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In tone shift, pro-Israel NYC mayoral candidate Cuomo says Gaza ‘carnage’ must end

Ex-governor pans ‘horrific’ war as he seeks to catch up to Israel-critic Mamdani before subsequently clarifying that he remains...

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21 US state AGs back lawsuit filed by Oct. 7 victims against NYC anti-Israel activists

21 US state AGs back lawsuit filed by Oct. 7 victims against NYC anti-Israel activists

Attorneys general say NYC, Columbia protesters illegally provided propaganda support for Hamas; defendants decry attempt to chill free speech

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New York governor endorses Mamdani for mayor, saying they discussed antisemitism

New York governor endorses Mamdani for mayor, saying they discussed antisemitism

Kathy Hochul says she ‘discussed the need to combat the rise of antisemitism urgently’ with likely next mayor of the city, a harsh critic...

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Most Americans, including MAGA supporters, oppose Israeli annexation of West Bank — poll

Most Americans, including MAGA supporters, oppose Israeli annexation of West Bank — poll

Survey by progressive Alliance for Middle East Peace finds broad support for a deal that would establish a Palestinian state alongside Israeli...

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Columbia, Barnard college rank last in US campus free speech survey

Columbia, Barnard college rank last in US campus free speech survey

Epicenters of anti-Israel activism flagged for incidents such as disrupting Israeli professor’s class, crackdown on student activists

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UMass Amherst rejects BDS at academic conference

UMass Amherst rejects BDS at academic conference

Flagship university of Massachusetts public system says Israel boycott at gathering hosted by feminist German scholar group violates...

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NYC voters favor Mamdani’s campaign rhetoric on Israeli-Palestinian conflict — poll

NYC voters favor Mamdani’s campaign rhetoric on Israeli-Palestinian conflict — poll

Survey says 46% of likely voters believe the harsh Israel critic handled the Middle East issue best during the primary campaign

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US Jewish security group warns firearms in synagogues need strict oversight

US Jewish security group warns firearms in synagogues need strict oversight

Secure Community Network issues report saying that if a congregation allows guns for security, there must be an organized program with law enforcement...

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US pro-Israel Christian groups sue UN’s Albanese over ‘malicious lies’

US pro-Israel Christian groups sue UN’s Albanese over ‘malicious lies’

Federal court lawsuit alleging defamation says UN rapporteur for the Palestinians accused nonprofits of complicity in war crimes, crimes against...

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Genocide experts demand ‘scholars’ group rescind accusation against Israel

Genocide experts demand ‘scholars’ group rescind accusation against Israel

More than 170 professionals demand International Genocide Scholars Association walk back inflammatory charge, accusing group of playing politics in...

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US House committee probes far-left anti-Israel group for alleged China links

US House committee probes far-left anti-Israel group for alleged China links

Pressure on the People’s Forum, and the Palestinian Youth Movement, comes amid push to crack down on wide-ranging activist network; socialist...

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Paramount said prepping to buy Free Press for $100m, give Bari Weiss senior role at CBS

Paramount said prepping to buy Free Press for $100m, give Bari Weiss senior role at CBS

Ex-NYT editor, known for criticizing far-left, reportedly sought for news role after media giant’s $8 billion merger with Skydance; neither side...

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Pro-Israel activists join genocide scholars group, highlighting open entry for non-experts

Pro-Israel activists join genocide scholars group, highlighting open entry for non-experts

After International Association of Genocide Scholars passes anti-Israel resolution, critics using names of ‘Adolf Hitler’ and Star Wars...

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Critics accused of quietly rewriting meaning of genocide to fling charges at Israel

Critics accused of quietly rewriting meaning of genocide to fling charges at Israel

Israel advocates say groups have broadened definitions of crimes against humanity to encompass Jewish state’s actions, but others maintain...

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Cheers for Hamas, calls to ‘take out’ opponents at US pro-Palestinian conference

Cheers for Hamas, calls to ‘take out’ opponents at US pro-Palestinian conference

People’s Forum for Palestine brings together prominent activists from around North America who urge disrupting F-35 supply chains, working for...

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Genocide scholar says group pushed through Israel condemnation without debate

Genocide scholar says group pushed through Israel condemnation without debate

Researcher Sara Brown charges International Association of Genocide Scholars with lack of transparency; group says vote was held in accordance with...

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New York Jewish man files $1 million libel suit against Al Jazeera

New York Jewish man files $1 million libel suit against Al Jazeera

Abraham Hamra says Qatar-based media network falsely reported that he had been paid by the Israeli government to visit aid sites in Gaza

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New York City Jewish educators say they’re leaving teacher union due to antisemitism

New York City Jewish educators say they’re leaving teacher union due to antisemitism

Public school employees say ‘culture of antisemitism has taken root’ in system, with dozens ditching the United Federation of Teachers in...

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Videos linked to Minneapolis shooting suspect show antisemitic, anti-Israel messages

Videos linked to Minneapolis shooting suspect show antisemitic, anti-Israel messages

Alleged shooter posted videos showing weapons with the slogans ‘burn Israel,’ ‘6 million wasn’t enough’ and references...

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Protesters occupy Microsoft’s office, demand it cut ties with Israel; 7 arrested

Protesters occupy Microsoft’s office, demand it cut ties with Israel; 7 arrested

Protesting Israel’s use of the Azure cloud computing software, anti-Israel activist group called No Azure for Apartheid also demands US tech...

