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Terrorism / US / Hamas / Left vs. Right / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Columbia Refusing to Help Identify ‘Pro-Hamas’ Students, White House Says

By Andrew Bernard

“Mahmoud Khalil was an individual who was given the privilege of coming to this country,” the White House press secretary said. “He took advantage of that opportunity, of that privilege, by siding with terrorists.”

Terrorism / NY / Left vs. Right / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

NYPD Responds to Bomb Threat, as Anti-Israel Protesters Storm Barnard Library

By Vita Fellig

“We must not allow the actions of a few interfere with our mission,” said Laura Rosenbury, the college president.

Israel / Politics / Left vs. Right / News Briefs / Anti-Israel NGOs

Netanyahu: Foreign Funds Fueled 'Spontaneous' Anti-Government Protests

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

An "almost inconceivable" amount of foreign funding was behind the "so-called 'popular and spontaneous' protest movement," said the Israeli premier.

US / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

‘I Have No Campus to Go Back To’: Israeli Students Denounce US University Demonstrations

By Pesach Benson / TPS

Israeli President Isaac Herzog denounced the campus demonstrations as antisemitic and called on university administrators to take stronger action to protect Jewish students.

Israel At War: Iron Swords / Left vs. Right / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / United Nations (UN)

UN Official: Hate Speech on ‘Both Sides’ of US Campus Protests

By Mike Wagenheim - JNS

Irene Khan, U.N. special rapporteur for freedom of expression and opinion, lamented what she said was confusion between hate speech, incitement and what is "basically a different view of the situation in Israel"

US / Police and Crime / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

All Released, No Criminal Charges for Columbia & NYU Antisemitic Protesters

By David Isaac

The universities have done little to quell the unrest and the protesters have faced little in the way of disciplinary action, while Jewish students remain threatened.

US / Left vs. Right / News Briefs

‘Take Matters Into Your Own Hands’ When ‘Pro-Hamas Mobs’ Block Traffic, Tom Cotton Says

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Get them out of the way,” wrote Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.). “It’s time to put an end to this nonsense.”

NY / Left vs. Right / Antisemitism / Boycott / BDS

Anti-Israel Protests at Brooklyn Bridge, Chicago O’Hare, Golden Gate Bridge, Many Other Sites

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

A coordinated effort on April 15 (tax day) aimed to shut down economic activity at sites throughout the United States and in other countries.

Featured / Op-Eds

The Biden Administration’s War Against the Government of Israel

By Caroline B. Glick

Before Oct. 7, rioters demanded the overthrow of Netanyahu’s coalition due to its “anti-democratic” policies and “corruption.” The new rallying cry is to free the hostages.

Headline / Israel / Israel At War: Iron Swords / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Biden Complains After Protesters Succeed in Blocking Entry of 'Humanitarian Aid' Trucks into Gaza

By Jewish Press News Desk

The protesters are demanding that no aid trucks enter Gaza while Israelis are being held hostage by Hamas. 

NY / Antisemitism

Anti-Israel Protesters Target Schumer Shabbat Dinner with Daughter

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

"They heard about the militaristic Friday night song Jews sing: Eshet Chayil," wrote David May, of Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

Israel / Left vs. Right

Justice Minister Whisked Away as Anti-Democracy Protesters Clash with Police

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Six people arrested after demonstrators breach the perimeter outside Yariv Levin's home.

My Right Word

The Last Hora...

By Yisrael Medad

Will this current battle be—to paraphrase Edwin O’Connor’s novel and the Spencer Tracy film—the last hora of the remnants and inheritors of Mapai/Histadrut domination that exerted its firm grip on Israel’s politics, economy, culture, academia and military for half a century?

Government / Left vs. Right

Israeli A-G: ‘Disturbing the Public Order’ Essential to Successful Protest

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Netanyahu government criticizes Gali Baharav-Miara for failing to indict demonstrators who break the law.

Israel / US / Politics / Left vs. Right / Diaspora

Minister Chikli Holds Meetings with Jewish Federations of North America

By Jewish Press News Desk

"Jewish Federations were proud to convene and host a series of productive meetings this week with Israel's Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli."

Government / Left vs. Right / Diaspora

Netanyahu Pulls Out of JFNA Summit in Tel Aviv Amid Planned Protests

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The Jewish Federations last week said it had decided not to boycott the prime minister as demanded by obscure and unnamed groups.

Featured / The Muqata

The Community Organizers Miscalculate

By JoeSettler

Until now the protesters drowned out any other voices, but the Haredim of Bnei Brak got them to start talking.

