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On Sunday, a video clip of an interview spread with blazing speed across social media. No, it was not Piers Morgan or Jake Tapper. The video was taken at a protest in Manchester, in solidarity with Gaza, and a sharp, adorable 13-year-old named Josh, armed with a microphone, worked the crowd like a veteran journalist, while his father, Nick, filmed the exchanges on his phone. The UK’s “Telegraph” wrote an article about Josh, the young yet masterful journalist who feels the BBC’s reporting is flawed and who is looking to conduct honest, fact-based, unbiased reporting. Brilliant interview by this young…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The number of antisemitic acts registered in France and Belgium rose sharply since Hamas’ attack on Israel triggered the war in Gaza, according to figures released Thursday in both countries. In France, data from the Interior ministry and the Jewish Community Protection Service watchdog showed that 1,676 antisemitic acts were reported in 2023, compared to 436 the previous year. According to the Council of Jewish Institutions in France—the country’s main Jewish interest group—the number of antisemitic acts in the three months that followed the Oct. 7 attack equaled those of the previous three years combined. In neighboring…

The decision was precipitated by an antisemitic meme spread in 2020. Meta’s Oversight Board reversed a company decision to allow Holocaust denial content on its platforms which include Facebook and Instagram just days ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, drawing praise from leading Jewish civil rights groups. In a statement, Meta’s Oversight Board, an independent body created in 2020, said the “prohibition is consistent with Meta’s human right’s responsibilities” and that “it is important to understand Holocaust denial as an element of antisemitism, which is discriminatory in its consequences.” The decision was precipitated by an antisemitic meme spread in 2020 featuring…

Since 2015 the UN passed 141 resolutions against Israel, more than double the rest of the world. The United Nations General Assembly condemned Israel twice as often as it did all other countries combined in 2023, according to UN Watch. The Geneva-based NGO, which monitors the UN, found that the General Assembly last year passed 14 resolutions singling out Israel, while passing only seven condemning other countries. The international body passed two measures against Russia and one each against North Korea, Myanmar, Syria, Iran, and the United States. Notably, there were zero resolutions passed condemning countries such as Venezuela, Lebanon,…

FRANCE (JNS) – A man remains at large after storming into a Paris nursery and threatening its Jewish director with a six-inch knife and antisemitic death threats. The attacker used an unlocked door on Dec. 12 to enter Les Minis Kids nursery, per Le Figaro. The school, in the Créteil suburb of southeastern Paris, is home to a large Jewish community. “I will r— you, filthy Zionist. I will kill you, dirty Jew, dirty Zionist. I will come back with others and treat you like in Gaza,” the man reportedly said. Nine children were present at the school but were…

Suspects in a terror plot, revealing that seven terrorist operatives acting on behalf of Hamas were involved in a planned attack aimed at killing innocent citizens on European soil. “In recent years, and even more so after the murderous attack on October 7, Hamas strives to expand its operational capabilities around the world and in Europe, in particular, in order to realize its ambitions to hit Israeli, Jewish and Western targets at any cost,” the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement. Danish police arrested several people in the early morning on Thursday suspected of planning terrorist attacks, two…

Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry is asking that Christians light a candle in their window at sundown on the first night of Hanukkah, December 7, and keep it lit through sundown on December 15, to honor the Jewish community and to stand in solidarity with Israel during this time of crisis. Hannukah is known as the Festival of Lights when each candle on a menorah is lit for the eight days of the celebration. This year, Christians are asked to shine support for Israel and for their Jewish friends and neighbors by lighting a candle as well. “Israel is facing…

The update comes amid increased terror threats against Israelis traveling abroad nearly two months into Israel’s war with Hamas, dubbed “Operation Swords of Iron,” which was launched after the bloody massacre of Oct. 7. The last NSC security update was on Nov. 3. “Since the beginning of the war, increased efforts have been detected on the part of Iran and its proxies, as well as on the part of Hamas and elements of global jihad, to attack Israeli and Jewish targets around the world,” according to the NSC statement. The statement also highlighted “a continuous and significant increase in incitement,…

‘We expect this man to be fired immediately. He puts passengers in danger on every flight.’ United Airlines has suspended a pilot, Ibrahim R. Mossallam, for calling Hamas terrorists “brave people” on an X post. A United Airlines spokesperson said the pilot was removed from their flight schedule but is still being paid a salary. The airline said it will investigate the issue before taking further steps. On October 7th, shortly after the Hamas massacre of 1,200 people in Israel and the kidnapping of 240 others, Mossallam posted on X: “This is a resistance by a brave people who have…