Anti-Israel radicals staged an insurrection in the California State Assembly on Wednesday, shutting down the first day of the state legislative session and forcing lawmakers to flee. There were no arrests, as insurrectionists were allowed to linger in the chamber.
“Jewish Voice for Peace” and IfNotNow are not actually Jewish groups. There may be Jews involved, but their main tactic is to appropriate Jewish symbols to support Palestinian cause — and, at times, specifically to support the use of terror to pursue it.
“Jewish Voice for Peace,” a pro-terror organization that exploits Jewish identity to cover for violent Palestinian extremists, has come out against Gal Gadot’s effort to show a film of Hamas atrocities on Octover 7 to a group of select Hollywood insiders.
The media frequently cite two groups — Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow — as if they are “Jewish” organizations, when in reality both support terrorism.
Actor Wallace Shawn appeared at a protest in Washington, DC, Monday where he blasted Israel’s response to Hamas’ bloody terrorist attacks, saying he doesn’t “believe in revenge, and that’s what this is.”
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is demanding that Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti apologize for agreeing with the Trump administration’s decision to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem on a recent trip to Israel.
Several radical left-wing groups are planning an event Wednesday morning in support of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), including CAIR and Jewish Voice for Peace.
Anti-Zionist groups at the University of California, Berkeley, equated victims of the recent antisemitic massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue with Palestinians who were killed during Hamas-led riots on the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
The Strategic Affairs Ministry under Gilad Erdan has compiled a list of organizations it says promote the boycott of Israel, and will cooperate with the Interior Ministry to block members of those groups from entering the country, Hadashot news reported Saturday.
TEL AVIV – A self-proclaimed liberal professor at New York’s New School slammed the college over its decision to hold a panel including virulent anti-Israel activist and “hatemonger” Linda Sarsour on Tuesday night in an event on antisemitism.
TEL AVIV – An Israeli court temporarily lifted a travel ban on a co-founder of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement so he can receive a “peace award” at Yale University this weekend, the organization behind the prize said this week.
The Times of Israel reports: Jewish Voice for Peace took credit for distributing thousands of fake and anti-Israel versions of The New York Times in Manhattan and on social media. The organization, which supports the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions,
On Tuesday evening and Wednesday, Jews across California and the world will celebrate Tu B’Shvat (literally, “the 15th of the Hebrew month of Shvat”), the “New Year for trees.” The holiday roughly coincides with the appearance of the first spring blossoms in Israel–as well as in California, large portions of which enjoy a similar climate to that of the Holy Land. In recent years, the religious holiday has been overtaken by environmental themes–and, lately, by anti-Israel activists.
