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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

News: North America

‘Thieves, child killers, sexual abusers, thugs, criminals’: Syracuse University scholar, a Pulitzer Prize winner, goes on tirade against Israeli people Mosab Abu Toha, a featured speaker at the terror-tied People's Conference for Palestine, also likened the 'Nakba' to the Holocaust

(Free Beacon) A Syracuse University visiting scholar and the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winner for commentary described Israelis as “thieves,” “child killers,” “sexual abusers,” “thugs,” and “criminals” at a conference in Detroit over the weekend. Palestinian “poet” Mosab Abu Toha spoke at the […]

Children & Teens

Children filmed praising Palestinian terrorist leaders at rally in Brussels Two girls sang 'glory to Yahya Sinwar' and three other slain terrorists while sitting on the shoulders of men wearing keffiyehs in the Belgian capital.

(JNS) Israel’s ambassador to Belgium joined local politicians in condemning a protest in Brussels where two girls were filmed praising Hamas leaders in an Arabic-language song while sitting on the shoulders of keffiyeh-clad men. “The future generation. Tell me who you admire, […]

Government & Politics

Pro-Gaza MP suggests Shoah victims could have been offered ‘land for a homeland in Europe’ Blackburn MP Adnan Hussain was attempting to defend Jeremy Corbyn's position on Zionism

(Jewish News) Blackburn MP Adnan Hussain has appeared to suggest Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust could have been provided “with land for a homeland, in Europe” rather than in Israel during an online debate about Zionism. The independent MP, elected on […]

Academics & Education

CAIR-Philadelphia, whose leader blamed Israel for Oct. 7, announces partnership with local schools to make them ‘more inclusive’ The anti-Israel group provides educational materials including 'American Jews and Political Power: Myth or Reality'

(Free Beacon) The Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), whose executive director said that Israel is behind the “root causes of what is happening in Palestine/Israel,” announced this week that it is partnering with local schools to make them […]

Academics & Education

Major European universities foster ‘climate of fear’ for Jewish students, report finds A comprehensive study details the normalization of antisemitism, glorification of terror, and widespread Holocaust distortion across campuses in nine countries.

(Israel Hayom) A new report published by B’nai B’rith International, the European Union of Jewish Students, and the German think tank Democ found that in nine of Europe’s key countries there is “a climate of fear and exclusion at European universities.” The […]

Demonstrations

Mahmoud Khalil ripped over attempt to ‘justify’ Oct. 7 attack in Ezra Klein, NYT interview: ‘Must be immediately deported’

(NY Post) Anti-Israel campus leader Mahmoud Khalil was ripped Thursday over his attempt to “justify” the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terror attacks in a recent interview — with elected officials saying it boosts the Trump administration’s case seeking to kick him out […]

Demonstrations

YouTuber who approached Jews in Golders Green about Gaza loses libel case against Douglas Murray Mohammed Hijab had brought a defamation suit against the writer and the Spectator over a 2022 article focusing on his actions during 2022 riots in Leicester

(Jewish News) A social media influencer notorious for approaching strictly Orthodox Jews in Golders Green on a Shabbat to quiz them about Israel has lost a defamation case against the Spectator magazine and its associate editor Douglas Murray, with the judge ruling […]

Christians

Report: After war with Israel, Iran seeks Jewish targets in Europe, increases arrests Islamic Republic has increased convictions and executions of minorities, including Iranian Jews, a report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom finds

(Times of Israel) Iran is increasing its efforts to carry out attacks against Jewish targets in Europe, as well as ramping up its persecution of minority religions, including Jews, within the Islamic Republic, according to a report by the United States Commission […]

Interfaith

This is the Hezbollah-linked activist behind lawfare on Israelis Dyab Abou Jahjah's Brussels-based NGO exploits courts to spread antisemitic hate, his critics say.

(JNS) Long before he perfected the use of lawfare to hound Israelis abroad, Belgian-Lebanese anti-Israel activist Dyab Abou Jahjah was already seen as “one of the most dangerous figures” for modern European Jews, according to a community activist from Antwerp. Versatile, charismatic […]

Demonstrations

Douglas Murray libel trial closes with barrister defending Hijab’s ‘provocative’ online conduct Royal Courts of Justice hears four days of evidence as social media influencer sues Spectator and its associate editor

(Jewish News) The barrister representing Mohammed Hijab described his client as “provocative, a bit of a smart-alec, a bit too cocky” but insisted that lawyers for the Spectator and its associate editor Douglas Murray had failed to substantiate serious claims against him. […]

Government & Politics

Oxfam GB holds panel event with Gazan who cheered Hamas massacre Abubaker Abed told MPs and journalists 'we will resist' at Westminster after previously invoking Al-Qassam Brigades online

(Jewish News) A Gazan who on 7 October talked of the “unprecedented reaction of the Ezzedeen Al-Qassam brigades, which Insha’Allah will bode well for the long-waited liberation” appeared this week at a panel event held inside the House of Commons, alongside the […]

