Friday, June 06, 2025

06/06 Links Pt2: The West turns against Israel; Liberals turn killers, racists, and haters into martyrs; In the Wake of War, a Wave of Conversions to Judaism in the IDF

From Ian:

Melanie Phillips: The West turns against Israel
This week, there have been three successive days of claims that the Israel Defense Forces have been “massacring” Gazans queuing for food provided by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the new aid distribution center operated by America and backed by Israel.

Those claims, which have been debunked by the available evidence, are effectively blood libels against Israel. It’s Hamas that has been killing Gazan civilians and trying to stop them from receiving this food aid, and Hamas operatives who have been killed by Israel as a result.

Hamas is desperate to stop Gazans from obtaining this newly organized aid because it has the capacity to destroy its power over the population. Accordingly, it’s been provoking gun battles with the IDF and then claiming these are massacres by Israel of those queuing for food.

This has been uncritically regurgitated by Western media outlets, which have been channeling such Hamas propaganda ever since the atrocities in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

As a result, countless people now believe that Israel is wantonly killing Gazan civilians, starving Gazan babies and even committing genocide. All these allegations are the opposite of the truth and defy reason itself.

The outcome is an atmosphere of hysteria and incitement in which the cause of “Free Palestine” and “End Zionists”—the slogans shouted by an Islamist who last Sunday tried to burn Jews alive when he firebombed a weekly march in Boulder, Colo., supporting the Israeli hostages—has led directly to murderous attacks against Jews in America.

We’ve never seen anything like this onslaught before. And this lunacy is now gripping various Western governments formerly considered to be Israel’s allies.

The German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, shocked Germany’s Jewish community this week when he reversed the country’s previously near-sacred support for Israel by denouncing its actions in Gaza.

“What the Israeli army is now doing in the Gaza Strip,” he said, “I must honestly say, I no longer understand what the goal is.” The suffering inflicted on civilians, he said, was so severe that it “can no longer be justified as a fight against Hamas terrorism.”

Why is it so difficult for Merz to understand that the goal remains to destroy Hamas and free the hostages? The Gazans themselves are blaming Hamas for causing their suffering by stealing their food and inflicting destruction on their homes by continuing the war. Why does Merz blame Israel instead? And why does he revoltingly imply that the Israelis’ real agenda is to cause civilian suffering?

This week, the United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for an “immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas.

Dorothy Shea, the acting U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, told the council that America wouldn’t support any measure that failed to condemn Hamas and didn’t call for it to disarm and leave Gaza. The resolution, she said, would undermine diplomatic efforts to reach a ceasefire and would embolden Hamas.
When fact becomes fiction: How Israeli victims became aggressors as antisemitism rises
Last month saw the release, at a press conference held in Berlin, of the first annual report of “The J7 Large Communities’ Task Force against Antisemitism.”

Countries specifically referred to were Australia, Argentina, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The report revealed that Australia recorded a 317% rise in antisemitic incidents in 2024. Alex Ryvchin, co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, stated, “This report presents the most comprehensive analysis.”

He went on to say, “When antisemitism is not met with sufficient force, it can escalate into violence.”

Canada reported that since Oct. 7, the Jewish community has faced an unprecedented wave of antisemitic attacks. “The challenges facing the Canadian Jewish community are immense,” said Noah Shack, interim president of Canada’s Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs.

The words of Canada’s and Australia’s representatives were reflected time and again by the other countries that formed part of this report.

What the report reveals is that antisemitism has reached an unacceptable level throughout the world. This in itself accentuates the vital necessity of having one Jewish state.

Back to the beginning: There are many Israelis, including the writer of this article, who believe it is time to negotiate an end to this war, enabling the hostages, both alive and dead, to return home.

In addition, it is looking increasingly promising that, should this war end, there are some neighboring countries that would contribute toward ensuring that Gaza is no longer run by the murderous Hamas.

In spite of the increasing challenges we Israelis are facing, we are a resilient people. Resilience is what was patently demonstrated by Israel’s Yuval Raphael at Eurovision 2025 when singing her song “New Day Will Rise.”

Raphael, who survived the Supernova massacre by hiding under dead bodies, delivered a powerful performance that led to an amazing victory for Israel, coming in second place and receiving the maximum 12 points from the public’s vote in Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Among these countries are those whose stance on Israel is totally negative. The public vote was in stark contrast to that of the official Jury vote, where Israel received only 60 points, tying with Ukraine for 14th place.

While currently we Jews, whether here or there, find little reason to rejoice, let us see Eurovision 2025 as a reflection of a reality that not “everyone” is against us. Raphael’s success made us smile, and it mirrors a resilience that marks what Israel and its people are about.

Am Yisrael chai.
24-country survey: Support for Israel strongest in Kenya and Nigeria, lowest in Turkey
International views of Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are largely negative, especially on the political left and with the young, according to a survey released on Tuesday.

The Pew Research Center surveyed adults in 24 countries about their views of Israel and Netanyahu, and reported on how those views have changed over time.

In 20 of the countries, at least half of the respondents had a negative view of Israel, led by Turkey, with 93%, followed by Indonesia, 80%, Japan, 79%, the Netherlands, 78%, and Spain and Sweden, both at 75%.

The outliers were Kenya and Nigeria. In Kenya, 50% had a favorable view of Israel and 42% unfavorable, and in Nigeria, 59% were favorable and 32% unfavorable. Those countries, like Israel, have grappled with Islamic terrorism in recent years. The only other African country surveyed was South Africa, where 54% had a negative view.

In India, views were mixed, with 34% of respondents reporting a favorable view of Israel and 29% unfavorable.

In the US, 53% of respondents were opposed to Israel and 45% in favor.

The median for all countries surveyed was 62% unfavorable and 29% favorable. Some respondents did not know or refused to answer.

Younger people were more against Israel, especially in high-income countries such as the US, Australia, Canada, France and South Korea.


Douglas Murray: Liberals turn killers, racists, and haters into martyrs
Pity for ‘terrorist’s kin
We have been told that before the attack, Habiba Soliman apparently wrote an application for a scholarship in which she said that being in the US, “I learned to adapt to new things even if it was hard. I learned to work under pressure and improve rapidly in a very short amount of time. Most importantly, I came to appreciate that family is the unchanging support.”

