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On Sunday Israel’s government moved to fornally recognize the Armenian Genocide: an important reminder that acknowledging historical atrocities is not a political concession. It is a moral responsibility.
The proposal will now be brought before the Knesset plenum for a vote.
More than a century after the systematic destruction of the Armenian people in the Ottoman Empire, recognition affirms a basic truth: victims deserve remembrance, dignity, justice, and historical honesty.
Recognition matters. Memory matters. Truth matters.
California State Senator Scott Wiener was harassed at San Francisco’s annual Trans March by anti-Israel activists who attacked him over Gaza.
The exchange is a reminder that, for a growing segment of activists, Israel has become the ultimate political litmus test.
It no longer matters where someone stands on any other political issue, or in this case, progressive cause. If they are Jewish, connected to the Jewish community, or viewed as insufficiently hostile to Israel, they can quickly become a target for public intimidation.
That is not normal political disagreement.
Elected officials should be challenged. They should answer hard questions. But accosting, surrounding, and screaming at people in public because they fail an anti-Israel purity test reflects a darker trend.
Hostility toward Israel is increasingly being used to justify hostility toward Jews.
That should concern everyone, regardless of where they stand politically.
Florida International University has denied the appeals of four students disciplined over a WhatsApp group chat containing racist and antisemitic messages.
The students have filed a federal lawsuit arguing that FIU violated their First Amendment rights by punishing private, off-campus speech.
FIU, however, says it reviewed more than 1,200 pages of evidence and determined that the students violated its nondiscrimination policy and student code of conduct.
This case will continue in court, and the questions about free speech matter.
But free speech does not require universities to ignore conduct that threatens, harasses, intimidates, or poisons the campus environment for Jewish students or any other targeted community.
Jewish students deserve to learn in environments where antisemitism is taken seriously, not minimized as “just a joke” or dismissed as harmless private chatter.
At the 2026 JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, MTF Executive Director David Brog moderated a panel featuring three student leaders who represent the MTF model in action.
Blessing Mathabela and Nicole Orbe-Muñoz came to Israel through MTF and returned to campus with a deeper understanding of October 7, the realities facing Israel, and the responsibility to stand against antisemitism.
Together, their stories show what MTF is built to do: educate influential students, develop courageous leaders, build durable coalitions, and strengthen the fight against antisemitism on campus.
We are grateful to Blessing and Nicole for sharing their experiences with the Jewish world — and for reminding us why this work matters.
The fight against antisemitism is difficult, but it is never in vain.
After devastating earthquakes struck Venezuela, Israel announced that it is preparing possible rescue and medical assistance to help those affected.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry is assessing options for support, while the Health Ministry is preparing medical, logistics, and emergency-response teams if deployment is approved.
This is part of a long tradition: when disaster strikes, Israel has repeatedly sent doctors, rescuers, field teams, and aid to people in crisis around the world.
Israel is a country that values life, responds to human suffering, and stands ready to help — regardless of politics, geography, or distance.
Muslims against antisemitism choosing to show up in Washington Square Park to speak directly to the public about rejecting hate is exactly the kind of allyship this moment demands.
Not just online, not just in headlines, but in neighborhoods, on campuses, and in city squares. We must all work together to challenge the putrid lie that the existence of Israel is a valid excuse to hate, exclude, harass, or attack Jews.
Real solidarity means refusing to let political disagreements become a permission slip for antisemitism.
A Muslim Canadian and a Druze Israeli coming together to tell the truth about Israel says more than any slogan ever could.
Raihaana Adira and Marwan Jaber are speaking to a reality that too many people try to erase.
Israel is not an apartheid state nor a colonial project, but a diverse democracy where minorities serve, speak, vote, and worship freely. Minorities in Israel can build lives with freedoms that remain rare across much of the Middle East.
The more people from diverse backgrounds who are willing to tell that truth publicly, the harder it becomes for the anti-Israel propaganda machine to keep selling their lies..
🎥: marwanjaber_il, raihaana.adira
What kind of country allows a Jewish member of Congress to be publicly told he is unwelcome at a coffee shop in Brooklyn because of his support for Israel?
The fact that this happened to Congressman Dan Goldman in New York City should alarm every American, regardless of politics.
When hostility toward Israel becomes an excuse to deny service, shame Jews publicly, or treat Zionism as a disqualifying identity, that is not activism. It is discrimination.
If people are comfortable targeting a Jewish public official today, they will feel even more emboldened to target ordinary Jews tomorrow.
Thank you to Scott Jennings for recognizing this for what it is: hateful bigotry.
Antisemitism cannot be allowed to hide behind false “activism.”