Government & Politics

In Ilford North, Leanne Mohamad and the British left set their sights on Labour A new coalition, angry at Labour's response to Gaza and failure to challenge the rich, believes it can defeat MPs like Wes Streeting

(Middle East Eye) It’s a hot Friday night at the City Gates Conference Centre in Ilford, where the suburbs of east London begin to creep towards the county of Essex. On stage, a young British-Palestinian woman is joined by two lions of […]

Demonstrations

Mohammed Hijab clashes with barrister in libel case against Douglas Murray Influencer in witness box in Royal Courts of Justice libel case involving the Spectator magazine and its associate editor

(Jewish News) Social media personality Mohammed Hijab appeared in the witness box at the Royal Courts of Justice on Monday in a libel case he has brought against the Spectator magazine and its associate editor, Douglas Murray. Hijab, who has 1.28 million […]

Clerics & Preachers

European Muslim leaders visit Yad Vashem in Jerusalem The group laid a wreath and lit an eternal flame in honor of the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and its allies during the Holocaust.

(JNS) A group of European imams and senior Muslim leaders visited Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust remembrance center on Tuesday, where they laid a wreath in honor of the 6 million Jews murdered during the Holocaust. The delegation — visiting the Jewish state […]

Government & Politics

MP uses ‘gas chambers’ slur as he criticises Israeli plan to ‘concentrate’ Gazans in Rafah Independent MP Adnan Hussain had shared a report on comments made by an Israeli minister on plans to 'concentrate' the population of Gaza in Rafah

(Jewish News) The independent MP Adnan Hussain has drawn criticism after referencing “gas chambers” as he shared a newspaper report on Israel’s defence minister calling for the IDF to “concentrate” the population of Gaza in an area of Rafah. Highlighting the word “concentrate” the […]

Clerics & Preachers

Dutch imam suspended after meeting Isaac Herzog in delegation to Israel Bilal Mosque in Alkmaar cuts ties with preacher Youssef Msibih, who was among 15 Muslim figures from Europe on Israeli visit

(Middle East Eye) A Dutch imam has been suspended from his mosque after meeting Israeli President Isaac Herzog as part of a delegation of Muslim figures from Europe visiting Israel. Youssef Msibih, an imam at Bilal Mosque in the northern Dutch city […]

Clerics & Preachers

Group of Europe-based imams visits Israel, bearing ‘message of peace’ Delegation meets President Herzog; will spend a week touring the country, and meeting military, political and religious authorities, victims of October 7

(Times of Israel) When Imam Youssef Masbeh introduced himself to President Isaac Herzog on Monday, he could not help but start singing a special chant in Arabic, offering a reinterpretation of the Israeli national anthem, Hatikvah. Masbeh, who has served as a […]

Academics & Education

‘Here, Islam is the boss’: The nightmare of a gay Jewish teacher in Berlin’s migrant schools Uziel Inácio-Steck recounts a harrowing experience of harassment and isolation, exposing systemic failures in immigrant-heavy schools where conservative Muslim values clash with German liberalism

(Ynet) What began as a mission of inclusion for Uziel Inácio-Steck, a 43-year-old Jewish gay teacher from Brazil, ended in isolation, harassment and trauma. His story — reported by Thorsten Schmitz in Germany’s Süddeutsche Zeitung — sheds light on what many educators […]

Government & Politics

‘Netanyahu’s declaration of war’: Mamdani fails to mention Hamas in Oct 7 statement Mamdani claimed that 'the path toward a just and lasting peace can only begin by ending the occupation and dismantling apartheid.'

(Jerusalem Post) Zohran Mamdani blamed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli government, and the Knesset for the “ongoing violence in Israel and Palestine,” a day after Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, in a post shared to X/Twitter. “I mourn the hundreds […]

Government & Politics

Critics say Zohran Mamdani is antisemitic. He says he’s holding Israel accountable Prominent Jewish leaders have labeled the surging mayoral candidate antisemitic, which he refutes.

(Politico) As his New York City mayoral candidacy surges, Zohran Mamdani has come under fire for his defiant stance against Israel, which critics say crosses into antisemitism. The criticism, plastered across mailers funded by a super PAC backing Andrew Cuomo, took on […]

Academics & Education

Columbia faculty members who signed letter defending Hamas among donors to Mamdani’s mayoral campaign Mamdani — who recently earned condemnation from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum — has long demonized the Jewish state and has refused to disavow the 'globalize the intifada' slogan

(Free Beacon) A who’s who of Columbia’s most prolific Israel-haters — who sought to legitimize Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack weeks after the terror group’s massacres — has poured thousands of dollars into socialist Zohran Mamdani’s campaign for mayor of New York, a […]

Government & Politics

NYC mayoral wannabe Zohran Mamdani keeps struggling to defend ‘globalize the intifada’ rallying cry — as even cross-endorser Lander piles on

(NY Post) Mayoral contender Zohran Mamdani on Thursday continued to stumble defending the “globalize the intifada” rallying cry — as even fellow Democratic candidate Brad Lander, who cross-endorsed him, joined a pileup of criticism. The usually smooth-talking Mamdani devolved into word salad […]

Demonstrations

Brussels mayor told of pro-terror content of Samidoun’s Resistance Festival prior to event This comes despite Mayor Spinette of Saint-Gilles claiming that 'the information in our possession did not allow for a priori prohibition without jeopardizing freedom of expression.'