And then her dad decided to carry out a terrorist attack.

As a result, it is Soliman’s family who are now being pitied.

While the victims of their family member, ranging in age from 25 to 88, are swiftly passed over.

The Trump administration has repeatedly said it wants to prioritize the deportation of people who are in the US illegally, who have committed crimes and who support terrorism.

It is an effort not only to clear up the open borders mess left by President Joe Biden — or whoever was in charge of the autopen in those years.

It is also an effort to dissuade violent criminals and terrorists from thinking this country is an entirely safe space to operate from.

What do you think? Post a comment.

But there is a cost to committing crimes.

And there are costs for carrying out acts of terrorism.

If one of those costs is inconvenience to your loved ones, then perhaps you should think twice about it first.

Because the sympathies of the American public have been stretched quite far enough.
The Dr. Phil PodcastOn Democracies and Death Cults: Israel’s Fight for Survival
Bestselling author and journalist Douglas Murray joins Dr. Phil for a fearless deep dive into the ideological battles defining today’s geopolitical crises. From Hamas' invasion on October 7th to the rise of anti-Israel sentiment in Western institutions, Murray dismantles the narratives fueling the global debate. How does legacy media shape public perception? Why are Hollywood and Jewish leaders hesitant to speak out? And what does Gaza’s military infrastructure reveal about Hamas’ strategy? This conversation isn’t just about the Middle East—it’s about the crisis facing Western democracies, the erosion of resilience, and the fight for heroism in an age of indoctrination. This episode challenges the narratives shaping today's conflicts—will you rethink what you've been told?”

More about Douglas Murray: Author of 8 books, including On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization (2025), The War on the West (2022), The Madness of Crowds (2019), and The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam (2017). He has been a contributor to Spectator since 2000 and associate editor since 2012. He is a columnist at the New York Post and regularly writes for the Telegraph and the Sun. Mr. Murray is also a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor of City Journal.


FBI, Homeland Security Dept. issue PSA to stress elevated threat to Israeli, Jewish
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Homeland Security Department issued a Public Service Announcement on Thursday to stress possible safety concerns related to ongoing threats to Jewish and Israeli communities in the US.

The PSA referenced the Boulder, Colorado, Molotov cocktail attack on pro-Israel advocates on June 1 and the murder of two Israeli Embassy staff at the Capital Jewish Museum in late May.

The statement added that the war in Gaza "may motivate other violent extremists and hate crime perpetrators with similar grievances to conduct violence against Jewish and Israeli communities and their supporters."

Foreign terrorist organizations may attempt to "exploit narratives related to the conflict to inspire attacks," the statement said, calling on the public to remain vigilant and report any threats of violence or suspicious activity to law enforcement.

The attack in Boulder saw 12 individuals burned when a man threw Molotov cocktails and used an improvised flamethrower to target participants at a weekly event raising awareness for the Israeli hostages. One of the victims is a Holocaust survivor.


Israeli hostage solidarity movement Run for Their Lives presses on after Colorado attack
The firebombing in Boulder on Sunday targeted Run for Their Lives, a group that stages weekly public runs and walks around the world to raise awareness about Israeli hostages being held in Gaza.

After initially calling for a pause to the events, the group is telling its local chapters to decide for themselves whether to proceed and to consider taking extra precautions if they do.

The violence may have deterred some, but participation in the movement appears to be increasing after the attack, according to Run for Their Lives global coordinator Shira Weiss.

“The majority of the chapters are walking this weekend,” Weiss said in an interview. “Not one local leader has contacted us and said, ‘Sorry, I’m out. I’m not interested anymore.”

There’s been an uptick in individuals seeking to join the movement and 20 inquiries about starting new chapters since Sunday’s attack, Weiss added. Three have already signed up.

Federal agents say Mohamed Sabry Soliman spent a year planning the firebombing in Boulder. After his arrest, he told police he had no regrets — he’d do it again, and he “wished they all were dead.” The 45-year-old is accused of hurling two Molotov cocktails at a crowd near the Boulder courthouse while shouting “Free Palestine,” according to a federal criminal complaint filed Monday.

Weiss said she was sad that a group motivated by humanitarian concerns would be targeted with violence. She said Run for Their Lives is solely focused on the return of the hostages and does not see itself as a pro-Israel group.

“It’s not even exclusively Jewish and Israeli people that are walking,” she said. “It’s people from all walks of life. We’re apolitical. We’re not protesting anything. We’re not marching against anything.”

Established soon after the Hamas-led onslaught on Israel on October 7, 2023, in which some 1,200 people in southern Israel were slaughtered and 251 abducted to the Gaza Strip, the group has grown to more than 230 chapters across the United States and the world. It asks each local group to run or walk for at least 18 minutes, a number that represents the Hebrew word “chai,” meaning life.


Joshua Namm: Moral Clarity: The Antisemitism Killer
(Note: This article, as part of my regular Orange County Jewish Life column on antisemitism, was written before the murders in Washington D.C. and the Molotov cocktail attack this past weekend. That said, I believe it applies to those, and all, incidents of hatred and violence against our people.)

I first heard the term “moral clarity” when I was much younger, from author and talk show host Dennis Prager. It was one of those seemingly simple phrases that immediately changed the way I think because it automatically helped me understand why so many people have such a hard time condemning evil.

Lack of moral clarity isn’t an issue for evil people, it is an issue for good people, because they will always be the bulwark against heinous behavior, but are also often the ones who habitually try to see good in others, sometimes ignoring what their eyes see and their ears here.

Lack of clarity always opens the door for evil to succeed. We see it every day, from the people who want to appease Hamas, to their supporters on campus, to the people who complain endlessly about “Palestinian victimhood,” to those who see a Jewish plot behind every foreign policy move with which they disagree.

We are facing the most serious period of anti-Jewish activity in (most of) our lifetimes. We need to be strong, not afraid to name, strongly condemn, and then confront the people who hate us, and the ideas which they insidiously inject into our lives.

