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Jew Haters & Terrorist Apologists: A Campus Perspective
Like many Jews, I always took pride in identifying as a “liberal.” Over the last few years — and especially the last three months — things have changed. I have watched as my “liberal” peers champion profoundly anti-liberal ideologies, and parrot hate-laden slogans. Most emblematic of this hypocrisy is how my “liberal” peers treat Jews and Israel, the Jewish state.
On October 7, even as Hamas terrorists were still perpetrating their barbarous crimes against innocent Israelis, including rape, murder, and torture, these “liberals” wasted no time in showing the world how much they hate Jews.
Instead of condemning the rape of women, decapitation of babies, and murder of entire families, my “progressive” peers, without a moment’s hesitation, rushed to condemn the victims. Some of these “progressives” openly celebrated the murder, abuse, and abduction of Jewish women, children, and men.
For these virtue-seekers, the violence was justified because they believe Jews are “colonialist oppressors,” even though Jews are indigenous to the land, and “white oppressors,” even though half of Israelis would be considered BIPOC in the United States, and that Hamas had full control over Gaza before Oct. 7, and the Palestinian Authority runs most of the West Bank.
My “liberal” peers are not liberals. They are deeply illiberal. Their support for Hamas savagery represents an ideology rooted in hatred — an ideology that resembles Islamo-fascism and Nazism.
On my own campus, these “progressives” vandalized our Hillel, spray-painted buildings, ripped down posters of hostages, disrupted traffic, shouted genocidal slurs on loudspeakers during final exams, hung massive anti-Israel banners, slapped “Sabra Feeds Genocide” stickers on hummus containers, and staged “die-ins” while shouting bloodthirsty slogans — slogans so ugly that many participants hid behind masks.
Since 2005, when Israel unilaterally removed every single civilian from Gaza, Hamas has done nothing but wreak havoc on Arabs and Israelis alike.
Instead of building civilian infrastructure when it seized power in 2007, Hamas built underground terror tunnels; instead of building a profitable economy, Hamas made its leaders billionaires; instead of providing food to its civilians, Hamas stole it for itself; instead of protecting civilians, Hamas did everything to increase civilian deaths; instead of teaching kids to want peace, Hamas taught them to hate Jews and to idolize martyrdom.
While Israel allows tens of thousands of Gazans to work in Israel, Hamas denies opportunities. While Israel celebrates LGTBQ Pride, Hamas kills, tortures and jails gay people.
Hamas terrorists are not “freedom fighters.” They are blood-thirsty murderers. They are rapists. They are barbarians. They are the enemies of all decent people.
These facts do not get in the way of my “liberal” classmates. Jews are assumed to be prosperous, so Israelis must be the “oppressors.” Jews are considered “white,” so Israelis must be “colonial oppressors.”
If Hamas were to lay its weapons down today, and free the hostages, there could be peace. If Israel laid its weapons down today, the Jewish state would be wiped off the map.
Many progressives envy Jews, but also hate them. They have even succeeded in intimidating and brainwashing some Jews into trying to fit in with the fashionable climate of Jew-hatred. These are not new phenomena. There have always been Jews making desperate and ultimately futile attempts to gain acceptance from the very people who want to kill them by condemning their fellow Jews. Karl Marx (the descendant of rabbis on both sides) did much to inspire Communist Jew-hatred. The Hellenized Jews of Judea fought against the Maccabees. The pro-Roman faction of Jews helped Rome destroy our Temple in 70 C.E.. Today, Jewish Voice for Peace and similar groups help the Jew-haters.
Ask those who fervently condemn Israel’s self-defense efforts: why do the thousands of Arabs killed in Yemen not elicit your “advocacy” and compassion? How about the hundreds of thousands of Arabs killed in Syria under Bashar al-Assad? What about the Muslim Uyghurs in China?
Israel is a bastion of Western democracy in the Middle East. It is the only Jewish state in the world, and it is surrounded by 22 Arab Muslim countries. It is this Jewish sovereignty and independence that Jew-haters cannot accept.
If my “liberal” peers continue buttressing Hamas, if our nation’s academics perpetuate their resentment of Jews and Israel, if university leaders continue to look the other way when Jews are harassed, if the DEI bureaucracy continues to act like Jews are not the most victimized group, we are all in for a dystopian future.
This is not a war about some border dispute between Israel and Palestinians. It is a war for Western democracy, a war in which too many American “liberals” are backing the wrong side.
My “liberal” peers have been converted to a Marxist, antisemitic, anti-Western, morally bankrupt, fact-averse, backward ideology. These armies of “progressives” will seek leadership of our nation. The future of the Western world demands that decent people–the silent majority — stand up and speak out.
For Jews who hope for continued happiness and success in the United States, this is a war worth fighting. No more complacency. Make your voice heard. Hold your elected officials accountable. Stand up for yourselves. No one will respect us unless we respect ourselves.
