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Tom Fletcher’s continued falsehoods on Israel prove he needs to resign – editorial. Jerusalem Post, June 1, 2025.
Tom Fletcher must resign. The UN’s under-secretary for humanitarian aid, tasked with supposed impartiality and accuracy in global crises, has proven himself yet again unworthy of the post he holds. His recent inflammatory accusations against Israel, specifically that it is subjecting Gaza to “forced starvation,” a war crime, are not only unsubstantiated but dangerously irresponsible.
In a BBC interview published on Friday, Fletcher claimed that Israel is deliberately starving the population of Gaza, implying intentional war crimes. “It is classified as a war crime,” he said, adding that courts and history will ultimately judge. These are no small words. They carry weight. They can inflame conflict. They can distort international discourse. And they must be based on facts, not ideological fervor or personal agendas.
[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-856167 JPost]
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Suspect in Colorado Anti-Semitic Terror Attack Says He Wanted To 'Kill All Zionist People'.
Mohamed Soliman told police that he planned attack for a year and 'would do it again,' affidavit shows.
Matthew Xiao.
June 2, 2025
[https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/suspect-in-colorado-anti-semitic-terror-attack-says-he-wanted-to-kill-all-zionist-people/ FreeBeacon]
Targeted for Terror – Again.
It’s open season on Jews in America.
June 2, 2025 by Mark Tapson.
Right on the heels of the recent political assassinations of the young betrothed couple Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim at the Israeli embassy in Washington D.C., a group of elderly Jews in Boulder Colorado was targeted Sunday in a shocking act of pro-Palestinian terrorism.
Witnesses at the scene reported that the suspect, whom the FBI has identified as Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, hurled Molotov cocktails at people who were participating in a walk to call attention to the Israeli hostages who remain in Gaza after being kidnapped by the savage terror group Hamas in the October 7, 2023 attacks in Israel.
Run For Their Lives, the organizers of the walk, said, “This is not a protest; it is a peaceful walk to show solidarity with the hostages and their families, and a plea for their release.” The group had planned to walk the length of the Pearl Street Mall and back on Sunday afternoon with a stop at the courthouse for a video. Soliman decided – allegedly – that the members of this peace walk deserved to be burned alive.
A witness said he saw a fire and then a cloud of smoke. When he got to the scene, he saw a woman “burning on the ground” and two other people who had suffered burns on their legs. Six victims in all — aged between 67 and 88 — were rushed to a hospital. Police arrived and handcuffed the agitated Soliman, who was still carrying incendiary devices and threatening bystanders, without resistance. He was heard shouting “Free Palestine” during the assault.
In a post on X, FBI Director Kash Patel correctly referred to the horrific act as a “targeted terror attack.” Boulder Police Chief Stephen Redfearn, on the other hand, declared ludicrously in an earlier press briefing that it was way too soon and “irresponsible” to speculate on motive. Because hey, the Muslim perpetrator’s shouts that the firebombing of innocent Jews will end when Palestine is free are apparently too indecipherable and nuanced for a motive to be determined.
Soliman is reportedly an Egyptian national who entered the U.S. illegally during the Biden administration and then overstayed his visa. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller wrote on X,
'The Biden Admin granted the alien a visa and then, when he illegally overstayed, they gave him a work permit. Immigration security is national security. No more hostile migration. Keep them out and send them back.'
Indeed. Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, posted on X:
'Terrorism against Jews does not stop at the Gaza border – it is already burning the streets of America. Today, in Boulder, Colorado, Jewish people marched with a moral and humane demand: to return the hostages.
In response, the Jewish protesters were brutally attacked, with an attacker throwing a Molotov cocktail at them.
Make no mistake – this is not a political protest, this is terrorism. The time for statements is over. It is time for concrete action to be taken against the instigators wherever they may be.'
It is clear, now, that it is open season on Jews and supporters of Israel in the streets of America. This is the direct result of the ongoing smear campaign pushed by the mainstream media, Democrat leaders, and academic elites claiming that Israel, engaged in a military action in Gaza to root out the Hamas terror network and recover the remaining hostages, is waging a genocide[sic] against the so-called Palestinian people.
Thanks to the mass migration facilitated by globalist elites throughout the Western world, including the Biden administration here in America, the barbarians are inside the gates. Enemies of the West and supporters of Hamas, concentrated especially on college campuses captured by Left-wing radicals, have stoked a murderous rage toward Jews and Zionists – and that rage is manifesting in a new, global intifada.
The Trump administration must bring the full weight of government power to bear against this terrorist scourge. The media propagandists must be countered and shamed. And Jews must arm themselves.
[https://www.frontpagemag.com/targeted-for-terror-again/ FPM]
Netanyahu condemns Boulder terror attack; 'result of blood libel against Israel'.
In a post, the prime minister says he has confidence that the US will prosecute the perpetrator to the fullest extent after the victims were targeted 'simply ecause they were Jews'.