Lastly, I’m no tzaddik, by far, but each day I try to read the “Daily Mitzvah” email. It’s a good way of doing some learning each day and is based on the Rambam’s (Maimonides) “Sefer Hamitzvot.” It allows you to go through all 613 mitzvahs in a year. Tonight, just as I was about to start writing, I decided to first read today’s mitzvah.

It was, as the Rambam lists them, Positive Commandment 212:

“Be fruitful and multiply.”

Daven (pray) for the Neshama of Tzeela Ganz, her family, and the entire nation of Israel.

Never be afraid. Never give up.

Am Yisrael Chai.
In Berlin address, Israel’s FM decries soaring antisemitism
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar delivered a forceful address in Berlin on Thursday at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, warning that Europe—and Germany in particular—has failed to internalize the lessons of the Holocaust, as antisemitic incidents surge and international criticism of Israel intensifies.

Speaking alongside German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, Sa’ar said, “With a heavy heart, I say that the lesson seems to have been forgotten. Antisemitism is raging today unchecked—especially on European soil.”

He cited German government data showing 8,600 antisemitic incidents in 2024—a 77% increase from the previous year.

“Jewish people are afraid,” he said. “They are afraid to wear a kippah. They don’t feel safe in public. … This cannot be normalized.”

Sa’ar emphasized that antisemitism now comes from multiple ideological sources—far-right extremists, leftist elites and radical Islamists.

He accused left-wing critics of portraying Israeli sovereignty as “a colonial phenomenon” while ignoring human rights violations across the Middle East. “They always want to shame the only democracy in the Middle East,” he said, adding that in Israel, Arabs “fully enjoy human and civil rights.”

Turning to the war against Hamas in Gaza and wider regional threats, Sa’ar said the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks constituted the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.

“The only difference between Hamas and the Nazis was their capabilities,” the minister declared, warning that Israel is now under assault on several fronts: from Hezbollah, Iran, the Houthis and other Iranian-backed groups.

“The Hamas Charter openly calls for the murder of Jews,” he said. “And Iran’s leader continues to call for Israel’s elimination—just yesterday, in fact.”


The End of the Dreyfus Affair
On the subject of France, the country made an important, if symbolic, move on Monday: its National Assembly voted unanimously to confer posthumously the rank of brigadier general on Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish officer framed for treason and convicted in 1895. After his exoneration in 1906, Dreyfus requested this promotion, which he would have attained had he not spent five years in prison. The measure won the votes of both National Rally—a party founded by the heirs of the anti-Dreyfusards that has since rejected its anti-Semitic roots—and of the currently anti-Semitic party of the hard left. David A. Bell looks back on the history of the Dreyfus Affair, and wonders if this is its final chapter:
Most of the French thought they had heard the last of Captain Alfred Dreyfus on January 5, 1895, when he underwent a humiliating ceremony of degradation in the courtyard of the Paris École Militaire, following his conviction, on highly dubious evidence, for having betrayed military secrets to Germany. After discovering a leak, the army had hastily settled on the ambitious young Jewish officer as the traitor. During the ceremony, crowds outside the fence screeched “death to the Jews.”

In 1984, the government of the Socialist president François Mitterrand commissioned a statue of Dreyfus from the Polish-born Jewish sculptor Louis Mitelberg, known as Tim. It showed Dreyfus in uniform, holding the saber formally broken during the degradation ceremony. Culture Minister Jack Lang wanted the statue placed in the courtyard of the École Militaire, where the ceremony had taken place, but army officers and Defense Minister Charles Hernu objected. The truth, apparently, still threatened to tarnish the honor of the army.

Looking back after 130 years, how should we see the Affair? Above all as an episode of anti-Semitic horror? . . . Or should we think of the Affair as a victory, in the end, for truth and justice, for the Republic and toleration over anti-Semitism and hate? I think both interpretations are true. History can be complicated, even contradictory, in this way.

[But] while the French may remain a deeply divided people, Alfred Dreyfus is no longer one of the things dividing them.

Today if Frenchmen wish falsely to accuse Jews, they will stick to claims of genocide and war crimes.
Putting Jews in Protective Bubbles Is the Wrong Way to Fight Anti-Semitism
The Dreyfus Affair may have finally been put to bed, France does not lack for anti-Semites, and her Jews often have reason to fear for their safety. Following the two most recent incidents of deadly anti-Semitic violence in the U.S., many American Jews are wondering how they can avoid a similar fate. Joanna Baron’s comments on recent steps by the city of Toronto to protect Jews are instructive in this regard:
The Toronto bylaw allows any place of worship, school, or child-care center to apply for a one-year, 50-meter “bubble zone” on the surrounding sidewalk. Within that ring, bylaw officers can ticket individuals who “discourage” attendance, repeatedly ask passersby to stay away, block access, or voice disapproval of someone on the basis of protected human-rights grounds. Penalties can reach $5,000. Crucially, the trigger is not actual conduct but an owner’s belief that such conduct may occur; . . . the scheme effectively hands private actors the power to veto street-level expression and assembly.

Yes, shielding Jewish institutions from harassment has intuitive appeal. And there is no question that the pro-Palestine movement has been infected by outright Jew-hatred from the outset. But concentrating our advocacy resources on erecting physical and legal moats around our community institutions is, at best, a pyrrhic victory.

Some might argue that institutions serving children—like daycares and schools—deserve special protection. But intimidation, harassment, and mischief are already criminalized. . . . In truth, when protestors target children, they discredit their own cause. We don’t need new laws to see that—we need moral clarity and enforcement of the ones we already have.
Police raids in synagogue firebombing probe
Melbourne’s Adass Israel community has expressed gratitude for the apparent progress in the investigation into the Adass Israel Synagogue firebombing, as counter-terrorism police executed raids across the city’s northern suburbs on Friday morning.

Chayim Klein, a member of Adass, told the AJN: “The community is very grateful that it seems the investigation is progressing and progressing at a bit of a pace at the moment. We’re very grateful to the police and the various departments pursuing this and the work they’re putting into it, and we’re looking forward to seeing some arrests.”

“This is not something we’ve experienced before, we can only put our faith and trust in the police Of course we would like to see a quicker and earlier result, but we understand they’ve got to pursue the right avenues,” he said.

