(Breitbart) Anti-Israel protesters interrupted the main commencement ceremony at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Saturday.
In a video posted to X, protesters carrying the Palestinian flag were seen walking down an aisle towards the front of the stage at the commencement ceremony.
Protesters could be heard chanting, “Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest, disclose, divest” as people in the crowd can also be heard saying, “F**k you” in response to the protesters.
A plane with the message, “We stand with Israel. Jewish Lives Matter,” was also seen flying above the graduation ceremony at Michigan Stadium.
Anti-Israel protesters interrupted a commencement ceremony for the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance on Friday eveningas well.
Protesters carried the Palestinian flag and signs that read, “ACAB,” “Free, free, Palestine,” and “UM Funds Genocide.”
The crowd gathered for the commencement ceremony responded by telling the protesters to “get out” of the auditorium, and several people could be heard chanting, “USA! USA! USA!”
Anti-Israel protests and encampments have sprouted up on various college and university campuses since an initial one was established at Columbia University on April 17. The day after the first anti-Israel encampment was established at Columbia, several students were suspended and hundreds of protesters were arrested.
While the first encampment at Columbia University was removed, another one was established and remained until late Tuesday when the New York Police Department conducted a raid after protesters seized control of Hamilton Hall, an academic building on campus.
Protesters involved in the various encampments and protests have issued various demands, which include divesting from Israeli companies and companies that do business with Israel, ending academic ties with Israeli educational institutions, ending academic student trips to Israel, calling for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas, and for the United States to stop arming Israel, among other demands.
(A7) At least three synagogues and a museum in New York received bomb threats on Saturday, but the New York Police Department said none were deemed credible, Reuters reported.
Manhattan Borough President Mark D. Levine wrote on social media that the synagogue bomb threats were “a clear hate crime, and part of a growing trend of ‘swatting’ incidents targeting Jewish institutions.”
“This is a clear effort to sow fear in the Jewish community. Cannot be accepted,” he added.
A police spokesperson said a number of threats were received on Saturday, including an emailed bomb threat to the Brooklyn Museum and one to a synagogue in Brooklyn Heights, with no evidence of any explosive device detected.
Two synagogues in Manhattan also received bomb threats, including a West Side synagogue that prompted police to evacuate about 250 people, police said, with nothing found.
New York state Governor Kathy Hochul commented on the threats and wrote on social media, “We are actively monitoring a number of bomb threats at synagogues in New York. Threats have been determined not to be credible, but we will not tolerate individuals sowing fear and antisemitism. Those responsible must be held accountable for their despicable actions.”
New York has seen a spike in antisemitic incidents since the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7 and the was in Gaza which followed.
Last month, the NYPD reported that antisemitic crimes in New York City spiked in March, with 43 incidents in the five boroughs reported to police during that month.
Recent incidents of antisemitism in New York City included two attacks on a kosher restaurant within four days.
In December, bomb threats were made against 15 synagogues in New York State. The Community Security Initiative, which coordinates security for Jewish institutions in the New York City area, said at the time that the threats were made as part of a campaign intended to interrupt synagogue operations by forcing law enforcement to go to a location, and there did not appear to be any actual danger to the targets.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams last month directed the New York Police Department to beef up security around Jewish institutions in the city in the wake of the Iranian drone and missile attack on Israel.
Adams stressed at the time that there is no direct threat to Jewish institutions in New York City at the time and the decision to increase security was made as a precaution.
Israeli intelligence suggests that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a key figure in orchestrating acts of violence against Israel along with Mohammed Deif, the head of Hamas’ military wing, is increasingly preoccupied with his own survival and may no longer exert full command over the terrorist group. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)
Hamas’ response to the proposed ceasefire-prisoner swap deal will not arrive on Saturday night, Israel Hayom reported.
It is estimated that Hamas’ response will be received within the next 24 hours, but reports earlier this week made similar predictions, which were revealed to be unfounded.
The terror group told AFP that there has been no progress in negotiations over the past day, and that the negotiations will renew early next week.
Meanwhile, senior Israeli sources on Saturday night said that if Hamas insists on ending the war while it remains in power, the deal with not happen. They also said that Israel may agree to a deal in stages, only if Hamas leaders agree to be exiled form Gaza.
Contrary to reports by ministers Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, who claimed they were not consulted before an Israeli delegation left for Cairo, the War Cabinet has decided that a delegation will set out only following receipt of Hamas’ response. So long as a response has not been received, there is no reason to send an Israeli delegation for talks.
Two public school employees are suing the New York City Department of Education for “failing to protect public school teachers and students from vile and aggressive anti-Semitism.”
Origins High School in Brooklyn and Department of Education officials declined to discipline students after they marched through campus chanting “f— the Jews,” gave Nazi salutes, and posted swastikas in a Jewish teacher’s classroom, according to the lawsuit. The court filing also accuses Origins High School principal Dara Kammerman of retaliating against teachers who complained about the incidents.
The lawsuit comes amid a surge in anti-Semitism at schools across the country in the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre in Israel. While many of those incidents have taken place on college campuses, anti-Semitism watchdogs say anti-Jewish attacks are also on the rise at lower level schools.
Jim Walden, an attorney for the public school employees who filed the suit, said it was “simply shocking that the DOE refused to protect its own people and—worse—retaliated against them to put a lid on the vile, anti-Semitic behavior.”
The lawsuit was filed by Danielle Kaminsky, a teacher at Origins High School in Brooklyn, and Michael Beaudry, an administrator at the same school, in federal court on Friday. The New York City Department of Education and Kammerman are named as defendants.
Kaminsky, who is Jewish, said she complained to administrators after students at the school chanted “f— the Jews” and “Death to Israel” during a pro-Hamas protest on campus just four days after the October attacks in Israel.
She said the principal, Kammerman, declined to take action and accused her of exaggerating the problem. In the months that followed, a group of students targeted Kaminsky by drawing swastikas on her chalkboard, calling her a “dirty Jew,” and pasting Palestinian flags on her door, according to the lawsuit.
Beaudry, the campus manager at Origins, said his complaints about the anti-Semitism were also brushed away by Kammerman. He said Kammerman discouraged him from reporting to the police a bomb threat from one of the students. Shortly after, another student was caught trying to bring explosives into the school, according to the lawsuit.
