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Channel 4 News recently reported from a “village of widows” in central Nigeria, where Christian women described losing husbands and children in attacks that devastated their communities.
One survivor, Lisa, described Fulani jihadist militants breaking into her home, killing her children and her husband in front of her, and leaving her to carry unimaginable trauma.
These stories are not isolated. Across parts of Nigeria’s Middle Belt, Christian communities have faced repeated raids, killings, kidnappings, sexual violence, and the destruction of homes and churches at the hands of armed militants.
The conflict has complex drivers, including land, security, ethnicity, and religion. But the religious dimension of the violence against Christians cannot be ignored.
And yet these victims far too often receive only a fraction of the international attention their suffering deserves.
If our concern for human rights is genuine, it cannot depend on who the victims are, whether their suffering is politically convenient, or whether their persecution fits a preferred narrative.
Christians facing extremist violence deserve outrage, solidarity, and global attention — just like every other persecuted community.
The House Education & Workforce Committee recently advanced several bills addressing antisemitism in education, campus accountability, and the treatment of Jewish students under federal civil-rights law.
Regardless of where one stands on any specific legislation, the underlying principle should be clear: Jewish students deserve the same protection from discrimination and harassment as every other community.
No student should have to choose between pursuing an education and feeling safe on campus because they are Jewish.
Universities have a responsibility to apply their nondiscrimination policies consistently and to take anti-Jewish hostility seriously when it affects students’ ability to learn, participate, and belong.
Protecting Jewish students is not a partisan issue. It is a civil-rights issue.
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.
