealand condemned escalating threats and intimidation.

The group, which says it represents tens of thousands of New Zealanders, criticizes the local media and politicians for contributing to a “toxic atmosphere” of misinformation and disinformation.

“We are a nation known for hospitality and tolerance, and yet many of our Jewish citizens and Israeli travelers feel unsafe,” the statement said. “This is not who we are.”

Sheree Trotter, a writer and historian in New Zealand who serves as co-director of Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem, told JNS on Monday, “In a climate of increasing levels of hostility, harassment, intimidation and at times violence, we wanted to collectively express our concern for the safety of the Jewish community, Israelis, both residents and tourists, and Israel supporters.


Michigan student ranted about being released from mental hospital after attacking Jewish activist: report
The crazed student who attacked a Jewish influencer during a debate at the University of Michigan has been identified in online posts as a Mongolian-American activist, who raved about having just been released from a mental hospital, according to her victim.

Temulun Togochog, a student at the university, is known for advocating for the rights of ethnic Mongolians living under Chinese rule in Inner Mongolia, according to watchdog group StopAntisemitism.

“She said she had been in a mental institution before and she would be happy to go back if it meant she got to kill me,” Jewish activist Lizzie Benichou told Fox and Friends on Monday.

Benichou said the attack occurred during a “Liberty Under Fire USA tour stop” and claimed her attacker had been “identified as a supporter of Abdul El-Sayed”, the Muslim Democratic candidate for US Senate in Michigan.

In bizarre posts shared online, Togochog, who claimed to have been in a mental institution in the past, showed off her collection of mental health prescriptions and posed provocatively in revealing images shared online.

Her public profiles have seen been taken down or made private.

In one TikTok video shared to X, she boasts about her medications, including Aripiprazole, an antipsychotic medication commonly prescribed for schizophrenia; Lamotrigine, which treats for bipolar disorder; and Sertraline, an SSRI antidepressant also used for anxiety and OCD.

In 2026, Togochog was picked as the youngest speaker at the International Religious Freedom Summit in 2026, where she was praised for her commitment to “advocating for her people, who live there under intense oppression from the Chinese government.”

In the viral video of the attack, the woman believed to be Togochog was seen approaching the conservative activists Cam Higby and Joe Redden, who were displaying signs reading: “Is Islam compatible with Western values?” and “Is Islam evil?”

Benichou said she was hosting an open debate on the Ann Arbor campus when the student approached the group.

“We were just wanting to have an open, civil conversation and she didn’t seem to want to listen; she wanted to just start shouting,” Benichou told Fox and Friends.


In Wake of Oct 7, American Psychological Association President Likened Gazans to George Floyd and Jews to Racist Cops
The former president of the leading professional psychology association in the United States, the American Psychological Association, reacted to Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack on Israel by likening Gazans to George Floyd and Jews to racist police officers, internal emails obtained by the House Committee on Education and Workforce show.

Counseling psychologist Cynthia de las Fuentes made the comparison in an email sent to another association leader, Pepperdine University psychology professor Thema Bryant, on Oct. 12, 2023, five days after Hamas terrorists killed more than 1,200 innocent Jews. Bryant, who served as association president at the time, sent de las Fuentes, the organization's president-elect, the group's statement on the attack, which condemned "the recent violent attack by Hamas on Israel" but added that the "situation is complicated." It did not include the word "terrorism." De las Fuentes responded, referencing criticism from "writers" who pointed to a more pointed statement the association issued after the death of George Floyd, declaring a "racism pandemic" in America. Those critics were wrong, de las Fuentes argued, because unlike Floyd, "Jews" aren't victims.

"Members of the police are equivalent to members of believers of 'by any means necessary' in achieving the goals of Zionism, similar to other terrorist groups' missions," she wrote. "Not all police and not all Jews." De las Fuentes continued: "George Floyd is representative of Gazans. Not all Black people and not all Palestinians are victims or terrorists. But the themes of domination and submission are clear in both cases. And we stand against systems of oppression and the cultivation of misery."

The email reflects what the House committee referred to as a "troubling" rise of antisemitism within the association sparked by "radical activist-academics" who "successfully co-opted the APA to politicize the association and promote ideology that demonizes Israel, minimizes Hamas terrorism, and portrays Jews as white oppressors."

The APA is the largest and most influential organization of professional psychologists in the United States. It sets professional standards, including ethical guidelines, that set the guardrails for how psychologists practice, and it publishes over 90 scholarly journals. The organization also routinely weighs in on public policy: It has weighed in, for example, in support of "reproductive justice," hormone treatment for transgender children, and even affirmative action in college admissions, arguably lending a veneer of scientific credibility to what are in reality hotly contested political and scientific debates.