Itamar Eichner, Daniel Edelson, New York, News Agencies|06.2.25
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday condemned the attack on pro-Israel demonstrators in Colorado, which he said was a result of "blood libels against the Jewish state and people."
At least eight people were hurt, one critically, when they were attacked by a man using a makeshift blowtorch and hurling Molotov Cocktails, causing some to catch on fire, during an event organized by Run for Their Lives, an organization devoted to drawing attention to the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza since the October 7 massacre.
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[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjkcoaczgx YNet]
What we know about Colorado suspect’s life leading up to antisemitic attack.
By Curt Devine, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Mostafa Salem, John Miller and Evan Perez, CNN
Updated 11:07 PM EDT, Mon June 2, 2025.
For a full year, Mohamed Sabry Soliman planned a violent assault driven by his simmering anger toward Israel and hatred of “Zionists,” he told federal authorities.
That plot culminated on Sunday, when the 45-year-old Egyptian national left an iPhone with messages to his wife and five children in his house, drove to downtown Boulder with a homemade flamethrower and Molotov cocktails and attacked demonstrators at a peaceful Jewish event to support hostages in Gaza, according to federal hate crime charging documents.
Twelve people were injured in the attack, during which Soliman yelled “Free Palestine,” according to the FBI. He later told authorities that “he wanted to kill all Zionist people and wished they were all dead,” an affidavit said.
Only one thing held Soliman back from attacking sooner, he told authorities: Waiting for his daughter to graduate high school.
A Colorado Springs Gazette article published in April profiled a student matching his daughter’s description as a recipient of a scholarship. According to the article, she described in her scholarship application how her family had immigrated to the US after living in Kuwait, noting that her father had undergone a “difficult surgery” when she was young “that restored his ability to walk.”
The girl said the incident inspired her to pursue medical school – a dream that would have been impossible in Kuwait but within reach in America.
Now, Mohamed Sabry Soliman faces a federal hate crime charge and state charges of attempted murder.
Soliman was born in Egypt and lived in Kuwait for 17 years before moving to Colorado, according to a state arrest affidavit.
CNN reviewed a Facebook account matching his name and date of birth. On the account’s page, which was last updated about 10 years ago, Soliman said he attended high school and college in Egypt and later moved to Kuwait, where he had an accounting job, according to the page. That account featured photos of Mohamed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood leader who served as Egypt’s president from 2012 to 2013, when he was ousted in a military coup that triggered mass protests and sit-ins in Cairo.
Posts on the Facebook page expressed support for the Muslim Brotherhood protests against the removal of Morsi. One post from August 2013 featured a four-finger salute with a yellow background, a symbol supportive of the Rabaa al-Adawiya Square encampment, which was violently dispersed by Egyptian security forces loyal to Egypt’s then-defense minister and current president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
According to the newspaper article on the student whose identifying details match those of Soliman’s daughter, her father at one point underwent a serious medical procedure on his legs – one she described in her scholarship application as “nothing short of ‘magic.’”
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Mohamed Sabry Soliman first tried to come to the US in 2005 but was denied a visa, law enforcement sources told CNN. He entered the US in August 2022 as a non-immigrant visitor and in 2023 received a two-year work authorization that expired in March, a Homeland Security official said Monday.
With his wife and children, he moved into a two-story home on the far eastern edge of Colorado Springs and he found work, at least briefly, as an accountant. The health care company Veros Health said in a statement he was an employee starting in May 2023 but left three months later. The company did not respond to questions about his departure.
Soliman had also worked as an Uber driver, according to the company, which noted all drivers must pass a criminal and driving history background check and hold a valid Social Security number. The company said his account has now been banned.
Neighbors who briefly spoke with CNN said they saw Soliman’s children playing near his house but were not familiar with the family. One neighbor said she had no direct interactions with Soliman but described his wife as friendly.
As he began plotting an attack, Soliman told authorities, he researched how to make Molotov cocktails on YouTube. He also learned online about the group that eventually became his target – a weekly demonstration in Boulder urging Hamas to return the remaining hostages from Gaza.
Soliman said he took a concealed-carry class and learned to shoot a gun but as a non-citizen was blocked from purchasing a gun, so he turned to Molotov cocktails, according to a state affidavit.
Soliman told authorities that he purchased ingredients for the cocktails – including “glass wine carafe bottles or Ball jars,” according to the federal complaint – constructed them and purchased gas at a gas station on the way to Boulder. He also filled up a backpack weed sprayer with gasoline.
Before leaving for the attack, Soliman said, he left an iPhone hidden in a desk drawer at home with messages for his family as well as a journal.
As the group marched with signs on Sunday, Soliman waited nearby with a utility vest over his shirt; some witnesses thought he looked like a gardener, multiple law enforcement sources said. The state affidavit notes that he bought flowers from Home Depot.
According to authorities, he attacked and severely burned multiple marchers. Soliman was captured on video by bystanders standing shirtless and yelling phrases including “Palestine is Free!” and “end Zionists!” before police arrived and arrested him. Police found a nearby plastic container holding at least 14 unlit Molotov cocktails, the federal complaint said.
