CANADA ERUPTS
Investigation: The Antisemitism That Oct. 7 Unleashed in Canada: Stewart Bell and Jeff Semple, Global News, Feb. 20, 2024 – A gunman shoots at a Montreal Jewish school. A Jewish-owned grocery store is set on fire in Toronto. In Ottawa, police disrupt an alleged terrorism plot against the Jewish community.
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The Strange Disconnect Between Israel and Ukraine: Victor Davis Hanson, Real Clear Politics, Feb. 16, 2024
The Antisemitism Crisis Is Out of Control: Melanie Phillips, Substack, Feb. 16, 2024
Australian Historical Antisemitism Exposes Need for United Global Campaign – Opinion: Romy Leibler/The Media Line, Jerusalem Post, Feb. 22, 2024
Ireland’s Hostility Towards Israel Must Be Stopped – Opinion: Amotz Asa-El, Jerusalem Post, Feb. 17, 2024
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Israeli FM Says Brazil’s President Is ‘A Persona Non Grata’ For Comparisons of Gaza War to Holocaust: Vered Weiss, World Israel News, Feb. 19, 2024 — Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz, whose parents are Holocaust survivors, invited Brazil’s ambassador to Yad Vashem and declared that Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is a “persona non grata” in Israel.
‘A Perverse Distortion’: Brazil’s Jews Slam Lula’s Comparison of Israel to Nazis: Gabriel Toueg, Times of Israel, Feb. 18, 2024 — Major Jewish organizations in Brazil on Sunday condemned President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza and comparing its actions in the war against Hamas to those of Nazi Germany.
Antisemitism Rises Again in the British Labour Party: Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, Feb. 15, 2024 — Barring some impressive political accident, Keir Starmer of the Labour Party is on track to become the U.K.’s next prime minister after an election later this year. This week, such an accident may have arrived.
Columbia Sued by Jewish Students Over ‘Endemic’ Antisemitism: David Voreacos, Bloomberg News, Feb. 21, 2024 –– Columbia University was sued a second time by Jewish students who claim the Ivy League school had permitted “endemic” antisemitism to flourish for decades until the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel unleashed “yet another intolerable wave” of anti-Israeli abuse.
