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Scottish Sun
6 days ago
- Politics
- Scottish Sun
Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar killed in Gaza after Israel airstrikes – 7 months after his brother also eliminated
TERROR BOSS DEAD Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar killed in Gaza after Israel airstrikes – 7 months after his brother also eliminated ISRAEL has eliminated defacto Hamas Gaza chief Muhammed Sinwar, also known as "The Shadow", according to Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli Prime Minister said on Wednesday that one of the terror group's most wanted figures and younger brother of infamous Yahya Sinwar had been killed. 3 Mohammed Sinwar (R), a Hamas chief, has been killed 3 The IDF is believed to have used bunker-busting bombs to target the underground complex he was in 3 He was the younger brother of deceased Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar Credit: AFP Netanyahu told parliament while reading a list of Hamas leaders killed in Israeli blitzes: "We eliminated Mohammed Sinwar." It comes after reports that the chief, who was also one of the October 7 masterminds, had likely been killed in an Israeli airstrike last week. Defence Minister Israel Katz reportedly revealed on May 19 that the body of Muhammad Sinwar had been discovered in a tunnel in Khan Younis. Sinwar took command from his older brother Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the October 7 attacks, after the boss was killed by the IDF in October 2024. Israel appears to have successfully eliminated Sinwar Jr by bombing what it said was Hamas' command centre under the European Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday afternoon. The IDF is believed to have used bunker-busting bombs to target the underground complex. It reportedly targeted the exits of the subterranean compound with the aim of preventing the escape of any survivors. While speaking to parliament, Netanyahu said: "We eliminated tens of thousands of terrorists, Muhammed Deif, Hassan Nasrallah, Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Sinwar, and seized the Rafah and Morag crossings. "In the last two days, we've been executing a dramatic plan toward the complete defeat of Hamas. He added: "We're taking control of their food distribution and money machine. This is what destroys their governing capabilities. "That's what we promised." More to follow... For the latest news on this story, keep checking back at The U.S. Sun, your go-to destination for the best celebrity news, sports news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures, and must-see videos. Like us on Facebook at TheSunUS and follow us on X at @TheUSSun
The Irish Sun
6 days ago
- Politics
- The Irish Sun
Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar killed in Gaza after Israel airstrikes – 7 months after his brother also eliminated
ISRAEL has eliminated defacto Hamas Gaza chief Muhammed Sinwar, also known as "The Shadow", according to Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli Prime Minister said on Wednesday that one of the terror group's most wanted figures and younger brother of infamous Yahya Sinwar had been killed. 2 Mohammed Sinwar (R), a Hamas chief, has been killed 2 He was the younger brother of deceased Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar Credit: AFP Netanyahu told parliament while reading a list of Hamas leaders killed in Israeli blitzes: "We eliminated Mohammed Sinwar." It comes after reports that the chief, who was also one of the October 7 masterminds, had likely been Defence Minister Israel Katz reportedly revealed on May 19 tha t the body of Muhammad Sinwar had been discovered in a tunnel in Khan Younis . Sinwar took command from his older brother Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the October 7 attacks, after the boss was killed by the IDF in October 2024. Israel appears to have successfully eliminated Sinwar Jr by bombing what it said was Hamas' command centre under the European Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday afternoon. The IDF is believed to have used bunker-busting bombs to target the underground complex. It reportedly targeted the exits of the subterranean compound with the aim of preventing the escape of any survivors. While speaking to parliament, Netanyahu said: "We eliminated tens of thousands of terrorists, Muhammed Deif, Hassan Nasrallah, Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Sinwar, and seized the Rafah and Morag crossings. Most read in The US Sun "In the last two days, we've been executing a dramatic plan toward the complete defeat of Hamas. He added: "We're taking control of their food distribution and money machine. This is what destroys their governing capabilities. "That's what we promised." More to follow... For the latest news on this story, keep checking back at The U.S. Sun, your go-to destination for the best celebrity news, sports news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures, and must-see videos . Like us on Facebook at
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Barbara Kay: Antisemitism plagues Canadian medical schools. It isn't healthy
