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There is a price to pay for the virulent, aggressive, pre-pogrom antisemitism that has swept the globe these past two years. Our blood is literally running in the streets of cities around the world. Our numbers are so small, just .2% of humanity. Many of us personally know and have connections to victims and survivors of this horror. Gaza - Hersh Goldberg Polin was the son of Chicago natives and a friend of a friend. He was executed in Gaza the day I landed in Israel in the late summer of 2024. Boulder, CO - My friend Aaron survived the...

Surrounded by lush forest and built around a historic ship port, Prince Rupert could easily be the picture on a postcard. But this Canadian coastal town is now so dangerous Walmart has closed its local supermarket due to fears for staff safety. The only Walmart within a 144km radius, the budget supermarket is a lifeline for many of the low-income residents in the town, and will be a huge loss for families. Nestled between the Great Bear Rainforest and the Skeena River, the town of 12,000 has become an unlikely breeding ground for crime, drugs and homelessness. Local business owners...

A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice over an allegation linked to a BBC Panorama investigation. The officer is a sergeant based at Charing Cross police station and was arrested in relation to an incident that took place on Thursday, a statement from the Met said. They have since been bailed and suspended from duty. The arrest follows a Panorama undercover investigation that revealed serving Metropolitan Police officers at the central London station called for immigrants to be shot, revelled in the use of force and were dismissive of rape claims....

The Yom Kippur killer was on bail for alleged rape before his synagogue attack, it emerged last night. Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, was under investigation by Greater Manchester Police over a sexual attack carried out this year and was due to appear in court. It is believed unemployed Al-Shamie was also facing mounting debts and the collapse of his marriage, with his wife leaving the family home with their one-year-old son six months ago. Residents said he was a loner who spent his days in pyjamas, bulking up by weightlifting in his garden and annoying neighbours by parking his battered Kia...

@AmichaiChikli In the wake of the horrific Manchester terrorist attack, Israel and the Jewish people stand firmly with our allies in the United Kingdom. On behalf of the State of Israel, I am proud to host British patriot @TRobinsonNewEra who will visit Israel in mid-October. Tommy is a courageous leader on the front line against radical Islam. At a time when Jews across Europe face rising antisemitism, it is vital to strengthen bonds with allies who refuse to be silent. He has proven himself a true friend of Israel and the Jewish people, unafraid to speak the truth and confront...

The picture is still slowly building surrounding the life of Jihad Al-Shamie but he is known to have been a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent. Al-Shamie is understood to have entered the UK as a young child and was granted British citizenship in 2006 when he was around the age of 16. He lived in Prestwich, Manchester, and his family today released a statement saying: "We fully distance ourselves from this attack and express our deep shock and sorrow over what has happened. "Our hearts and thoughts are with the victims and their families, and we pray for their...

@Nigel_Farage We are a country that allows peaceful protest, but we are not one that allows the celebration of murder. My statement on the Manchester terrorist attack.

@RupertLowe10 We must stop importing those who hate Britain and wish to do us harm. We must start deporting those foreign nationals who hate Britain and wish to do us harm. If that means revoking citizenships from dual nationals on an industrial scale, then that is what must happen. We must stop tolerating the intolerable. This has gone on for too long, with too much harm, death and suffering inflicted along the way. We have welcomed in, and continue to welcome in, foreigners who hate everything that we stand for - almost every day, unvetted men from backward cultures are...

@EYakoby BREAKING: Pro-Palestinian Islamists are outside Keir Starmer’s home, threatening him and his family. What exactly are they protesting? Starmer recognized a Palestinian state last week and is actively pushing for a ceasefire.

Hamas said on Friday it would agree to some of the terms in U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to end the Gaza war, including releasing hostages, but avoided addressing more vexing issues like disarmament and said it would seek further negotiations. In a copy of a statement seen by Reuters, Hamas issued its response to Trump's 20-point plan after the president gave the Palestinian militant group until Sunday to accept or reject the proposal. It was unclear if the U.S. or Israel would be willing to engage in further negotiations on the plan's terms. Hamas did not say if it...