(Jerusalem Post) The mayor of the Brussels municipality in which Samidoun’s reenactment of the October 7 massacre took place had been informed before the day of the event’s expected nature, despite claiming there was no indication that such scenes would occur. This […]

Government & Politics

In tearful address, Mamdani laments criticism following his ‘globalize the intifada’ comments The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum weighed in after Mamdani declined to condemn the phrase.

(JTA) The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum appeared to condemn a statement made by NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in which he defended the phrase “globalize the intifada,” saying the word “intifada” had been used in translations by the museum. Mamdani, meanwhile, responded […]

Demonstrations

Zohran Mamdani says ‘globalize the intifada’ is expression of Palestinian rights The Queens assemblyman and New York City mayoral candidate refused to condemn the phrase as example of antisemitism on the left

(Jewish Insider) Zohran Mamdani, a leading candidate in next Tuesday’s New York City mayoral primary, refused to condemn calls to “globalize the intifada” during a new podcast interview with The Bulwark released on Tuesday, arguing the phrase is an expression of Palestinian […]

Children & Teens

French Muslim teenagers tried in court over antisemitic gang rape of 12-year-old girl The boys, aged between 13 and 14, are charged with gang rape, sexual assault, violence, extortion and death threats as well as capturing, recording, or transmitting intimate images.

(Jerusalem Post) The trial of three French Muslim teenagers charged with the antisemitic gang rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl began in juvenile court in Nanterre. Two boys aged 13 and 14 are charged with gang rape, sexual assault, violence, extortion, death […]

Government & Politics

Congress nears move to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization Momentum for the policy grew in the wake of Donald Trump's trip to the Middle East

(Free Beacon) Momentum has built for the U.S. government to formally designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization in the weeks since President Donald Trump’s Middle East trip, lawmakers and other sources familiar with the effort tell the Washington Free Beacon. […]

Demonstrations

Some Egyptian news outlets paint connection between Colorado attacker and Muslim Brotherhood US President Donald Trump echoed the theme on Truth Social, writing that the attack showed why 'the Muslim Brotherhood must stay banned and its sympathisers removed.'

(Jerusalem Post) Egyptian news outlets have seized on Sunday’s arson attack in Boulder, Colorado, to revive allegations against the Muslim Brotherhood, branding the Egyptian-born suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, as a supporter of the outlawed movement even though US investigators have provided no […]

Demonstrations

NYT omitted suspect’s nationality, illegal status in initial coverage of anti-Semitic terror attack in Colorado Gray Lady described Egyptian illegal immigrant Mohamed Soliman as 'of Colorado Springs'

(Free Beacon) The left-leaning New York Times‘s initial coverage of Colorado’s anti-Semitic terror attack, in which the attacker used a “makeshift flamethrower,” left out that the suspect is an illegal immigrant from Egypt, instead identifying him as “of Colorado Springs.” In its […]

Government & Politics

Belgian MP Sam van Rooy: ‘Europe must wake up to the threat of radical Islam’ 'Israel is fighting Islamic jihad more than any other country. We should realize that and support them. After they take Jerusalem, the next target will be Rome.'

(JNS) Belgian Member of Parliament Sam van Rooy issued a stark warning on Monday about the future of Europe, arguing that rising Islamic extremism and unchecked immigration are threatening democratic values across the continent. “We want to remain a democratic society, but […]

Crime

Police to question Muslim Association of Britain chair over Palestine solidarity protest Raghad Altikriti said the police had summoned her for an interview over alleged public order offences during a January protest

(Middle East Eye) The Metropolitan Police has summoned one of the key organisers of the UK’s Palestine solidarity protests over an alleged public order breach that took place at a rally earlier this year. Raghad Altikriti, who chairs the Muslim Association of […]

Academics & Education

Northwestern vandals spray-paint Hamas triangles, ‘Intifada Now’ on campus building housing Holocaust center The university's president promises to suspend any students involved in the incident, which took place during Passover

(Free Beacon) Anti-Semitic vandals used red paint to write “Death to Israel” and draw Hamas triangles on a Northwestern University building that houses the school’s Holocaust center as Jewish students observe Passover. Unity of Fields, a self-described “militant front against the US-NATO-zionist […]