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“Such an Iran," Pahlavi declared, "will extend our relation with all of our neighbors based on the principle of mutual respect and peaceful coexistence. That is the Iran I envision. That is the Iran my compatriots are fighting for.” By
@andrewjbernie
Israelis Gal Gadot, Guy Nattiv to Host Hollywood Screening of Uncensored Footage of Hamas Massacre
“I’m fighting for awareness of what happened in the Holocaust and what happened on Oct. 7. We can’t just ignore it.”
-
@GNattiv
By
@ShirynGhermez
The Jewish student whose nose was broken during a vicious assault by pro-Hamas demonstrators stated defiantly that the “Jewish people will never be defeated” during an interview with The Algemeiner on Friday.
@DionJPierre
reports.
US Sen. Ted Cruz is calling for further investigation into the Obama administration’s relationship with Iran, after a Senate report purportedly revealed that the Obama administration secretly authorized Iranian access to the US financial system.
“After losing my mother, youngest sister and youngest brother in Auschwitz, I could not even imagine myself surviving,” honoree Lily Ebert explained. “I am now 99 years old, and accepting an award from The King. It feels like a dream.” -
@ShirynGhermez
“I played in the NBA for 11 years as an observant Muslim, shoulder to shoulder with my Jewish and Christian brothers," said Enes Kanter Freedom. "I am looking forward to setting a positive example for the children of Jerusalem.”
“I fled from the same ideology you’re trying to export here,” Iraqi beauty queen Sarah Idan noted during a Twitter exchange with Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar.
"Linda Sarsour ordered people associated with the Council on American-Islamic Relations to physically block Muslim Reform Movement leader Asra Nomani from entering Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s office."
‘I’m Speaking Up Against Evil’: Israeli Columbia University Professor Addresses Smear Campaign
"This is about having a moral compass and standing up for what’s right,"
@ShaiDavidai
told The Algemeiner. “I won’t be silenced."
By
@DionJPierre
ICYMI: Pahlavi said that the Islamic Republic was driven by a “blind animus towards the Jewish people,” and called for restoring the millennia of ties between Iranians and Jews that were severed by the 1979 Islamic Revolution. By
@andrewjbernie
"I'm a Palestinian who grew up in a UNWRA refugee camp outside of Jerusalem, and have been a human rights activist all my life. Let me say this as directly as I can: Rep. Omar does not know what she is talking about," writes
@eid_bassem
.
“UNRWA is among the most corrupt and counterproductive of all UN agencies," Nikki Haley told The Algemeiner. “President Biden is wasting millions of American tax dollars and undermining the great progress being made on Middle East peace.”
Singer Lionel Richie said last week that he was excited to perform in Israel on March 2 as part of his “Hello” world tour. Code Pink tried pressuring Richie to cancel his concert but the singer instead blocked the anti-Israel group's Twitter account.
"Jared Kushner deserves credit for telling the Palestinians some truths that they didn’t hear from previous administrations, even if few people here or there respect him."
“F__k Roger Waters and all the rest of his BDS nazi a__holes — every last single one of them! We don’t need that s__t. We’ve survived worse than them and we will continue surviving worse than them!” - David Draiman of Disturbed
@ShirynGhermez
reports.
Pop singer Bruno Mars -- who ignored pressure from the BDS movement -- took to the stage in Tel Aviv on Wednesday for his first concert in Israel, where he sang “I love you” in Hebrew and performed an Israeli song in honor of Sukkot. By
@ShirynGhermez
Israeli UFC fighter Natan Levy urged “every Jewish person in the world” to learn to defend themselves and to “be proud of who you are," adding, "For me, I represent Israel and the Jewish people" and "I want to show that we are brave and we can fight.”
Farnaz Fassihi, who covers Iran for The New York Times, describes the 100 Iranians who signed an open letter to Times editors accusing her of “normalizing the Islamic Republic’s brutality” as "trolls," and the letter as "harassment," reports
@IraStoll
.
“The surge in antisemitism on the streets is fueled by antisemitism on social media,” tweeted actor Sacha Baron Cohen. Tagging Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Baron asked, “Why do you allow [the hashtag] HitlerWasRight?!"
“When we see the State of Israel — the homeland of the Jewish people and the world’s only Jewish state — being demonized, delegitimized, or held to a standard to which no other country is held, we recognize and name this as antisemitism.”
"At least 20 Palestinian schools in the West Bank and Gaza are named after terrorists, and three after Nazi collaborators," British lawmaker Louise Ellman said.
"Young Palestinian minds are being poisoned."
Pro Wrestler Promotes False Anti-Israel, Anti-Zionist Narratives Online
After Israel supporters contacted the WWE and parent company TKO, Sami Zayn deleted his antisemitic posts without a statement or apology. WWE did not sanction him.