Universities are ground zero for the most virulent strains of antisemitism that plague the West today. But within them, some clusters are more problematic than others. Above all, the widespread antisemitism in university faculties of medicine and affiliated hospitals. Simmering for decades in these departments, the October 7 pogrom unleashed a dramatic surge in its expression amongst students, faculty and practitioners that cries out for attention at the highest levels. Research on this subject is accumulating. It's essentially a borderless issue, as becomes clear in the international perspective undertaken in an April report by Israel's Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, which compares the experiences of Jewish medical personnel in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the U.S. One Canadian example at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of British Columbia (UBC) describes the 1930s-Germany vibe common in Canada's largest medical faculties: 'Social media posts vilifying Israel and espousing Jew hatred were circulated by physicians at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of British Columbia after the October 7 massacre. Allegations included Christ-killing, organ trafficking, and other nefarious conspiracies supposedly hatched by Jewish doctors. Some asserted that Jewish faculty should not be allowed to adjudicate resident matching because the examining doctors were Jewish and might be racist.' It gets worse. When three hundred Jewish students signed a letter expressing concern about UBC's tolerance of Jew hatred, 'the Dean of the medical faculty refused to recognize antisemitism as a problem at UBC or to meet with (their) representatives.' This refusal to address antisemitism in the faculty led to the public resignation of Dr. Ted Rosenberg, a senior Jewish faculty member, last January. 'Sadly,' the report authors conclude, reported experiences by Jewish physicians 'are mostly congruent and illustrate the existence and degree of antisemitism and anti-Zionism expressed toward healthcare providers in their respective countries.' As a result, a career in medicine, where Jews have disproportionately flourished for so long, is losing its lustre. The Jewish Medical Association of Ontario (JMAO) conducted a 2024 survey, which has yet to be published, of 944 Jewish doctors and medical students from across Canada. Two thirds of respondents were 'concerned that antisemitic bias from peers or educators will negatively affect their careers.' JMAO organizers pronounced themselves 'stunned' to discover 80 per cent of respondents — about 380 people — had faced antisemitism at work since October 7, 39 per cent in hospitals and 43 per cent in academic institutions. Thirty-one per cent of respondents from Ontario — about 150 people — are considering emigrating to the U.S. or Israel on that account. Dr. Lisa Salomon, JMAO's president, told me via email that while enrolment decline of Jewish students could reflect other factors, the anecdotal evidence is 'deeply concerning.' According to Salomon, 'At the University of Toronto — the largest medical school in Ontario and located in the city with the largest Jewish population in Canada — we estimate that only 11 Jewish students are currently completing their first year of medical school out of a class of 291. This is approximately half the number of Jewish students in the previous year's class….' (For historical contrast, a physician friend who graduated from U of T's medical school in 1974 was one of 46 Jews in a class of 218.) Grassroots Canadian organizations like Doctors Against Racism and Antisemitism (DARA) (on whose honorary board I sit) have provided a cornucopia of evidence that the situation for Jews at the U of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine has become dire. DARA has pushed back with dynamism and moral clarity for years: petitions, open letters to deans and university presidents, political activism. But quelling this rapidly spreading epidemic will take measures that voluntary organizations do not have the authority to impose. The worst news on this front is that the problem may be insoluble. On May 18, Tablet Magazine published an article with the provocative title, 'Ask your doctor if Jihad is right for you.' The more sober subheading declares that American medicine's antisemitism problem is 'driven by foreign-trained doctors importing the Jew-hatred of their native countries.' The article's authors, Jay P. Greene, and Ian Kingsbury, respectively a Senior Fellow at Do No Harm, a health care advocacy non-profit, and its director, conducted research based on data amassed by the organization Stop Antisemitism. Their findings project a grim future for healthcare. The authors identified a 'set of over 700 people from all walks of life profiled by Stop Antisemitism for displaying flagrant hostility toward Jews and Israel.' They found that doctors were 'almost 26 times overrepresented in the list of antisemites relative to their prevalence in the workforce.' Half of the Jew-hating doctors 'received their medical degrees abroad,' many in the Middle East or Pakistan, where open expression of extreme antisemitism is considered 'appropriate or even enlightened.' Homegrown cosplaying revolutionaries, imbued with DEI-based revulsion from Zionism, follow their lead. As in the U.S., where the Trump administration is currently investigating antisemitism within the medical faculties at four elite universities, Canada needs more doctors than can be domestically sourced. We will therefore continue to welcome medical students, residents and practitioners from regions where antisemitism is a cultural norm. Only a small fraction of them will choose to fan flames of hate against their Jewish colleagues. But that small fraction, supported by international entities bent on dangerous mischief, is enough to sow high anxiety in a targeted community that, on this file above all others, wasn't born yesterday. kaybarb@ X: @BarbaraRKay