The school later moved Beaudry to “work from home” status, which the lawsuit alleges was in retaliation for his complaints.
New York City public schools spokesman Nathaniel Styer said the department is reviewing the lawsuit. He said schools chancellor David Banks has initiated a “Meeting the Moment” plan to address anti-Semitism “quickly with appropriate discipline, education, and engagement with our communities.”
“Every country in the world is represented in NYC Public Schools, and our schools are not insulated from global events, nor the hate, fear, or bigotry that accompanies times like these,” said Styer. “Students and staff deserve to be safe and respected in their school and Origins High School is no different. We will review this lawsuit.”
The employees are represented in the lawsuit by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under the Law, an anti-Semitism legal watchdog group.
The Brandeis Center’s Mark Goldfeder, who is a counsel on the lawsuit, said primary schools and high schools are experiencing a similar spike in anti-Semitic incidents as U.S. colleges in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel.
“We are seeing the same kind of ‘anti-Zionist’ anti-Semitism manifest itself earlier and earlier,” said Goldfeder during a press briefing on Capitol Hill on Friday. He said his group has heard from parents of children as young as five who are facing anti-Semitic harassment at school.
The Brandeis Center recently filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education on behalf of an eighth grade boy who has faced “daily abuse” from other students after he wore the Israeli Olympic jersey for Jewish baseball player Ian Kinsler.
According to the complaint, officials at the middle school in North Carolina ignored the harassment against the student, who was allegedly physically assaulted, called a “filthy Jew,” and told to “get in a gas chamber” by a group of classmates.
“It would be hard to overstate the impact this has had on my child,” said the boy’s mother, who asked for her name to be withheld, during a briefing on Capitol Hill on Friday. “As a parent this has been completely devastating.”
View of Lublin Street in Chełm, prewar. Credit: YadVashem.org
Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day 2024
Edited by: TJVNews.com
Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah in Hebrew) is a national day of commemoration in Israel, on which the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust are memorialized. It is a solemn day, beginning at sunset on the 27th of the month of Nisan and ending the following evening, according to the traditional Jewish custom of marking a day. Places of entertainment are closed and memorial ceremonies are held throughout the country. The central ceremonies, in the evening and the following morning, are held at Yad Vashem and are broadcast live. Marking the start of the day-in the presence of the President of the State of Israel and the Prime Minister, dignitaries, survivors, children of survivors and their families who gather together with the general public to take part in the memorial ceremony at Yad Vashem in which six torches, representing the six million murdered Jews, are lit.
The synagogue in Győr before World War II. Credit: yadvashem.org
The following morning, the ceremony at Yad Vashem begins with the sounding of a siren for two minutes throughout the entire country. For the duration of the sounding, work is halted, people walking in the streets stop, cars pull off to the side of the road and everybody stands at silent attention in reverence to the victims of the Holocaust. Afterward, the focus of the ceremony at Yad Vashem is the laying of wreaths at the foot of the six torches, by dignitaries and the representatives of survivor groups and institutions. Other sites of remembrance in Israel, such as the Ghetto Fighters’ Kibbutz and Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, also host memorial ceremonies, as do schools, military bases, municipalities and places of work. Throughout the day, both the television and radio broadcast programs about the Holocaust. In recent years, other countries and Jewish communities have adopted Yom Hashoah, the 27th of Nisan, to mark their own day of memorial for the victims of the Holocaust.
Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day 2024 will be on Monday, May 6th. The State Opening Ceremony will be held at Yad Vashem on Sunday, May 5th at 20:00.
The Central Theme for Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024
A Lost World: The Destruction of the Jewish Communities
The Jewish community, a unique, autonomous social unit that characterized Jewish existence in the Diaspora through the ages, was dealt a fatal blow by the Holocaust. Thousands of prewar Jewish communities had served as a fundamental and critical framework in the lives of the Jewish people.
The Jewish community, a unique, autonomous social unit that characterized Jewish existence in the Diaspora through the ages, was dealt a fatal blow by the Holocaust. Thousands of prewar Jewish communities had served as a fundamental and critical framework in the lives of the Jewish people.
The Rabbinic adage, “All Jews are responsible for one another” was not a mere recommendation, but rather a practical axiom according to which traditional Jewish communities shaped their institutions and by which their leaders abided. A community’s authority encompassed all aspects of life and mandated the complete allegiance of its members. From the moment of their birth until their final breath, in joy and in sorrow, Jews were affiliated with their communal institutions, which provided them with an identity, and a social, educational, religious and economic network via such established organizations as synagogues, courts of law, Mikvaot (ritual baths), and shelters for the sick and the impoverished. Community figures represented their members vis-à-vis the authorities and served as a conduit of information from those authorities back to the community. Despite the singularity of each Jewish community in Christian Europe and the Islamic countries, there were marked similarities in the structure and operation of the various communities.
The modern era brought with it dramatic changes in the characteristics and behavioral patterns of the Jewish community, due to the forces of modernization and the intervention of governmental authorities. In many parts of Europe and the Mediterranean basin, a new form of Jewish community emerged: a “congregation of ritual observance”, focused primarily upon the accommodation of its members’ religious requirements, alongside provision of their social and economic needs. This shift strengthened the status of the Rabbi, and the importance of synagogues and Batei Midrash (houses of learning), which became the principal communal institutions.
Jewish forced labor in Nadwórna during World War II. Credit: yadvashem.org
Alongside such religious communities, there evolved, from the end of the 18th century and henceforth. alternatives to the traditional community. In Eastern Europe, Hasidic courts arose and regional Yeshivot (Talmudic academies) were established, the first of which opened in Volozhin in 1803. At the same time, figures from the “Jewish Enlightenment” movement labored to provide reformed social networks to the Jewish community. These communities did not require official recognition by the authorities, as their strength derived from the traditional connection between religious faith and social structure.
From the mid-19th century, a diverse ideological, political and national consciousness was awakened amongst the Jews, giving rise to a new sense of collective identity. This consciousness influenced the nature of the Jewish community and was expressed in the creation of new voluntary social frameworks that served as a modern, secular alternative to religious communal existence, in effect creating a civic society.