The committee launched an investigation into the APA, which boasts more than 190,000 members, in December. It cited a series of Washington Free Beacon reports on former George Washington University psychology professor Lara Sheehi, who said all Zionists have a "settler psychosis" from which they must be "liberated" and who was accused of harassing her Jewish students.


Vandals spray-paint Jewish school buses with antisemitic, anti-Zionist graffiti in Williamsburg, NY
Antisemitic and anti-Zionist graffiti spray-painted onto four Jewish school buses in Williamsburg, New York, on Monday.

Photos shared on social media show the buses covered in antisemitic and anti-Zionist slogans, such as “F*** Israel,” “USA first,” and “Free Palestine.”

The New York Police Department's 90th Precinct, the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force, and Williamsburg Shomrim are working to locate those responsible.

According to local media outlet Williamsburg 365, the buses belonged to the Satmar and Klausenburg hassidic sects, as well as Tiferes Yisroel.

Lincoln Restler, an NYC council member for the community, condemned the incident in a post on X/Twitter.

Antisemitism has no home in New York
"Anti-Semitic graffiti on our community’s school buses is truly obscene," Restler said. "The decade-long rise in anti-Semitic incidents must be stopped."

New York State Assemblyman Kalman Yeger wrote on X that "Globalize the Intifada landed in Williamsburg."


Israeli-founded startups claim nearly half of Fortune's 2027 Cyber 60 list
Israeli-founded cybersecurity companies account for nearly half of Fortune's newly released Cyber 60 list for 2027, with 29 of the 60 selected startups founded or co-founded by Israelis, underscoring the country's prominent role in the global cybersecurity industry.

Now in its fourth year, the annual ranking recognizes venture-backed cybersecurity startups based on revenue, growth and business performance. More than 300 companies were evaluated for this year's list, which is divided into three categories: growth, early growth and early stage.

Israeli-founded companies accounted for six of the 20 growth-stage selections, 11 of the 20 early-growth companies, or 55%, and 12 of the 20 early-stage startups, representing 60% of that category. The companies span a broad range of cybersecurity technologies, from established enterprise security platforms to emerging startups developing artificial intelligence systems designed to detect threats, protect sensitive information and secure increasingly autonomous software.

Among the most prominent Israeli-founded companies on the list is Cato Networks, which combines enterprise networking and cybersecurity services through a global cloud platform.

Founded by Shlomo Kramer and Gur Shatz, Cato allows organizations to apply consistent security policies across offices, remote employees, cloud applications and AI services, providing security teams with centralized visibility and control.

The company reported more than 4,800 customers and annual recurring revenue exceeding $415 million in the second quarter of 2026, placing it among the more established companies recognized in the growth-stage category.

Another growth-stage selection, Island, has built its business around the enterprise browser, a technology designed to give organizations greater control over how employees access applications and handle corporate information.

Founded by Dan Amiga and Mike Fey, Island has expanded its platform to govern work performed by both employees and AI agents. Its technology connects application access, identity management, data protection and network security, allowing organizations to monitor and control actions as they occur.

In September 2026, the company announced a $400 million funding round that valued it at $6.4 billion.

The ranking also highlights a growing group of Israeli-founded startups focused specifically on the security challenges posed by artificial intelligence.
UK artist to open his first solo exhibition in Israel
David Breuer-Weil, a leading figure in the United Kingdom’s contemporary art scene, is in Israel this week for the opening of his first solo exhibition in the country.

The landmark event arrives at a significant moment for the London-born creator, who, according to a press release, was recently selected to design a major memorial in the UK commemorating the events of October 7, the details of which have not yet been revealed.

His upcoming Tel Aviv showcase brings together a profound body of work addressing the tragedy of the massacre, the emotional return of the hostages, and complex questions surrounding Jewish identity and belonging.

British Ambassador to Israel expected to attend exhibition's opening night
The exhibition, aptly titled Unity, is scheduled to open on November 4 at the Sheetrit & Wolf Gallery in Tel Aviv’s historic Neve Tzedek neighborhood. British Ambassador to Israel Simon Walters is slated to attend the opening night, which spotlights human connections and the collective yearning for solidarity during profound times of crisis.

The curation features an array of new paintings and sculptures that directly engage with the global events impacting Israel and Jewish communities worldwide.

A defining centerpiece of the exhibition is a poignant new series of paintings and sculptures titled Home, which Breuer-Weil conceptualized and created following the initial return of Israeli hostages. Reflecting on the intense personal and artistic weight of the project, the artist expressed that he had never encountered a theme that felt more vital for him to sculpt, paint, and draw.

Visitors will also encounter Morning, a monumental canvas addressing the October 7 attacks by weaving together hundreds of intricate images and symbols in a deliberate effort to preserve historical memory.