Officers from the Victorian Joint Counter-Terrorism Team swooped on at least three properties early Friday morning, as the months-long probe into the potential terrorist attack intensifies.

“Victoria Police and the Australian Federal Police have executed a number of search warrants in Melbourne’s northern suburbs this morning as part of the Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) investigation into an arson attack at a Ripponlea synagogue last year,” a Victoria Police spokesperson said.
Jewish healer reinstated at MBS Festival
She said festival organisers’ phones were subsequently flooded with calls from the Northern Rivers for Palestine group demanding Tal’s removal.

“They said that there will be protests. They said that they will make a lot of mess outside of the expo if I will be there. They threatened the staff, and they threatened my life if I’ll be there,” Tal said.

Festival organisers contacted Tal suggesting she voluntarily withdraw for safety reasons.

A MindBodySpirit Festival spokesperson said the festival must remain “a welcoming and safe space” and that “MBS is not a suitable platform for political rhetoric, and this is considered a breach of our exhibitor guidelines.”

When The AJN asked what “political rhetoric” Tal had engaged in, the festival declined further comment.

On Thursday the Festival reversed its decision, saying “We greatly value our longstanding relationship with Sharon Tal and her significant contribution to our festivals, and we sincerely regret the distress cause b our prior decision to remove her from the program. We would emphasise this decision was made with the best of intentions and was not based n religion, ethnicity or personal beliefs”.

There was swift reaction when Tal’s cancellation was made public, with Victorian state MP David Southwick writing to Victoria’s Police Minister demanding an investigation.

He said, “It is unacceptable that a professional has been cancelled out of an event simply for being Jewish. This cannot be tolerated, and a full investigation must take place.”

Tal, who has lived in Australia for 26 years, believes she was targeted simply for being Jewish and Israeli.

Co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) Peter Wertheim agreed, “It’s difficult to escape the conclusion that Ms Tal has been discriminated against for simply being Jewish and participating in the life of the Australian Jewish community.

“By cravenly bowing to an orchestrated smear campaign, the festival organisers have made a mockery of their own values of diversity and inclusion.”
Fast Facts: Australian newspaper ad part of Amnesty International’s ongoing anti-Israel crusade
On May 31, Amnesty International ran a full-page ad in multiple Australian newspapers, including the Sydney Morning Herald, Age, Courier-Mail, West Australian, Canberra Times and Advertiser, demanding that the Australian Government “Not risk being complicit in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza”, among other demands.

This is only the latest in a long series of openly anti-Israel statements, reports and actions by the organisation, which, like many Human Rights NGOs, has developed an obsession with demonising Israel over the last few decades. This long-standing trend had already been getting more intense and extreme well before October 7, 2023 and the onset of the current Gaza war.

“Apartheid” claims
In February 2022, it released a deeply flawed report entitled “Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: Cruel system of domination and crime against humanity.” The report was roundly criticised at the time (see AIJAC’s compilation of contemporaneous responses to the report here).

In a detailed response, NGO Monitor called the report “fundamentally flawed, using lies, distortions, omissions, and egregious double standards to construct a fraudulent and libelous narrative of Israeli cruelty.”

It went on to say that it “uncovered five categories of faults: Errors, Misrepresentations, Omissions, Double Standards, and Dead Citations. This systematic review conclusively shows, contrary to Amnesty’s claims, that Amnesty’s allegations have no substance or merit.”

A month after the report was released, Amnesty USA Director Paul O’Brien said, “[Israel] shouldn’t exist as a Jewish state… we are opposed to the idea — and this, I think, is an existential part of the debate — that Israel should be preserved as a state for the Jewish people.”

The organisation continued to release severely distorted and biased reports on the “apartheid” slander throughout the following year. Terrorism support and October 7

Another discrediting incident for Amnesty occurred in mid-2023 when Amnesty failed to discipline or even condemn pro-terrorist and arguably antisemitic posts by Amnesty USA board member Rasha Abdel Latif. As Danielle Haas, the former editor of Human Rights Watch’s World Report for 13 years, wrote in Sapir:
Leadership confirmed the posts’ authenticity and agreed they could be seen as antisemitic but said there would be no disciplinary action. It also rejected a request to issue a general statement condemning antisemitism, saying that to do so in the context of the tweets would not be in the organization’s best interest. The board member retains her position today.
Anti-Semitism in the Redwoods
The United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, the California Globe reports, “has launched an investigation into California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt over the complaint for egregious harassment of Jewish students.” Earlier this year, the Brandeis Center investigated that northern California campus to determine compliance with the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

“We feel strongly the investigation will find that Humboldt has violated Title VI and failed to protect its Jewish students,” Brandeis Center attorney Robin Pick told the Globe. “When a university is aware that students are harassed they are required to take immediate action to eliminate the hostile atmosphere.”

At Cal Poly Humboldt, Jewish students were “pelted with fake blood, subjected to anti-Semitic slurs and forced out of parts of campus.” The administration’s response was to tell Jewish students to hide their Jewish identity. Administrators rebuffed claims from harassed Jewish students and failed to take action to support them. Campus police also failed to respond.

In the crackdown on campus anti-Semitism, the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights has gained key allies. Consider Harmeet Dhillon, President Trump’s choice to head the Civil Rights Division of the federal Department of Justice.
Philadelphia is ‘case study’ in how Jew-hatred creeps into civic life, per report
Canary Mission released a new report on Wednesday that uncovers a network of anti-Israel activists and Marxist groups that have fomented antisemitism in Philadelphia.

The report, which spans more than 180 pages, profiles nearly 700 anti-Israel activists who are part of the network and documented 77 anti-Israel events that occurred in the city between Oct. 7, 2023, and December 2024.

“Philadelphia has become a case study in how antisemitic and anti-American extremism can infiltrate and dominate civic life through coordinated activism across education, politics and grassroots organizing,” Canary Mission told JNS.

“Our report reveals how groups like the Philly Palestine Coalition, with the support of radical professors, educators and elected officials, have turned the city into a hub for pro-terror and anti-Israel mobilization,” the watchdog said. “With nearly 700 activist profiles and documentation of 77 events, this is the most comprehensive investigation yet into how local infrastructure has been weaponized to promote hate.”

