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Rep. Laura Gillen blasts Hochul for endorsing Mamdani

‘At a time of skyrocketing antisemitism, his views are far too extreme and would fuel hate and threats against our Jewish community,’ the Long Island congresswoman said

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CBC Radio Again Gives Omer Bartov Another Opportunity To Accuse Israel Of “Genocide”

Every anti-Israel allegation is given a sympathetic platform and its spokespeople given virtually no challenge.

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Longtime Anti-Israel CBC Host Nahlah Ayed Features Hour-Long Gang Up On Israel

Nahlah Ayed, the host of the CBC radio program “Ideas,” has long been noted for her anti-Israel agenda, stretching back years.

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Iranian Regime’s Diplomat Nominated to UN Human Rights Advisory Committee Sparks Outrage - Iran News Update

The nomination of Iranian diplomat Afsaneh Naderipour to the UN Human Rights Council’s Advisory Committee undermines human rights values and legitimizes Tehran’s record of executions, repression, and systemic discrimination.

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Israeli-American Civic Action Network | Keep LAUSD Classrooms Free from Ideology & Politics

Parents and advocates statewide urging every district to adopt SFUSD-level neutrality so staff don’t promote political views during instruction or in district channels.

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Walrus Magazine Uses Taxpayer Money To Fund Its Anti-Israel Agenda

Ghada Abdulfattah’s piece recycled cinematic anecdotes of chaos while carefully omitting Hamas’ central role in creating the crisis.

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CBC’s All In A Day Radio Program Interviews Anti-Israel Activist Amira Elghawaby For Discussion On Hate Crimes

Elghawaby, who has a long record of anti-Israel rhetoric, used the tragedy to pivot to anti-Muslim hate.

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Someone Tell The CAJ: Press Vests Don’t Suddenly Make Propaganda Into Journalism

In reality, multiple so-called journalists killed in Gaza had alleged ties to Hamas.

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Globe & Mail Continues To Print Anti-Israel Propaganda From Gazan Writer Hasan Jaber, Pretending His Work Is Journal

Jaber, who once accused Israel of wanting to “kill everyone,” erases Hamas terrorism from Gaza while pinning all blame on Jerusalem.

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Paramount Condemns Israeli Film Boycott After 3,900 Sign Pledge

Paramount released a statement condemning a boycott of the Israeli film industry after 3,900 industry names signed the pledge.

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A Tale Of Two Standards: How Global And CTV Reported Halifax Anti-Israel Protests

Two recent Global News segments about protests over Israel’s participation in the Davis Cup in Halifax took a strongly anti-Israel stance.

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University Of Ottawa Research Fellow Misrepresents Data In His Zealous Attack On Israel In Toronto Star And The Conversa

Wildeman ignored Hamas’ role in starting the war, holding hostages, and embedding terror infrastructure in civilian areas.

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Musician David Buchbinder’s Falsehoods On Full Display In Toronto Star Column

Musician David Buchbinder took to the pages of the Toronto Star with a commentary heavy on rhetoric but light on facts.

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Toronto Star Columnist Linda McQuaig Continues To Demonize Israel

By erasing context and downplaying terrorism, McQuaig presented a distorted fairy tale where Israel is fighting innocent civilians in Gaza.

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Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Federal Cabinet Castoff, Airs Grievances Against Israel In Toronto Star Column

He echoed spurious United Nations claims of a Gaza “famine” while downplaying evidence of significant humanitarian aid.

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Humanitarian Aid in Gaza: What’s Really Happening | AJC

The current war in Gaza has been exceedingly painful. For Israelis, the 49 hostages being held by Hamas for over 22 months remains central, as does the near-daily loss of life of Israeli soldiers. For Palestinians, the loss of civilian lives and food secu

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Who Are the Hostages Still Held By Hamas? | AJC

More than 22 months after Hamas' massacre of Israelis, Palestinian terror groups are still holding 48 men and women—including two Americans—captive in Gaza. Here is a list of how many hostages Hamas has.