Featured / The Muqata

Lies My Community Organizer Told Me: Protesting Yourself Out of a Job (Part 2)

By JoeSettler

The wife of On ben-Pelet saved him from Korach's revolt where he had nothing to gain and everything to lose.

Israel / Politics / Left vs. Right

Ehud Barak Compares Judicial-Reform Compromise to Appeasement of Nazis

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The former Israeli prime minister posted an image of President Isaac Herzog’s head superimposed on the body of former British leader Neville Chamberlain, who signed the Munich Agreement with Adolf Hitler.

Jordan / Abu Ali Express

King Abdullah of Jordan Promises to Act Against Violent Rioters

By Abu Ali Express

Jordan's Ministry of the Interior announced the arrest of 44 demonstrators today.

Palestinian Authority

‘Abbas, Get Out!’ Protests in PA Increasing

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

The voices calling for the PA chairman’s departure have increased in the past year, especially since he ordered the cancellation of the elections in 2021 while holding his seat without elections for more than 17 years, and using “dictatorship and repressive methods” as claimed by many on the Palestinian Authority street.

Iran

Iran Claims it Captured Mossad Team and Weapons

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iran claims they captured agents and weapons used in the anti-regime riots, but didn't publish any proof backing up their claim.

Palestinian Authority

5th Day of PA Arab Protests Could Lead to Ouster of Mahmoud Abbas and Even Regime Change

By David Isaac

Hamas is also turning up the heat, hoping to one day seize control of the West Bank from Fatah as it did in Gaza.

Headline / Iran

Iranian Regime Police Open Fire on Protesters in Khorramshahr [Videos]

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iranian sources say as many as 4 civilians may have been killed.

Guest Blog

The Response Needed to the Haredi Protests Against IDF

By Rav Zev Shandalov

The rioters, Haredim all, protesting the arrest of a draft dodger, were destroying public property, burning garbage bins, causing a public disturbance.

US / Politics / The Courts / News Briefs

Federal Judge Stays Trump Deportations, Airport Protests Erupt

By JNi.Media

The Trump order is based on the Obama Administration's Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act (H.R. 158), which prohibits some foreign nationals from visiting the US if they have recently traveled to Iran, Iraq, Sudan or Syria.

Op-Eds

Turkey: A House Divided

By Robert Ellis

The EU Commission's progress report deals with a polarized society and a government that takes repressive measures against citizens who assert their democratic rights.

News Briefs

More Clashes in Turkey, Police Use Tear Gas, Water Cannons

By Jewish Press News Desk

Police in Istanbul fired water cannons and tear gas at thousands of protesters in Taksim Square. Protesters converged on the site Saturday, blatantly disregarding warnings to stay away. Organizers said they intended to march into the adjacent park that has been cordoned off by police. The area has been the site of anti-government protests and […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs

IDF, Egyptian Army and Hamas on High Alert at Borders

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Israeli and Egyptian armies and the Hamas regime in Gaza are on high alert at Sinai and Gaza borders and near smuggling tunnels, according to eyewitnesses quoted by the Egyptian Independent. Police stations, the airport at El Arish, the Kerem Shalom crossing, jails and entry points are under heavy security.  

Middle East / Levant / News Briefs

Nearly 100 Rapes in Four Days of Anti-Morsi Protests

By Jewish Press News Desk

Mobs protesting the rule of Mohammed Morsi have sexually assaulted nearly 100 women and raped at least 91  in the last four days of protests, Human Rights Watch reported. Forty-six attacks took  place on Sunday, 17 on Monday and 43 on Tuesday, according to figures attributed to the Egyptian Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment/Assault, which operates a […]

Syria / Police and Crime / Iran / News Briefs / Turkey / Egypt

Erdogan’s Police May Be Using Chemical CR Gas on Protesters (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Turkey is burning. Nine days of riots. Three dead. Erdogan’s police arrest society’s enemy – Twitters. Now, a Turkish doctor charges police are using Condoleezza Rice gas, a chemical agent.

United with Israel

Ex-Jordanian Spy: Abdullah is Anti-Israel

By Rachel Avraham

Ouni Abed Botrous Hadaddeen compares the Jordanian king to Yasser Arafat, claiming that Abdullah to is two faced.

Daniel Greenfield

The Convenient Radical

By Daniel Greenfield

Under Clinton, the anti-war business was booming on the fringe, but the news media never deigned to show up and inflate rally counts the way they did once Bush was in office.

This Ongoing War

If an Arab Dies in Hamas Prison Does Anybody Care?

By Frimet and Arnold Roth

The global media are roiling about the death of the terminally-ill Abu Hamdiyeh. Try googling for any mentions the one who died at the hands of Hamas.

