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An Islamist terrorist who killed two men outside a synagogue came to the UK from Syria as a young child and grew up just around the corner from the site of the attack. Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, who was shot dead minutes after he targeted Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester yesterday, is understood to have been granted British citizenship in 2006 when he was a teenager, aged around 16. His innocent victims have been named as Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66. They were both members of Manchester's Jewish community.

Jews across the UK have been urged to lock their doors and not to congregate in groups as police patrols are stepped up outside synagogues and in areas with large Jewish populations after the Manchester attack. Sir Keir Starmer told the Jewish community that he would do “everything in my power to guarantee you the security you deserve” as he announced additional police officers and assets would be deployed to all Jewish communities. Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, said that she would “do whatever is required” to keep the Jewish community safe as she visited the site of the attack...

Jewish security teams and armed police have been called in to protect synagogues across the UK after four people were stabbed outside a synagogue in Manchester. At least two people have died after a knifeman 'armed with a bomb' rammed a car into the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue at 9.31am today and went on a rampage. The bloody assault, which took place on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, has been declared a 'Plato' incident - the national code-word used by police and emergency services when responding to a 'marauding terror attack'.

On September 17, 2025 the Gateway Pundit reported on President Trump on Wednesday evening announcing the designation of Antifa as a “major terrorist organization.” I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices. Thank you for your attention to this matter! The ADL is now in hot water too after President Trump designated Antifa a “major terrorist organization.” The ADL has been...

Dave Chappelle on SNL, November 2022 in response to the Kanye "jew" controversy at the time.

A prominent German orchestra’s performance at a Belgian festival has been canceled over concerns about its Israeli conductor, organizers said Wednesday, sparking a furious reaction from Berlin. The Munich Philharmonic had been due to perform on September 18 at the Flanders Festival Ghent, led by its future chief conductor, Israeli musician Lahav Shani.

The arabists keep claiming that Arab "Palestine" massacres on Jews are a "response" to something - supposedly. Nevermind that racist Arab Palestine began massacring Jews [especially since] April 1920 [Nebi Musa riots], there were cries of "we will drink the blood of the Jews," and "Muhamme's religion was born with the sword." Actually, the genocidal call/aim of "adbakh al yahud," was invented in the 1920s by Haj Amin al Husseini, their leader, over a decade before he rushed to beg Nazis for alliance. Why target religious ultra Orthodox Talmudic Jews, conscientious objectors in their neighborhoods who even refuse to serve...

A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the Trump Administration violated the law when it blocked Harvard University from $2 billion in federal grants because of the school’s handling of antisemitism on campus. US District Allison Burroughs, an Obama appointee, said Trump violated Harvard’s First Amendment rights when it froze $ 2 billion in federal grants earlier this year. Judge Burroughs said the Trump Administration used antisemitism on Harvard’s campus as a “smokescreen for targeted, ideologically-motivated assault” on the country’s premier university.

Former Gaza hostage Ilana Gritzewsky recalled in a Wednesday UN Security Council meeting that during her captivity, when she was moved locations, she was forced to walk hand in hand with a terrorist as if she were his wife, so nobody would notice she was a hostage. “They grabbed me by the hair, hit me in the stomach, causing me to lose my breath. They dragged me across the floor, lifted me, and threw me against the wall. They pointed guns at me, hit me, and tried to film me with my phone. "I raised my hands, told them I...

Ruth Messinger, the trailblazing Jewish political leader who in 1997 became the first and only woman to win the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor, endorsed Zohran Mamdani on Monday. Her support came as the Democratic nominee launched his citywide “Five Boroughs Against Trump” tour in Manhattan, joined by Assemblyman Harvey Epstein and Rep. Jerry Nadler, co-chair of the Congressional Jewish Caucus, who had endorsed Mamdani after his primary victory.

Most of us probably know the story of Abraham and Hagar, Sarah’s Egyptian maidservant. She became Abraham’s second wife and bore his first son, Ishmael. Conflict and jealousy arose within the family, which led to Ishmael’s banishment, not only from Abraham’s household but also from his father’s inheritance. And yet, the Lord said, “And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation” (Genesis 17:20, NKJV). Ishmael’s prodigy was not the recipient of the...