Another pivotal piece on display, Where Shall I Go? (Ana Elech), shifts the lens to the contemporary realities of British Jewry, exploring the future of the community against a backdrop of rising insecurity and antisemitism in the UK.
Tel Aviv U transforms memorial stickers into Oct. 7 monument
A new memorial at Tel Aviv University transforms the ubiquitous memorial stickers into a monument, remembering those killed on October 7, 2023, and soldiers who fell in the military campaigns that followed.

Called ‘Engraved Voices,’ the monument is a low steel wall etched with some 500 phrases taken from the stickers that have been plastered across benches, lampposts, and train and bus station walls across Israel, each phrase representing a person, memory, or story.

The memorial is an open space, part of the campus pedestrian sidewalk network, close to the Gilman Building near the campus center.

It was designed by architect Lihi Ein Gedi Davidovich, an alumna of the university and lecturer at its School of Architecture. Her proposal was selected from 147 submissions in an open design competition initiated by the university.

“When I began designing the memorial, the first question I asked myself was how to create a space of remembrance for an event that is still so present in our lives,” said Davidovich in a statement. “I wanted to create a place that allows for grief and personal reflection, but also for hope and continuity. A place where memory is not separated from life, but exists alongside it.”

Davidovich said she was deeply moved by the phenomenon of memorial stickers in which loved ones chose words that reflected the personalities, values and messages of those whose lives were lost.


Boy George meets with Herzog, visits Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem during Israel trip
International singer Boy George met with President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on Monday during his visit to Israel.

Also present at the event were Sylvan Adams, President of World Jewish Congress Israel and a member of the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem's board of directors, and former Gaza hostage Elkana Bohbot.

"In the three years since October 7, Israel and Jews around the world have faced an onslaught of attacks," Herzog said, thanking Boy George for his public support for the Jewish people and Israel. "In the worlds of culture, art, and music, which ought to bring people together, we have seen a particular strain of discrimination against Israelis and Jews run rampant."

"However, you stood up and said: ‘If you’re ever confused, I stand with the Jews. I don't feel brave, I just need to behave like a human.’ It was this simple yet profound message of moral clarity and decency in your song ‘We Will Dance Again’ that touched the hearts of Jews and Israelis everywhere.”

Responding, Boy George said his song, "We Will Dance Again," has "forced him to grow up."

'The old Boy George no longer exists'

“In some ways, the old Boy George no longer exists, because some people don’t see me in the way they used to, and a lot of other people see me in a new way," he said. "I like that. I feel like ‘We Will Dance Again’ has forced me to grow up. This experience has made me much more aware of what is out there emotionally and what challenges us.”

Adams also thanked Boy George for his support of the Jewish people.

“George, you aren’t Jewish, but the Jewish people are facing this wall of hatred, this organized wall of hatred. When we are attacked, we have no choice but to fight back," Adams said. "You, on the other hand, have chosen to engage in this moral campaign against the haters, and for this we are eternally grateful. We are delighted by your moving song and equally delighted by your visit. Keep singing ‘We Will Dance Again,’ and come back and visit us as often as you like.”

“For me, these words are not just the title of a song," Bohbot added. "They are life itself."

"I was kidnapped from the Nova festival, a place where people came to celebrate life and music. They tried to take away our freedom, but they will not take away our spirit. Today, after 738 days in captivity, I stand here free. Boy George, thank you for your friendship and for choosing to bring your music to Israel."

"On this occasion, I want to tell you: yes, we will dance again," Bohbot said.


Gravestones of Herzl’s grandparents unveiled on Mount Herzl
The gravestones of Theodor Herzl’s grandparents were unveiled on Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl on Monday, exactly 109 years after the Balfour Declaration.

Shimon Aryeh (Leib) and Rivka Herzl, grandparents of the founder of modern political Zionism, were reinterred at Mount Herzl in August after their remains were brought to Israel from Serbia.

World Zionist Organization chairman Yaakov Hagoel, Keren Hayesod chairman Eli Hazan and ZAKA Director-General Tzvi Hassid attended Monday’s ceremony, along with public representatives and members of the Herzl family.

“Even today, there are those who try to disconnect Herzl from his Jewish roots and portray Zionism as a movement that broke away from tradition,” Hagoel said at the ceremony. “Today, here on Mount Herzl, the historical truth stands before us. It is no coincidence that we are standing here on the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration.”

The couple was buried on Aug. 5 in the Herzl family plot in a state ceremony attended by Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana.

Their reinterment followed some four years of diplomatic, religious and logistical efforts involving the World Zionist Organization, Israel’s Foreign Ministry, the Military Rabbinate, ZAKA and Serbian authorities.

The effort produced an unexpected discovery when officials opened what was believed to be Shimon Leib’s grave in Zemun, Serbia, in July and found it empty. His remains were eventually located beside his wife Rivka’s grave.



 



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