“This network is expanding, and our work is far from over,” Canary Mission said.

The report details what it calls a “three-point plan to spread anti-Israel hatred in Philadelphia: coalition building in the community, student activism at multiple universities and infiltration of the K-12 education system.”

The result, it says, “a comprehensive map of Philadelphia’s anti-Israel organizations and their role in spreading antisemitism across the city, its communities, college campuses and public spaces.”
Harvard defends honorary degree to anti-Israel professors, distances itself from beliefs
Amid backlash, Harvard University defended its decision to award an honorary degree to an anti-Israel professor who called for boycotting the Jewish state, while distancing itself from the professor’s beliefs.

At its commencement ceremony last week, the Ivy League awarded an honorary degree to Elaine H. Kim, professor emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, and an endorser of the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. She also endorsed the boycott of the U.S. tour of the Tel Aviv-based Batsheva Dance Company in early 2025.

“There have been questions this year about the views of one honorary degree recipient who seems to have supported academic boycotts,” Harvard said in a statement. “In granting an honorary degree, Harvard University is not endorsing the political views of the recipient.”

“Harvard University’s position on academic boycotts is clear,” the statement continued, “The university strongly opposes academic boycotts and has stated so publicly. As President Garber and his predecessors have said, any suggestion of targeting or boycotting a particular group because of disagreements over the policies pursued by their governments is antithetical to what we stand for as a university. The university strongly reaffirms that core principle.”

“If Harvard cares about international students, why give a highly selective honorary degree to someone who wants to ban Israelis?” wrote Harvard alumnus Shabbos Kestenbaum. Kestenbaum sued the school over its handling of antisemitism on campus.

“Israel is an American ally,” he wrote. “Harvard is not.”
An Anti-American Propaganda Network Encouraged Violent Protests at Columbia—Then Produced a Documentary Lauding Them
A radical group that helped organize anti-Israel protests at Columbia University is part of the same anti-American propaganda network behind a new documentary on Apple’s streaming platform that portrays those protests in a positive light and glosses over students' support for Hamas and other terrorist groups.

The Encampments, produced by the nonprofit BreakThrough Media, tracks the Columbia University students who orchestrated anti-Israel protests at the school last April. Apple TV+, which offers the film to rent for $9.99, bills it as an "insider" look into a "historic moment that continues to reverberate across the globe."

But it may actually serve as a propaganda coup for a sophisticated network of nonprofit groups funded by pro-CCP tech mogul Neville Roy Singham.

BreakThrough Media, which claims its film debuted as the #3 documentary in Apple’s documentary category, is the media arm of Singham’s propaganda empire. Singham, the husband of CODEPINK founder Jodie Evans, has poured millions of dollars into two nonprofits, The People’s Forum and the Justice and Education Fund. According to tax records, those groups gave more than $1.4 million in grants and office space through 2023 to BreakThrough Media, which operates a popular YouTube channel that features interviews with members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a terrorist group, and episodes with titles like "How the pro-Israel lobby hijacked Judaism." The People's Forum and BreakThrough Media also share an address, according to a report from the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), a think tank housed at Rutgers University.

The Singham network's involvement in both the protests and the documentary underscores the extent to which America's enemies see the anti-Israel campus movement as a means to destabilize the U.S. The NCRI report concluded that the Singham network serves as "the conduit through which CCP-affiliated entities have effectively co-opted pro-Palestinian activism in the U.S., advancing a broader anti-American, anti-democratic, and anti-capitalist agenda." According to a New York Times report, Singham "works closely with the Chinese government media machine and is financing its propaganda worldwide."
UCSF fires medical school professor accused of antisemitism
A University of California, San Francisco, medical school professor whom Jewish colleagues allege has routinely posted antisemitic content on social media during the Gaza war has been fired by the university, more than a year after concerns about her behavior first surfaced.

Dr. Rupa Marya worked at UCSF for 23 years, beginning as a resident before becoming a professor of internal medicine and a regular lecturer on social justice topics. With an active social media presence, Marya began posting about Israel’s war against Hamas soon after the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attacks. Her posts included attacks targeting Jewish and Israeli colleagues and students.

In a federal lawsuit filed against UCSF this week, Marya alleged that the university violated her constitutional free speech protections by firing her in a retaliatory fashion over posts published on her personal account, which Marya claimed the university wilfully misconstrued. She asserted that “neither her views nor her posts are antisemitic.”

In January 2024, Marya published a blog post attacking by name a Jewish colleague who had urged a hospital antiracism task force not to issue a statement calling for a ceasefire, saying it would empower Hamas. She had been criticizing him on social media for weeks. (Marya’s account on X, once a very active home for her commentary, has since been disabled.)

Marya also published a thread on X arguing that Zionism should not be present in medicine, calling it a “structural impediment to health equity.”

“There are so many Jewish doctors who don’t espouse an ideology of supremacism and justification of land theft, apartheid and genocide. They are not the issue here,” she wrote in January 2024. “The issue is Zionist doctors who will sit in an ‘antiracism task force’ meeting” — a clear reference to the doctor she later named in her blog — “and try to stop brown doctors who want to issue a Ceasefire statement by saying that a ceasefire would be a bad thing (read: let’s keep killing brown people in Gaza).”

This post from Marya earned a rebuke by the university — UCSF posted on social media soon after about a “tired and familiar racist conspiracy theory … stating that ‘Zionist’ doctors are a threat to Arab, Palestinian, South Asian, Muslim and Black patients, as well as the U.S. health system.” The university called it a “sweeping, baseless and racist generalization” that “must be condemned,” and identified the trope as antisemitism.


Lawmakers press social media platforms on violent antisemitic content after attacks
A bipartisan group of 41 lawmakers wrote to the CEOs of Meta, TikTok and X on Friday urging them to take action in response to the spike in violent antisemitic content posted on their platforms following recent antisemitic attacks in Washington and Boulder, Colo.

