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Palestinian activist Mohammed Khatib says that after Palestine is liberated, the movement should turn its focus to the “liberation” of the US, Canada, and other Western countries.
Khatib is the European coordinator for Samidoun, a Palestinian advocacy group that has been sanctioned by the United States for its purported financial ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), has been designated a terrorist organization by Israel and Canada, and banned in Germany for allegedly endorsing the use of violence and supporting foreign terrorist organizations.
His extreme rhetoric is just another reminder that those who seek to destroy Israel, will not stop at Israel.
The IDF discovered over a mile and a half of Hamas tunnels underneath Gaza, still in use over two-and-a-half years after the October 7th massacre.
Hamas hides in these tunnel systems, using them to plot terror and shield themselves while Gazan civilians remain above.
If Hamas had built a subway system for Palestinians rather than a terrorist tunnel complex, perhaps the reality of Gaza would be much different today.
British PM Keir Starmer spoke to constituents a few days after two Jewish men were stabbed in the Golder’s Green neighborhood of London in an antisemitic attack.
He described the importance of rooting out antisemitism from public life, and also a desire to hold universities accountable for the hatred festering in British communities.
He’s asking that universities answer directly for what each of them have done, are doing, and will do to counter and address antisemitism at their institutions.
🎥: channel4news
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has awarded Francesca Albanese the Order of Civil Merit, one of Spain’s highest civilian honors, praising her work related to Gaza.
The decision is highly concerning given Albanese’s long record of inflammatory rhetoric about Israel and repeated criticism from Jewish organizations and multiple governments over statements they view as biased or antisemitic.
Albanese has also faced scrutiny over appearances and engagements involving figures tied to Hamas and the Iranian regime, raising broader questions about impartiality and judgment for someone serving in a senior U.N. human rights role.
A U.N. Special Rapporteur is expected to uphold universal human rights standards with credibility and neutrality. Honoring such a polarizing figure further undermines confidence in the impartiality of international institutions.
“Please save Sweida.”
Syrian Druze content creator Nervanah Taleb Ghabra told Israeli outlet Ynet that she fears for the safety of Druze civilians in southern Syria amid growing instability and violence in the Sweida region.
In the interview, she called on Israel to help protect the Druze community, pointing to past Israeli intervention and humanitarian support during previous outbreaks of violence. For many Syrian Druze, Israel is viewed not as an enemy, but as a potential source of protection in moments of crisis.
The Druze community has often found itself caught between armed factions and regional upheaval throughout the Syrian conflict. Their calls for security and protection deserve international attention.
We hope for safety for the people of Sweida — and for a future where communities across the region can live without fear of sectarian violence.
According to reporting by the Free Beacon, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration quietly removed an official NYC webpage celebrating the city’s longstanding business ties to Israel.
A spokesperson for the New York City Economic Development Corporation’s (EDC), the entity whose website housed the page, told the Free Beacon that the page was taken down as part of a broader update and consolidation.
For many Jewish New Yorkers, this is part of a broader pattern in which Jewish people’s well-being and their connection to Israel are increasingly being treated as politically inconvenient instead of valued parts of New York City’s identity.
At a time of rising antisemitism and violence against Jews, this is an unsurprising but still disappointing move. The right for Israel to exist as the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people shouldn’t be up for debate.
Police are investigating a series of antisemitic vandalism incidents in Queens after multiple Jewish sites — including a synagogue, a Jewish center with a pre-K, and a Holocaust survivor’s home — were defaced with swastikas and other ansitemitic graffiti in what authorities believe was a coordinated overnight spree carried out by the same group of suspects.
According to the NYPD, at least four individuals are being sought in connection with the vandalism.
Officials and community leaders condemned the attacks as deliberate acts of antisemitic intimidation designed to instill fear.
Swastikas are not “political statements.” They are symbols of hatred directed at Jews, and attacks targeting Jewish institutions should be treated with the seriousness they deserve.
More than two years after the death of 69-year-old Jewish man Paul Kessler during dueling demonstrations in California, Loay Alnaji has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and battery causing serious bodily injury.
Kessler died after an altercation at competing pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protests in the aftermath of October 7, a moment that intensified tensions and hostility across the United States. Prosecutors reportedly objected to indications that Alnaji could receive probation and up to one year in jail despite the seriousness of the case.
For many Jewish Americans, Paul Kessler’s death became a painful symbol of how quickly political hatred and dehumanization can escalate into real-world violence.
No one attending a protest should lose their life because of ideological conflict. Violence against Jews — or against any community — must never be minimized, excused, or normalized.