On the eve of World War II, the Jewish communities in the shtetls, mellahs, villages, towns and cities in the East and West were replete with philanthropic institutions, political parties, welfare and mutual assistance frameworks, representative bodies that liaised with the authorities and non-Jewish society, Jewish trade unions and immigrant organizations. These in turn facilitated the proliferation of educational and cultural institutions, youth movements, sports clubs, libraries, newspapers, theaters, orchestras and choirs. This abundance existed alongside the traditional Jewish institutions: synagogues, religious courts, Mikvaot, educational frameworks such as the Heder (Hebrew school), Talmud Torah (elementary school) and Beit Midrash, charitable institutions and the Hevra Kaddisha (burial society).
With the rise of the Nazis to power in Germany, and subsequently upon the establishment of German hegemony over most of Europe and large parts of North Africa, Jewish society was forcibly plunged into an extreme reality. Faced with persecution and daily terror, the Jews fought tenaciously to preserve their physical and spiritual existence. Their sense of shared destiny, mutual responsibility and solidarity persisted as the cornerstones of Jewish communal life, even during the Holocaust.
The establishment of the ghettos in Eastern Europe, as a consequence of Germany’s policy of segregation and isolation of the Jews, turned each Jewish community into a distinct, closed administrative unit, cut-off one from the other communities and from their surroundings. Throughout the conquered lands, many veteran Jewish leaderships ceased functioning, and were replaced by new communal administrations, imposed by the Germans. From then on, community leaders were forced to implement the orders of the German Nazi regime, and were made responsible for a wide range of functions that had routinely been handled by governmental and municipal institutions: food supply, employment, housing, health and sanitation, and even spheres that had previously been antithetical to the Diaspora Jewish heritage, such as the police and prisons. At the same time, the community continued to bear its previous responsibilities of accommodating religious needs, and providing education, welfare and burial services.
The systematic murder campaign waged against the Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators inflicted utter devastation upon thousands of communities in the German-occupied areas of Europe and North Africa; entire communities were decimated, and in many cases were totally obliterated.
The post-Holocaust Jewish world found itself in a jarringly harsh new reality: millions of Jews had been murdered, and with them, an array of venerable communal institutions and a wealth of Jewish civilization had been obliterated. In many locations, survivors attempted, as best they could, to reconstitute and renew their communities. In Israel and other countries to which survivors immigrated, many formed Landsmannschaften, associations of survivors from specific places that served as communities of remembrance for many years after most of their original members had been murdered, their institutions destroyed and their survivors dispersed all over the world.
Hundreds of destroyed communities were commemorated in Yizkor (memorial) books. This was a monumental enterprise initiated by Holocaust survivors, together with community members who had left Europe before World War II in order to commemorate a glorious chapter of Jewish history: the Diaspora community.
The legacy of the Jewish community is one of the most magnificent and cherished treasures that Jewish history has bequeathed to us. The destruction of the communities during the Holocaust is a deep wound inflicted upon the body and soul of the Jewish people. Delving into the history of the Jewish community and studying its destruction helps to illustrate the enormity of the calamity and the catastrophic loss suffered by the Jewish people during and following the Shoah. (YadVaShem.org)
Nvidia Expands AI Capabilities with Acquisition of Israeli Software Startup
Edited by: TJVNews.com
In a strategic move to bolster its artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, Nvidia has acquired Run:ai, an Israeli startup known for its advanced workload management and orchestration software. According to a report on the Investopedia web site, this acquisition, announced on Wednesday, reflects Nvidia’s ongoing commitment to enhancing its AI capabilities, though the financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Run:ai is built on the Kubernetes open-source platform and specializes in optimizing compute infrastructure for enterprise customers. As was explained in the Investopedia report, this allows businesses to manage their AI operations more efficiently, whether their systems are based on-premises, in the cloud, or in a hybrid environment. The Investopedia report suggested that Nvidia’s acquisition of Run:ai is expected to enhance its offerings by improving how its customers utilize AI computing resources, particularly those requiring extensive GPU clusters.
Despite the potentially positive long-term implications of this acquisition, Nvidia’s shares experienced a slight decline in Wednesday’s intraday trading, falling 1% to $815.97 by mid-afternoon. However, the Investopedia report indicated that it is important to note that Nvidia’s stock has seen significant growth overall this year, increasing by almost two-thirds of its value and reaching an all-time high of $974.00 on March 8. The slight dip observed post-announcement is not uncommon in acquisition scenarios, where immediate financial uncertainties or investor adjustments may temper initial stock reactions, as was suggested in the report.
Nvidia’s acquisition of Run:ai is not just an expansion of its technology portfolio but also a strategic alignment with its broader goals in the AI sector. By integrating Run:ai’s technology, Nvidia aims to offer more sophisticated tools to its enterprise customers, helping them maximize the efficiency of their AI applications, as was detailed in the Investopedia report. This move is particularly significant as demand for AI and machine learning capabilities continues to grow across various industries, from healthcare to automotive to finance.
This acquisition occurs amid a flurry of activity in the AI and tech sectors, where companies are increasingly seeking to leverage AI for competitive advantage, as per the Investopedia report. Nvidia’s focus on enhancing its AI infrastructure through strategic acquisitions such as that of Run:ai demonstrates a clear commitment to maintaining its leadership position in the AI technology market.
As the company continues to integrate Run:ai’s technologies, it will be critical to watch how this enhances Nvidia’s product offerings and impacts its position in the rapidly evolving tech landscape.
FILE - The railway tracks where hundred thousands of people arrived to be directed to the gas chambers inside the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz Birkenau, or Auschwitz II, are pictured in Oswiecim, Poland, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019. Almost 80 years after the Holocaust, about 245,000 Jewish survivors are still living across more than 90 countries, according to the report by the New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
Intersectionality: a new Hitlerism
By Lev Tsitrin- New English Review
The list of Israel’s sins is long indeed, if you ask some college students. Think of “policing, mistreatment of Indigenous people, discrimination toward Black Americans and the impact of global warming.” Who’s at the bottom of it all? If you inhabit a college encampment, the answer is obvious: Israel!