Khaled Abu Toameh

Palestinians to US: We Hate You, So Please Pay Us More

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Like the rest of the Arab and Islamic countries, Palestinians have been told that the U.S. is the "Great Satan" and the number one enemy of all Arabs and Muslims.

Khaled Abu Toameh

Palestinians Plan 'Warm' Welcome for Obama

By Khaled Abu Toameh

When and if Obama visits, he will be reminded of the fact that many Palestinians continue to regard the U.S. as an enemy, not a friend.

Op-Eds

Seventy Years Later, White Rose Anti-Nazi Resistance Still Resonates

By Jud Newborn

Sophie Scholl, her brother Hans and the student group White Rose protested Nazi atrocities, including the murder of Jews. In 1943, the Scholl siblings and their comrade Christoph Probst were caught, tried in a show trial and beheaded.

Rubin Reports

Egypt Democratically Adopts an Anti-Western Dictatorship

By Barry Rubin

The democratic opposition—like its counterparts in Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and Iran—has learned that the United States will not help them.

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

Constitutional Confusion and Contusions in Egypt

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

The constitution, as important as it may be, is not a cure for the genetic illnesses of the states of the Middle East.

News Briefs / Egypt

Morsi Cancels Constitutional Decrees

By Jewish Press News Desk

Following days of violent protests in Egypt, Egyptian President Morsi cancelled the constitutional decrees he issued for himself last month that gave him more power. Despite the declaration, it is unclear though if Morsi is actually gave up the new powers he took for himself. The December 15th referendum on the constitution will go ahead […]

News Briefs / Egypt

Morsi Back After Massive Protests Threaten Palace

By Malkah Fleisher

After a night of protests threatening the presidential palace, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has returned home, despite national outrage over his attempts at constitutional reform.

Israel

In New York, Protesters Voice Support For Israel

By Naomi Klass Mauer

Pro-Israel activists and concerned Jewish New Yorkers have been holding vigils and protests since Israel began striking Hamas missile launchers and terrorist operatives in Gaza last week.

News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Amud Anan

Friday Morning Overnight Update

By Jewish Press News Desk

7:35 AM NYC closed the area around the Israeli Consulate in light of the protests and for security reasons. Security has also been increased around other Israeli sites in the city. The Federation announced they are donating 5 million dollars to Israelis in the South. A Suspicious Object was found near the Jerusalem light rail […]

News Briefs / Settlements

Gush Etzion on High Alert

By Jewish Press News Desk

Arabs and foreign anarchists have had a busy day on Wednesday, blocking main roads and running protests. In Gush Etzion, army and police are expecting a number of attempts to close down the main highways, and have prepared for that possibility. Local residents have been warned of possible delays caused by these provocateurs.    

HADAR

More Naivete from Obama: Embassy Attacks Arose from 'Natural' Protests

By Daniel Tauber

Imagine Jews launched massive protests for every anti-Semitic youtube video.

Op-Eds / Khaled Abu Toameh

Behind the Palestinian Protests: A Renewed Fatah Bid to Remove PM Fayyad

By Khaled Abu Toameh

It is no secret that Fatah has long been trying to get rid of Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad who, its representatives argue, had been imposed on the Palestinians by the Americans and Europeans.

Europe

Muslim Riots Spread Like Wildfire Through Europe

By Soeren Kern

Protests over an American-made anti-Islamic YouTube film, Innocence of Muslims, have spread to Europe. Muslim rioters have clashed with police in several European cities, and more demonstrations are being planned. The protests are part of widespread anger across the Muslim world about the amateur film, which ridicules Islam and depicts the Muslim Prophet Mohammed as a fraud, a madman and a sexual deviant. Muslims in many European countries are calling on governments to outlaw the controversial film.

HADAR

Let Abbas Bail Out the Palestinian Authority

By Daniel Tauber

Abbas is reported worth millions. So why not let him save his own skin, instead of having Israel repeatedly bail the Palestinian Authority out?

On Campus / Education / Fresno Zionism

Evergreen State — a Total Immersion Experience

By Vic Rosenthal

Students are drawn into psycho-political cyclotrons and are insulated from all other voices. What begins as a concern for human rights is amplified by contact with more and more extreme expressions of anti-Israel ideology.

Sultan Knish

Israel's War of Words

By Daniel Greenfield

Bashing Haredim on the dole is easy; but doing the same thing to the Muslims, who don't report income or pay taxes, is dangerous because it comes too close to a real national problem. Going on about your children being shot at because of the settlers is safe, but talking about the destructive political interests that ceded portions of the West Bank and Gaza to Islamic terrorists is a dangerous topic.