After his arrest, Soliman’s wife brought an iPhone 14 she said belonged to him to the Colorado Springs police office, the affidavit said.
Local and federal authorities said at a press conference Monday that Soliman was not previously on their radar...
Throughout his interview with law enforcement, Soliman said he “hated the Zionist group and did this because he hated this group and needed to stop them from taking over ‘our land,’ which he explained to be Palestine.”
The complaint states Soliman was charged with a “hate crime involving actual or perceived race, religion, or national origin.”
Jewish community leaders have called for action following rising antisemitic violence. Two Israeli Embassy staff members were killed last month by a gunman who authorities said later yelled “Free Palestine!”
[https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/02/us/boulder-colorado-antisemitic-attack-mohamed-soliman-invs CNN]
Mike Huckabee blames US fake news for antisemitic Colorado attack.
Huckabee: 'Reckless and irresponsible' US media reports enabled Colorado, Washington attacks.
By Jerusalem Post Staff. June 2, 2025.
Huckabee asserted that the media sources responsible for the “libelous allegations” owe an apology and should “recant their fake news.”
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee decried the “reckless and irresponsible” reporting of major American news outlets, including the New York Times, the Associated Press and CNN, on the humanitarian situation in Gaza on Monday in an official statement.
Huckabee said the reports were “contributing to the antisemitic climate” which resulted in the murder of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington and an attack on pro-Israel demonstrators in Colorado.
Huckabee added in his Monday statement the accusation that the media sources had parroted Hamas and its collaborators' claims without authenticating the information.
In particular, Huckabee noted that the media outlets had reported claims that Palestinians seeking food boxes from the Gaza Humanitarian Fund were killed by the GHF, a claim that was proven false by the Israeli military.
“Drone video and first-hand accounts clearly showed that there were no injuries, no fatalities, no shooting, no chaos. It is Hamas that continues to terrorize and intimidate those who seek food aid,” Huckabee wrote. “The only source for these misleading, exaggerated, and utterly fabricated stories came from Hamas sources, which are designed to fan the flames of antisemitic hate that is arguably contributing to violence against Jews in the United States.“
Law enforcement officers detain a suspect, after an attack that injured multiple people, in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. June 1, 2025, in this picture obtained from social media. (credit: X/@OpusObscuraX/via REUTERS)
Law enforcement officers detain a suspect, after an attack that injured multiple people, in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. June 1, 2025, in this picture obtained from social media. (credit: X/@OpusObscuraX/via REUTERS)
Huckabee asserted that the media sources responsible for the “libelous allegations” owe an apology and should “recant their fake news.”
“The efforts of GHF have resulted in over 5 million meals to civilians without incident. For the New York Times, AP, and CNN to be part of a Hamas-fed false narrative is reprehensible. It represents more than mere sloppy journalism. It’s feeding and inciting violence against innocent people in the United States,” he added. “We are demanding an immediate retraction of the lies and are appealing to all media sources to act with objective professionalism to cover actual events instead of being a partner of terrorism by blindly following Hamas news releases.”
Attacks targeting the Jewish and Israeli community in the United States
Huckabee’s statement follows two major attacks targeting the Israeli and Jewish communities in the US. Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, two Israeli embassy staffers, were murdered in Washington last month by a pro-Palestinian gunman at the Capital Jewish Museum. A number of pro-Palestinian groups has since celebrated the attack on the Jewish institution.
On Sunday, a pro-Palestinian attacker wounded a number of people with a Molotov cocktail and homemade flamethrower at a vigil for the 58 hostages remaining in Hamas captivity. Witnesses noted the attacker shouted a number of anti-Israel statements during the attack.
The attacks also followed a year of heightened antisemitic incidents, according to official data.
[https://www.jpost.com/international/article-856281 JPost]
'Have to be vigilant': Omaha Jewish community reacts to the Boulder attack.
KETV logoUpdated: 6:33 PM CDT Jun 2, 2025.
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Investigators said Soliman reported he had tried to buy a gun but could not because he was not a legal citizen. Soliman will face state charges as well as federal charges.
This attack sent shockwaves through the nation. KETV spoke with the local community and officials to get their reactions.
[https://www.ketv.com/article/omaha-jewish-community-reacts-to-boulder-attack/64949070 Ketv]
Boulder attacker charged with antisemitic hate crime.
An Egyptian national wounded 12 at a pro-Israel rally with firebombs; he told police he intended to kill “all Zionist people.”
Joshua Marks.
([https://me.jnsi.org/uploads/2025/06/GettyImages-2217720643-1320x880.jpg].
Lisa Turnquist of Louisville, Colorado, lays flowers and an Israeli flag at the site where 12 people were wounded in a Molotov cocktail attack during a pro-Israel rally outside the Boulder County Courthouse on June 2, 2025).
