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Toronto Sun
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
KINSELLA: Vast majority of antisemitism coming from far-left, report finds
Canada has had nearly as many antisemitic crimes as all of the rest of the world Yaron Lischinsky, right, and Sarah Milgrim were murdered outside the Jewish Museum in Washington. ISRAELI EMBASSY Does antisemitism come from the left or the right? This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. 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Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account In truth, Jew-hatred is a shape-shifter. It isn't practiced by one ideology — it's embraced, at different moments in history, by every ideology, right and left. It is an ideology unto itself, in fact, one that is older than capitalism, communism, and all the other isms. It adapts, it changes with the times. It endures, like a pestilence for which we have no cure. But in the 600 days since Oct. 7, 2023 — when Hamas and Palestinian civilians slaughtered 1,200 Jews in Israel, raped 200 women and girls, and kidnapped 250 Jews and non-Jews — antisemitism has been overwhelmingly seeping out of just one side of the ideological spectrum: The left. Readers of this newspaper won't be particularly surprised by that. Since October 7, my colleagues and I have been writing about the unspooling of sanity in the West, and documenting the delusional psychosis that has seized the new generation of Jew-haters: Gen Z and Millennials who overwhelmingly classify themselves as 'progressives.' Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. There's nothing 'progressive' about hating someone because of their faith, race or sexual orientation, you might say, and you'd be right. But the youthful leftist Israel-haters have seemingly convinced themselves that they are opposing a colonialist, settler, white supremacist apartheid state — and, ipso facto, they aren't antisemites. They're fighting racism. It's no longer a theory, too: It's a fact. The Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) is a loose coalition of about 700 mostly American organizations who, as the name implies, oppose antisemitism. It has been critical of antisemitic politicians on both sides of the ideological spectrum — from Democratic Rep. Ilan Omar to Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene — and has been attacked by Iranian state media, always a good sign. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. In their just-released report, Echoes of the Past and a Warning for the Present, CAM studied the unprecedented rise in antisemitism around the world in 2024. CAM summarized their findings in this way: 'We are now facing the most severe wave of antisemitism since the end of the Second World War, a phenomenon that demands urgent global attention. Jewish communities worldwide have been subjected to an unrelenting onslaught of violence, harassment, and systemic discrimination, fuelled by a fusion of far-left, far-right, and Islamist extremism.' But the vast majority of the hate, concluded CAM, is now coming from the left. Some of their key findings: 'Far-left incidents surged by 324.8 per cent compared to 2023, rendering the far-left the dominant ideological camp of antisemitic incidents. Radicalized social movements, media disinformation campaigns, and efforts to target Jewish communities under the guise of anti-Israel activism have primarily fuelled this increase.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'Far-right incidents dropped by 54.8% from 2023, suggesting that while the extreme right remains a threat, it has been eclipsed by the radicalization of leftist movements.' 'Islamist-motivated incidents increased by 44.3% from 2023, underscoring the dangerous convergence of far-left antisemitism and militant Islamist propaganda. This rise can be traced to coordinated propaganda networks, extremist religious teachings, and recruitment efforts targeting vulnerable individuals susceptible to radicalization.' Read More This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. What is fascinating, and ominous, is how far-left and Islamic extremists have partnered around the world — as they do, for example, every weekend at Dundas Square in Toronto. Marxists and pro-Hamas zealots have made common cause since October 7, and their unholy alliance, CAM reports, has 'evolved into a global force, leveraging anti-colonial narratives, certain critical theories, and anti-Zionist propaganda to fuel hostility toward the Jewish state and Jewish communities worldwide.' Grimly, they point to the most shocking evidence of this of all: The assassination of two young Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, D.C. last week — allegedly carried out by a Jew-hating fanatic long associated with the Party for Socialism and Liberation. A group that trades in far-left, antisemitic conspiracy theories. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The worst places for the explosion in antisemitic hate? The United States and then Europe, unsurprisingly, given their relative populations. But the country that has had nearly as many antisemitic crimes as all of the rest of the world? Canada. Concludes the Combat Antisemitism Movement: 'The rise of antisemitism … is not a historical aberration — it is a defining moment in modern history. If the world fails to act now, we risk entering a new dark era in which antisemitism is not only tolerated but condoned, allowed to fester and become institutionalized. Such a process creates a downward spiral, as hate begets hate, and calls for the extermination of the Jewish state can quickly transform into actions designed to harm and to kill Jews. 'We must act decisively, forcefully and without hesitation. The Jewish people have endured persecution for centuries — but they will not stand alone. The time for action is now.' Ontario Music Money News Sunshine Girls Toronto & GTA
Toronto Sun
14-05-2025
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
OPINION: All student voices deserve to be respected and heard on campus