The Guardian reports that archaeologists excavating at the ancient Roman settlement of Castulo in southern Spain have identified the traces of a building they believe may have once been a synagogue. Near the location of what scholars had once assumed was a fourth- or fifth-century a.d. Christian basilica, the team found fragments of three oil lamps and a roof tile bearing depictions of menorahs, as well as a jar lid inscribed with Hebrew characters. When the researchers reconsidered the identification of the nearby structure as a place of early Christian worship, they found that many features of the building matched...

Waisuddin Akbari threatened to bomb every synagogue in the city. A Canadian man who threatened to bomb every synagogue in Toronto “to kill as many Jews as possible” was only sentenced to house arrest for 60 days. In addition to house arrest, Waisuddin Akbari, 41, was given three years of probation, a 10-year weapons prohibition, and was ordered to provide a sample of his DNA, ... In March 2024, Akbari conversed with a salesman at a BMW dealership, claiming he wouldn’t lease or finance a new car; he claimed Israel and the Jews controlled world events and made money from...

The term "pallyweid" can be used to describe a specific type of rhetoric or narrative about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that is both misleading and one-sided, often found in discussions that accuse Israel erroneously of “apartheid” and “genocide.” Here's how the key elements can be incorporated into the term: Pallyweid and the Apartheid SlurThe term pallyweid draws from the "apartheid" false accusation leveled at Israel, which critics claim is based on systemic racial segregation akin to the policies of South Africa during apartheid. In reality, Israel’s legal and political framework is far different from the brutal racial segregation of the South...

In New York State, Jews have the highest favorable opinion of President Trump. Jews support Trump more than any other religious group, more than Catholics and Protestants, upstate voters, and more than white voters in general. Jews are the only identity group in the state with whom Trump isn’t underwater even at the same time as Sen. Schumer polls worse among Jews than among Catholics or Protestants.

The Zohran Mamdani campaign has some of the earmarks of a foreign influence operation. Freedom Center Investigates covered Neville Roy Singham before he became a household name as the new even more radical Soros and his growing role in backing pro-Hamas riots in New York. "The People's Forum is funded by Neville Roy Singham, a Maoist millionaire living in Communist China, whose Shanghai office faces 'a red banner that reads, in Chinese, 'Always Follow the Party.' Resting on a shelf is a plate depicting Xi.' "Singham has rapidly become the Soros of the Communist, Leninist and Maoist forces in America...

With polls showing him favored to win the election in November, New York City socialist Democrat mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani vowed to "revolutionize the way this city will be governed. Half-measures will be swept aside and replaced with true equality for all." "For generations rent-control has produced huge housing inequities," he pointed out. "Those lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time were awarded windfall benefits. Those less fortunate have had to pay outrageous sums for inadequate living space. I will tear down this rotten system by abolishing private ownership of property. Right now the majority...

The X account of Elmo, a Sesame Street hero, posted antisemitic content on Sunday night, calling to "kill the Jews." The content was quickly deleted. In its tweets, Elmo posted, "Kill all Jews." "Elmo says ALL JEWS SHOULD DIE. F-K JEWS. DONALD TRUMP IS NETANYAHU’S PUPPET BECAUSE HE IS IN THE EPSTEIN FILES. JEWS CONTROL THE WORLD AND NEED TO BE EXTERMINATED. “RELEASE THE FILES @realDonaldTrump CHILD F-KER.” Reports said that ten minutes prior to the antisemitic incitement, the hacker posted a photo of Elmo on the moon, wishing readers, "Happy crypto all-time high day, everybody! From Elmo and @onchainstudios....

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville blasted New York democratic socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s refusal to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada,” which is associated with violence against Israel. Queens, New York State assemblyman Mamdani, a Ugandan-born Muslim with Indian heritage, won the race to become the Democratic Party’s nominee for New York City mayor, but Republicans and even some Democrats have blasted the democratic socialist as too extreme. Carville called Mamdani out during an appearance Tuesday on “The People’s Cabinet” podcast after host Daniel Koh mentioned the popularity of some of his economic ideas in New York City. While...

Jewish Democrats in Congress are on edge after Zohran Mamdani’s party primary win in the race for New York City mayor — calling it a “huge problem” that he’s had an anti-Israel stance while antisemitism is on the rise. The Dems in the US House of Representatives — including former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee Debbie Wasserman Schultz — are uneasy over Mamdani’s outward support for the anti-Israel BDS movement and his refusal to condemn the controversial “globalize the intifada” slogan. “To not be willing to condemn the term ‘globalize the intifada,’ it just demonstrates his callous disregard for...