The New York Times‘ Jeremy W. Peters examined the heads of some campus tent-dwellers, summing it up in a piece titled “It’s Not Just Gaza: Student Protesters See Links to a Global Struggle.” In reading it, one cannot shake off the impression that Mr. Peters relished the comical effect of the combination of the earnestness with which those students say things, and the obvious idiocy of the things they say. It is impossible to read those sample quotes, and not laugh. Here’s a Cornell freshman for you: “we pride ourselves on viewing the world through intersectional lenses. Climate justice is an everyone issue. It affects every dimension of identity, because it’s rooted in the same struggles of imperialism, capitalism — things like that. I think that’s very true of this conflict, of the genocide in Palestine.”
Are you lost in this tangled labyrinth of a laborious “progressive” thought? This sample is perhaps as ridiculous an attempt to connect the unconnected as it gets — and yet, it is not necessarily funny. One is reminded of how Chaplin found the reels of Hitler’s speeches irresistibly hilarious (and brilliantly poked fun at them in The Great Dictator) — and yet more than enough people took Hitler seriously enough to kill every Jew they could find.
This is precisely the problem with the “intersectional lenses.” The Cornell freshman who protests climate change by marching with a sign “Free Gaza” is in reality engaged in scapegoating of Jews. Just as Hitler did, this freshman sees a Jew behind every problem — a mindset which logically leads to a conclusion that the proper solution to all problems is getting rid of the Jew.
In that sense, Hitler was an epitome of intersectional thinking. In fact, the Cornell freshman’s quote describes Hitler’s thinking — or rather, obsession — to perfection: for Hitler, a Jew ultimately “affects every dimension of identity.” That’s exactly where the logic of intersectionality (if there is any logic to it) leads.
Wikipedia informs us that the idea of intersectionality was concocted by one Kimberlé Crenshaw who is — surprisingly — a law professor. I say “surprisingly” because law rejects guilt by association; it only acknowledges adjudicating a specific act by a specific individual. While statistically, criminals may predominantly belong to a specific race, one’s being of that race is no proof of one’s criminality — even though “intersectionality” would suggest otherwise. Intersectionality is anathema to law.
Simply put, words “intersectionality” and “bigotry,” are interchangeable. Hitler saw everything he hated as intersecting with the Jews — and so do the campus loudmouths, for whom Israelis cannot be right, and Palestinians cannot be wrong — yet not because of what Palestinians do and what the Israelis do but bizarrely, because of what neither the Palestinians, nor the Israelis do: because of “policing, mistreatment of Indigenous people, discrimination toward Black Americans and the impact of global warming.” All bad things intersect — and just like in Hitler’s head, they intersect with Israel and Jews. Hence, while thinking “end the use of fossil fuels!” a Cornell freshman shouts “free Palestine!”
This is Hitlerite logic, pure and simple. Hitler invented intersectionality long before Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw stumbled on the same idea of finding connections where here aren’t any. And one needs not to be a great genius to think this way. As an ex-Soviet, I remember the Russian rhyme blaming Jews for every problem, that ran approximately like this:
Got no water in your faucet? –
Kike used all in water-closet!
(to which some Jewish wit, not to be outdone, appended — just to cover all bases, I guess, the following:
Water flows from your faucet? –
It’s kike’s pee from water-closet!)
Blaming Jews for everything that’s wrong with the world is a very old game — and a very ugly, and bloody one. Giving it a new and fancy name of “intersectionality” does not make it any less ugly and bloody — and any less Hitlerite.
Rutgers U Prof Slams Admin Over Mishandling of Rising Anti-Semitism on Campus
Edited by: Fern Sidman
Rebecca Cypess, an Orthodox Jewish professor in the music department at Rutgers University, has issued a damning critique of the institution’s handling of soaring anti-Semitism on campus, as was reported on Saturday in the New York Post. In a letter addressed to Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway and Chancellor Francine Conway, Professor Cypess expressed her distress over the pervasive anti-Semitic atmosphere at the university, which has severely impacted her professional and personal life, the Post report added.
In her missive, Professor Cypess detailed her experiences with anti-Semitism across various levels of the university, from the classroom environment to the administrative offices. She described a campus culture that not only tolerates anti-Semitism but also, in some instances, seems to perpetuate it. According to the information provided in the Post report, this environment, she argued, has made it impossible for her to focus on her scholarly work, as she finds herself constantly engaged in efforts to support and defend students, staff, and fellow faculty members facing discrimination.
The situation at Rutgers has reportedly rapidly escalated as of late with pro-Hamas demonstrators actively participating in hate speech and taking aggressive actions against Jewish students. Disturbing incidents include demonstrators yelling threats and invoking Hitler in interactions with Jewish students, chanting for intifada, and distributing posters featuring images of a Jewish student throughout dormitories, according to the information contained in the Post report. These activities contribute to a hostile environment that Professor Cypess described as unbearable for those targeted.
The ongoing issue of anti-Semitism at Rutgers has had profound repercussions on Professor Cypess’s professional life. She pointed out that the hostile climate has prevented her from engaging in scholarly writing and publishing, as her time and energy are consumed by the need to address constant crises related to anti-Semitism on campus, as was detailed in the Post report. This untenable situation has led her to make the decision to leave Rutgers.
As such, Professor Cypess has announced her departure from Rutgers to assume a new role as the dean of the men’s and women’s undergraduate colleges at Yeshiva University in Manhattan, the Post reported. This move represents not only a significant career shift but also her disengagement from an environment that is toxic and counterproductive to her values and professional goals.
The administration at Rutgers University has yet to publicly respond to Professor Cypess’s allegations and her letter, as was noted in the Post report. The issues raised by Professor Cypess pose serious questions about the university’s commitment to combating anti-Semitism and supporting a diverse and inclusive academic community.
In her communication, Professor Cypess detailed the profound personal impact of the campus atmosphere, stating, “Throughout this year, I have found it difficult to breathe. I have lost my taste for my job; the joy that I used to feel in working at Rutgers has disappeared, the Post reported. ”
She also sharply criticized the Rutgers administration for capitulating to the demands of anti-Israel encampment organizers, whom she accuses of holding the university “hostage all year.” The report in the Post indicated that she articulated her concerns about how these groups have not only disrupted academic and campus life but have actively “harassed and intimidated Jews” and propagated “disgusting, anti-Semitic blood libels.”