By
@ShirynGhermez
A group of 33 Republican senators, led by Sen. Ted Cruz, warned President Biden on Monday that they would work to thwart implementation of any new Iran nuclear agreement if his government did not allow Congress to review and vote on its terms.
The leader of Hamas admitted that the terrorist group was getting "financial and military support from Iran."
"If Iran didn’t support us in recent years, we wouldn’t have achieved what we achieved."
The Biden administration is "pathologically obsessed with undermining Israel,” Sen. Ted Cruz declared, adding, "The State Dept. is telling the entire US government not to cooperate with Jews in Judea and Samaria." By
@andrewjbernie
"Israel did not invade Al-Aqsa ... It...took what appears to have been excessively sensitive action against rioters who for the millionth time turned the third holiest site in Islam and the holiest site in Judaism into a weapon," writes Nadav Shragai.
Israeli-Arab activist Yoseph Haddad explained that the team pictured in Hadid's post was Maccabi Tel Aviv and it was comprised of all Jewish athletes with Hebrew writing on their jerseys and the logo, “the land of Israel.”
“Zionism by definition means that you believe Israel has the right to exist; that there should be a Jewish state. And hey, there are many Muslim states," Sarah Silverman said on Friday’s podcast episode. "So there can’t be one, just one, Jewish state?”
"The land that was called Palestine by most of the world was also recognized as the homeland of the Jewish people by most of the world — well before Zionism."
Masked Activists Violently Attack Jews at North Carolina Public Library
“They are not f—king welcome here," an anti-Israel activist said about the three "Zionist" attendees who were then dragged out of the library and assaulted.
By
@reitzes_peter
‘Jesus Would Be a Hostage in Gaza if He Was Alive Today,’ Says French Catholic Priest Who Pioneered Holocaust Research
"If Jesus had been born today, he would be the target of missiles or a hostage in Gaza.”
- Father Patrick Desbois
By
@BenCohenOpinion
The victim, Blake Zavadsky, said he would continue to wear the IDF sweatshirt, adding, “You can’t be scared to walk outside and say you’re Jewish. You have to be proud of who you are and stand up for what you believe — and not be intimidated."
Jewish Man Stabbed Six Times During Antisemitic Assault in Paris
Police in Paris have arrested a man over the stabbing of a Jewish man on Monday night by a former friend who is said to have developed an “obsession” with Jews.
By
@BenCohenOpinion
Two Jewish students have sued the University of Pennsylvania, alleging that the school violated their civil rights by “selectively” enforcing rules that would punish those who harass and intimidate Jewish students.
By
@DionJPierre
The plan is expected to see the renovation of hundreds of synagogues, cemeteries and Jewish heritage sites in several cities in Morocco, among them the Jewish cemetery in the city of Fes, which includes 13,000 graves.
“I was basically called into my editor’s office," said former NY Times editor Bari Weiss, "and was told, ‘we can’t really run this.’ And the reason...is that the people that were carrying out the attacks weren’t white supremacists carrying tiki torches.”
"We are supposed to be a progressive political party," said former British PM Tony Blair.
"How can we say it’s tolerable to have a certain level of antisemitism in the party?"
"If we had only a single penny left, we would pay it to families of the martyrs and prisoners," said President Abbas, whose government gives generous salaries to Palestinians terrorists — including mass-murderers — and their families.
"And in a cruel twist of irony that is evidently lost on the Squad, the Iron Dome system plays a vital, if indirect, role in protecting Palestinians. With each Israeli death, public pressure for harsher military action grows," writes
@joshrfeldman
.
Los Angeles Has Failed Its Jewish Residents
"The city’s message to its Jewish residents is clear: we take every crime against a minority seriously, except the ones that are committed against you."
By
@DoctorNazarian
"President Trump is a champion of the Jewish people and the greatest ally the State of Israel has ever had,” while "extremist Democrats are electing anti-Semites into Congress and inviting them to speak at their national convention," said Boris Epshteyn.
Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter posted a Twitter message on Sunday morning expressing support for the Jewish community following the antisemitic stabbing attack in Monsey, New York, the previous night.
During my imprisonment Mr. Malley was a senior White House official. He played no positive role in facilitating my release, a view shared by present and past hostages and their families.”
Some audience members at Hozier’s concert on Tuesday night in New York reportedly staged a walkout after the Irish singer commented on the Israel-Hamas war by accusing the Jewish state of committing “genocide.”
By
@ShirynGhermez
Moroccan reporter Simo Benbachir has been getting death threats for an interview with Israeli actress Gal Gadot. He said that he does not regret his praise of Gadot and that he supports Morocco's normalization with Israel, reports
@elderofziyon
.
