A prominent Canadian Jewish group raised concerns on Thursday about several “extremist” speakers scheduled to appear at an Islamic conference in Toronto this weekend. The event in question — titled “Reviving the Islamic Spirit” — began on Friday at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and will run through Sunday. In a statement on Thursday, B’nai […]

The shocking thinking of Britain’s Jewish community leadership My column in last week’s Jewish Chronicle, which you can read here, ignited a firestorm of controversy – most of it abusive, much of it tendentious, and all of it missing the point of or actively misrepresenting what I actually wrote. In the piece I argued that, […]

WASHINGTON — On December 18, 2019, Donald Trump became the third president in American history to be impeached when the House of Representatives charged him with committing high crimes and misdemeanors. The impetus for the impeachment was twofold: the revelation that Trump had pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate one of Trump’s possible political […]

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new Conservative government will take action against the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, it was officially announced on Thursday. “We will stop public institutions from imposing their own approach or views about international relations, through preventing boycotts, divestment or sanctions campaigns against foreign countries and those who trade […]

The mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees was extended until June 30, 2023, with 169 votes in favor and nine abstentions, while the United States and Israel voted against. The United Nations General Assembly on Friday overwhelmingly renewed the mandate for a UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees for another […]

“This administration’s commitment to open debate and the pursuit of truth on our nation’s campuses is unwavering. In enforcing Title VI against the wider spectrum of prohibited discrimination, government agencies will continue to respect the free flow of ideas, even those that are detestable, and enforce critical protections for free speech and political debate. But we will […]

UK Conservative party vowed last month to enact legislation banning local councils from boycotting products from foreign countries, including Israel Newly reelected British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to unveil proposed legislation aimed at undermining the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel later this week, local media reported. According to daily newspaper […]

The initiative is being spearheaded by Sebastian Kurz, a former (and most likely the next) chancellor of Austria who also leads the center-right Austrian People’s Party (Österreichische Volkspartei, ÖVP). “For Austria, Israel’s right to exist is non-negotiable, and any form of anti-Semitism, including Israel-related anti-Semitism, is unacceptable and must be severely condemned. Of course, factual […]

Canadian Anti Hate Network Leader To Share Panel With BDS Leader At Major Islamic Conference In Toronto Dec 20-22 Bernie Farber currently runs the Canadian Anti-Hate Network and Amira Elghawaby is a founding board member of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network https://www.antihate.ca/about Amera Elghawaby will share a panel with BDS leader Omar Suleiman. Will Bernie Farber […]

Eliezer A. Valley, otherwise known as Eli Valley, is a self-hating Jewish cartoonist. Valley spreads antisemitic caricatures and demonizes pro-Israel leaders and the state of Israel through vile and grotesque imagery on social media and any publication that is willing to spread his antisemitic views. Eliezer’s background is interesting; his father was a pro-Israel conservative Rabbi and his mother a secular Jew. […]