“Oct 7 2023”

Four university presidents conceded to members of Parliament today that antisemitism is a problem on their campuses.

MPs questioned the presidents of the University of Toronto, McGill University, Concordia University and the University of British Columbia about their codes of conduct, responses to pro-

Palestinian encampments and efforts to include Jewish students in equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Hey Tony your shit for brains vote whoring leader Trudeau just announced 5000 visas for atrocity loving Gazans.

— Fancypants Maloney (@fancypants_s) May 27, 2024

Protesters were joined by unions during a rainy rally Monday morning as the University of Toronto announced that it would seek an injunction to remove the camp in the centre of campus after a deadline to accept an offer to set up a committee to consider the issue of divestment from Israel passed Friday at 4 p.m.

Students were then given until 8 a.m. Monday to vacate or suffer academic and legal consequences. This deadline also passed without protesters budging.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged Monday that a “tragic mistake” had been made after an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah set fire to a tent camp housing displaced Palestinians and, according to local officials, killed at least 45 people.

The mistake only added to the surging international criticism Israel has faced over its war with Hamas, with even its closest allies expressing outrage at civilian deaths. Israel insists it adheres to international law even as it faces scrutiny in the world’s top courts, one of which last week demanded that it halt the offensive in Rafah.

For more than a month, anti-Israel protesters have established themselves on university campuses across Canada, but less than one-fifth of Canadians support them, according to a new national poll.

The poll, conducted by Leger for the Association for Canadian Studies, shows that these protesters have the support of just 19 per cent of Canadians, although 21 per cent of people in metro Toronto and 25 per cent in greater Vancouver support the protesters’ aims. The support is dwarfed, however, by the 48 per cent of Canadians who oppose the encampments (including 45 per cent in Toronto and 34 per cent in greater Vancouver). Montrealers, at 49 per cent, are the most vehemently opposed.

I suspect this poll is off and support runs deeper than expected. People will often tell a pollster what they think they want to hear.

Britain did not bomb the streets of Ireland to take out the leaders of the IRA, Karim Khan has said as he justifies seeking an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor said it was not his job to make friends but to put the victims of injustice and war first, regardless of the geopolitical consequences.

Speaking to The Times, he said the court had to “do our job whether we are applauded or condemned.”

A woman beaten by supporters of Iran’s government during a peaceful protest in London has warned that the “IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] are on British soil”.

Ellie Borham, 43, said she was minutes into a five-person protest in London when a group of pro-Iran supporters surrounded and beat her.

“We were standing peacefully, and then the men came. They surrounded us. They threatened us,” she told The Telegraph. “They slapped and punched my face, my body, my legs. One of the men said:

‘We are going to kill you’.”

A massive barrage of rockets targeted Tel Aviv and central Israel for the first time in months. The rockets were fired from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

The IDF confirmed on Sunday that eight projectiles were identified crossing the Rafah area into Israeli territory. A number of the projectiles were intercepted by the IDF Aerial Defense Array, the IDF announced.