"I would not call it apartheid," Ra’am party leader Mansour Abbas said in regards to relations between Arabs and Jews in Israel. "Our fate here is to live together and we can decide how we want to live together."
An Orthodox Jewish man was badly beaten up late on Sunday night by at least two assailants in Brooklyn, in an attack that is now being investigated by the New York City Police Department’s Hate Crimes Unit.
Actor Dean Cain received The Algemeiner's Warrior for Truth Award at The Algemeiner's 10th annual
#J100
Gala, held on October 25, 2023 in New York City.
“NYU does not routinely respond to its graduates’ social media posts, but the reported Twitter post by a former NYU student about the first Israeli death from COVID-19 was shameful and callous,” read NYU spokesman John Beckman's statement.
"Despite more than a year of the PA restricting electricity, fuel, medicine, exit permits, and more from Gazans, the Western media and most NGOs will continue to only blame Israel."
New York police arrested 24-year-old Mohammad Othman of Staten Island for throwing a firework at a 55-year-old Jewish woman from the back of a pickup truck. Othman has six prior arrests, including on domestic violence charges.
"The Palestinians can choose to give up terrorism and make peace with Israel. Their lives would immediately improve. Blaming Israeli policies for Palestinian terrorism assumes that the Palestinians lack the agency to make better choices."
In an unexpected display of solidarity with the Jewish community, young Iranians are taking to social media to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
"American Jews are now at a turning point. They should set aside their pettiness and vindictiveness, and ... unite to oppose the rapid radicalization of the Democratic Party, before it is too late."
ICYMI: "You admit the PLO is continuing what are called ‘pay to-slay’ payments," Sen Ted Cruz told the State Department's Barbara Leaf. "They are paying for terrorists to murder Americans and to murder Israelis." By
@andrewjbernie
"The whole episode is an amusing, if sad, little glimpse at the Times and the Jews—both the editorial perspective and the selectivity of whose voice is heard and amplified," writes
@IraStoll
.
"[Fatima] Mohammed and those who cheered her did not emerge out of a vacuum. They are a deliberate creation of the CUNY faculty and administration, who by and large share Mohammed’s anti-American and antisemitic sentiments." By
@benj_kerstein
"The continuation of the EU’s current Iran policy will lead to a nuclear-armed Islamic Republic. Maximum pressure on the regime and maximum support for the Iranian people is a plausible alternative," writes
@SGhasseminejad
of
@FDD
.
Susan Sarandon Promotes Call to ‘Globalize the Intifada’ After Apologizing for Remarks About Jews
Sarandon reposted a call to “globalize the intifada” and the genocidal declaration: “The world has a right for Israel not to exist.”
By
@ShirynGhermez
“Munich '72” will be the first Israeli television series to chronicle what transpired, with Global Screen's Julia Weber noting, “For the first time, this terrible chain of events and failures in Germany...will be told, from an Israeli perspective."
‘It’s Humanity Versus Evil:’ Actor Dean Cain Expresses Solidarity With Israel in War Against Hamas
"What has happened in Israel doesn’t have to be overcomplicated. It’s quite simple: It’s humanity versus evil.”
-
@RealDeanCain
#J100
By
@ShirynGhermez
Thousands of opponents of Iran’s Islamist regime have taken to social media in reaction to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech declaring solidarity with the Iranian people.
“We’ve heard this kind of ugly antisemitic dog whistling before, but it’s appalling when it comes from a member of Congress,” noted the
@ADL
's Jonathan Greenblatt, who described Rep. Tlaib's remarks as “stunning.”
Newly Elected Argentine President Javier Milei Says He Will Visit Israel in Advance of Inauguration
A populist maverick, Javier Milei’s love of Judaism and strong support for Israel were central features of his campaign.
By
@BenCohenOpinion
“In Israel, we have vaccinated more Arabs than most countries in the world. Your ‘joke’ is an antisemitic lie," tweeted Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein.
“I feel like we have a lot of differences. Different colors, different backgrounds, different religions,” Enes Kanter Freedom said. “I think what we need to do is...try to find what we have in common. ...We need to make this world better together.”
Marvel Studios will not erase the Israeli identity of the superhero Sabra, who will be played by Israeli actress Shira Haas in the upcoming Marvel film “Captain America: Brave New World.”
Greece and Saudi Arabia agreed in May on the main terms to set up a joint venture to lay the data cable that will link Europe with Asia. The “East to Med data Corridor” will be developed by MENA HUB, owned by Saudi Arabia’s STC and Greek company TTSA.
Columbia University has launched an investigation into Shai Davidai, a Jewish Israeli professor who has denounced members of the campus community who defend terrorism and called for the destruction of Israel, for alleged misconduct.