(June 3, 2025 / JNS)
Mohamed Sabry Soliman, a 45-year-old Egyptian national, has been charged with a federal hate crime and multiple state offenses after attacking a pro-Israel rally in Boulder, Colorado, with fire bombs and a makeshift flamethrower on Sunday, according to reports.
[https://www.jns.org/boulder-attacker-charged-with-antisemitic-hate-crime/ JNS]
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IDF soldiers kill terrorist who hurled rocks, bottles with hazardous substances in West Bank.
By Jerusalem Post Staff.
06/02/2025 04:29 PM
[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-856279 JPost]
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UAE condemns Boulder terror attack that targeted event raising awareness for Israeli hostages.
By Jerusalem Post Staff.
06/02/2025 05:26 PM
[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-856283 JPost]
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Hamas chose Jihad over Gazans.
Opinion: Israel estimates that the terror group is on the cusp of total collapse, but it would be a mistake to view the crisis in Gaza through Western eyes and try predict how it would act if such an event occurs.
Avi Issacharoff|06.02.25.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/skdwhukgee YNet]
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FM Sa'ar congratulates Poland's new president-elect.
By Jerusalem Post Staff.
06/02/2025 09:23 PM
[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-856300 JPost]
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Iran poised to dismiss US nuclear proposal, Iranian diplomat says.
By Reuters.
06/03/2025 12:27 AM
[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-856267 JPost]
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Rubio and Saudi foreign minister discuss Ukraine and Gaza, State Department says.
By Reuters.
06/03/2025 04:44 AM
[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-856317 JPost]
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Lufthansa postpones flights to Israel until late June.
By Walla!
06/03/2025 11:35 AM
[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-856359 JPost]
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IDF strikes Hamas weapons depot, will continue Gaza ops.
By Jerusalem Post Staff.
06/03/2025 02:23 PM
[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-856382 JPost]
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Spain cancels €285 million missile contract with Israel's Rafael.
By Jerusalem Post Staff.
06/03/2025 02:45 PM
[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-856385 JPost]
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Three soldiers KIA in Gaza, bringing IDF wartime toll to 861.
The slain troops were identified as Staff Sgt. Lior Steinberg, Staff Sgt. Ofek Barhana and Staff Sgt. Omer Van Gelder.
(June 3, 2025 / JNS)
The Israel Defense Forces announced on Tuesday morning that three Israeli soldiers had been killed in action in the Gaza Strip.
[https://www.jns.org/three-soldiers-kia-in-gaza-bringing-idf-wartime-toll-to-861/ JNS]
Deadly Gaza Ambush - More Details Revealed
Three Israeli Soldiers Killed in Gaza Ambush: Explosive Device Detonated During Operation in Jabalia
Gila Isaacson
Jun 3, 2025.
[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/gaza-ambush-israeli-soldiers-killed JFeed]
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Report:
Syria to absorb 3,500 foreign jihadists with US approval
Israel National News
Jun 3, 2025, 8:24 AM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/409351 INN]
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Three Givati Brigade soldiers fell in Gaza.
Three soldiers from the Givati Brigade 9th Battalion killed in northern Gaza minefield.
Israel National News.
Jun 3, 2025, 7:06 AM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/409347 INN]
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Father Of Hostage: 'It was too painful to celebrate Shavuot'.
Itzik, father of the hostage Eitan Horn, shares his difficult feelings regarding the renewed offensive in Gaza and the lack of information about the hostages.
Israel National News. Jun 3, 2025, 11:28 AM (GMT+3)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/409360 INN]
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Watch: IDF activities in southern Khan Yunis.
IDF forces eliminate terrorists and dismantle underground infrastructure in ongoing operations targeting Hamas strongholds in southern Gaza.
Israel National News.
Jun 3, 2025, 1:17 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/409372 INN]
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Hamas's control in Gaza weakening due to aid distribution, military pressure, IDF says.
By Jerusalem Post Staff.
Tue, June 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM EDT.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-856443 JPost]
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Iranian agent in eastern Jerusalem arrested.
The ISA and the Israel Police uncovered a suspect from eastern Jerusalem who was allegedly working on behalf of Iran.
Israel National News
Published: Jun 3, 2025, 2:56 PM (GMT+3)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/409380 INN]
East Jerusalem man accused of spying for Iran, plotting terror attack in central Israel.
Security forces arrested suspect who allegedly took money to spy for Iran, burn IDF uniforms, transfer weapons to West Bank and recruit his mother, telling handlers he 'hates Jews and wants to die as a martyr,' officials say.
Liran Tamari | 06.03.25.
...Investigators found that the suspect maintained contact with a foreign agent who instructed him to gather intelligence on various sites in Jerusalem, including the Western Wall and Mahane Yehuda market. Other alleged acts included burning IDF uniforms and receiving thousands of shekels in payment.
Among the more serious missions reportedly assigned to him were a planned terror attack targeting Jews in central Israel and the arson of a forest, for which he was offered a substantial payment. ...
