“Oct 7 2023”

I have requested anonymity for this essay because there is intense social pressure on American Jews to be anti-Israel, especially on campuses. I am a professor at a liberal arts college where there is intense hostility toward Israel; my Zionism has already caused me to become a pariah on my campus.

If I was to publicly take the next logical step — conclude that drastic political changes are required to stem the public tide of Jew-hatred, even as drastic as supporting the presidential candidate “they” all uniformly despise — I sincerely believe my personal safety would be in question. That is why this essay both needs to be published and to be anonymous. The situation is that dire.

I suppose half-awake is better than not at all. The comments are very good. 

OTTAWA — With the Ahmed Eldidi case revealing gaping holes in the country’s immigration security backstop, a Canadian Jewish group is urging the government proceed cautiously as Canada prepares to welcome thousands of Gazan refugees.

Houthi rebels from Yemen have blown up sections of a hijacked oil tanker, prompting fears of a major oil spill and environmental disaster in the Red Sea.

Video footage shows an armed and masked Houthi rebel walking alone on the oil tanker Sounion, which was first attacked on Aug 22 with its crew forced to flee. The Houthi rebel plants what appears to be explosive devices on the Greek-flagged vessel.

The armed wing of the Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) announced on August 26 that five of its members were “martyred while performing their combat duty in the West Bank.” One of the gunmen, Yazan Daraghmeh, a commander of the Tubas Battalion militia, was killed in a “work accident”: while planting an explosive device that was supposed to be used against Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers in his hometown of Tubas in the northern West Bank. The four other gunmen, Oday Abu Naasa, Ahmed al-Anteer, Taher Raddad, and Mosab al-Muqasqas, were killed in recent clashes with the IDF. They belonged to similar armed groups in the cities of Jenin and Tulkarem, also located in the northern West Bank.

The IDF conducted the most extensive counterterror operation in the West Bank in several months, the military reported on Wednesday morning.

The Israel Border Police, the ISA, and the IDF initiated a counterterrorism operation in Jenin and Tulkarem in response to the attempted suicide bombing attack in Tel Aviv on August 18. The operation involved hundreds of IDF troops with extensive coordinated air support.

The IDF launched a major military operation that includes the landing of special forces in #WestBank, #Jenin

If you are asking why? check the videos below
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Activity against terrorist cells operating to carry out terrorist attacks in the territories of Israel and… pic.twitter.com/j2T33hNIhw

— Elly 🎗️Israel Hamas War Updates (@elly_bar) August 27, 2024

Canadian Jewish organizations are denouncing Fred Hahn’s refusal to resign as vice president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), over an antisemitic video he shared on social media, with a protest planned for Tuesday afternoon outside the union’s Ontario office in Thornhill.

Hahn, who has also led CUPE Ontario, a political branch of CUPE National, since 2010, shared a video on social media earlier this month that has been widely condemned by Jewish communities and government officials as antisemitic.

65% of Muslim students either hate Jews or Israel.

Campus antisemitism is a problem, but reports focus on the experiences of Jewish students rather than the identity of the perpetrators. Media reports hesitate to name anyone. Jewish organizations zero in on campus hate groups like Students for Justice in Palestine, but that only tells us so much about why antisemitism has become so widespread at certain universities.

Since Hamas’s horrific assault on Israeli civilians on 7 October, we’ve been told again and again about a precipitous rise in anti-Semitism in the United States. Pundits, politicians, community leaders and influencers say that anti-Semitism has reached levels not seen in generations. The problem is, outside of elite circles, it’s just not true.

The IDF and the Shin Bet on Tuesday rescued Israeli-Bedoin hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi, who was held by Hamas since October 7, from Rafah.

The operation was led by Division 162, Brigade 401, Yahalom anti-tunnel special forces, along with the Shayetet 13 naval commandos.

The hostage’s name is Kaid Farhan al-kaadi, age 52, from Rahat.