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Jonathan Amiel, Chair of the McGill Law Faculty Advisory Board, recently resigned over unchecked antisemitism at the university, pointing to the Law Students’ Association referendum endorsing an academic boycott of Israeli institutions, which itself reflects a broader institutional failure.
In his resignation letter, addressed to the Dean of the Faculty of Law, he announced that he is withdrawing all current and future pledges and donations to the university on behalf of himself and his foundation.
He described an escalating atmosphere of hostility toward Jewish students, faculty, and alumni, along with an institutional unwillingness to respond with the seriousness and clarity the moment demands.
As he wrote, “An institution that cannot ensure the safety, inclusion, and dignity of its own community cannot credibly sustain its claim to excellence.”
Jonathan Amiel’s courage in telling the truth about what’s happening at the University, at obvious personal cost, is something we need more of from people of his stature and position.
Belgian universities Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Ghent University, and the University of Antwerp are planning to jointly award an honorary doctorate to Francesca Albanese, the notoriously anti-Israel UN Special Rapporteur.
Honoring her would serve to legitimize extreme anti-Israel rhetoric that fuels antisemitism under the guise of “political discourse.”
Alabanese has spent much of her time over the past three years smearing and demonizing the Jewish state.
No educational institution should honor hateful, anti-infellectual propagandists.
Anti-American sentiments and open terror support broke out at a “Hands Off Iran” protest in Philadelphia.
One speaker expressed support for the Islamic Republic’s genocidal regime, praised Hamas and Hezbollah, and even celebrated the deaths of U.S. soldiers.
When asked directly whether he hates America, he answered: “May a Hamas rocket blow up your family’s home.” These rallies are enabling blatant hatred, terror glorification, and open hostility toward America.
That is not activism, it’s not “anti-war,” and it’s not solidarity. It is support for terror, hatred for American values, and open sympathy for regimes and groups built on violence.
🎥: surgephilly, frank.scales
A local bar brought tiramisu for everyone in the bomb shelter. In the middle of war, while sirens sound and families rush for safety, Israelis are still finding ways to care for one another and keep spirits alive.
It’s a small gesture that says everything about the strength, resilience, and humanity that carry Israelis through the hardest times.
Resilience, kindness, and community continue under fire.
🎥: bar__paradiso, dannaleebee
After a wave of antisemitic attacks, Belgium is now deploying military personnel to its streets to aid in protection of the Jewish community.
No Jewish community should have to live under siege, and no country should normalize a reality in which soldiers are needed because antisemitic ideologies have been allowed to spread.
When Jews are targeted so relentlessly that extraordinary security measures become necessary, the problem is not only a threat to one community. It’s a crisis for democracy, public safety, and basic rights.
The Islamic Republic’s aggression is not limited to Israel in the current war.
According to research from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, 87% of Iran’s strikes have targeted Arab countries while the other 13% have targeted Israel. This is why much of the Arab world is up in arms against the Islamic Republic.
The regime endangers Arabs, Israelis, and anyone who gets in the path of its extremism.
The Middle East, and the World, deserve better than a regime that has exported terror and extremism for 47 years.
A missile fragment struck a home in a southern Bedouin community, injuring four people, including two infants.
This is the reality of the regime’s indiscriminate attacks: civilians from all backgrounds are put in danger. Israeli Arabs, Bedouins, Jews, and more minority communities.
The Islamic Republic’s missiles do not discriminate. Terror targets families, homes, and children.
A major development out of Lebanon: the country declared the Iranian ambassador persona non grata and has given him until Sunday to leave.
The expulsion comes in the wake of Iran’s attacks on countries around the region, after the United States and Israel launched a war effort to bring down the regime.
Lebanon’s move to expel the ambassador holds special significance, being that Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy terrorist group, has long had an institutional foothold in the country.