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r1eurd3meg YNet]
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Canadian police investigate Gaza war crimes[sic], eyes on dual nationals.
Canadian-Israeli individuals, including IDF veterans and residents, may face scrutiny under low-profile federal probe tied to Gaza war.
Israel National News.
Published: Jun 3, 2025, 10:12 AM (GMT+3)
Unlike its highly publicized investigation into alleged war crimes in Ukraine, the RCMP has not launched a hotline, published media materials, or taken other public steps to collect evidence from witnesses regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict.
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The investigation comes amid heightened tensions between Canada and Israel, with Canadian officials criticizing recent Israeli military actions in Gaza and settlement activity in Judea and Samaria. A joint statement from Canada, the UK, and France in May condemned Israel’s military expansion and warned of possible sanctions, while also urging Hamas to release remaining hostages.
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/409359 INN]
(Related:
The international group [HRF] going after IDF soldiers outside Israel for supposed "crimes," was cofounded by the Holocaust denier racist Arab Islamist Dyab Abou Jahjah, Lebanese-born (1971) living in Belgium who emigrated from Lebanon in 1991 to begin university studies in Belgium.
-In July 2006, Abou Jahjah returned to Lebanon allegedly to join the battle of the 2006 Lebanon War on the side of Hezbollah against Israel.
In 2000, he co-founded the Arab European League (AEL) with Karim Hassoun, (- pictured at a mock funeral for Hamas leader, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, held outside the Kazerne Dossin memorial and museum in Belgium, which marks the sight of a Nazi transit camp used for transporting Jews and Romani people to Auschwitz-Birkenau).
The group expressed support for the actions of Islamist Jihadists in Iraq, it issued public approvals for the September 11, 2001 attacks and the organization's rallies have been reported by The Christian Science Monitor to end in chanting "jihad" and "Osama bin Laden".
Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt blamed the group for agitating racist Arabism sentiments among Arabs and inciting violence during street riots in Antwerp in 2002.
-In April 2002 the Antwerp-based Arab European League (AEL) leader Dyab Abou Jahjah (1971) performed for the first time at a pro-Palestine demonstration in Antwerp that got completely out of hand, "Where flags of Israel were set on fire and demonstrators shouted anti-Semitic chant", "Jews are dogs[sic]."
-In June 2002, the Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism lodged a complaint against the Arab European League for infringing the anti-racist law. A demonstration took place the same month co-organized with the Flemish Green party and NGO during which a puppet representing an orthodox Jew was burned publicly.
-In 2005, Arab European League's president Dyab Abou Jahjah supported and rationalized Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statements—after The Islamic Republic's head made his controversial speeches including the infamous (widely denounced) genocidal call for Israel to be wiped off
-In February 2006, AEL posted anti-Semitic cartoons on its website.
On December 20, 2010 his AEL was liquidated.
Jahjah celebrated Oct 7, 2023 Palestinian massacres.
Arab racist sparked riot in Antwerp, say Belgians, The Telegraph, Nov 29, 2002.
[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/1414723/Arab-racist-sparked-riot-in-Antwerp-say-Belgians.html]
Dyab Abou Jahjah's Holocaust cartoon prosecuted.
CST. 3 September 2009 [https://cst.org.uk/news/blog/2009/09/03/dyab-abou-jahjahs-holocaust-cartoon-prosecuted CST].
Arab European League fined for Holocaust Denial cartoon. CST.
24 August 2010.
[https://cst.org.uk/news/blog/2010/08/24/arab-european-league-fined-for-holocaust-denial-cartoon CST]
'Ground Zero Mosque' Supporters Should Remember Danish Cartoons.
By Abigail R. Esman, Forbes, Aug 30, 2010. On Sept. 11, 2001 Dyab Abou Jahjah, a Lebanese-born naturalized Belgian, sat in a friend’s living room in Antwerp, listening raptly to radio reports as the World Trade Center collapsed in downtown Manhattan. While New Yorkers screamed in horror, fear and unimaginable grief, Jahjah “couldn’t hold” his joy. “Thank God,” he wrote in his autobiography, Between Two Worlds, “that we could live to see the day of America’s humiliation.”
[https://www.forbes.com/2010/08/30/mosque-dyab-abou-jahjah-dutch-cartoons-opinions-columnists-abigail-esman.html Forbes]
Amnesty International Sponsors Speaker Who Celebrated 9/11, Denied Holocaust, Vilified Gays and Jews.
The sponsorship of activist Dyab Abou Jahjah is part of an increasingly disturbing pattern for the erstwhile humanitarian organization.
by Yair Rosenberg, Tablet Magazine.
December 02, 2015.
[https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/amnesty-international-sponsors-speaker-who-celebrated-911-denied-holocaust-bashed-gays-and-jews Tablet Mag.]
Terrorist and anti-Semite: Who is the man who filed a request for the arrest of President Herzog?
