David Waren

President & CEO @jewishhartford

[The Spectator @spectator]

The official representative body for Muslim police officers in Britain has branded Zionism "one of the manifestations of anti-Muslim hatred," described the Israel Defence Force as a "Zionist terrorist group" and defended Hamas against "unverified stories about acts of violence.".

The inflammatory claims are made by the National Association of Muslim Police (NAMP) in a policy paper on "confronting anti-Muslim hatred," written by its then vice-president, Khaldoun Kabbani, published on its website last year but not publicised until now.

✍️ Andrew Gilligan

Article | https://t.co/uVbA55gib8

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

Exceptional editorial on Mark Carney’s antisemitism speech and its lack of courage:
“He should have said: ‘If you oppose Israel’s existence, if you demonize Jewish-Canadians, you are wrong, you are hateful and I stand against you.’”
https://t.co/tG4AYUhra8

[Hussain Abdul-Hussain @hahussain]

Palestinians need 10 million Ahmeds

[Deborah E. Lipstadt @deborahlipstadt]

This is an exceptionally disturbing development. It illustrates how the attempt to counter antisemitism – this time in the form of a conference – is now being cast as something illegitimate in and of itself.

[Captain Allen @CptAllenHistory]

On This Day — June 3, 1948

Over half a million Arabs poured into Mandate Palestine in just 12 years to take advantage of the economic opportunities created by Jewish development — the only place in the entire Middle East with a growing Arab middle class.

Robert F. Kennedy, then only 22, made that striking observation in his reporting from British Mandate Palestine in April 1948 (just weeks before Israel’s independence). His dispatch was published this day in the Boston Post.

RFK wrote:

“The Jews point with pride to the fact that over 500,000 Arabs ... came into Palestine to take advantage of living conditions existing in no other Arab state. This is the only country in the Near and Middle East where an Arab middle class is in existence.”

He described how the Jews had transformed arid desert into flourishing orange groves through relentless labor and ingenuity. Tel Aviv had grown from a small village into a modern metropolis of over 200,000 in a single generation.

RFK noted that the Jews had already built a thriving community with its own institutions, language, and national characteristics — and were determined to reclaim their ancient homeland “as of right and not on sufferance.”

A young Bobby Kennedy saw the truth clearly: a people returning home, rebuilding their land with their own hands, and refusing to live as guests in their own country.

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

According to The New York Times' latest anti-Israel "opinion" article:
- Israel's exploding pager operation targeted children and civilians, even though it only targeted the pagers of Hezbollah operatives, who used the pagers to communicate off the grid
- Israel used "double tap" strikes in Gaza to target medical workers (0 evidence is given)
- A top Hezbollah official the reporter interviewed was a "close ally of Hassan Nasrallah, the group’s charismatic leader"
- There is a "global consensus" for a one-state solution where Jews and Palestinians have equal rights (this solution has no support among either Israelis or Palestinians on the ground)
- The only anti-Hezbollah figure interviewed is unreliable because he lives in a "mansion." His call for Iran to stop intervening in Lebanon is labeled an "old hard-line position."

I guess this piece appeared in the opinion section, so no journalistic standards were needed?

[Yossi Farro @FarroYossi]

At 86 Years Old, He Discovered He Was Jewish.

Sir Alan Williams, a decorated veteran and former officer in the British Army, lived his entire life without knowing the truth about his roots.

The turning point came after his son married a Jewish woman, leading to a stunning family discovery: his mother was Jewish, but had hidden her identity for decades to protect her family.

At 86 years old, everything changed.

Sir Alan walked into a Chabad House in London and closed a historic circle generations in the making.

With tears in his eyes, he was called up to the Torah, put on tefillin for the very first time, and proudly received his Hebrew name:

Avraham ben Sarah.

A reminder that no matter how many years pass, a Jewish soul always finds its way home.

[Avi Kaner ابراهيم אבי @AviKaner]

We already do versions of this with the UK, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and NATO partners without Greene or her allies melting down about “integration.” The selective panic only activates for this one ally. That tells you everything about the actual objection.

[StopAntisemitism @StopAntisemites]

Remember this the next time someone tries to portray SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine) as a harmless student group: they publicly praised the Boulder firebomb terrorist who set Jews on fire.

One woman lost her life.

The group posted Soliman chose the “sane response”. 😱

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

Dr. Emmanuel Moss, the chief of cardiac surgery at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, is resigning and moving to the United States amid rising antisemitism 🇨🇦

He is one of the only cardiac doctors performing robotic heart surgeries in Quebec.

Why is Quebec choosing to protect hateful antisemites over heart surgeons who save people's lives?

[JFederation/HTFD @JewishHartford]

Building allies keeps Jewish life safe in Greater Hartford. After one workshop with local clergy and community leaders, 100% left empowered to stand up against antisemitism. Help us reach our $500K goal to keep vital programs thriving. Give now: https://t.co/AYug6F42C7

[Rabbi Poupko @RabbiPoupko]

The world is shocked by what Israel did in Gaza.