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6 “Pro-Palestinian” Protest Chants You’ve Heard—And How They’re Being Used to Target Jews | AJC

As Israel is increasingly demonized, it is imperative to examine the rhetoric being used—including Free Palestine and Globalize the Intifada—and to understand how, in certain contexts, it can escalate into real-world danger for Jews everywhere. 

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Urban War Expert John Spencer Breaks Down Israel’s War and Media Misinformation | AJC

As one of the world’s top urban warfare experts, Spencer has become a leading voice explaining the harsh realities Israel faces post–October 7: from Hamas’s use of human shields to the unprecedented scrutiny of the IDF.

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In the Rush to Vilify Israel, Genocide Scholars Ignore the Truth | AJC

Every civilian death in this war is a tragedy, but the data cited in the International Association of Genocide Scholars resolution not only fails to differentiate between civilians and combatants, but also relies entirely on Hamas-produced statistics. Usi

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

Israel advocates say groups have broadened definitions of crimes against humanity to encompass Jewish state's actions, but others maintain updates needed for decades-old formulation

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Seeing The Famine Lie First-Hand In Gaza: An Insightful Conversation With Writer & Open-Source Intelligence Investig

News media outlets regularly claim that there is a famine or starvation in Gaza, and that Israel is refusing to allow food into the territory. But the actual evidence tells a very different story. In recent weeks, Eitan Fischberger, an Israel-based open-s

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François Brousseau’s One-Sided Narrative In Le Devoir Ignores Hamas, Distorts Israel’s Reality

Brousseau not only downplayed terrorism, but also maligns Israel’s right to defend its citizens.

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Opening Gaza To Journalists Won’t Fix Isabelle Hachey’s Anti-Israel Fixation

Both pieces revealed more about Hachey’s anti-Israel animus than about the complex reality she claims to cover.

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La Presse Profile Of Doctors Without Borders’ Gaza Efforts = Journalism Without Standards

Some claims, such as inflated casualty numbers and allegations of “deliberate shootings” by Israel, were repeated without scrutiny.

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Canada-Funded Le Devoir Pushes Anti-Israel Propaganda To Children Through Les As De l’Info

French-speaking children in Canada continue to be the target of aggressive anti-Israel propaganda, paid for in part by the Canadian taxpayer.

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CBC Amplifies Anti-Israel Talking Points Under The Guise Of Humanitarian Coverage

Personal stories of Gazan hardship were highlighted at length, yet October 7 was reduced to a passing mention as merely the event that “got the war going.”

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CBC Radio’s “On the Go” Program Features Radical Anti-Israel Professor Heidi Matthews To Spread Famine Fiction Cla

Matthews is a radical anti-Israel activist who we are of the view has previously appeared to defend Palestinian terrorism, a point ignored on the program.

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CBC Reporter Raffy Boudjikanian Sanitizes Radical Anti-Israel Group, Gives Them Sympathetic Platform To Spew Disinformat

Once again, CBC News has acted as a megaphone for fringe anti-Israel groups, this time with reporter Raffy Boudjikanian.

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Multiple CBC Programs Give Sympathetic Interviews To Radical Professor Heidi Matthews

Matthews repeatedly leveled baseless accusations against Israel, including “genocide,” “deliberate starvation,” and targeting journalists.

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John Swinney faces backlash after flying Palestine flag at Scottish Government HQ among anti-Israel measures | The Scott

JOHN Swinney has been accused of 'risking the safety of Scotland's Jewish community' by raising the Palestinian flag at the Scottish Government HQ as

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Four Stories, Two Back-To-Back Days, One Narrative: CTV Produces Misleading Gaza Famine Coverage

Guests accused Israel of “genocide” and “starvation by design,” claims that were never challenged, fact-checked, or set in proper context.

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CBC’s Natasha Fatah Airs Gaza Famine Stories Blaming Israel, Ignoring Hamas’ Role

Both ignored Hamas’ theft of aid, its use of civilians as human shields, and its role in creating food shortages.