The professor also reflected on her efforts, along with the Jewish Faculty Administrators and Staff (JFAS), to work collaboratively with the Rutgers administration to enhance Jewish life on campus. According to the Post report, she expressed regret over what she now considers a “misguided” approach, suggesting that more assertive actions might have spurred the university into action, akin to the tactics used by the anti-Israel groups. The report in the Post also said that Cypess posed a rhetorical question: “If JFAS had pitched tents on Voorhees Mall, unfurled hateful banners from Murray Hall, and forced the cancellation of hundreds of exams, would our recommendations have been implemented?”
In the wake of a significant police operation to clear pro-Hamas protesters from Hamilton Hall at Columbia University earlier this week, new details have emerged regarding the identities of those arrested. According to the NYPD, more than a quarter of the individuals detained during Tuesday night’s action were not affiliated with the university, highlighting concerns about external involvement in campus protests.
The operation, which resulted in the arrest of 112 individuals, was initiated after it became evident that a significant number of participants were not students or faculty. As was reported by The New York Jewish Week on Thursday, the NYPD’s initial analysis indicated that 80 of those arrested were associated with Columbia, while the remaining 32 had no official ties to the institution. This distinction has become a critical point in discussions surrounding the protest, with New York City Mayor Eric Adams citing the involvement of “outside agitators” as a key justification for the police intervention.
The protesters arrested ranged widely in age, from 18 to 64, illustrating the diverse appeal of the cause beyond typical college-aged individuals. The New York Jewish Week also reported that they face several charges, including burglary, criminal mischief, resisting arrest, trespassing, and disorderly conduct. These charges reflect the seriousness with which authorities are treating the breach of peace and order on the university campus.
The involvement of non-affiliates in the protest has stirred significant debate regarding the influence of external groups on college protests, which are often seen as platforms for student activism. As was indicated in the New York Jewish Week report, Mayor Adams’s statement pointed out the extent of outsider participation, suggesting a need for greater scrutiny of who is participating in such campus activities and why.
The revelation that at least one of the arrested individuals was affiliated with Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), an anti-Zionist group that has been active in similar encampments, adds another layer to the complexity of the situation. According to the information provided in the New York Jewish Week report, JVP’s involvement indicates that the protest drew support from organized groups with established positions on the Israeli-Hamas conflict, potentially influencing the nature and tone of the demonstration.
The presence of outsiders at the protest has raised questions about security and governance on campus, particularly regarding how universities can safeguard their spaces while respecting the right to free expression. For Columbia University, the challenge lies in balancing these elements in a manner that protects both the safety of the campus community and the democratic engagement of its student body.
Among those identified participating in the encampment were Lisa Fithian, 63, a veteran progressive activist known for her role in various social movements. Fithian was recognized in video footage from the takeover of Hamilton Hall at Columbia, as was reported by the New York Times. The New York Jewish Week also affirmed that another prominent figure, Nahla Al-Arian, also drew attention, particularly from New York City Mayor Eric Adams during an NPR interview. Adams expressed concern upon discovering that Al-Arian’s husband had previously faced federal terrorism charges, though Nahla herself was not arrested during the protests.
Nahla Al-Arian’s visit to the encampment became a focal point due to her husband, Sami Al-Arian’s, controversial history. Arrested in 2003 on accusations of supporting the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a recognized terror group, Sami Al-Arian was not convicted of these charges but later pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in 2015, resulting in his deportation to Turkey, as was noted in the New York Jewish Week report. Nahla Al-Arian maintained that her presence at the encampment was passive, evidenced by a photograph posted by her husband on the social media platform X, showing her sitting outside a protest tent.
The encampment at Columbia University, which called for the university to divest from Israel and sever ties with Israeli academic institutions, became a site of daily gatherings and sometimes tense interactions with security forces, as was detailed in the New York Jewish Week report. Initially, the university’s response involved arresting over 100 individuals when the encampment was established. However, as the situation developed, the administration shifted strategies, opting for negotiations with the protesters in an attempt to resolve the stand-off amicably.
The response by the NYPD was a direct result of the protesters’ actions and the university’s subsequent invitation for intervention, given that police can only enter the private campus at the administration’s request or in life-threatening emergencies. Over the following days, law enforcement officers employed various methods to regain control of Hamilton Hall. As was pointed out in the New York Jewish Week report, videos released by the NYPD showcased officers scaling the building with a vehicle-mounted ladder, breaking through doors with hammers and crowbars, and cutting through chained doors with power saws. Scuffles with masked demonstrators further called attention to the intensity of the encounter.
The occupation and the university’s response have significantly impacted the Columbia community, especially Jewish students who expressed concerns to the New York Jewish Week about the presence of openly anti-Semitic protesters, many of whom they believed were not affiliated with Columbia.
The pattern of non-student involvement in university protests is not unique to Columbia. At the City College of New York, out of 102 protesters arrested, 68 were not students, accounting for approximately 60% of those detained, as was highlighted in the New York Jewish Week report.
The Jewish News Syndicate reported that less than half of the pro-Hamas protesters arrested at New York University last week after refusing to vacate the campus were members of the academic institution, the university said on Wednesday. Of the 133 protesters arrested on April 22 at Gould Plaza on campus, 65 were students, faculty or other employees of NYU.
Further complicating the dynamics at Columbia was the collaboration between student protesters and external pro-Hamas groups. Notably, in March, an unauthorized campus event titled “Resistance 101” featured speakers who openly praised Hamas, a designated terrorist organization by the United States and the European Union, the New York Jewish Week reported. The event included leaders from the pro-Hamas groups Within Our Lifetime and Samidoun, both known for their support of terror groups.
Pro-Hamas protesters demonstrate outside the main gate at Columbia University in New York City on Friday, April 26th. Credit: AP Photo/Aaron Morrison
Joel B. Pollak
The Wall Street Journal reports that many of the pro-Palestinian activists in campus “encampments” around the nation trained for “months” with veteran activists and groups before launching their invasions last month.
