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'Selective outrage': Jewish orgs. slam Irish law criminalizing West Bank imports

Jewish organizations criticized the proposed Irish law criminalizing imports from the West Bank during a hearing in the Irish Parliament.

PROTESTERS CALL on the Irish government to impose sanctions on Israel, in Dublin, last month. Over the years, Ireland has taken a more anti-Israel position than most European or Western nations, states the writer.

'Deeply shocking': British soldiers dismissed after sharing graphic videos of Hamas on Oct 7

 THE SITE of the Nova music festival massacre.

One in six antisemitic incidents in Toronto schools are approved or started by teacher

 View of the Toronto District School Board.

UK should recognize Judaism as ethnicity as well as religion, Board of Deputies says

 The Board of Deputies has launched a groundbreaking Commission on Antisemitism to be chaired by Lord John Mann and Penny Mordaunt.

NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani’s Ties to Radical Anti-Israel Group Warrant Examination

Mamdani has a long-standing connection to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) — a hard-left political movement with an entrenched animosity toward Israel

 New York State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, now a NYC mayoral candidate, speaks during a news conference outside the White House to announce a hunger strike to demand that President Joe Biden call for a permanent ceasefire and no military aid to Israel, on Nov. 27, 2023.

ARC Analysis: Today’s Far-Right Antisemitic Voices Echo Pat Buchanan’s Legacy

Buchanan notoriously claimed, “only two groups… are beating the drums for war in the Middle East — the Israeli Defense Ministry and and its ‘amen corner’ in the United States.”

 STEVE BANNON speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, in February. He had warned that a US strike in Iran would tear America apart, states the writer.

Mandy Patinkin calls on Jews to reflect on Gaza war: ‘Is this acceptable and sustainable?’

"Compassion for every person in Gaza is very Jewish, and the fact that I abhor the policies of the leader of that country does not mean I’m a self-hating Jew or I’m antisemitic,” Grody said.

 Kathryn Grody and Mandy Patinkin attend the "Seasoned" premiere during the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival at Spring Studios on June 08, 2025 in New York City.

Vandals deface Holocaust memorial in Polish Jewish cemetery with anti-Israel, Nazi graffiti

This incident occurred just days after far-right MEP Grzegorz Braun referred to the Auschwitz gas chambers as “fake” and accused the Auschwitz Museum of promoting “pseudo-history.”

 The Holocaust memorial that was defaced over Friday night with a swastika and anti-Israel graffiti In Dulka Poland on July 11, 2025.

Man arrested for urinating on Toronto synagogue while yelling antisemitic slurs

The arrest is part of a suspected hate-motivated Mischief investigation relating to the incident on June 4, 2025.

 An illustrative image of a person holding up handcuffed wrists as police car lights flash behind them.

Gazans can receive refugee status in France due to 'Israeli persecution,' court rules

This marks the first time in France that nationals from the Gaza Strip have been granted the status of "refugee" by the nation's National Court of Asylum (CNDA).

 Smoke rises in Gaza following a military strike, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, July 5, 2025.

Gabriel Groisman: Championing Israel’s Voice on the World Stage

Gabriel Groisman bridges business, advocacy, and diplomacy—fighting antisemitism, opposing BDS, and empowering Israeli innovation across US policy channels.

 Groisman interviewing Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, daughter of US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee

BBC's Gaza documentary narrated by Hamas official's son breaches editorial guidelines, report finds

While the BBC declared the documentary an "important record," but by failing to disclose the narrator's connection to Hamas, it breached editorial guidelines on accuracy.

 BBC HEADQUARTERS in London

Zohran Mamdani’s father calls suicide bombers ‘soldiers,’ intifada ‘meaningful’

Mahmood Mamdani, the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government at Columbia University, is one of The Gaza Tribunal’s 29-member advisory policy council.

 Zohran Mamdani reacts next to his parents Mahmood Mamdani and Mira Nair and wife Rama Duwaji during a watch party for his primary election, which includes his bid to become the Democratic candidate for New York City mayor in the upcoming November 2025 election, in New York City, US, June 25, 2025.

July 12 to be French national day of commemoration of Alfred Dreyfus, Macron announces

The date was chosen to mark the day that Dreyfus was cleared of charges against him on July 12, 1906, a full twelve years after the so-called Dreyfus Affair began.

 A statue of Alfred Dreyfus is seen in Mulhouse, eastern France, October 9, 2025