Politics | Iran

Biden-Harris Admin Fails To Produce Congressionally Mandated Report on Iranian Human Rights Abuses

The Biden-Harris administration failed to produce a congressionally mandated report on the Iranian regime’s mass human rights abuses and possible avenues for fresh sanctions, fueling accusations the United States is unwilling and afraid to confront Tehran

News | News Items

Israel Implemented More Measures to Prevent Civilian Casualties Than Any Other Nation in History | Opinion

Israel has taken more measures to avoid needless civilian harm than virtually any other nation that's fought an urban war.

News | Antisemitism Watch

They back ‘Palestine’ because they hate Jews

It’s time to stop pretending that those who march to defend Hamas or advocate for Israel’s destruction are defending human rights.

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International Olympic Committee President: IOC, Athletes ‘Must Be Neutral’ on Uyghur, Human Rights Abuses

In a move that both defies the mission statement of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and presents an apathetic middle finger to those directly affected by human rights abuses around the world, the head of the IOC vowed to stay “politically neut

Politics | Opinion

When Israel Can’t Be Blamed, No One Cares About ‘Human Rights’

Israeli security forces prepare to arrest suspects in the Dec. 19 terror attack in Homesh, in the West Bank. Photo: …

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The UN Abandons a Whistleblower to Appease Communist China

A whistleblowing lawyer for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is being thrown under the bus by Sec-Gen...

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Putin Turns Tables on Biden Questioning Human Rights of January 6th Detainees

Proving once again that the Biden administration is playing checkers while Russia is playing chess, Russian President Vladimir Putin is...

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Researchers: CDC Misrepresented Research To Keep Schools Closed

The team of researchers highlighted that the CDC had used their work to issue recommendations for schools re-openings they claim is based in fear.

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United Nations Sells Out Dissidents to Communist Chinese Government

The United Nations had insisted that it's human rights officials didn't expose Chinese dissidents to Beijing, but leaked emails prove...

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Camera – Is B’Tselem Israel’s Leading ‘Human Rights Organization?’

Camera – Is B’Tselem Israel’s Leading ‘Human Rights Organization?’ By: Tamar Sternthal   What makes a human rights organization successful? Its ability to bring about human rights advancements or its ability to capture e

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7 Ways Governments Used the Coronavirus Pandemic to Crush Human Rights

Seven ways governments around the world have used the coronavirus pandemic to diminish human rights and civil liberties.

Politics | "Apartheid" State?

Israel Apartheid Week: The Smear Disguised as a Human Rights Campaign

  Every spring,  the annual "Israel Apartheid Week," hate-fest hits students on university campuses in North America and Europe.  In a bid to dupe

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HonestReporting - Israel and the Dysfunctional UN Human Rights Council

HonestReporting – Israel and the Dysfunctional UN Human Rights Council By Paul Shindman Honest Reporting To understand the toxic relationship between the UN Human Rights Council and Israel, one must look to the council’s predecessor, the UN Human

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UN Human Rights Council Derided as ‘Dangerous Joke’ After Issuing Anti-Israel Report on Gaza Border Violence

Palestinians riot on the Israel-Gaza Strip border, August 3, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Ibraheem Abu Mustafa. A number of prominent Jewish …

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US Should Embed Human Rights in Every Aspect of Foreign Policy: CECC Report

WASHINGTON—The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) issues a report every year on human rights and rule of law in the People’s Republic of China, although the feeling at the release of this year’s report felt different. There was sadne

Politics | Hamas, Gaza & The Palestinian Authority

Palestinian Child Terrorists Become New Face of Terror Against Israel

The Palestinians continue to groom and employ an increasing number of child terrorists to launch strikes on Israel.

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Iran's Executions and Human Rights Abuses Hit 27-Year High

The Islamic Republic hit the highest rate of executing people since 1989. The official number indicates that Iran executed nearly two times more people in 2015 in comparison to 2010 when the hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was in office, as well as roughly 10 times more than the number of executions in 2005.

Advice & Self-Help | Chicago

The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden 'black site'

Exclusive: Secret interrogation facility reveals creeping aspects of war on terror in US city as accounts describe shackling and brutality without basic rights