By
@DionJPierre
An Ohio doctor who threatened to give Jewish patients the wrong medications is a "menace" and should have her medical license revoked, a Jewish civil rights group urged.
The Israeli television series “Fauda” is already a global hit, but in a remarkable turn of events, its third season has now become the most-watched show in the Arab world.
"The consistent claiming of literally every Jewish holy site, all of which predate Islam, as Islamic and not Jewish is not a coincidence.
It is the basis of the Palestinian view of Jews in the Middle East."
‘Absurd’: UN Condemned Israel Twice as Often as All Other Countries Combined in 2023
.
@HillelNeuer
of
@UNWatch
called the UN's ratio of condemnatory resolutions “absurd,” arguing that the purpose "is to demonize the Jewish state.”
By
@Jack_Elbaum
The mother of a US citizen murdered in a Palestinian terrorist attack slammed Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Tuesday for her complaints about Israeli security checkpoints, saying, “checkpoints prevent terrorism — save lives.”
"Despite the Jewish community’s attempts to live peacefully with their neighbors, the primary leader of the Palestinians, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, chose to make common cause with the Nazis," writes Alex Safian of
@CAMERAorg
.
“The Middle East will never experience peace until Palestinians stop teaching their kids to hate Israel, and American dollars should not fund this anti-Jewish propaganda,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said of his Senate bill.
"Like an unshakeable addiction, the impulse of mainstream journalists to conceal the terror affiliations of Palestinians killed by Israeli troops remains a persistent feature." By
@TamarSternthal
of
@CAMERAorg
“I, and many other Palestinians, are saddened by this murder, and oppose it," said one member of the delegation that met with the family of Ori Ansbacher.
"This type of behavior is not acceptable to us, it is against both the law and our religion."
Jewish Comedian Michael Rapaport Announces Stand-Up Debut in Israel
“These two long trips [to Israel] have changed me as a Jew, as a New Yorker, and as a man,"
@MichaelRapaport
said. "Israel will be a big part of my life going forward."
By
@ShirynGhermez
Arizona’s attorney general has argued that the BDS campaign against Israel aids Palestinian terrorists — potentially marking the first time a US government official has formally taken such a stance.
Netanyahu Made a Huge Mistake in Suspending Eylon Levy
"Levy has mastered the art of pushing back in a world where Israel is regularly condemned. He should be given many more opportunities to defend Israel -- not taken off the case."
By
@RTorossian5wpr
The “Queer Cinema for Palestine” (QCP) festival website informs us that QCP will host viewings in at least 13 cities ... And what do all these places have in common? Not one of them is located in “Palestine," writes Rachel O'Donoghue of
@HonestReporting
.
"Victims of genocide must stand up for one another, educate each generation about man’s capacity for inhumanity and bestiality, and serve as monitors and early warning systems for other possible crimes against humanity." --
@DavidHarrisAJC
The Jewish Democratic Council of America will not endorse favored congressional candidate Ilhan Omar, who has labeled Israel as an “apartheid regime” that has "hypnotized the world."
Gilad Shalit, a former IDF soldier who spent five years as a prisoner of Hamas, and Nitzan Shabbat were married on Wednesday in a private ceremony in central Israel.
Activist Hen Mazzig commented, “Here is Rashida Tlaib mourning the loss of a home that belonged to a terrorist who gunned down a random Jewish teenager.”
“April Powers must be given her job back,” tweeted actress Debra Messing, who is Jewish. “Condemning hate against Jews is NOT Islamophobic NOR Anti-Palestinian. If you think it is, you have a prejudice against Jews.”
“F__k them. I don’t care. They know I don’t care, that’s why they don’t bother me,”
@davidmdraiman
told
@RealSarahIdan
. “I have 2,000 relatives living in Israel ... you’re really gonna try to say something to me about BDS?" By
@ShirynGhermez
"UNRWA was always meant to be a humanitarian agency, but the Palestinians and Arab world turned the refugee issue into a political issue — a means to attack Israel and not actually solve the problem."
The Palestinian Authority is complaining that visitors to Jerusalem are given the impression "that it is a Jewish Biblical city featuring continuous [Jewish] presence and Jewish heritage."
Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert -- who became a great-grandmother for the 36th time this week -- has been shortlisted for the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s prize recognizing civic engagement to combat antisemitism and educate the public about the Holocaust.
"It is...unimaginably disrespectful" for Putin, Macron, and Prince Charles to meet with Abbas "during an event intended to commemorate the Holocaust, because Abbas is one of the Arab world’s most prominent Holocaust deniers."
With worldwide demonstrations planned on Friday to celebrate Muslim women who choose to wear the hijab, Canadian human rights activist Yasmine Mohammed is leading a protest in support of those who don’t.