Multiple Israeli government officials are blaming the current United Kingdom leadership, led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, for the deadly terrorist attack against a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur after issuing repeated warnings about rising antisemitism. A rogue terrorist killed two worshippers and injured multiple others outside the packed Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester on Thursday. The assailant — later identified as 35-year-old British citizen Jihad Al-Shamie — was shot and killed by police while he was trying to break into the synagogue after plowing a car through pedestrians and stabbing a security guard. Frantic officers tried to...

After the most recent outbreak of campus antisemitism in America, the Israel Association of University Heads issued a statement denouncing the mistreatment in question and voicing their support for Jewish and Israeli members of the offending institutions. “We will do our best to assist those of them who wish to join Israeli universities and find a welcoming academic and personal home,” they concluded. The heads of all nine public universities in Israel signed the joint statement. Other initiatives followed encouraging students to leave American higher education for Israel. Such a move would, according to the Kohelet Policy Forum, allow students...

ISRAELI Navy forces have intercepted almost two dozen ships from a Gaza-bound international flotilla, and detained more than 200 people onboard, including famed Swedish climate and humanitarian activist Greta Thunberg. The forces ordered the flotilla to change course with the reasoning that they were heading into an active war zone and violating a lawful naval blockade. The activists were sailing toward Gaza with the aim of bringing humanitarian aid and attempting to break the Israeli blockade. On the evening of Wednesday, October 1, the Global Sumud Flotilla, or GSF, said through an Instagram post that Israeli forces had boarded three...

Just months before his assassination, conservative leader Charlie Kirk penned a lengthy and impassioned letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reaffirming his "deep love for Israel and the Jewish people" while urging the country to radically reform how it communicates with younger generations in the digital age.The five-page letter, dated May 2, pushed back against rumors — fueled by fellow conservative commentator Candace Owens and others — that Kirk had soured on Israel.Charlie Kirk: ‘Our Civilization Is Committing Suicide'... Read MoreInstead, it revealed a man deeply committed to defending the Jewish state, though frustrated with what he called its...

Oct 3 (Reuters) - Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza proposal, and signalled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.

Deputy PM David Lammy was booed at a Manchester synagogue vigil after the Yom Kippur attack. The assailant, previously accused of rape, had been freed on bail. His father condemned the attack but had praised Hamas on Oct. 7. Ynet Global|10.03.15.14:58 Jihad al-Shami, the attacker who carried out the Yom Kippur synagogue attack in Manchester, had recently been released on bail after being accused of rape and was due to appear in court soon, Britain’s Guardian reported Friday. According to the report, al-Shami was investigated over a rape earlier this year and had past convictions for several criminal offenses. Despite...

The following are clips from the U.K. published by the MEMRI Sermons by Imams in the West project. The project releases clips of inflammatory antisemitic, anti-Israel, anti-U.S., and pro-Hamas, pro-Hizbullah, and pro-Houthi sermons and statements by imams in mosques and Islamist organizations throughout the U.S., Canada, U.K., and the rest of the West. Clips from the project have prompted widespread criticism of these sermons and statements from political leaders and public apologies from some imams.

His hand against everyone, And everyone’s hand against him; He shall dwell alongside of all his kin.

MANCHESTER — The Crown Prosecution Service announced that charges had been filed against a Jewish synagogue on Thursday for provoking a violent terrorist attack against themselves by being openly Jewish. A synagogue located in Manchester was the site of a deadly attack last week in which two people were killed and three others were injured. Authorities were acting quickly to punish those involved, including the synagogue and its members, for being openly Jewish. "We have a zero tolerance policy for violent stabbing offenses," said Crown Prosecutor Henry Thomas. "That's why we have to punish these Jews for being so Jewish....

If you were a British Jew observing Yom Kippur, consider yourself lucky. You will not have switched on any "mainstream" media until after sunset, so you will have missed all the usual bollocks that infests the first hours of coverage. By 12.31pm the BBC had crack reporter Anna Jameson on the scene:I'm currently standing at the police cordon just on the edge of Middleton Road, where the incident has taken place.Hold the front page! An "incident" has "taken place"!...By the time any UK Jews were listening, we were at Stage Two. The Welsh Choirboy of the Week - after the...