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Wednesday, April 09, 2025

Palestinian Pisgat Ze'ev stabber, who was 13 at the time, due to be released

Wikipedia describes the 2015 crime:Hassan and Ahmed equipped themselves with knives. In Pisgat Ze'ev, they found Yosef Ben-Shalom, a 20-year-old male security guard who they chased after with their knives drawn, and stabbed. The guard fled, and they instead turned their attention to some nearby shops. Outside of a candy shop, they found Naor Shalev Ben-Ezra, a 13-year-old...

I like algorithms.I once came up with a definition of antisemitism that I believe is superior to all others, because it allows one to look at any situation and decide, with very little room for bias, whether it is antisemitic or not. No "mights" or "mays" or "coulds" - just clarity.As I wrote up with these Jewish ethical principles, I realized that they could do the...

As my readers know, I have been on a "Jewish ethics" kick recently, writing essentially a chapter a day of a planned book on antisemitism and different ideologies. My theory is that making Jewish ethics part of our everyday thought process can help teach people not only how to fight antisemitic philosophies but also to help restore Western civilization from what it is...

Hamas' Felesteen reports: The Government Media Office Rejects Dangerous Proposals and Mechanisms for Distributing Humanitarian Aid in GazaThe [Hamas[ Government Media Office affirmed its categorical rejection of attempts to impose "dangerous" proposals and mechanisms for distributing humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip, which would involve Israeli occupation soldiers or...

04/08 Links Pt2: Democrats and college administrators fail Jewish and pro-Israel communities; NYTs: Fighting Antisemitism is Bad for the Jews; Michael Rapaport: The loudest pro-Israel advocate

From Ian: Seth Mandel: Anti-Anti-Anti-Semitism Yes, anti-Semitic incidents were often quite common in places with a lot of Jewish students. Also, the sky is blue. But more preposterous is the idea, so clearly spelled out in that paragraph, that punishing Columbia for violating the civil rights of its Jewish students is actually a case of targeting Jews for punishment because...

From Ian: Michael Doran: The King’s Foils The catastrophic failure of Biden’s Iran-centric approach should have discredited Restraintism, but its capacity to wear the ideological colors of every party means it is not fully dislodged from the policy establishment. Its adherents now shelter under Trump’s banner, but his policies show a clearer understanding of the region’s...

From National Review:The Middle Eastern Children’s Alliance (MECA), a California nonprofit that designs K–12 curriculum material, has fiscal and personnel ties to U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organizations, according to a new report by the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI).“Our investigation of MECA has yielded evidence suggesting it holds fiscal and personnel...

The UN Economic and Social Council announced this week that Qatar is one of the countries chosen to join the Commission on the Status of Women (along with Cabo Verde, China, Gabon, Japan, Maldives, Mongolia, Morocco, Tanzania and Zimbabwe, by acclamation.Let's look at how Qatar treats its women:Women must obtain permission from their male guardians—typically...

My series on antisemitism has evolved into something broader: using Jewish ethics as a baseline for personal and political judgment. Today, I want to apply this lens to a case of subtle media bias - a recent New York Times article on the International Criminal Court.Leaders Flex Muscles Against International Criminal CourtThe leaders of Israel, Hungary and the United States...

B'nai Brith Canada issued its annual report on antisemitism. The results are chilling.Incidents increased by huge amounts in 2024. Comparing them over time makes the increase in the past two years even more sickening.It lists some incidents:In May, at an anti-Israel encampment at the University of Toronto, an individual performed a Nazi salute at a Jewish student and declared...

04/07 Links Pt2: Passover and Antisemitism: Three Chilling Insights; Sudan’s ‘forgotten war’ exposes the inhumanity of Israelophobia; Melanie Phillips: Home truths for secularists

From Ian: ‘My tidal wave of monstrous fury’: Simon Schama on tonight’s Holocaust documentary There is a moment when Sir Simon Schama looks straight at the camera in his latest documentary – the first to take him to Auschwitz – and it is one of the rawest things ever seen on television. Having come face to face with the horror of what antisemitism can lead to, he cannot hold...