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Daily Briefing: U OF T WINS ITS INJUNCTION TO DISMANTLE ENCAMPMENT FOR THE WRONG REASON

FOLLOW THE MONEY FIRST READING: U.S. Probes Provide Clues to Where Canada’s Anti-Israel Money Is Coming From:  Tristin Hopper, National Post, June 5, 2024 — A series of U.S. probes into anti-Israel funding streams is providing early clues into the financing and organization underlying Canada’s own network of “pro-Palestinian” encampments, protests and blockades. Opinion: Court’s Dismissal of […]

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U of T President Should Resign Over His Contemptible Handling of the Encampment

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Conrad Black National Post, July 6, 2024 “The finding that there was no evidence that the trespassing campers were motivated by antisemitism was an act of judicial cowardice.” Ontario Superior Court Judge Markus Koehnen granted the University of Toronto’s request for an injunction authorizing police enforcement of the university’s demand that the anti-Israel encampment on […]

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Opinion: Court’s Dismissal of Antisemitism at U Of T Encampment a Slap in the Face

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Avi Benlolo and Jerry Grafstein National Post, July 5, 2024 “Given that Jews face a disproportionate amount of hate, the way this judgment dismissed claims of antisemitism is highly concerning.”   Despite being among its biggest supporters, the Jewish community often finds itself on the losing side when it comes to the University of Toronto. […]

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There’s A Reason Quebec Nationalists Have Been So Quiet About The McGill Encampment

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  Jeffery Vacante, National Post, June 23, 2024 An anti-hate group recently attacked the leadership of McGill University for what it called its “weak-kneed response” to the protesters who have set up an encampment on its campus. Suggesting that “it is time for McGill to stand with its Jewish students who have been victimized for months […]

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The War Against the Jews: The Case of Canada:

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  Stephen Schecter, Substack, July 3, 2024 Synagogues and Jewish schools are attacked across Canada. In response, empty police cars sit outside such institutions to ward off future attacks. The Toronto District School Board adopts a resolution adding “anti-Palestinian racism” to its learning strategy. The BC Teachers Federation’s resolution to include “the Palestinian naqba and […]

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Daily Briefing: IS BIDEN’S GAZA POLICY COHERENT?

  NETANYAHU-OBSESSED Why Netanyahu Should Address Congress | Caroline Glick In-Focus:  JNS TV, May 29, 2024 — A New York Times article claiming to represent a diverse group of Israeli leadership asks Congress to disinvite Netanyahu. Does Netanyahu represent the will of the Israeli people?   How the US Can Continue Supporting Israel:  Michael Doran, Hudson Institute, June 26, 2024 — […]

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The Jewish Trump Vote

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John Podhoretz Commentary, June 29, 2024 “The decline in support for Biden among Jews is real, and if that decline is dramatic, it could make the difference in the key(stone) state.”   Here’s a potential political earthquake story that has nothing to do with the debate. Siena College, which specializes in polling in New York […]

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A Presidential Debate Heard ’Round the World

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Walter Russel Mead WSJ, July 1, 2024 “The weak debate showing undermines confidence in both the durability of the Biden administration and the competence of its leadership. Can either Israel or Hamas trust commitments made by this administration when it looks as if Donald Trump will return to power next January”   As Thursday’s presidential […]

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Biden’s Debate Flop Raises More Questions About His Often Perplexing Gaza Policy

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Lazar Berman Times of Israel, July 5, 2024   “There’s an interest in the security of Israel. But the US has defined that differently than the Israeli government.”   During his State of the Union address in March, US President Joe Biden announced an ambitious American initiative to get more aid into the Gaza Strip […]

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The Forgotten Five

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Mathew Schultz JNS, July 7, 2024 “The June 27 debate between President Biden and former President Trump was a reminder to some viewers that Israel’s war against Hamas is not seen as the most important issue of the upcoming election in the United States.”   Hersh Goldberg-Polin was 23 when he was kidnapped by Hamas from […]

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BRITISH JEWS VOTE LABOUR: ARE THEY IN FOR A SHOCK?

SHABBAT READING   On the Origins of Peshat Commentary:  Prof. Rabbi Robert Harris, The Torah.com,  June 11, 2021 — Christian scholarship in 12th century northern France experienced what is often described as an intellectual Renaissance, one that incorporated the study of ancient Roman rhetorical texts, both in their own right (for techniques and theory) as well as in […]

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Things Can Only Get Worse

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Tom Slater Spiked, July 3, 2024   “Should Labour return to power tomorrow, Britain looks set to be remade – once again – in the image of our deranged cultural elites.”   We at spiked have spent a good chunk of this UK General Election campaign lamenting how devoid of substance, principle, or even a flicker of […]

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