Daily Archives: February 12, 2024
Rescue op a vital mini-success on the way to overall victory in Gaza
The overnight rescue operation of Israeli hostages Louis Har, 70, and Fernando Marman, 60, on Monday is a critical Israeli mini-success in the depth of Hamas’s last remaining stronghold of Rafah in the southern part of...
Israelis refuse to be erased
It’s time to wake up: We are faced with a wave of catastrophic antisemitism, worse than any since the 1930s, a complete collapse of a society supposedly dedicated to human rights. The wave has...
‘Nearly 10,000’ people complained about Super Bowl ad, says US Arab head
A Super Bowl advertisement that the Jewish state purchased to call attention to hostages being held captive in the Gaza Strip by Hamas “undermines the integrity of broadcasting standards” and “misleads the public by...
Imam in Miami: Hamas ‘digging a tunnel under the Atlantic Ocean, dude’
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) has again taken to task an Islamic preacher in Florida who recently advocated numerous antisemitic conspiracy theories during a religious service.
Imam Fadi Kablawi gave a Friday sermon on Jan....
Texas shooter’s motive remains ‘mystery,’ ‘free Palestine’ written on gun
Although a sticker with the word “Palestine” was reportedly affixed to the AR-15 rifle used by a woman in a Texas shooting on Sunday at one of the country’s largest churches, the assailant’s motives...
Netanyahu hails ‘one of the most successful’ rescue ops in Israeli history
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday thanked special forces operators who freed two hostages from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip in “one of the most successful rescue operations in the history of...
Report: Jew-hatred ‘far higher’ in Italy in 2023 than prior year
The 454 antisemitic incidents recorded in Italy in 2023—216 of which occurred after Oct. 7—represent the largest ever such statistic, according to a new report.
The Observatory on Antisemitism of the Foundation Center for the Documentation...
HonestReporting Canada persuades ‘CBC’ to retract Palestinian history claim
An article published by CBC News titled “B.C. minister under fire for comments about Middle East before creation of Israeli state” received multiple corrections following a critique from HonestReporting Canada.
The reporting focused on comments by Selina Robinson, British Columbia’s minister...
Antisemitic protest block Dublin library, home to ‘Book of Kells’
Anti-Israel protesters outside the Library of Trinity College Dublin, home to one of the most important manuscripts in the world, temporarily closed down the building as they called for the Irish university to boycott...
Jerusalem denies entry to UN official who blamed Israel for Oct. 7
Israel will bar Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the “occupied Palestinian territories,” from entering the Jewish state, including Judea and Samaria.
Albanese blamed the slaughter of Jews by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7...