Diab Abu Jahja, a Lebanese immigrant who became one of the most prominent figures in the Muslim community in Belgium, was trained by Hezbollah and expressed support for the Black Sabbath massacre. He has now filed a request for the arrest of President Herzog at the International Criminal Court.
Haim Iserovic, Maariv. Aug 3, 2024.
[https://www.maariv.co.il/news/world/article-1082118 Maariv]
Presentation of pro-Palestinian list headed by antisemitic activist in the Brussels Region Elections sparks outrage.
ECJ. Apr 4, 2024.
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Belgian-Lebanese politician Dyab Abou Jahjah has a well-documented history of making antisemitic and racist remarks. In 2012, he was legally condemned for publishing a Holocaust denial cartoon on social media and has consistently demonized Jewish people throughout his career. Abou Jahjah has established connections with the extremist terrorist organisation Hezbollah during his time in Lebanon and has openly praised Palestinian terrorist groups. He has also advocated for the implementation of Sharia law in Belgium.
[https://eurojewcong.org/news/communities-news/belgium/presentation-of-pro-palestinian-list-headed-by-antisemitic-politician-in-the-brussels-region-elections-sparks-outrage/ ECJ]
Terror Supporting Hind Rajab Foundation Submits ICC Complaint Targeting 1000 IDF Soldiers.
NGO Monitor, October 29, 2024.
...In 2001, Jahjah founded the Arab European League (AEL). AEL was fined for “publishing a Holocaust Denial cartoon on its website in 2006” when Jahjah was the head of the organization. AEL was dissolved in 2007.
Jahjah described the 9/11 attacks as “sweet revenge,” and stated Europe made “the cult of the Holocaust and Jew-worshiping its alternative religion.” He questioned the existence of the Nazi gas chambers...
[https://ngo-monitor.org/reports/hind-rajab-foundation/ NGO-Monitor]
Lawfare Against Israeli Soldiers
by David May, The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune, January 2025.
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Abou Jahjah previously made headlines as the founder and leader of the Arab European League. Under his stewardship, the League spread Holocaust denial by claiming that “hoax gas-chambers [were] built in Hollywood in 1946” to mislead the world about Nazi crimes in Europe. In addition, a Dutch court fined the League in 2010 for publishing a cartoon denying the Holocaust. In 2017, a Belgian newspaper dropped Abou Jahjah as a columnist after he expressed support for terrorism on X, advocating “any means necessary” to destroy Israel. Relatedly, Abou Jahjah issued a chilling call for ethnic cleansing in 2009, saying that Israeli Jews have a choice between the passport or the coffin.
[https://jstribune.com/may-lawfare-against-israeli-soldiers/ JStribune]
Amichai Chikli. Jan 6, 2025.
There is one thing that the Kikyouni organization that chose to pursue IDF soldiers did not take into account: We do not run away from our enemies, we pursue them and catch them.
The findings in the report prepared by the Ministry of Diaspora and the Fight against Anti-Semitism revealed the true face of the "human rights" organization Hind Rajab Foundation, which is led by clear supporters of terrorism:
Diab Abu Jahja (pictured), a native of southern Lebanon and a Hezbollah-supporting activist. He testified in an interview with the New York Times that he underwent military training in Lebanon. He praised the murderous terrorist attack on the Twin Towers, which he called "sweet revenge," praised terrorist attacks against Israelis and was accused by the Belgian police of inciting violence. Among other things, he declared his desire to implement Sharia law in Europe.
His partner Karim Hasson wrote after the October 1979 massacre that he "Condemns Hamas for taking only 100 Israeli hostages instead of 500 or 1000."
Thanks to the help of my friend Brazilian Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, millions of people were exposed to a report that made waves and embarrassed Lula's hostile regime in Brazil. It is important to say: Lula does not represent the Brazilian people, who largely identify with Israel and oppose terrorism.
We will continue to expose the ugly face of the supporters of terrorism and pursue anyone who tries to harm IDF soldiers and the State of Israel.
The truth is with us - and it will prevail.
[https://www.facebook.com/AmichaiChikli/photos/%D7%99%D7%A9-%D7%93%D7%91%D7%A8-%D7%90%D7%97%D7%93-%D7%A9%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99-%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%97%D7%A8-%D7%9C%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A3-%D7%90%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%99-%D7%97%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99-%D7%A6%D7%94%D7%9C-%D7%9C%D7%90-%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%97-%D7%91%D7%97%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%95-%D7%9C%D7%90-%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8/1055706349902847/?_rdr FB]
International legal battle: Meet the man who is persecuting IDF soldiers around the world. Maya Cohen. Maariv. Jan 7, 2025.
[https://www.maariv.co.il/news/world/article-1162164 Maariv]
Hind Rajab Foundation and Dyab Abou Jahjah.
ADL, Jan 13, 2025.
Anti-Israel ActivityAntisemitism Globally
From: International Affairs
Background on HRF.