“We write to express grave concern regarding disturbing and inflammatory content circulating on your platforms in support of violence and terrorism,” the lawmakers — the majority of whom are Democrats — wrote in the letter, highlighting the rise of rhetoric praising and justifying the two antisemitic attacks. “This content is effectively glorifying, justifying, and inciting future violence, mirroring the surge in hateful rhetoric and open calls to violence and support of terrorism observed after the October 7, 2023 [attacks], and the ensuing Israel-Hamas conflict.”

They urged the administration to take “decisive and transparent steps to curb these dangerous trends and protect all users from the effects of hate and incitement to violence online.”

There has been a “skyrocketing number of antisemitic conspiracy theories accusing the D.C. attack of being a ‘false flag’ operation” online as well as instances of users “glorifying” the D.C. shooter’s actions, the lawmakers said, arguing that this increases the chances of further violence.

“This is not merely a matter of policy enforcement but one of public safety and national security,” the letter reads. “We regard the unchecked spread of pro-terror content, extremist symbolism, and incitement to violence as a direct threat to U.S. national security and public safety … It is critical that social media companies do not allow coded praise of violence or hate speech to flourish unchecked, as this only encourages others to engage in similar acts.”

The letter draws a direct connection between “Failing to meaningfully curb hate speech, including antisemitic mis- and disinformation, and allowing antisemitic incitement to violence” and the attack in Washington.


Syria to give inspectors immediate access to suspected nuke sites
Syria’s new government has agreed to give inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog immediate access to former nuclear sites, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday.

The director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, told the AP after meeting Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Damascus that he hoped to finish the inspection process in the coming months.

The IAEA’s aim is “to bring total clarity over certain activities that took place in the past that were, in the judgment of the agency, probably related to nuclear weapons,” said Grossi, adding that the new government was “committed to opening up to the world, to international cooperation.”

U.S. President Donald Trump announced last month that he was lifting sanctions on Syria.

Under former President Bashar Assad, Syria long operated an extensive clandestine nuclear program that included an undeclared nuclear reactor built by North Korea in the eastern Deir el-Zour province. The reactor site only became public knowledge after Israel destroyed it in a 2007 airstrike.

The IAEA leader told the AP that al-Sharaa—an ex-member of the Al-Qaeda terror group who has courted Western governments since seizing power in December—had shown a “very positive disposition to talk to us and to allow us to carry out the activities we need to.”


US-Lebanese man indicted for laundering money, supporting Hezbollah
The dual U.S.-Lebanese citizen Ali Farhat, 59, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday for allegedly conspiring to launder money and support the Hezbollah terror organization, the U.S. Justice Department stated. He faces up to 40 years in prison for the two charges.

Farhat owns and operates a Lebanese company, which resells electronics equipment, which it purchases in the United States, the Middle East and Africa, per the indictment, which alleges that a Hezbollah station was a client of the company.

“Al Manar TV was designed to cultivate support for Hezbollah by, among other things, raising money for its activities and recruiting volunteers for future attacks,” the Justice Department stated. It adds that Farhat and the company conspired with a relative of his and others to purchase audio and video equipment, which they shipped overseas, for sale to Al Manar TV or front companies associated with it.

“Farhat allegedly arranged for the purchase of these items in a convoluted manner, designed to obscure the source of the funds and the intended destination of the items,” the Justice Department stated. Using a bank account in a third person’s name, Farhat allegedly paid the co-conspirator $1.192 million, and is also accused of having “caused” other co-conspirators to send another $130,000 to the person.
Pakistani man convicted of supplying Iranian weapons to Houthis
A federal jury convicted Muhammad Pahlawan, 49, on Thursday for smuggling Iranian weapons to the Houthi terrorists in Yemen and for threatening “multiple” witnesses, the U.S. Justice Department stated.

U.S. forces, including Navy SEALs, captured the Pakistani national when they boarded an unflagged, small ship that he was captaining, with 13 other people aboard, off the coast of Somalia on Jan. 11, 2024.

When the U.S. forces searched the boat, they found and “seized Iranian-made advanced conventional weaponry, including ballistic missile components, anti-ship cruise missile components and a warhead,” per the Justice Department. (Two Navy SEALs died in the operation.)

The cache is “consistent with the weaponry used by the Houthi rebel forces during the time of the charged conspiracy against merchant ships and U.S. military ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel,” the department said.

Pahlawan lied to the U.S. forces and told the crew to lie, threatening their lives and their families.
Jonathan Tobin: Why does Tucker Carlson want to appease Tehran?
A classic antisemitic trope
The more one understands Carlson’s position on Iran, the more unhinged and detached from reality it seems.

His rant against Levin was an absurd compilation of falsehoods and pro-Tehran spin that could just as easily have come out of an article in the Qatari-owned Al Jazeera propaganda outlet. In plain contradiction of facts that are widely acknowledged by the U.S. government and other sources, Carlson claimed that Iran didn’t want a nuclear weapon and was nowhere close to making one. The picture of a peaceful and non-terrorist regime he painted was as truthful as the one that classic New York Times fraudster and Soviet apologist Walter Duranty in the 1930s reported in which he denied Joseph Stalin’s mass murder in Ukraine and equally bloody purges.

That’s bad enough. However, the smearing of Levin as a war-monger and the Pat Buchananesque claim that he wouldn’t fight against Iran was a classic antisemitic trope.

Equally false was Carlson’s claim that Iran—a peace-loving nation that posed no threat to America or its allies—is a fearsome regional superpower that could defeat the United States and/or Israel in war. This was given the lie by the pathetic failure of Iran’s missile attacks on Israel and the fact that the Israelis have already destroyed their enemy’s air defenses.

That latter point makes it particularly vulnerable at the moment to an Israeli or Western attack—an advantage that might be lost if Trump’s talks, even if ultimately unsuccessful, delay any action until after those defenses are rebuilt or restored (with assistance by Russian, which is a current quagmire of its own in its three-year war on Ukraine). The indefinite postponement of any strike on Iran that Trump has requested that Israel honor is handing a militarily weak, politically unstable and deeply unpopular regime a lifeline.

‘America First’ or isolationism?
The breach between those with realistic attitudes toward Iran, such as that of Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Iran appeasers, is real. Some put it down to the difference between those who embrace a true “America First” policy and those who essentially believe in an “America Only” policy that is hard to distinguish from isolationism.