The York Federation of Students claims to represent all students, while only advocating for pro-Hamas students, guest columnist writes An image of the spilled coffee on our flag with a presentation board to spread awareness about the hostages in Gaza. Photo by Supplied On Oct. 7, 2024, my Students Supporting Israel club hosted a table to honour those murdered and taken captive by Hamas. This table was vandalized with coffee poured on our Israel/Canada flag and a demonstration held across from us to honour 'Palestinian martyrs.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account My York University campus is a breeding ground for indoctrinating students to endorse radical ideologies and Jew-hatred. When walking the hall, I am surrounded by posters that advertise support for Marxism and Hamas, disturbing me as a student who supports democracy. Being a Jewish and conservative student has never been an identity to share with fellow students on my campus, but it is my responsibility to promote Israel, Judaism, and conservative-minded values — just like any other student who's proud of their identity. However, when I place hostage posters in common areas of campus with other Zionist students, they are ripped down by pro-Hamas students who have identified our hostages, including baby Kfir Bibas, as 'combatants.' Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. As president of both the Students Supporting Israel and the Campus Conservatives, two student-run organizations, I am lucky to have a stage where I can speak my mind proudly. Although I work with many other incredible students, we are still a minority on our campus and are forced to face Jew-hatred and the spreading of radical values on a daily basis. Our student union, the York Federation of Students (YFS), claims to represent all students, while only advocating for pro-Hamas students and identifying those students as the majority of students on campus to the public. Ever since Oct. 7, 2023, the YFS has tabled with Palestinian flags, and published a controversial statement in support of Hamas. Since Oct. 7 was the largest targeted attack on Jews since the Holocaust, it harmed the safety and mental health of Jewish students at York, knowing that our student union supports these acts of Jew-hatred. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. According to a survey, conducted in the journal article Jews and Israel 2024 Survey: Ten Further Insights, 91% of Canadian Jews are Zionists — making it unjust for the YFS to appoint anti-Zionist organizations to be representatives for the Jewish community on campus. The YFS uses its platform to promote what it wants to, but when they must support Jewish students, their allegiance is to the anti-Zionist Jewish students. If the YFS wanted to be fair to the Jewish community, they would want to hear the views of what Jews on-campus support, and connect with student clubs like Students Supporting Israel and Hillel York, but they do not because of their obvious disagreements. On the YFS website, they advertise a 'Cops Off Campus!' campaign to depict a narrative that all students are fighting for the removal of police presence at York and condemn the Toronto Police for interrupting an event hosted by Dr. M. Muhannad Ayyash, an openly anti-Israel influencer. The YFS included a statement made in support of Ayyash's event by the Jewish Faculty Network (JFN), a Jewish anti-Zionist X page to 'empathize' with the Jewish community. Especially after listing actions done by the YFS, it is evident why we need cops on campus! This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. .@YorkUPresident: JFN Steering Committee denounces in no uncertain terms the attack on academic freedom at York University this afternoon. Prof Muhannad Ayyash's talk The Palestinian Struggle for Liberation: Aspirations for a Decolonial Life was interrupted by the Toronto Police — (@FacultyJewish) February 3, 2024 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The JFN strongly rejects the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism, adopted by the Government of Ontario to combat Jew-hatred. This campaign and statement do not reflect my views as a Jewish student at York. I support police presence on campus to be there to protect our community and consider myself an advocate for the IHRA. Although most students at York do not have a view of Israel or the Jewish community, actions done by the YFS influence these students to develop a biased opinion. My responsibility is to educate these students about Israel and Jew-hatred through hosting tables and events, and establishing coalitions with our communities on campus. While I understand those who choose not to listen to us, it is wrong to target students for their beliefs. I would never vandalize a communist or pro-Palestine table on campus, even though I disagree with what it promotes. Yet, the Student Supporting Israel table on Oct. 7 was vandalized by ignorant students who cannot accept a campus where students disagree. We pay tuition like any other student and have the right to publicize whatever we choose. All we ask for is to be respected and not be bothered, that's it. — Michael Mandel is a fourth-year Jewish Studies and Political Science student at York University, and a Campus Media Ambassador with Allied Voices for Israel. Columnists Olympics Editorial Cartoons Celebrity NHL
New York Post
13-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Mayor Adams takes page out of Trump's playbook, launches task force to fight antisemitism
