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I Believe They are Fascists’: French Intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy on the Canadian Anti-Israel Protests

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Tristin Hopper National Post, Nov. 6, 2024 “The real paradox, and the real scandal, is that the same people who didn’t say a word back then have now suddenly awakened to supposedly support the Palestinian cause. I say “supposedly” because the fanatics shouting in Toronto about their “support for Gaza” couldn’t care less about the […]

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JNF Canada Loses Appeal to Retain Charitable Status—Days Before Expected Deadline to Disburse Remaining Assets

Elin Bessner Canadian Jewish News, Nov. 10, 2024 “UPDATE (10:20 a.m. 11/10/24): The CJN has learned that after losing this appeal shortly before the arrival of Shabbat on Friday afternoon—at which time it paused communications until Saturday night—JNF Canada sent an email to supporters to clarify it will not have to disperse its assets by Wednesday.”   Jewish […]

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Mélanie Joly’s Cowardice Lets Handful of Montreal Voters Drive Israel Policy

Terry Newman National Post, Oct. 10, 2024 ““Thomas, have you seen the demographics of my riding”?”   An article by former NDP leader Thomas Mulcair this week suggested Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is shaping Canada’s foreign policy to please a few thousand voters in her own Montreal riding, particularly as it would pertain to Israel. “Thomas, […]

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Daily Briefing: VIOLENCE AGAINST JEWS ERUPTS IN AMSTERDAM: NO SURPRISE

SEARED INTO MEMORY 86 Years After Kristallnacht, Europe Is the Same:  Nissan Shtrauchler, Israel Hayom, Nov. 10, 2024 — As Europe grapples with a surge in antisemitism, one of Germany’s most prominent Jewish leaders draws haunting parallels between current events and the infamous Night of Broken Glass.    Only Four Anti-Israel Amsterdam ‘Pogrom’ Attackers Remain in Custody After 63 Detained:  […]

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Scooter Youths,’ Not Soccer Fans, Hunt Jews in Amsterdam

Leon de Winter WSJ, Nov. 8, 2024   “Since Oct. 7, 2023, these Moroccan youths have participated in weekly anti-Zionist demonstrators through the streets of Amsterdam.”   A lot has changed in Amsterdam since 1945, but some things remain the same. During World War II, Amsterdam police, at the behest of German officers, hunted Jews. […]

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Last Night’s Pogrom in Amsterdam

David de Bruijn The Free Press, Nov. 8, 2024 “Many are shocked, wondering how this could happen in the Netherlands. To me, their bafflement is what’s shocking.” As the Amsterdam Jewish community joined with local officials to commemorate the 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht at the city’s Portuguese-Jewish synagogue—established by Jews who escaped the Inquisition—a pogrom […]

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Pogrom 2024

John Podhoretz Commentary, Nov. 8, 2024 “On three continents this week alone—Europe, North America, and Asia, where the Houthis and Hezbollah are again firing rockets and drones at Israel under the direction of Iran—they are coming after Jews every day.” Early Friday morning in Amsterdam, in the shadow of the house in which Anne Frank […]

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The Jihad Against Jews Is a War Against the West

Andrew C. McCarthy National Review, Nov. 8, 2024 “… such enclaves are crucibles of jihadism.” There is a lesson to be drawn from Thursday night’s sharia-supremacist pogrom against Jews — not Zionists, Jews — in the Islamic Emirate of Amsterdam, formerly known as the capital of the Netherlands, the beating heart of transnational-progressive, multicultural, post-sovereign Europe. It’s a […]

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Victoire éclatante de Trump: Netanyahu remporte son pari

Citation de la semaine:  « Chers Donald et Melania Trump, félicitations pour le plus grand retour en force de l’histoire ! Votre retour historique à la Maison-Blanche offre un nouveau départ pour l’Amérique et un puissant nouvel engagement à la grande alliance entre Israël et l’Amérique. C’est une immense victoire ! Amitiés sincères, bien à vous, Benyamin et Sara […]

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Daily Briefing: KRISTALLNACHT IN AMSTERDAM?

  SHABBAT READING   The Covenant of the Pieces: A Promise for All Generations?:  Dr. Rabbi Zvi Grumet, The Torah.com, Nov. 7, 2024 —  In Genesis, God establishes two covenants with Abraham. The first is Berit Bein ha-Betarim, “the Covenant of the Pieces” (Gen 15), and the second is Berit Mila, “the Covenant of Circumcision” (Gen 17). Although only […]

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Amsterdam’s Shameful Failure to Protect Jews

Jonathan Sacerdoti The Spectator World, Nov. 8, 2024 “The question isn’t whether what happened in Amsterdam could happen in London. It is when.”   Last night in Amsterdam, a scene unfolded that should send shockwaves across Europe: hundreds of Jews were hunted and beaten by mobs following a soccer match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and […]

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Israel to Evacuate Citizens After Attacks in Amsterdam

Stephen Kalin, Anat Peled, Benoit Faucon and Sune Engel Rasmussen WSJ, Nov. 8, 2024 “I thought I was going to die.  Everyone was running like crazy.”    Israel said it was sending planes to the Netherlands to evacuate citizens after street violence following a soccer game in Amsterdam, where Israeli fans were chased down and […]

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