As Breitbart News and others have noted, many of the “encampments” have used similar tactics, and the activists are well-trained in methods such as linking arms to push people (including journalists) out of their enclosures. Veteran activists have been onsite, such as Lisa Fithian, who was recently seen at the Columbia University encampment. And the New York Police Department has stated that funding for the encampments has come from around the world.
The Journal adds depth in its report, adding that National Students for Justice in Palestine (NJSP), which is involved in the encampments, has been receiving funding from a group in New York called Wespac:
The recent wave of pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses came on suddenly and shocked people across the nation. But the political tactics underlying some of the demonstrations were the result of months of training, planning and encouragement by longtime activists and left-wing groups.
Though there isn’t a centralized command overseeing the student movement opposing Israel’s invasion of Gaza, there are connections between longstanding far-left groups and the protesters.
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For the last decade, donations to NJSP have been received and administered by the Wespac Foundation, according to Howard Horowitz, Wespac’s board chairman. The donations are passed on to NSJP “for projects in the United States,” he said, declining to provide further details.
Wespac denied being involved in the encampments or coordinating in any way with the participants in the campus protests.
However, NGO Monitor also listed Wespac among the non-governmental organizations involved in “orchestrating” the protests: “WESPAC Foundation, a Westchester, New York-based organization registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) non-profit, serves as the fiscal sponsor for National SJP.” It adds (original emphasis):
WESPAC (Westchester Peace Action Committee Foundation) – founded 1974
WESPAC serves as fiscal sponsor for some of the NGOs responsible for antisemitism on campuses, including Students for Justice in Palestine and Within Our Lifetime. WESPAC also fulfills this role for U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), Adalah-NY, and the Palestinian Youth Movement USA.
WESPAC’s sources of income are mostly unknown. Public records reveal a handful of foundational donors, including from large donor-advised charities that further obscure the original donors.
WESPAC uses “apartheid” and other demonizing rhetoric, campaigned for convicted PFLP terrorists, and contextualized the October 7th atrocities.
Wespac also told the Journal that it does not support violence, antisemitism, or terrorism.
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of the recent e-book, “The Zionist Conspiracy (and how to join it),” now available on Audible. He is also the author of the e-book, Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.
(AP) — The 150th Kentucky Derby produced one of the most dramatic finishes in its storied history — three noses at the wire.
Mystik Dan desperately fought to hang on with two challengers coming to him in the closing strides. He did, too, after a delay of several minutes while the closest three-horse photo finish since 1947 was sorted out.
That year, Jet Pilot won by a head over Phalanx, who was another head in front of Faultless.
This one was much tighter.
Mystik Dan, an 18-1 shot, edged Sierra Leone by a nose, with Forever Young another nose back in third on Saturday. Sierra Leone was the most expensive horse in the race at $2.3 million.
Long shots Track Phantom and Just Steel led the field through the early going, with 3-1 favorite Fierceness racing three-wide just off the leaders.
At the top of the stretch, everything changed.
Track Phantom drifted off the rail, opening a hole that Hernandez squeezed Mystik Dan through, and the bay colt suddenly found another gear. He quickly opened up a daylight advantage on the field.
“When he shot through that spot, he was able to cut the corner and I asked him to go for it,” Hernandez said. “He shot off and I’m like, ‘Oh man, I’ve got a big chance to win the Kentucky Derby.’”
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To Mystik Dan’s outside, Sierra Leone and Forever Young took up the chase in the middle of the track.
As Mystik Dan sped along the rail, Sierra Leone lugged in and bumped Forever Young three times in the stretch, but jockey Ryusei Sakai didn’t claim foul.
Mystik Dan got so close to the rail that Hernandez’s boot struck it.
“But I think we can buy another pair of boots,” he said.
The winner’s share of the record $5 million purse was $3.1 million, with the jockey and trainer typically earning 10% each.
“Just a brilliant, brilliant, brilliant jockey and ride,” McPeek said. “Brian is one of the most underrated jockeys, but not anymore, right?”
Sierra Leone, the second choice at 9-2 odds, and Forever Young from Japan came up just short at the wire in front of 156,710 at Churchill Downs, the largest crowd since 2018.
“You get beat a nose in the Kentucky Derby, it’s a tough one,” said Chad Brown, trainer of Sierra Leone. “But I’m so proud of the horse.”
It was just the 10th Kentucky Derby decided by a nose — the closest margin in horse racing — and the first since Grindstone edged Cavonnier to wear the garland of red roses in 1996.
The crowd waited several minutes in the heat and humidity as the result was reviewed by the stewards and declared official.
“The longest few minutes of my life,” Hernandez said, after he and Mystik Dan walked in circles while the stunning result was settled. “To see your number flash up to win the Derby, I don’t think it will sink in for a while.”
Fierceness finished 15th in the field of 20 3-year-olds. Owner Mike Repole is 0 for 8 in the derby. He had the favorite in 2011 with Uncle Mo, who was scratched the day before the race with an illness. Last year, Forte was scratched the morning of the race as the favorite with a bruised foot.
Mystik Dan ran 1 1/4 miles over a fast track in 2:03.34 and paid $39.22, $16.32 and $10.
Hernandez and trainer Kenny McPeek had teamed for a wire-to-wire win in the Kentucky Oaks for fillies on Friday with Thorpedo Anna. McPeek is the first trainer to sweep both races since Ben Jones in 1952.
McPeek’s only other victory in a Triple Crown race was also a shocker: 70-1 Sarava won the 2002 Belmont Stakes — the biggest upset in that race’s history. The colt spoiled the Triple Crown bid of War Emblem.
The winning owners are cousins Lance and Brent Gasaway and Daniel Hamby III, all from Arkansas. They bred Mystik Dan.
“We’ve done it with what I call working-class horse,” McPeek said, explaining the colt’s sire and dam weren’t big names.
Sharilyn Gasaway, Brent’s wife, said, “It is surreal for sure. We feel like we’re just ordinary people and we’ve got an amazing horse.”
Sierra Leone returned $6.54 and $4.64. Forever Young was another nose back in third and paid $5.58 to show.