Still others see this as no different from the debate that has been going on about whether a policy aimed at trying to enable Ukraine to “win” a truly unwinnable war against Russia is in America’s national interests. But while skepticism about that assertion is well-founded, the idea that America has no vital interest in ensuring that Islamist terrorists don’t set the Middle East on fire—as Iran has done with the multifront war it fomented against Israel and its threats to Arab nations like Saudi Arabia—is sheer madness. Allowing Iran to retain its nuclear program with the likelihood that this would lead to their acquiring such a weapon, would only give it more power to carry on its war against the West.

It is true that Trump does not have appeasing Iran as his goal, as was the case with Obama. No fool, he knows the difference between a worthless agreement and one that would actually defend America’s interests, as the accord Witkoff seems to be working for clearly would not.

But the same cannot be said for Carlson’s position on Iran. His stand seems unquestionably rooted in a desire to abandon American strategic interests in the region, imperil Israel and empower the West-hating Iran and its Qatari ally. When one combines this with his willingness to engage in advocacy against the war in Gaza that is being fought against Iran’s Hamas allies—which is, like the same positions taken by woke left-wingers—inextricably linked to antisemitism, it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that his hysteria about those who oppose appeasement of Iran is motivated by something other than American patriotism. Carlson’s soft spot for Iran and hostility for the Jewish state was no secret even during his salad days at Fox, when Israel was a word that was seldom, if ever, spoken on the network between 8 p.m. and 9 pm.

We don’t know yet what Trump will ultimately do with respect to Iran and its nuclear program. But we do know that a person whose ill-intentioned motives are obvious seems to have his ear, and is seeking to persuade him to do something on that issue that is against the interests of America and its Middle East allies, as well as morally dubious.


Bipartisan House group insists on no enrichment for Iran
A new bipartisan letter sent Friday by 16 House lawmakers to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff argues that any nuclear deal with Iran must permanently dismantle its capacity to enrich uranium — a notable message particularly from pro-Israel Democrats to the administration.

The letter highlights that an insistence on full dismantlement of Iran’s enrichment capabilities is not only a Republican position, and that President Donald Trump will not be able to count on unified Democratic support for a deal that falls short of that benchmark. Previously, 177 House Republicans said they also demand a deal that does not allow enrichment and some pro-Israel Democrats have expressed the view individually.

“We wholeheartedly agree that Iran must not retain any capacity to enrich uranium or continue advancing its nuclear weapons infrastructure,” the letter, which frames the appeal as an endorsement of Rubio and Witkoff’s public positions on the subject, states. “There is widespread bipartisan support for this requirement and we appreciate your commitment to this essential cornerstone of any agreement.”

The letter highlights the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, which mandates that any agreement with Iran be submitted for congressional review, and emphasizes, “for any agreement to endure, it must have strong bipartisan support. We urge you to engage with Congress as negotiations proceed to ensure that any final agreement commands broad support.”

The lawmakers called on the officials to work with the U.S.’ European allies to “promptly invoke the snapback mechanism” to reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran if talks fail to yield an agreement that fully dismantles Iran’s nuclear program.

They note that, given the Oct. 18 expiration of the snapback provision, “the process must begin by late Summer at the latest if no deal is reached. Iran’s repeated violations must be met with clear consequences.”

“The Iranian regime must understand that the United States is unwavering in its demand that Iran’s uranium enrichment capability be totally dismantled,” the letter reiterates. “We appreciate your leadership on this pressing matter vital to America’s national security interests and stand ready to work in a bipartisan manner to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.”
For first time in 20 years, nuclear watchdog nations to accuse Iran of violations
The United States, France, Germany and the United Kingdom are set to introduce a resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency that would find Iran in noncompliance with its nuclear safeguards obligations, the Associated Press reported Thursday.

Citing a “senior Western diplomat,” the newswire said that if the resolution passes, it would mark the first time in 20 years that Iran has been found to be in violation of its legal obligations to declare all nuclear materials and activities and allow them to be inspected by the U.N. atomic watchdog.

“Iran’s many failures to uphold its obligations since 2019 to provide the Agency with full and timely cooperation regarding undeclared nuclear material and activities at multiple undeclared locations in Iran … constitutes non-compliance with its obligations under its Safeguards Agreement,” the text of the draft resolution states.

In May, the IAEA issued a confidential report to its board members, reportedly concluding that Iran concealed nuclear activities and failed to declare materials at three sites.

A separate report circulated the same day concluded that Iran has enough nuclear material to build approximately nine nuclear weapons, though its stockpile of 60% enriched uranium remains shy of the 90% purity threshold considered “weapons grade.”
Iran orders thousands of tons of ballistic missile ingredients from China
Iran has ordered thousands of tons of ballistic missile ingredients from China as part of an effort to rebuild its military capabilities while navigating ongoing nuclear talks with the United States, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the transactions.

The shipments, which are expected to reach Iran in the coming months, include ammonium perchlorate, a key component in the solid propellant used for ballistic missiles. Sources indicated that these materials could potentially fuel hundreds of missiles.

Some of the ammonium perchlorate is expected to be sent to militias aligned with Iran, including the Houthis in Yemen, one of the sources revealed. This move aligns with Iran’s broader strategy to strengthen its regional influence and rebuild its missile arsenal while continuing to negotiate with the Trump administration over the future of its nuclear program.

Iran has been expanding its stockpiles of uranium enriched to just below weapons-grade levels, despite calls from the US to curb its nuclear activities. At the same time, Iran has made it clear that it has no intention of negotiating limits on its missile program, a point that has remained a major sticking point in international discussions.

According to sources, the order for the missile ingredients was placed in recent months by an Iranian entity, Pishgaman Tejarat Rafi Novin Co.. The material was sourced from Hong Kong-based Lion Commodities Holdings Ltd., a company that did not respond to requests for comment. The Iranian mission to the United Nations also declined to comment on the matter.

