President Joe Biden spearheaded a joint declaration from the leaders of 18 nations, demanding the immediate release of their citizens held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. The statement saw participation from Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Thailand, and the United Kingdom. Notably, Israel was not part of this statement, as the focus was on amassing international backing for the initiative. THE STATETMENT READS: We call for the immediate release of all hostages held by Hamas in Gaza for over 200 days. They include our own citizens. The fate of the…
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Rachel Goldberg-Polin has met with numerous world leaders and addressed the UN twice in her advocacy efforts. Rachel Goldberg-Polin, whose 23-year-old Israeli-American son is still being held hostage by Hamas terrorists following the Oct. 7 attacks in southern Israel, has been included in this year’s Time magazine annual list of the “100 most influential people” for her global campaigning efforts to secure the release of her son and all the hostages in Gaza. Hersh Goldberg-Polin was abducted by Hamas terrorists from the Supernova music festival on Oct. 7. A video from his abduction shows Goldberg-Polin being shoved onto a pickup…
Employees had occupied company offices in both New York and California on a “No Tech for Genocide Day of Action.” Google fired on Wednesday 28 anti-Israel protestors who staged a loud, 10-hour sit-in at two head-office sites the previous day. “They took over office spaces, defaced our property, and physically impeded the work of other Googlers,” the company’s vice president of global security, Chris Rackow, wrote in a company-wide memo. “Their behavior was unacceptable, extremely disruptive, and made co-workers feel threatened.” “Behavior like this has no place in our workplace and we will not tolerate it,” he added. “It clearly…
While garnering broad support, the statement was only signed by Western nations. Forty-eight countries condemned Iran and its proxies for the Apr. 14 missile and drone attack on Israel in a joint statement issued on Wednesday evening. “We unequivocally condemn” the attacks, read the statement, specifically naming Iran and its “militant partners” and noting that “this large-scale attack could have caused significant damage and loss of life.” While garnering broad support, the statement was only signed by Western nations. The effort was led by the United States and included five other members of the U.N. Security Council—France, Japan, Malta, South…
Over the past decade, the U.S. Congress has dramatically increased security funding for synagogues. A 25-year veteran of the FBI, Rusty Rosenthal had a front-row seat to understanding the difference between U.S. and Israeli approaches to security during his 11 years working in the bureau’s Tel Aviv field office. “I worked with all the Israeli services—the Shin Bet, Mossad and the police—for all those years and really had an appreciation for their entire society’s culture of security, as opposed to ours sometimes, which is really a culture of freedom and privacy,” Rosenthal told JNS. “Sometimes those are at odds with…
A new in-depth survey conducted by the Pew Institute has shed light on the growing perception of discrimination against Jews and Muslims in the United States, particularly in the context of the Israel-Hamas war. The poll found a significant increase in the number of respondents who believe there is “a lot” of discrimination against Jews, from 20% in 2021 to 40% today. Similarly, the number of respondents who believe there is “a lot” of discrimination against Muslims rose from 39% to 44%. The survey also found that Jewish-American respondents are particularly aware of discrimination against their own community, with 72%…
Is Louis Vuitton really taking sides in the Israel-Hamas war by selling an $820 T-shirt with a graphic logo in the colors of the Palestinian flag? Some people on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict believe the answer is yes, after a shirt with the LV logo in magenta, green, black and white hit shelves—and social media—this week. Critics of the shirt say the colors in the logo appear to have been drawn from the colors of the Palestinian flag or a watermelon, an emergent symbol of Palestinian nationalism given its color. Some have associated it with an inverted red…
Canada will cease future arms sales to Israel, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly told The Toronto Star on Tuesday. The Trudeau government is making the move to support Hamas over Israel despite the fact that a motion passed on Monday by the Canadian Parliament called for such action is non-binding. The motion was drafted by members of the extreme left New Democrats party. “It is a real thing,” Joly said. Her assertion was confirmed on Tuesday by Foreign Ministry Parliamentary Secretary Robert Oliphant. Canada is the first of Israel’s Western allies to make such a move and Israeli officials fear…
Latin American governors and mayors make solidarity trip to Israel to show support after the October 7th massacres. A delegation of mayors and governors from Latin America arrived in Israel this week for a special solidarity trip, five months after the October 7th invasion of Israel and beginning of the present war between Israel and Hamas. In the face of recent surge in antisemitism and hostility towards Israel in Latin America, the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) brought the first-ever delegation of governors and mayors from across the region to Israel for a four-day solidarity visit. Participants included Governor of Panama…
Polish politician Grzegorz Braun interrupts German institute’s Holocaust speech in Poland by smashing the speakers microphone.