[https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/hind-rajab-foundation-and-dyab-abou-jahjah ADL]
Israel turned a Hezbollah vet's Google past against him. He's not happy about it.
Gila Isaacson. Mar 6, 2025.
[...]The man who denies Holocaust gas chambers, mourned Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah, and hailed the October 7 massacre as resistance, is irked because a Google search of his name no longer flatters
[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/hezbollah-operative-digital-defeat JFeed]).
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Who is Izz al-Din al-Haddad, Hamas' newest leader?
He is now the de facto military leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, having risen to prominence following the deaths of several high-ranking Hamas leaders.
Gila Isaacson.
Jun 3, 2025 07:59
[https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/hamas-military-leader-izz-al-din-al-haddad JFeed]
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Two BDS activists arrested in Hebron Hills firing zone, deported from Israel.
Elisha Ben Kimon | 06.03.25.
Judea and Samaria police arrested two tourists, BDS activists from Sweden and Ireland, who entered a firing zone near the settlement of Avigayil in the Hebron Hills, and they were deported from Israel. According to police, they were arrested on suspicion of violating a military order and engaging in anti-Israeli activity and were instructed to appear for a hearing at the Immigration Office at Ben Gurion Airport, where their deportation was ordered. One of the activists announced she would appeal the decision, and both were transferred to Givon detention facility pending their departure or appeal hearing.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rjekgmkt8 YNet]
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Polls: European support for Israel hits record lows since 2016.
YouGov survey reveals sharp decline in support for Israel across Western Europe since outbreak of war in Gaza, with record-low approval rates in France, Germany, and Denmark, and growing opposition to Israeli military actions.
Nisan Tsur.
Jun 3, 2025, 7:09 PM (GMT+3)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/409390 INN]
(Related ["Wir Schaffen Das"]:
Migrant crisis: Germany heads for 1m asylum-seekers in 2015
Dec 7, 2015 — Germany has registered 964,574 new asylum-seekers in the first 11 months of the year, putting it on course for more than a million in 2015.
[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35027951 BBC]).
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Trump's press secretary slams 'Fake News' BBC for retracting false stories about Israel.
'Unlike some in the media, we don't take the word of Hamas with total truth... I suggest that journalists who actually care about truth do the same,' President Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt says.
Israel National News.
Published: Jun 3, 2025, 11:06 PM (GMT+3)
President Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded to questions about reports that Israeli tanks are firing on Palestinians who are trying to get aid from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, with many arriving at the hospital with gunshot wounds, and some have died.
She said that “the President is aware of those reports and we are currently looking into the veracity of them, because unfortunately unlike some in the media, we don’t take the word of Hamas with total truth. We like to look into it when they speak.
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/409402 INN]
Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47 . @PressSec slams the Fake News BBC for retracting several false stories about Israel: "Unlike some in the media, we don't take the word of Hamas with total truth... I suggest that journalists who actually care about truth do the same."
Jun 3, 2025
[https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1929959696963666426 X]
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, June 3, 2025.
[...]
Unlike the BBC who had multiple headlines, they wrote Israeli tank kills 26... Israeli tank kill 31...Israeli gunfire kills 31......and oh wait, they had to correct their entire story, saying, "we reviewed the footage and couldn't find any evidence of anything."
Oh, OK. So we're going to look into reports before we confirm them from this podium or before we take action, and I suggest that journalists who actually care about truth do the sane to reduce the amount of disinformation that's going around the globe on this front...
[https://www.whitehouse.gov/videos/press-secretary-karoline-leavitt-briefs-members-of-the-media-june-3-2025/ WH]
Karoline Leavitt Rips BBC Over Reporting on Israeli Shootings: ‘We Don’t Take the Word of Hamas’.
Alex Griffing. Jun 3, 2025 3:40 PM
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt lit into the British Broadcasting Company over some of its recent reporting about shootings of Palestinians trying to get aid from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).
“There are now reports that Israeli forces are firing on Palestinians trying to get aid from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. After 20 people, according to the Red Cross, have arrived at the hospital that they’ve set up with gunshot wounds, have died from them. Is this administration aware of this? I mean, what is being done to address this?” a reporter asked Leavitt.
“The administration is aware of those reports, and we are currently looking into the veracity of them because unfortunately, unlike some in the media, we don’t take the word of Hamas as total truth. We like to look into it when they speak, unlike the BBC, who had multiple headlines,” Leavitt fumed, before reading off some recent BBC headlines:
They wrote, “Israeli tank kills 26,” “Israeli tank kills 21,” “Israeli gunfire kills 31,” “Red Cross says 21 people were killed in an aide incident” and then oh wait they had to correct and take down their entire story saying we reviewed the footage and couldn’t find any evidence of anything.Oh, okay, so we’re gonna look into reports before we confirm them from this podium or before we take action, and I suggest that journalists who actually care about truth do the same to reduce the amount of misinformation that’s going around the globe on this front.