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Most Americans believe there is famine in Gaza, but blame Hamas — poll

Most Americans believe there is famine in Gaza, but blame Hamas — poll

Democrats split, while Republicans hold terror group responsible for crisis; majority supports providing offensive and defensive weapons assistance

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NY governor mandates campus civil rights supervisors to combat antisemitism

NY governor mandates campus civil rights supervisors to combat antisemitism

Hochul signs bill sponsored by American-Israeli lawmaker and backed by Jewish groups that will require campuses to appoint Title VI coordinators

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97-year-old NY congregation fights being sold off as a real estate project

97-year-old NY congregation fights being sold off as a real estate project

Congregation Chaim Albert sues nonprofit One Brooklyn Health to block medical center from selling off site as part of plan that threatens to shutter...

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False claims about burning Israeli flags, based on ToI report, reach Congress

US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green repeats falsity that it’s illegal to burn Israel’s flag in the US, highlighting how online disinformation...

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NYC issues vacate order to community garden that required members to oppose Zionism

Mayor says ‘reprehensible’ that Sunset Community Garden in Queens barred many Jews from joining; lawsuit from site’s operators...

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Anti-Israel NY group seeks ‘justice’ for 1991 accident that sparked antisemitic riot

Crown Heights activists blame ‘Zionist White supremacists’ for car collision death 34 years ago, raising fears of renewed racial turmoil...

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‘They’re in Wall Street, they’re in the White House’: Thousands protest Israel in NYC

Protesters call to ‘stop starving Gaza’ at New York’s largest recent pro-Palestinian protest; Mahmoud Khalil tells crowd that Israel...

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Legal group hails breakthrough as US judge equates Israeli flag with Jewish identity

Federal court says attacking Star of David is ‘racial discrimination,’ not political protest, setting legal standard for future cases...

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US feds find George Washington University ‘deliberately indifferent’ to antisemitism

Department of Justice says university in Washington, DC, allowed discrimination against Jews in violation of civil rights law

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Amid record antisemitism, US Jewish activists call on leaders to vacate their echo chamber

Smaller organizations challenge the establishment, saying the changed atmosphere requires new tactics and communication with the public

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Israeli-owned kitchen store in Maryland hit with repeated vandalism

Owner of Baltimore area store says building with Israeli flag hanging from the front has been targeted around 20 times since start of Gaza war

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US prosecutors consider death penalty for alleged killer of Israeli embassy staffers

Nine-count indictment against Elias Rodriguez over May shooting of Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, 26, designated attack an anti-Israel...

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Mahmoud Khalil justifies Oct. 7, downplays antisemitism at Columbia, in NYT interview

The pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel US protest leader detained by ICE in March calls claims of hostility to Jews at NY university ‘manufactured...

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Police bar Jerusalem’s grand mufti from Temple Mount for 6 months, his lawyer says

Attorney for capital’s top Muslim cleric says ban is over sermon about Gaza delivered at flashpoint holy site, asserts it contained...

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Pro-Israel New York leaders spar over Gaza war amid humanitarian crisis fallout

Mayor Eric Adams censures rival Andrew Cuomo for statements on Israel, as reports of starvation among Palestinians draw rare criticism from US...

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Sa’ar at UN: Plans to recognize Palestinian state ‘assassinated the hostage deal’

Foreign minister says pressure on Israel is a ‘free gift to Hamas’ that prolongs the war; hostage Evyatar David’s brother tells...

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Hundreds of leftist Jews protest against Gaza war in New York; 41 arrested

‘Jews say no more’: Demonstration near Trump hotel demands US pressure Israel to halt conflict

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Antisemitic hate crimes in New York decrease in recent months — NYPD

Police report 14 anti-Jewish incidents in July, the lowest monthly total in 2 years, continuing downward trend since May

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Report links US anti-Israel groups to Beijing-backed network aiding China

Study by George Washington University’s Center on Extremism outlines ties between pro-Palestinian protest groups and a tech mogul who works to...

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Columbia University suspends and expels dozens of students over anti-Israel unrest

Penalties come as the university faces heavy US government pressure to rein in campus antisemitism, including the loss of research funding

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‘AOC funds genocide in Gaza’: Anti-Israel activists vandalize Ocasio-Cortez’s NY office

Democrat defends voting against amendment to cut funding for Israeli air defenses, vows to keep pushing ‘to cut flow of US munitions that are...

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Pro-Palestinian activist in New York charged by feds for torching 11 police vehicles

Jakhi McCray faces up to 20 years for alleged arson; separately, anti-Israel protesters vandalize Bronx office of US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Why are US socialists so anti-Israel? Scholar lays out Soviet roots of anti-Zionist rhetoric

Izabella Tabarovsky, a researcher of antisemitism in the USSR, argues far-left rhetoric in the US is an outgrowth of a propaganda effort dating...

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NYC mayor’s antisemitism task force holds its first meeting

City agencies attend discussion at City Hall as new anti-discrimination group, the first of its kind in a major US city, starts to take shape

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Under pressure from US feds, Columbia announces new measures to combat antisemitism

University president says discrimination office will use IHRA definition of antisemitism, appoint coordinators to ensure compliance with civil rights...

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US university heads grilled in Congress about anti-Israel terror support on campus

Leaders of City University of New York, Georgetown and Berkeley hauled before lawmakers; protesters repeatedly interrupt proceedings with shouts of...

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Three members of UN commission investigating Israel resign amid Trump crackdown

Resignations, including of former UN rights chief, come as the US imposes sanctions on international anti-Israel investigators

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NYC mayor feuds with comptroller over Israel bonds investments

Eric Adams accuses Brad Lander of divesting from Israel in line with BDS policies; comptroller says decision was apolitical, city has hundreds of...

14.07.2025 10

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Israel studies programs on US campuses are at a crisis point, report warns

Study by Jewish People Policy Institute says field threatened by hostile campus activism, funding and strategy issues; leading scholar acknowledges...

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Israeli postdoc sues Stanford for discrimination; university denies it

Researcher says lab tampered with his findings, falsely accused him of sexual harassment; Stanford says investigation found claims ‘unsubstantiated’

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