Analysis / Khaled Abu Toameh

Khaled Abu Toameh: Palestinians' Islamist Spring?

By Khaled Abu Toameh

In March last year, thousands of Palestinians, inspired by the "Arab Spring," launched their own protests in the West Bank to demand reforms, democracy, and regime change. But the Palestinian revolt was short-lived. Abbas's security forces, backed by Fatah thugs, attacked the young men and women who were protesting in the center of Ramallah, torching their tents and beating them with clubs and rifle butts.

Photo of the Day

Grease Paint Rally

By Jewish Press Staff

Two mimes joined the protesters against the cost of living on Rothschild Boulevard in downtown Tel-Aviv last Shabbat. The protests ended in clashes with police and mass arrests. Despite Police decision to indict 37 out of the 85 protesters who were arrested, the judge ordered their release as they had no criminal records and the […]

News Briefs

Mubarak on Life Support

By JTA

Doctors reportedly have put former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak on life support as turmoil once again threatens to sweep the country. The state news agency Mena said Mubarak was "clinically dead" when he arrived at the hospital and that doctors used a defibrillator on him several times. The initial report said the efforts were not […]

Israel / Politics / News Briefs

Runners Carry Protest of Ulpana Hill Demolition through Jerusalem's Neighborhoods

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

A protest race is being conducted in the streets of Jerusalem this afternoon, to raise public awareness of the importance of the proposed "Regulatory Law," the Tazpit news agency reports.

Analysis / Khaled Abu Toameh

Muslim Brotherhood Plotting To Take Over Jordan?

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Today, most of the anti-regime demonstrations throughout the kingdom are being initiated and led by Muslim Brotherhood supporters whose goal is to turn Jordan into an Islamic republic. Many Arabs feel that President Barack Obama's endorsement of the Muslim Brotherhood has emboldened the Islamists and increased their appetite to drive moderate and secular rulers out of the Arab world.

News Briefs

French Anti-Semitic Comic's Shows Dropped in Montreal

By Jewish Press News Desk

UPI reports that Four shows by French comedian Dieudonne M'bala M'bala in Montreal have been canceled, as a result of protests by Jewish groups. M'bala was scheduled to perform at the Corona Theatre starting Monday, but the theater announced on Friday that the shows were canceled "due to contractual conflicts." Promoter Evenko, who booked the […]

Analysis

Jordan and the 'Arab Spring'

By Missing Peace

From the outset of the revolts in other Arab countries King Abdullah was very concerned that a similar revolt could threaten his regime. He was therefore quick to announce reforms. He has also been trying to divert the attention towards Israel by blaming the Jewish state for the shortcomings and failures of the Jordanian government, just like other Arab leaders have been doing for years.

News Briefs

Ahmadinejad's Sister Lost in Iran Election

By Jewish Press News Desk

CNN reports that Parvin Ahmadinejad, the Iranian President's sister, lost her bid for a seat in the parliamentary elections, which is viewed as a blow to the leader and, according to one analyst, a "possible sign of fraud." Running in her family's hometown of Garmsar, Ahmadinejad was defeated by a conservative rival in Friday's elections […]

Analysis / Khaled Abu Toameh

Jordan's King Abdullah Needs to Wake Up - Fast

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Jordan has recently witnessed weekly demonstrations calling for far-reaching reforms and an end to financial corruption. King Abdullah did not take the protests seriously at first, but is now desperate to restore calm and order; going as far as ordering the arrest of some of his most trusted officials.

News Briefs

New Israel Fund Comes Clean on Role in Tent Protests

By Jewish Press Staff

Organization highlights a role in protest it had previously denied.

News Briefs

Tent Protesters Return to Rothschild Boulevard

By Jewish Press Staff

Activists: Tent protests will "erupt again in the summer."

Middle East / Levant

Arab League Mission in Syria Continues to Crumble

By Sam Ser

Syrian authorities have ignored the mission's requests to take steps such as removing weapons and military personnel from mosques in cities where protests have taken place, and the casualty rate in the army’s response to the protests has actually increased since the monitors began their work three weeks ago.

Middle East / Levant

Pressure on Syria Builds From All Sides

By Sam Ser

As Arab League observer leaves in disgust and Turkey seizes weapons, Israel prepares for end of Bashar Assad’s regime

News Briefs

Syrian Leader Assad Defiant in Speech to Nation

By Jewish Press Staff

Syrian President claims he still has his people's support.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter II

By Ruchama Feuerman

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