This week we Remember Pearl Harbor and Chanukah begins.
Happy Chanukah from Jasmin Moghbeli an American astronaut in space! https://abc7.com/hanukkah-nasa-astronaut-jasmin-moghbeli-menorah-in-space/14156558/#:~:text=Jasmin%20Moghbeli%2C%20an%20Iranian%2DAmerican,real%20candles%20aren't%20allowed!
Usually around this time of year we see lots of Chanukah and Christmas decoration, but this year communities are pulling the Chanukah decorations. A London community canceled their annual menorah lighting in front of the local town hall, claiming it risked "inflaming tensions." They reversed their position after people pointed out that Jews existing as Jews isn't what causes tensions - people hating Jews does that. (from Yair Rosenberg). A festival in VA was cancelled because of fear celebrating Chanukah would imply support for war in Gaza.
In the News
Afghan Taliban says China becomes first nation to accept its ambassador
Hundreds Stranded As Buses Fail to Show for Toronto's Rally in Support of Israel - Prestige Worldwide Transportation Network accepted payment to transport 17 buses of Jews to the Canadian parliament on December 4th and the 17 buses never showed up. https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/12/04/dozens-of-buses-to-rally-against-antisemitism-cancelled-due-to-hatred-towards-jews/
Chad, Mauritania plan to dissolve anti-jihadist force https://www.barrons.com/news/chad-mauritania-pave-way-to-dissolve-g5-anti-jihadist-alliance-07706aa7
Paris stabbing attack leaves one dead, investigated as terrorism
A suspect known to French authorities as a radical Islamist stabbed
Israel at War: The Media Battlefield https://honestreporting.com/israel-at-war-the-media-battlefield-briefing-11/?swcfpc=1
Iran, Cuba seek closer ties to confront U.S. sanctions https://www.voanews.com/a/iran-cuba-seek-closer-ties-to-confront-us-sanctions-/7384135.html
👉Hamas broke the seven-day pause by firing a barrage of rockets at Israeli homes and refusing to release ten more (live) kidnapped Israelis. 86 kidnapped Israelis returned home during the pause – a direct byproduct of the military pressure the IDF exacted on Hamas in the first six weeks of the war. 24 foreign hostages were also released from Gaza during the past week.
👉138 hostages—including women, children, and the elderly—remain hostages of brutal terrorists in Gaza.
👉The devastating Hamas weapon of war https://melaniephillips.substack.com/p/the-devastating-hamas-weapon-of-war
👉Hamas gang raped and beheaded women at rave massacre, fresh testimony reveals
👉Much of the humanitarian aid is being seized by Hamas and that there are growing protests in Gaza against this
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0mPS-IoDn8/?igshid=NTYzOWQzNmJjMA== and https://palwatch.org/page/34829
👉IDF Locates Massive Weapons Depot in Gaza (Ynet News)
Sudanese Women Describe Being Gang-Raped in Ethnically Targeted Attacks by Arab Forces
Commémorer les 80 ans de la rafle de Tunis pour ne pas oublier les juifs de Tunisie
https://www.france24.com/fr/afrique/20221208-comm%C3%A9morer-les -80-ans-de-la-rafle-de-tunis-pour-ne-pas-oublier-les-juifs-de-tunisie and https://www.jewishrefugees.org.uk/2023/12/ceremony-marks-round-up-of-tunisian-jews-during-wwii.html
Why Are Islamists (Turkey) Claiming Non-Muslim Land? https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20203/slamists-claiming-and
👉The U.S. Charitable Network That Subsidizes Hamas, and the Donors Behind It
👉American warship fires at Hamas-aligned rebels in reported attack
👉Massachusetts Hate Crimes Task Force Member Accuses Israel of Genocide, Says Jews Control The Media
👉Senator John Fetterman on the protests in PA outside a Jewish owned falafel restaurant: They could be protesting Hamas. They could be protesting Hamas' systematic rape of Israeli women and girls or demanding the remaining hostages be immediately released. Instead, they targeted a Jewish restaurant. It's pathetic and rank antisemitism.
👉U.S. Justice Department Investigating Deaths and Kidnapping of Americans in Hamas Attack (AP-Washington Post) "Hamas murdered more than 30 Americans and kidnapped more"
👉Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Executive Director "Happy to See" Oct. 7 Hamas Terror Attack (Jewish Insider) See also White House Disavows U.S. Islamic Group after Leader's Oct. 7 Remarks (New York Times)
On Campus
American University threatened SSI with disciplinary actions for exposing anti-Israel vandalism on campus. https://mailchi.mp/ssimovement/save-the-date-ssis-7th-national-conference-announcement-6263197
Columbia School of Social Work On Nov 8, Columbia students School of Social Work held a sit-in for Palestine. This week, students planned to hold a teach-in on the "Palestinian Counteroffensive" of 10/7. The students at the School of Social Work are referring to rape and beheadings as a "couteroffensive." @ColumbiaSSW said this event will not take place, but it did. As they were being filmed, the students held umbrellas to block the cameras. A MEMBER OF THE ADMINISTRATION gave them umbrellas to avoid being "doxxed"
Feminism and Palestine at Barnard https://www.newenglishreview.org/feminism-and-palestine-at-barnard/
Antisemitism in America: Teachers (in Oakland, Calif) Introduce BDS-like Materials for Pre-Schoolers
What did Oakland teachers talk about during the Palestine teach-in?
UN Marks 75th Anniversary of Genocide Convention, as UNRWA Teachers Incite Genocide
NYU suspended a student for a year and took away her scholarship because she tore down a kidnap poster. https://nyunews.com/news/2023/12/07/nyu-suspends-student/
Oberlin Ousts Iranian Professor Accused of Prisoner Massacre https://www.meforum.org/65311/mef-campaign-success-oberlin-ousts-iranian
Presidents of Harvard, MIT and Penn testified before Congress this week on antisemitism on campus.
On Ivy League campuses today, if you cried out “All blacks must die,” you'd be suspended & canceled. If you cried out “All LGBTQ people must die,” you'd be suspended & canceled. If you cried out “All Jews must die,” the university presidents will need to know about the context. - Hillel Neuer
Read the Report: Students for Justice in Palestine Unmasked (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)