Mayor Adams took a page from President Trump's playbook and announced the city's own antisemitism task force – after years of local Jewish groups pushing for action. Hizzoner rolled out a new Office to Combat Antisemitism in City Hall on Tuesday ahead of his weekly off-topic presser with the aim of making sure no city funds flow to any group or organization that promotes hate against Jewish people. The agency will be tasked with monitoring court cases and working with the Law Department on which cases the city should join or bring, as well as advising the administration on potential executive orders. Advertisement 'The Mayor's Office to Combat Antisemitism will be the first of its kind in a major city across the nation, and will tackle antisemitism in all of its forms,' Adams said. 3 The new office comes after years of rising numbers of anti-semitic incidents. Paul Martinka 'The office will work to ensure city-funded entities and city agencies do not permit different forms of antisemitism,' he added. Advertisement The new office — which, as of Tuesday had executive director Moshe Davis as its sole employee — seemingly mimicked Trump's Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism that has gone to war with universities over alleged antisemitism on campus. Earlier on Tuesday, the feds revoked another $450 million from Harvard after the school was found to have 'repeatedly failed' to tamp down on antisemitism and other racial discrimination. 3 The initiative mirrors Trump's task force that has targeted higher education. ALI HAIDER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock The mayor, though, couldn't point to any groups when pressed on what antisemitic groups have benefited from taxpayer dollars — only the city's schools, which twice sent out radicalized messages in newsletters. Advertisement Adams' bare bones announcement comes after years of increases in antisemitic hate crimes and was praised by some who have called on the city to do more. 'We expect the Mayor's office to use its legal authority to root out systemic Jew-hatred in all city agencies and offices and take proactive steps to end the tyranny of terror that silences and excludes Jewish New Yorkers in schools, at work, and in the city's streets,' the group End Jew Hatred said in a statement. 3 Mayor Eric Adams was flanked by a number of people in the Jewish community for the announcement. Paul Martinka However, others skewered the mayor and claimed he was using the office in his longshot reelection bid in the general election in November. Adams dropped out of a crowded Democratic Party primary and is expected to run on an independent ballot line, 'EndAntiSemitism.' Advertisement 'It's insulting. It's pathetic,' said Dov Hikind, former Brooklyn assemblyman and founder of Americans Against Antisemitism. 'Where has he been? Jew hatred was bad three years ago and it's 10 times worse after Oct. 7, 2023. He didn't know? 'He's creating a task force in the bottom of the ninth inning,' he railed, adding, 'There's no question he's pandering.' Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a seemingly nearly identical slate of initiatives, following a City Council law requiring the creation of an Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes. Adams dodged questions about the timing of the new office, only pointing to the 62% of hate crimes this year being antisemitic. Antisemitism has continuously accounted for an outsized portion of hate crime in the Big Apple, dating back to 2019 when more than 60% were anti-Jewish incidents. Over the past two years, the NYPD has reported 325 and 350 antisemitic incidents, accounting for 48% and 52% of all hate crimes in 2023 and 2024, respectively, according to police data. Political operative Hank Sheinkopf told The Post he believed the pandering would pay off for Adams in the general, as he aligns himself opposite of state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, who is second in polls in the Democratic race after former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and could be on the Working Families Party line come November. 'It's smart. It engages Mamdani, not [Andrew] Cuomo,' Sheinkopf added. 'He's not the first incumbent — or the last — to use his office for political gain.'
New York Post
05-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Trump tells Harvard: No more money without antisemitism crackdown
WASHINGTON — President Trump's Education Department warned Harvard University Monday that the Ivy League school is no longer eligible for new federal grants — until they address rampant, flagrant antisemitism on campus. In a letter to university President Alan Garver, Education Secretary Linda McMahon wrote that 'Harvard is not eligible for any new grants from the federal government until they demonstrate responsible management of the university,' according to a senior department official. 'Bottom line of the letter is that the Trump administration won't stand by as taxpayer dollars are used to support colleges that tolerate antisemitism or that support racist policies,' the official added. The freeze will mostly apply to research grants, the official noted, adding that the federal government is currently investigating $8 billion in the university — including awards to its medical centers. The administration has singled out Harvard due to the university's high-profile status and the symbolic impact its grant freezes have on the rest of higher education, the official said. The letter explains 'that public confidence in higher education is at an all time low, and that's really because of all the attention to terrible behavior at institutions like Harvard. So they're hurting the entire sector.' The Cambridge, Mass. school has been locked in a bitter legal fight with the government over Trump's demands it remove Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies in favor of merit-based programs and addresses an explosion in Jew-hatred on campus following Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. The Trump administration's White House task force on antisemitism sent a letter on April 11 outlining the president's demands and freezing an initial $2.2 billion in funding, to which Harvard responded with a lawsuit arguing the government was acting illegally. 'The government has cited the University's response to antisemitism as a justification for its unlawful action,' Garber said in a statement at the time. 'As a Jew and as an American, I know very well that there are valid concerns about rising antisemitism.' 'Harvard takes that work seriously,' the Harvard president added. 'It is our moral imperative. Before taking punitive action, the law requires that the federal government engage with us about the ways we are fighting and will continue to fight antisemitism.' On Friday, Trump wrote on Truth Social he wanted Harvard stripped of its tax-exempt status if the university doesn't comply with the government's demands.