National Post
23-05-2025
- Politics
- National Post
Avi Benlolo: Hamas thanks Liberals again. It should be a national wake up call
Canadians don't believe in terrorism. They believe in peace and democracy. That's why this week's news should alarm every Canadian: Hamas, a designated terrorist organization responsible for the brutal murders and rapes of over 1,200 innocent people on October 7 — including the deaths of eight Canadians — publicly praised a joint statement issued by the UK, France, and Canada. That statement demanded that Israel cease its military operations—or face 'concrete actions.' Article content Article content Article content Let's be honest: if Hamas is thanking you, you're on the wrong side of history. Article content Article content And this isn't the first time. This marks the second instance where Hamas has openly praised Canada's stance. When a terrorist organization applauds your foreign policy — not once, but twice — that should trigger a serious moral reckoning. Article content Even more troubling, after it was revealed that several UNRWA staff were complicit in the October 7 massacre, Canada didn't cut back funding to the agency. The government increased it. What does that say about our moral compass? Are we so determined to appear 'neutral' that we're willing to reward those tied to terror? Article content This is not a matter of foreign policy nuance. This is a question of moral clarity. Hamas — an organization committed to Israel's destruction — welcomed the joint Western statement describing it as a 'an important step' in the right direction. Why? Because it lets them off the hook. Why release the hostages or stop fighting if even the West is behind us? Article content Article content The Canadian and friends statement contained no demand for Hamas to disarm and to stop firing rockets. There was no appeal to Qatar or other regional powers to pressure Hamas to lay down its arms — instead, the statement expressed support for their efforts. Article content The blame — once again — was placed squarely on Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East. That double standard is antisemitism, plain and simple. Article content Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney amplified this misguided posture with sharp rhetoric, and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand added fuel to the fire by falsely accusing Israel of weaponizing food, citing unverified and inflated casualty statistics — without once acknowledging Hamas's role in provoking and perpetuating this war. Article content Let's remember: this war began with the slaughter of innocent civilians by Hamas. Israel has a right — and an obligation — to defend itself.
LeMonde
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- LeMonde
Cannes 2025: With 'Yes,' Nadav Lapid bids Israel farewell again
For a host of reasons linked to the tragic current events of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – including the subordination of aesthetic judgment to political agendas, official or unofficial boycotts and general caution in the face of an explosively polarized debate – the presence of Israeli films at international film festivals has undeniably become rare. That is why there has been such anticipation surrounding the selection of Yes, Nadav Lapid's new feature, at the Directors' Fortnight, where it is being shown on Thursday, May 22. The film follows an artist couple – Y., a jazz musician, and his wife Jasmine, a dancer – who give the impression that they have never considered their art as anything other than a form of prostitution to the powers that have long corrupted a country under the banner of utopian socialism: rampant consumerism, unbridled hedonism and ultra-nationalism. This spectacle, which the film pushes to the point of nausea, quickly turns into pure obscenity as the spirit of exterminatory vengeance takes hold of the nation in the wake of the carnage of October 7, 2023. In this context, Y. is tasked by several powerful figures with writing a new Israeli anthem, which is reworked from head to toe for a long night of moral reckoning. The filmmaker thus conceived the idea of writing a "musical tragedy." In fact, "the song that inspires Y. is a classic of the Israeli repertoire, celebrating the brotherhood of men during the war of independence," Lapid explained. "Adapted from a poem by Haim Gouri, it was the favorite of Yitzhak Rabin, a man of war who gave his life for the cause of peace. As can be seen in the clip I show in the film, it was transformed, in the aftermath of October 7, into a hymn of hatred, sung notably by children, calling for the eradication of Gaza."
