Clerics & Preachers

Manchester venue ignored warnings about hate preacher followed by Heaton Park terrorist Manchester Jewish Representative Council warned Bridgewater Hall in January that platforming Mishary Alafasy 'raises the serious risk of further attacks on the Jewish community'

(Jewish News) One of Manchester’s most prominent concert venues has been heavily criticised for ignoring Jewish community concerns about a hate preacher it hosted earlier this year — after it transpired that his social media account was one of [a] small number […]

Interfaith

Manchester synagogue attacker Jihad al Shamie ‘shared ISIS videos, ranted and asked for large sums of money,’ his friends say The terrorist's behaviour became unpredictable, friends say, including watching Islamic State videos, asking for money and sudden bursts of temper.

(Sky News) The synagogue killer, Jihad al Shamie, radicalised himself after searching online for videos of the Islamic State terror group, according to a friend. The man, Qas, said al Shamie “started using [encrypted messaging app] Telegram and searching for ISIS videos. […]

Government & Politics

Gove urges Starmer to deliver ‘comprehensive anti-extremism strategy’ after synagogue attack Former cabinet minister tells Jewish News last Tory government failed to effectively deliver plan to tackle extremism

(Jewish News) Conservative peer and former cabinet minister Michael Gove has called on Keir Starmer’s government to introduce a “fundamental and comprehensive anti-extremism strategy” following the terror attack at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester. Speaking to Jewish News at the Conservative Party […]

Interfaith

Germany arrests 3 suspected Hamas members Authorities said two Germans and one Lebanese national had procured weapons to be used in violent acts targeting Israeli or Jewish institutions in Germany.

(Deutsche Welle) Prosecutors in Berlin said they have arrested three suspected Hamas operatives. The suspects were preparing attacks on Israeli and Jewish institutions in Germany, authorities said. Hamas has been designated a terrorist organization by Germany, the EU, the US and several governments. The three […]

Employment

Another ‘Jewish supremacy’ rant doctor let off by Medical Practitioner[s] Tribunal Service The MPTS has declined to suspend Dr Rahmeh Aladwan's license while the GMC investigates her conduct — months after lifting a suspension order against Dr Rehiana Ali

(Jewish News) A doctor who regularly posts diatribes about “Jewish supremacy” on social media and has called for the ethnic cleansing of Jews from Israel has been allowed by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) to continue practicing medicine while the General […]

Academics & Education

Columbia promotes course at pro-Hamas People’s Forum featuring PFLP terrorist’s teachings Rashid Khalidi’s class accuses Israel of transforming Palestinians’ ‘homeland into an exclusive Jewish national home’

(Free Beacon) Columbia University is promoting a course at the pro-Hamas People’s Forum taught by an anti-Israel professor emeritus, Rashid Khalidi, which requires students to read a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) leader’s teachings. Khalidi was slated to teach […]

Christians

Isis issues horror threat to Britons after telling followers to attack Christians and Jews: ‘Shoot, stab and ram!’ Isis said the proposed violence should be considered revenge for attacks by Israel on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip

(GB News) Isis has issued a horrific threat to Britain as it urged its followers to attack “Jews, Christians and their allies.” A spokesman for the Islamic State, Abu Hudhaifa al-Ansari, encouraged supporters to pursue individuals of the two faiths throughout America, […]

Crime

Government tables legislation targeting hate symbols, protecting places of worship Bill to add 4 new Criminal Code offences

(CBC) Justice Minister Sean Fraser tabled new legislation Friday introducing four Criminal Code offences, including one that would make it a crime to intentionally promote hatred against identifiable groups in public using certain hate- or terrorism-related symbols. If passed, the Combatting Hate Act would target symbols used during the Holocaust, […]

Christians

Man who sparred with Muslim Dearborn mayor, told he wasn’t ‘welcome’ revealed as Christian minister Edward Barham conducts Arabic-language Christian call to prayer in city with large Muslim population

(Fox) Christian minister Edward “Ted” Barham says he will not respond with hate after Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud told him he was “not welcome” during a heated city council exchange over a controversial honorary street sign naming that went viral. In a […]

Academics & Education

Gottheimer urges NJ Education Board to reject CAIR’s calls to cut ties with ADL Gottheimer: ‘Now is not the time to dismiss critical resources to combat anti-Jewish bias and Holocaust distortion. Rather, educators should embrace them’

(Jewish Insider) Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) wrote to Kathy Goldenberg, the president of the New Jersey State Board of Education, on Monday urging the state to reject calls from the New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations for the state’s […]

Children & Teens

Three French Muslim teenagers on trial for planned terror attack on Israeli embassy in Belgium The teens had exchanged videos of previous terror attacks and tested homemade explosives.

(Jerusalem Post) The criminal trial of three French Muslim teenagers who planned an attack on the Israeli embassy in Belgium began on Tuesday, according to French media. Details of the intended attack included blowing up a truck with TATP explosives at the […]

Government & Politics

City of Dearborn names street after terror-supporting newspaper publisher Osama Siblani, who has praised terrorists as 'heroes' and threatened to send Israeli Jews 'back to Poland,' accompanied Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer on an official state trip to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain

(Free Beacon) Shoppers, diners, and commuters in the Dearborn, Mich., area will now head to their favorite hot spot on a street named in honor of Osama Siblani, an Arab-American newspaper publisher who has advocated for Israel’s destruction, praised terror groups like […]

Academics & Education

CAIR systematically trying to influence K-12 education across US, investigation finds A new Jewish Onliner investigation found that CAIR's efforts to influence young students extend far beyond Philadelphia, spanning New Jersey, Oklahoma, Florida, and Illinois

(Jewish Onliner) Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) this week petitioned the Department of Education to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for running what he termed “possibly illegal” anti-Israel educational initiatives in public schools, following investigative reports that exposed controversial lesson plans […]

Academics & Education

Antisemitism in Germany: Rising fear among Jews after October 7 pogrom As the notion of 'memory culture' fades, Jewish voices in Germany express unease about the future of solidarity.