In a statement, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson denied knowledge of the deal, asserting that China has “always exercised strict control over dual-use items in accordance with China’s export control laws and regulations and its international obligations.”
US sanctions Iranian ‘shadow banking’ network laundering billions
The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions on Friday against more than 30 people tied to three Iranian brothers, who run “a sprawling network of front companies” that have laundered billions of dollars via the regime’s “shadow banking” network.

“The regime leverages this network to evade sanctions and move money from its oil and petrochemical sales, which help the regime fund its nuclear and missile programs and support its terrorist proxies,” the department stated.

“Iran’s shadow banking system is a critical lifeline for the regime through which it accesses the proceeds from its oil sales, moves money and funds its destabilizing activities,” stated Scott Bessent, the U.S. treasury secretary.

Bessent added that the department “will continue to leverage all available tools to target the critical nodes in this network and disrupt its operations, which enrich the regime’s elite and encourage corruption at the expense of the people of Iran.”

The Iranian shadow network, which the Treasury Department said is made up of “numerous” elements—like the brothers Mansour, Nasser and Fazlolah Zarringhalam—helps sanctioned people and organizations tied to the Iranian regime access the international financial system.

It also enables “international exports, the proceeds of which fund Iran’s military and its terrorist proxies,” per the department.
Iran Lashes Out at Trump Admin's New Sanctions: 'Washington Is Not Serious' About Nuclear Talks
Iranian state-controlled media on Friday lashed out at the Trump administration’s latest round of sanctions, suggesting the move demonstrates that President Donald Trump is not sufficiently committed to a nuclear deal.

"Despite earlier Iranian authorities' warnings that the sanctions show that Washington is not serious in the talks to resolve Western states' alleged concerns over the Iranian nuclear issue in exchange for the removal of sanctions, the US Treasury announced new sanctions on dozens of Iranian individuals and entities," Mehr News Agency wrote on Friday.

The fresh sanctions, which target a multibillion-dollar Iranian money laundering network, are some of the furthest-reaching and most substantial to date. Thirty-five entities from Hong Kong to the United Arab Emirates appear on the list for laundering "billions of dollars through Iranian exchange houses and foreign front companies to sustain Tehran’s campaigns of terror," according to the State Department.

They primarily center around Iranian brothers Mansour, Nasser, and Fazlolah Zarringhalam, who have leveraged an international network of money launderers to feed Tehran’s illicit "shadow banking" system.

"The regime leverages this network to evade sanctions and move money from its oil and petrochemical sales, which help the regime fund its nuclear and missile programs and support its terrorist proxies," the Treasury Department said in a statement.

The United States announced the measures just days after Iran rejected the Trump administration’s offer for a revamped nuclear deal that would have eventually zeroed out its uranium enrichment capabilities. Tehran labeled the deal a non-starter, with the country’s supreme leader saying that President Donald Trump "can not do a damn thing" about Iran’s contested enrichment program.
Two men sentenced for antisemitic abuse outside London synagogue
Two men who shouted antisemitic abuse at four friends leaving Western Marble Arch Synagogue have been sentenced today for religiously aggravated hate crimes.

Hussein Altamimi, 22, and Ali Alanzi, 30, were found guilty of four offences of religiously-aggravated fear or provocation of violence and religiously-aggravated assault after a trial at Isleworth Crown Court earlier this week.

Alanzi was also found guilty of assaulting an emergency worker and Altamimi was found guilty of assaulting an emergency worker and racially aggravated harassment in relation to a separate incident on 1 July 2023 when he kicked a police officer and shouted racial abuse at her.

Altamimi and Alanzi targeted the group who were leaving a social event at Western Marble Arch Synagogue in November 2024 by shouting “Jews aren’t welcome here”.

When one of the victims started to record the antisemitic abuse on her mobile phone, Altamimi assaulted her by hitting her arm so that her phone fell from her hand.

Altamimi and Alanzi continued to behave aggressively towards the victims, with Alanzi throwing a cup of alcohol at one of them.

They were detained by synagogue security before being arrested by the police, with Alanzi assaulting a police officer during the course of his arrest.

At today’s sentence hearing, Altamimi was sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment.

Alanzi was sentenced to seven months’ imprisonment for these offences and an additional 12 weeks’ imprisonment for an activated suspended sentence.


French rabbi tells of two attacks in one week as hate crimes rise
A French rabbi was attacked on Friday for the second time in a week, he told Reuters, reflecting a broad rise in hate crimes across France that has included high-profile antisemitic assaults.

Elie Lemmel said he was sitting at a cafe in the Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine on Friday when he was hit in the head by a chair. Antisemitism is at a record high. We're keeping our eyes on it >>

"I found myself on the ground, I immediately felt blood flowing," he said.

He was stunned and unsure what exactly had happened, he said, initially thinking something must have fallen from a window or roof, before it occurred to him he had been attacked.

"Unfortunately, given my beard and my kippah, I suspected that was probably why, and it's such a shame," he said.

French rabbi attacked in Deauville, Normandy

Friday's incident follows another in the town of Deauville in Normandy last week, when Lemmel said he was punched in the stomach by an unknown assailant.

Lemmel said he was used to "not-so-friendly looks, some unpleasant words, people passing by, spitting on the ground," but had never been physically assaulted before the two attacks.


In the Wake of War, a Wave of Conversions to Judaism in the IDF
The IDF has a sizeable number of non-Jewish Israelis in its ranks, including Druze, Circassians, and increasingly Muslim and Christian Arabs. Conversions to Judaism within the IDF have also increased by 50 percent since October 7—with most converts not members of these minority groups but individuals of partial Jewish descent. Shilo Fried recounts some of their stories:
One of them is thirty-three-year-old Michael, who was wounded while serving in the reserves. Originally named Valery, he made aliyah to Israel with his father and two brothers and grew up in the southern moshav of Hodaya.

Michael tried to convert several times—after his military service, again as a civilian, and in recent years—but never completed the process. “Looking back, I wasn’t ready,” he said. “I was called up on October 7, and was wounded in the leg during the war. I later returned to Gaza in a different role but realized I was still broken and had a long road to recovery.”

During the fighting, Michael wrote to the Conversion Authority, asking to expedite his case. “I told them I was in Gaza and didn’t know what would happen. If something happened to me, I wanted to die a Jew,” he said.




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