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Harvard is Hamas-occupied territory
On October 7, 2023, Hamas jihadists committed an unspeakably evil atrocity against Jews living in Israel. Within hours of the Nazi-like pogrom, nearly three dozen separate groups of Harvard University students blamed the Jews for it. Did the Harvard 'Students for Justice in Palestine' (SJP) chapter have, as a recently filed lawsuit alleges the Columbia SJP chapter had, advance knowledge of the massacre? (Columbia SJP has denied the allegations). Inquiring minds would certainly like to know. But these days, Harvard is not a hospitable place for free inquiry. Don't get me wrong: Harvard certainly thinks of itself as a bastion of free inquiry. That was the moral high ground Harvard attempted to claim in its recent denunciation of the Trump administration's attempt to enforce civil rights on campus. And that was the moral high ground Harvard again attempted to claim this week, when it released its much-anticipated report on campus anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias. In the report, Harvard purports to lament the rise of post-October 7 campus Jew-hatred, but it deigns to offer only toothless and symbolic suggestions for what to actually do about it. Harvard cannot claim to care about the plight of Jews on its campus while simultaneously suing for its 'right' to bilk the American taxpayer while appearing to defy the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It's really that simple. Some circles just can't be squared. The reality is that the Harvard Americans once knew has been occupied. Once upon a time, Harvard held a privileged place in the minds of decent and intelligent Americans – a shining intellectual city on a hill. But in recent years, it seems to have been – first intellectually and then, literally, physically – occupied by an alliance of radical Islamists and far-Left Marxists, with the apparent approval of liberals who will rush to defend anything out of their own Jew-hatred and/or Trump-hatred. It can be difficult to figure out the paranoid, irritable reactionary gestures that pass for liberal political thought these days. But here is what's not hard to figure out: the facts. The Harvard Kennedy School had an alleged financier of Hamas – a man accused of helping to fund the tunnels used for the October 7 attack – on its Dean's Council (he has denied the allegations). In its negotiations with the Trump administration, Harvard has literally threatened to kill lab animals. One must ask: If it walks like a Hamas-occupied territory and it talks like a Hamas-occupied territory, then what is it? That's what the Trump administration would like to know. Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, and Linda McMahon, the US education secretary, just want to know the facts – and to enforce the law. But Harvard gives the impression of believing that it is above the law. And it's not the first time. Harvard fought all the way up to the United States Supreme Court for its 'right' to violate the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution and discriminate on the basis of race. Its alumnus, Chief Justice John Roberts, an institutionalist if there ever were one, made a brave decision to put the Constitution's colour-blind ideals above the parochial interests of his alma mater. Maybe other judges will follow Justice Roberts's precedent and allow the law to be enforced. Many other judges certainly want to prioritise the interests of murderers, rapists, and terrorists over their own oaths to the Constitution. But some things take time. Harvard, on the other hand, doesn't have more time. Because when it comes to Harvard, it's not about what happens next – it's about what's already happened. If Harvard has violated the law, then Donald Trump will enforce the law. As the president recently told the governor of Maine before moving to pull funding for the state's permitting biological men to compete in women's sports, 'We are the federal law.' The best of the liberals will point out that, in Harvard's perhaps-mild defence, Alan Garber, the university's current president, is not Claudine Gay. His body of academic work is legitimate. He didn't get to his position on the pure basis of noxious DEI ideology. And also, they'll say, he is himself Jewish. Perhaps the liberals are right. Maybe Garber is a good guy who is really trying to do right by his university. But it doesn't actually matter. Because Garber isn't really the one in charge. Harvard isn't controlled by its president, or even by the Harvard Corporation. Harvard is governed by hordes of students and cadres of professors who are true believers in what they've been taught in their woke madrasa. President Trump poses no true threat to what Americans think of when they think of Harvard. Indeed, the nostalgic, rose-coloured perception of Harvard is actually what he seeks to restore. Read the administration's letter, which appalled Harvard by asking it to do simple things, such as: commit to follow the 14th Amendment and American civil rights law. There's a precedent for what presidents do when peculiar institutions within the United States refuse to acknowledge that they're governed by the US Constitution. Ask Abraham Lincoln. Or Ulysses S Grant. If the Harvard Corporation has any fiduciary interest in its own continued existence, it should promptly adopt a new bargaining tactic: unconditional surrender. If Harvard had a shred of legal, moral, ethical, or historical understanding, it would reflect on Atlanta, Georgia circa 1864. Things didn't go well for Atlanta back then. But Atlanta's Emory University is certainly very nice. The best and brightest American students can always go there – whether or not Harvard exists. Josh Hammer is Newsweek senior editor-at-large, host of 'The Josh Hammer Show,' senior counsel for the Article III Project, and author of the new book, 'Israel and Civilization: The Fate of the Jewish Nation and the Destiny of the West' (Radius Book Group) Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