Why the shock?

For years, everyone ignored the fact that Gaza was bombarding Israel's South. The media did not tell you about Sderot, Ofakim, Kfar Aza, Nachal Oz, and countless other smaller communities that were shelled REGULARLY by Gaza.

Israel's response in Gaza was not just for October 7th. It was the VERY LEGITIMATE response to tens of thousands of shells and missiles from Gaza that murdered Israeli women and children, sent children and grandparents scrambling for shelter year after year until finally something broke.

The same is happening now on Israel's northern border.

Since last night, 8 northern communities have been bombed with rockets and drones fired by Hezbollah from Lebanese territory. Israel's response has been mild to nonexistent. They will take another shelling and another shelling, but eventually, if Lebanon does not end this madness, something in the Israeli psyche will say enough is enough.

For the sake of peace in Lebanon, Israel, and the entire Middle East, I hope and pray that Lebanon takes control of the situation and restores peace.

[Aizenberg @Aizenberg55]

🧵TODAY Hamas admitted that Abdullah Breis was a commander posing as a “journalist”— it is no longer “Israel says so” evidence. Over 60% of "journalists" killed in Gaza are outed as combatants, more every week. A systematic human shield strategy. NINE recent examples below: 1/

[ADL @ADL]

You can disagree with AIPAC and the policies it supports or oppose the presence of money in politics completely. But claiming that American officials who receive support from an American organization composed of Americans citizens are "bought and paid for by Benjamin Netanyahu" invokes classic antisemitic rhetoric.

Such accusations call up the age-old dual loyalty trope that casts Jewish Americans as more loyal to Israel than their own country. This hateful undermines their civic credibility and marginalizes their voices in public life.

[Mor Edge Insight @MorEdge_Insight]

Remember the European Hospital in Khan Younis last May?

Israel struck a targeted site there, and the world lost its mind.

Palestinians denied any tunnel existed underneath. The UN and European governments rushed to condemn Israel for attacking a “hospital.” Outrage, headlines, accusations of war crimes… the usual script.

Then June came.

The IDF took international media into the very same location and showed them the tunnel… a full Hamas command center, right under the emergency room.

Weapons, rooms, infrastructure. And yes, that’s where they found and confirmed the body of Mohammed Sinwar, Hamas’s top military commander and brother of Yahya Sinwar.

The strike that killed one of the architects of October 7 was surgically precise, and entirely justified.

Under the Geneva Conventions of 1949, hospitals and other medical facilities lose their protected status when they are used for military purposes, such as command centers, weapon storage, or troop movements. By deliberately turning the European Hospital into a Hamas base, the terrorists themselves stripped it of any legal protection.

Not a single apology from the UN or the European governments that rushed to condemn Israel. Not one admission they were wrong. They simply moved on to the next round of accusations.

This is the pattern. Hamas hides its terror infrastructure under civilian sites, uses hospitals as shields, and the international community reliably attacks the defender for responding, only to be proven wrong again and again and again when the evidence emerges.

How many times does this have to happen before the world stops falling for it?

[Deborah E. Lipstadt @deborahlipstadt]

If we were not long past Purim, i would say this is “Purim Torah,” something that is so upside down it makes no sense.

[Roman Baber @Roman_Baber]

The call to Intifada is incitement to violence. It's criminal in the UK, Germany and many Gulf States.

So why does Canada's Attorney General have difficulty saying it's an arrestable offence? And why did the Liberals refuse to criminalize the wilful promotion of terrorism!?

[Rabbi Poupko @RabbiPoupko]

Thank you @RabbiCosgrove for this clear statement to anyone running for public office.

All eyes on @JBKSchlossberg.

@bradlander, we would rather you not attend.

[Ari Fleischer @AriFleischer]

Mamdani said he will break with decades long precedence in NYC and not march in the annual Israel parade due to his “views about the Israeli government.”

What BS.

He won’t march, not because the Netanyahu government exists, but because Israel exists.

He opposes the existence of Israel. It’s that simple.

https://t.co/MSFRgp7BAQ

[Naftali Bennett נפתלי בנט @naftalibennett]

Today, thousands of New Yorkers will march in celebration of Israel.
Not because they agree with every policy or every government, but because Israel is the homeland of the Jewish people, the world’s only Jewish state, and a source of pride, refuge, and belonging for millions of Jews.
This year, that pride matters more than ever.
At a time when Jews are being harassed, attacked in the streets, and told to hide or apologize for who they are, choosing to march is an act of courage. It is a declaration that Jews will not be intimidated and that the Jewish state will not disappear because others wish it would.
The mayor of New York City has cowardly chosen not to attend, and that sends a message. To him, I would say: leadership means showing up for all New Yorkers, including the Jews who call this city home.
To every Jewish New Yorker marching today, and to every ally standing beside them: thank you.
Your support is felt in Israel. Am Yisrael Chai.