While the BBC did not issue an official correction or take down their reporting, Leavitt is correct that the headlines, “Israeli tank kills 26,” “Israeli tank kills 21,” and “Israeli gunfire kills 31,” no longer appear on their website. Instead, those headlines were affixed to a running live blog from May 31st, which now is headlined, “Israel denies firing at civilians after Hamas-run ministry says 31 killed in Gaza aid centre attack.”
“A local Palestinian journalist told the BBC that Israeli tanks opened fire near an aid centre. A medic says he is treating people with bullet or shrapnel wounds,” notes the live blog, which still reports witness accounts of Israeli tank fire. The live blog also still includes a crosshead for an update that reads, “At least 26 killed amid Israeli tank fire near Gaza aid centre, rescuers say.”
BBC Verify[sic], additionally, addressed the topic on June 2nd and noted that none of the accounts of Israeli troops firing have been independently confirmed. “It’s extremely complicated because we have conflicting reports from multiple sources, which include the Israeli army, the local Hamas-run health authority and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,” reported the BBC’s Merlyn Thomas.
Watch the clip above via Fox News.
Tags: BBC, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Karoline Leavitt.
[https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/karoline-leavitt-rips-bbc-over-reporting-on-israeli-shootings-we-dont-take-the-word-of-hamas/ Mediaite]
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IDF strikes Hamas weapons depot, will continue Gaza ops.
By Jerusalem Post Staff.
06/03/2025 02:23 PM
[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-856398 JPost]
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IDF arrests 20 terror suspects, including 'key' arms dealers in West Bank operations.
By Jerusalem Post Staff.
06/03/2025 04:41 PM
[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-856398 JPost]
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US to scale down its military bases in Syria, envoy says.
By Reuters.
06/03/2025 05:11 PM
[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-856409 JPost]
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US proposes interim step in Iran nuclear talks allowing some uranium enrichment, NYT reports.
By Reuters.
06/03/2025 09:11 PM
[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-856448 JPost]
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Rapper Azealia Banks announces she is a Zionist.
By Jerusalem Post Staff.
06/03/2025 11:23 PM
[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-856453 JPost]
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UN Security Council likely to vote Wednesday on Gaza action.
By Reuters.
06/03/2025 11:27 PM
[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-856454 JPost]
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Washington Post retracts Gaza story after falsely blaming Israel.
The Washington Post issues rare correction, admitting it misrepresented Israeli involvement in a Gaza incident that left over 30 dead. Updated findings and video footage refute the initial claims, which echoed unverified Hamas-linked sources.
Israel National News.
Published: Jun 3, 2025, 11:58 PM (GMT+3)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/409406 INN]
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Former Israeli PM Olmert explains why he believes his country is committing war crimes[sic].
Jun 3, 2025 6:45 PM EDT
By — Geoff Bennett
By — Zeba Warsi
Transcript
[...]
Geoff Bennett:
As a lawyer, do you believe that Israel's actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide?
Ehud Olmert:
No, not at all. No, listen, don't push it far too far.
There are serious mistakes and negligence and arrogance, which — the outcome of which are many casualties which are unjustified and unnecessary. And, therefore, I'm charging the Israeli government with responsibility for this, but there is not any policy, there has never been any policy by anyone in Israel.
Even this government, which I entirely oppose, but I never accuse them, will never accuse them without any basis of trying to accomplish genocide. This is not what we are facing.
Geoff Bennett:
Well, how can Israel balance what are legitimate security concerns with the need to uphold humanitarian principles in a conflict zone? I mean, what policies, what approach would you recommend?
Ehud Olmert:
Look, everything is difficult, everything is complex. We have achieved almost everything that a military operation can achieve....
Geoff Bennett:
You are the only former Israeli prime minister ever convicted in a criminal court. How do you respond to critics who say that your legal record undermines your credibility to speak out against the current government? And why do you believe you have not just the credibility, but the moral authority to critique the current leadership and their approach?
Ehud Olmert:
I'm almost certain, that I didn't have this moral authority, you wouldn't have invited me.
And most of the Israelis who are searching to hear my opinion and have asked me to express my opinion. Whatever happened, which is something that we don't have the right time now to discuss, has nothing to do with my performance as prime minister, which was widely respected at the time.
And I think that, based on my experience and my record as prime minister in charge of Israeli security for many years, I think that I have not only the right, but the obligation to say what I say
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/former-israeli-pm-olmert-explains-why-he-believes-his-country-is-committing-war-crimes PBS]
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Syria: 'Unable to verify launches toward Israel, many could destabilize region'.
Reuters | 06.03.25.
Syria's Foreign Ministry stated it "has not yet been able to verify reports of launches toward Israel," according to the Syrian state news agency. Following the launches toward the Golan, which an unidentified organization claimed responsibility for, the ministry added that "Syria will not pose a threat to any party in the region. The Israeli strike in Daraa caused significant casualties and damage." The ministry further stated: "We believe there are many parties that might try to destabilize the region to advance their interests."
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/z0nnvicjq YNet]
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