Catching Freedom was fourth, followed by T O Password of Japan, Resilience, Stronghold, Honor Marie and Endlessly. Dornoch was 10th and then came Track Phantom, West Saratoga, Domestic Product, Epic Ride, Fierceness, Society Man, Just Steel, Grand Mo the First, Catalytic and Just a Touch.
Oregon’s Portland State University (PSU) library has shut down after anti-Israel protesters occupied the building and damaged it.
Early Friday, PSU President Ann Cudd toured the library and, in a letter to the campus community, deemed it “not suitable for occupation,” KOIN reported, adding that Cudd said staffers are working to offer alternatives to students. The library is not projected to reopen for several months.
The news comes amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group.
Video taken inside Portland State University’s Millar Library shows a staggering amount of graffiti strewn throughout multiple floors of the building.https://t.co/h9zdHC4E27
The university endured “a great deal of stress” due to the situation, Cudd’s note said:
I also know there is still much hurt and anger surrounding the protests, the ongoing violence in Gaza and the disturbing scenes that have played out in our midst. I know many of you will continue to raise your voice in protest and I am in full support of your right to do so. At the same time I expect that protesters will not intimidate and harass students or other members of our community.
Journalist Andy Ngô reported Friday the protesters are Antifa and “far-left violent extremists” who said the four-day occupation “was for Gaza”:
.@Portland_State has announced that the main library will be shut down for months until at least the fall term due to extensive destruction inside from the four days of occupation by Antifa and far-left violent extremists who said it was for Gaza. https://t.co/tnjA7xbIRw
Law enforcement officers in Portland cleared the protesters out of the library on Thursday morning, KGW News reported.
Video footage showed police officers outside the library where protesters had set up a soccer goal, plywood, and other items as barricades:
Additional video footage shows officers entering the library where they encountered barricades in hallways and stairwells. Protesters had also scrawled messages all over the walls.
Portland Police also reportedly found caches of tools, what were believed to be improvised weapons, and DIY armor:
When the protesters ran out of the building on Thursday, many were wearing bicycle helmets and masks and were carrying what appeared to be large pieces of garbage cans, which they used as shields.
“Stop! You’re under arrest! Stop!” a police officer is heard telling them. However, when one of the protesters tries to run past an officer, he grabs hold of the individual, and other officers get the person down on the ground:
In a message posted Thursday, the library detailed the damage incurred:
The Portland State University Library is more than the Millar building and our print collection. We have 49 library faculty and staff, and over 30 student workers. We provide integral services and access to vital resources that support the teaching, learning, and research activities for all of Portland State and the broader community. Our Special Collections and University Archives is home to rare books and manuscripts and hundreds of boxes of over one hundred years of university and unique community history that we steward in collaboration with our faculty, students and community partners.
The library building has suffered damage, not just to paint, walls, windows, doors, and offices, but also to the fire protection system, other important safety elements, and technology such as staff and lab computers and classroom projectors. We have not yet been able to confirm the condition of our books and archives. It’s going to take awhile to assess the damage and loss, clean up, and get the building safe for staff to enter. It is difficult to know at this time when we will be able to reopen to our community.
According to KPTV, Portland Police said officers made 30 arrests on Thursday.
However, only six of those were PSU students, the outlet noted:
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Republican National Committee (RNC) co-chair Lara Trump called out Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s viral story of killing her dog Friday on “The Sean Spicer Show,” saying animal euthanasia has increased nearly “tenfold” under the Biden administration.
“Since Joe Biden took office, his policies have been detrimental to every segment of our society, including our family pets,” Lara Trump told Daily Caller when asked about her interview comments. “Dogs and cats are being euthanized at rates nearly 4 times higher than when Donald Trump was President due to the fact that inflation has made life unaffordable to so many families in America. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump was truly an animal ally and signed into law the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, which made animal cruelty and abuse a federal crime, thus, raising penalties for anyone who mistreats animals in the United States.”
Trump appeared on “The Sean Spicer Show” to discuss the RNC’s upcoming strategy for presumptive GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump as November grows closer, along with additional political topics. Show host Sean Spicer asked Noem her thoughts on the recent viral story of the Republican governor shooting her dog, Cricket, after the dog “massacred livestock.”
“You have been well noted for how much time and effort you have put into the cause of Animal Welfare,” Spicer said. “This has been something that you have done yeoman’s work caring for dogs and other animals, raised a ton of money — brought a lot of light to the cause. Just give me your reaction to what Kristi Noem wrote in her book.”
“I just think it’s such a shame, Sean,” Trump stated. “For me, as you noted, for my entire life I’ve done a lot of work with rescue organizations, with trying to ensure that those that depend on us — and I think you can look at animals as some of those that depend on us the most in this country. The right is done for them.”
“I’ll just note very quickly for the audience that something we’ve seen in the animal rescue community right now is that dog and cat euthanization rates since Joe Biden took office have increased somewhere in the neighborhood of tenfold,” she continued. “It is because people cannot afford to keep their dogs and cats. These are members of our family, you know [I’ve] talk[ed] to people all across the country and they’ll say my dog and my cat this is a member of my family. But they’re having to make these hard decisions right now because we have such poor leadership at the top because life is so much harder for people.”
Trump continued to state that while Noem noted it was a “tough decision,” the RNC co-chair would have opted for a different alternative.”Obviously whenever I heard about this situation that Kristi Noem wrote in her book,” Trump continued. “I kind of had to ask myself why wouldn’t you seek out another alternative? I always want to encourage people out there if you’re looking for a pet, please rescue. You could have taken that dog to a dog rescue, an animal rescue somewhere, given it to another family who maybe doesn’t have kids and isn’t worried about a dog that may be a little high-strung. I thought it was a shame, but then again look you can never put yourself in someone’s shoes after the fact people make decisions all the time I understand she notes this as a very tough decision.”
Marty Irby, CEO at Capitol South, LLC, who led the Republican lobbying team to pass the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, told Daily Caller that President Trump and Lara Trump “have been tireless champions for animal welfare” and noted that President Trump had “signed more animal protection bills into law than any President in modern history.”