(European Conservative) Since the Hamas terror attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, the climate for Jews in Germany has changed dramatically. Many report that they no longer feel safe, neither on the streets nor in educational institutions. Jewish families in Germany […]

Academics & Education

Cotton to Education Department: Investigate ‘possibly illegal’ partnership between ‘pro-terrorist’ CAIR and K-12 schools The CAIR lesson plans include instructions not to use terms like 'jihadists' and 'radical Islamic terrorists' when discussing 9/11, and a course called 'American Jews and Political Power'

(Free Beacon) Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) on Tuesday petitioned the Department of Education to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for running “possibly illegal” anti-Israel educational initiatives inside the country’s public schools. CAIR, whose leaders celebrated Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror […]

Demonstrations

Chief rabbi: UK policy on Palestine ‘strengthens extremists in our midst’ Scathing remarks at Campaign Against Antisemitism demo in Parliament Square, where he was joined by the shadow home secretary and Reform UK's deputy leader

(Jewish News) The chief rabbi has told thousands of demonstrators that the expected recognition of Palestine by Britain “strengthens extremists in our midst” as he stepped up his public condemnation of the move. His comments came during Campaign Against Antisemitism’s third annual […]

Academics & Education

Harvard tells students calling someone a ‘terrorist sympathizer’ can violate school policy Guidance comes after 33 student groups blamed Israel for Hamas's terrorist attacks

(Free Beacon) Harvard University, where 33 student groups signed a statement blaming Israel for Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks, now says that calling someone a “terrorist sympathizer” can violate the school’s anti-discrimination policies, according to a mandatory training for all Harvard students obtained […]

Government & Politics

Rashida Tlaib hit with House censure threat, accused of ‘celebrating terrorism’ in pro-Palestinian speech Rep. Buddy Carter's censure accuses Tlaib of 'vilifying her colleagues, endangering the lives of Jewish people, and celebrating terrorism'

(Fox) Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., is facing a GOP-led censure resolution on Wednesday after her fiery remarks at a pro-Palestinian conference. Tlaib spoke at the People’s Conference for Palestine in Detroit over the weekend, when she condemned both Democrats and Republicans for […]

Academics & Education

House ed panel to hold hearing on ‘drivers’ of Jew-hatred in K-12 schools A spokesman for the House committee told JNS that 'outside groups' that celebrated Oct. 7 are partnering with local schools.

(JNS) The House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, which is part of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, plans to hold a Sept. 10 hearing on antisemitism in K-12 schools. The hearing will “focus more broadly on trends […]

Children & Teens

Belgian hospital suspends doctor who shared antisemitic political cartoons Dr. Qasim Arkawazy's 2023 posts came to light after an investigation into his identification of a patient as Jewish in medical papers.

(JNS) A hospital in Belgium defended on Tuesday a physician who had last week identified in medical papers a patient as Jewish, but suspended him over antisemitic cartoons posted on his social-media account in 2023. The physician was identified as Dr. Qasim […]

Academics & Education

Anti-Israel LFI politician Rima Hassan named as Brussels Free U class patron The ULB rector acknowledged that the decision to honor Hassan has sparked a 'great deal of emotion, reactions, and even insults and threats.'

(Jerusalem Post) Law students of the class of 2025 at the Free University of Brussels (ULB) voted last week to name their class after controversial politician Rima Hassan, the rector of the university announced on Thursday. Hassan is a French-Palestinian politician with […]

Children & Teens

Belgian doctor lists ‘Jewish’ as 9-year-old’s medical allergy JID organization's investigation reveals the doctor is of Middle Eastern origin, with videos and messages in Arabic against Israel on his Facebook page.

(Israel Hayom) The JID organization for combating antisemitism revealed this morning (Friday) a serious incident involving a 9-year-old patient who came for medical treatment at the hospital in the town of Knokke in Belgium. After the girl received medical treatment, the doctor […]

Academics & Education

‘UK controlled by Jewish supremacy’ doctor referred to Interim Orders Tribunal Dr Rahmeh Aladwan shared screenshots from Jewish News articles about her actions alongside her announcement of the referral

(Jewish News) A notorious “part-Palestinian British NHS doctor,” who regularly posts diatribes about “Jewish supremacy” on social media, has announced that she has been referred to an Interim Orders Tribunal (IOT), pointing to articles from Jewish News as part of the reason […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

A decade of lost opportunity: How groundbreaking Muslim Brotherhood report was ignored Man behind inquiry says Britain should now be better placed to understand and tackle extremist influence

(National-UAE) It has been 10 years since Sir John Jenkins’ landmark inquiry into the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK was wrapped up but he says the need to understand the movement’s role is now even more pressing. The former diplomat was commissioned […]

Crime

Interview: Falconer says UK government clear-eyed to threat posed by Tehran to UK Jews Middle East minister Hamish Falconer spoke to Jewish News about E3 decision to impose snapback sanctions on Iran

(Jewish News) Middle East minister Hamish Falconer has insisted the UK government remains “clear-eyed” about the threat the Iranian regime poses to British Jews in this country, adding this is one reason why Tehran now faces the reimposition of sweeping new sanctions. Speaking […]