Noem appeared in an interview with Fox host Sean Hannity earlier this week and faulted “fake news” for the backlash following the story in The Guardian. The Republican governor has continued to defend her decision to kill Cricket, stating that the choice was between defending the “safety” of her children or a
(Breitbart) On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that President Joe Biden’s student loan plan is “my tax dollars” “supporting this Jew-hating” we’ve seen on college campuses after colleges jacked up tuitions.
Maher said, “I’m so incensed about some of this stuff, because, when I read about the college loans…[the] Biden administration’s student debt cancellation will cost a combined 870 billion to 1.4 trillion. That’s a lot of debt forgiveness. Okay, so colleges constantly raise tuition, then the kids take out more loans, then the government comes by and pays those loans. Okay, so, my tax dollars are supporting this Jew-hating? I don’t think so.”
NEW: Bill Maher says he is “incensed” that his tax dollars are going towards paying off the student loans of “Jew hating” students.
All this criticism of Biden and he will still vote for him.
“I’m so incensed about some of this stuff, because, when I read about the college… pic.twitter.com/XCKR6bU6RC
Fox News Contributor and former Trump Senior Counselor Kellyanne Conway responded that it’s fundamentally unfair to have blue-collar workers paying off the loans of lawyers and doctors and that Biden made the move he did on student loans for political reasons.
Bloomberg Businessweek National Correspondent Joshua Green stated that the loan plan didn’t work as a political gambit because Gaza and student loans are pretty low on the priority list for young voters, “So, it’s backfired, not just in terms of public policy, but in terms of the politics, too.”
Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas have expressed their dissatisfaction with the Red Cross’s handling of the crisis. Credit: AP
By David Isaac, JNS
In the latest example of a deep-seated anti-Israel bias within the International Committee of the Red Cross, the head of the ICRC’s office in Algeria and director of the Libya subdelegation has been outed as a pro-Hamas shill.
Geneva-based, pro-Israel group U.N. Watch exposed the pro-terrorist sentiments of the ICRC official, who appears to be based in Montreal.
“Meet Haythem ‘Ethan’ Abid. He runs the International Red Cross in Montreal. His job is to be neutral. But Abid marches in ‘Free Palestine’ rallies, posts Hamas videos saying hostages love their captors and accuses Israel of ‘terrorism’ & ‘genocide.’ He says: ‘Fuck neutral s**t,’” tweeted U.N. Watch’s Hillel Neuer on April 30.
U.N. Watch found numerous questionable posts on Abid’s Facebook page, including one from Oct. 24, 2023, in which he is seen holding a large PLO flag at a protest two days earlier.
The rally was co-organized by “Montreal4Palestine,” an antisemitic group, which posted on social media on Oct. 7, the day of the Hamas massacre, an image of a bowl of candy with the words “Celebration” and “The Journey has Begun.”
‘OCT. 7TH TERRORISTS MUTILATED ISRAELI VICTIMS, STOLE BODY PARTS FOR RANSOM’
Hamas members regularly hand out candy to passers-by in the Gaza Strip after a successful terrorist attack.
On Oct. 27, 2023, Abid posted a flyer on Facebook for another anti-Israel rally co-sponsored by the “Palestinian Youth Movement,” which openly supports terrorist “martyrs.”
On Nov. 14, 2023, Abid posted a Hamas propaganda video on Facebook hailing the fact that Israel had not yet defeated Hamas.
In a Facebook post the day after the Oct. 7 massacre, he posted a photo of the 2000 killing of Muhammad al-Durrah in the Gaza Strip, even though the incident was exposed years ago as a staged “Pallywood” scene, in which no one was hurt.
“Abid’s intention was clear: He was attempting to justify the killing, maiming, raping and torture of innocent civilians that took place in Israel on October 7, as merited retribution,” U.N. Watch said.
The pro-Israel group said that if there were any lingering doubts as to Abid’s contempt for the ICRC’s policy of neutrality, his Facebook post on Oct. 18 puts them to rest: “Fuck neutral shit, today being neutral is taking a side.”
Having been exposed by U.N. Watch, Abid quickly deleted his Facebook and LinkedIn accounts.
U.N. Watch called for the immediate dismissal of Abid for violating ICRC’s code of conduct and values. “Humanity, impartiality, neutrality” are the values the Red Cross claims to live by, U.N. Watch noted.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a utopian plan for a rebuilt Gaza on Friday called “Gaza 2035.”
In a PowerPoint file apparently published by the Prime Minister’s Office, and available (in Hebrew) on the Ynet news website, the Israeli government envisions a future for Gaza as a thriving center of trade and innovation under a Palestinian administration that is de-radicalized and focused on economic growth rather than on terror and hate.
The “Gaza 2035” plan seeks to capitalize on Gaza’s historical role as a crossroads on the east-west route between Cairo and Baghdad on the one hand, and the north-south route between Europe and Yemen on the other hand.
It envisions a three-stage process of rebuilding: first, 12 months of humanitarian aid; second, a 5-10 year process of reconstruction supervised by Arab states; and third, Palestinian self-rule and participation in the Abraham Accords.
The Jerusalem Post elaborates:
Part of the rebuilding effort will involve “rebuilding from nothing” and designing new cities from scratch, which will feature modern designs and planning.
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The plan also calls for the creation of a massive free trade zone covering Sderot-Gaza-El Arish, which would allow Israel, Gaza, and Egypt to take advantage of the location, co-operatively.
Combining the new infrastructure investments and integration of the region, the newly discovered gas fields just north of Gaza would help support the burgeoning industry.
The plan envisions normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia, and eventual union between the West Bank and Gaza under Palestinian administration, but does not explicitly call for the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state.
It also draws upon emerging agreements between Israel and nearby Arab states under which Israel plans to provide desalination technology on the Mediterranean in return for solar energy from vast solar fields to be built in the desert.
It remains to be seen whether the plan draws support. Palestinians have rejected such forward-looking plans before.
The timing of the plan suggests that the Netanyahu government wishes to make the case that it does not seek the “genocide” of the Palestinian people in Gaza, but rather a peaceful and mutually prosperous postwar coexistence.
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of the recent e-book, “The Zionist Conspiracy (and how to join it),” now available on Audible. He is also the author of the e-book, Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.