Alex Wecht is a senior at Boston University, where he serves as the Vice President and Editor of BU’s student-led philosophy journal, Arché, as co-president of the Pre-Law Society, and as a Hillel Jewish Student Leader.
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North London Synagogue, Nursery Targeted in Eighth Local Antisemitic Incident in Just Over a Week
Demonstrators against antisemitism in London on Sept. 8, 2025. Photo: Campaign Against Antisemitism
A synagogue and its nursery school in the Golders Green area of north London were targeted in an antisemitic attack on Thursday morning — the eighth such incident locally in just over a week amid a shocking surge of anti-Jewish hate crimes in the area.
The synagogue and Jewish nursery were smeared with excrement in an antisemitic outrage echoing a series of recent incidents targeting the local Jewish community.
“The desecration of another local synagogue and a children’s nursery with excrement is a vile, deliberate, and premeditated act of antisemitism,” Shomrim North West London, a Jewish organization that monitors antisemitism and also serves as a neighborhood watch group, said in a statement.
“This marks the eighth antisemitic incident locally in just over a week, to directly target the local Jewish community,” the statement read. “These repeated attacks have left our community anxious, hurt, and increasingly worried.”
Local law enforcement confirmed they are reviewing CCTV footage and collecting evidence to identify the suspect and bring them to justice.
This latest anti-Jewish hate crime came just days after tens of thousands of people marched through London in a demonstration against antisemitism, amid rising levels of antisemitic incidents across the United Kingdom since the Hamas-led invasion of and massacre across southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
In just over a week, seven Jewish premises in Barnet, the borough in which Golders Green is located, have been targeted in separate antisemitic incidents.
According to the Metropolitan Police, an investigation has been launched into the targeted attacks, all of which involved the use of bodily fluids.
During the incidents, a substance was smeared on four synagogues and a private residence, while a liquid was thrown at a school and over a car in two other attacks.
As the investigation continues, local police said they believe the same suspect is likely responsible for all seven offenses, which are being treated as religiously motivated criminal damage.
No arrests have been made so far, but law enforcement said it is actively engaging with the local Jewish community to provide reassurance and support.
The Community Security Trust (CST), a nonprofit charity that advises Britain’s Jewish community on security matters, condemned the recent wave of attacks and called on authorities to take immediate action.
“The extreme defilement of several Jewish locations in and around Golders Green is utterly abhorrent and deeply distressing,” CST said in a statement.
“CST is working closely with police and communal partners to support victims and help identify and apprehend the perpetrator,” it continued.
The Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) also denounced the attacks, calling for urgent measures to protect the Jewish community.
“These repeated incidents are leaving British Jews anxious and vulnerable in their own neighborhoods, not to mention disgusted,” CAA said in a statement.
Since the start of the war in Gaza, the United Kingdom has experienced a surge in antisemitic crimes and anti-Israel sentiment.
Last month, CST published a report showing there were 1,521 antisemitic incidents in the UK from January to June of this year. It marks the second-highest total of incidents ever recorded by CST in the first six months of any year, following the first half of 2024 in which 2,019 antisemitic incidents were recorded.
In total last year, CST recorded 3,528 antisemitic incidents for 2024, the country’s second worst year for antisemitism despite being an 18 percent drop from 2023’s record of 4,296.
In previous years, the numbers were significantly lower, with 1,662 incidents in 2022 and 2,261 hate crimes in 2021.
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Germany to Hold Off on Recognizing Palestinian State but Will Back UN Resolution for Two-State Solution
German national flag flutters on top of the Reichstag building, that seats the Germany’s lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, March 25, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
Germany will support a United Nations resolution for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict but does not believe the time has come to recognize a Palestinian state, a government spokesman told Reuters on Thursday.
“Germany will support such a resolution which simply describes the status quo in international law,” the spokesman said, adding that Berlin “has always advocated a two-state solution and is asking for that all the time.”
“The chancellor just mentioned two days ago again that Germany does not see that the time has come for the recognition of the Palestinian state,” the spokesman added.
Britain, France, Canada, Australia, and Belgium have all said they will recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly later this month, although London said it could hold back if Israel were to take steps to ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and commit to a long-term peace process.
The United States strongly opposes any move by its European allies to recognize Palestinian independence.
Last week, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the US has told other countries that recognition of a Palestinian state will cause more problems.
Those who see recognition as a largely symbolic gesture point to the negligible presence on the ground and limited influence in the conflict of countries such as China, India, Russia, and many Arab states that have recognized Palestinian independence for decades.
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UN Security Council, With US Support, Condemns Strikes on Qatar
Qatar’s Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani attends an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council, following an Israeli attack on Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, Sept. 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday condemned recent strikes on Qatar’s capital Doha, but did not mention Israel in the statement agreed to by all 15 members, including Israel‘s ally the United States.
Israel attempted to kill the political leaders of Hamas with the attack on Tuesday, escalating its military action in what the United States described as a unilateral attack that does not advance US and Israeli interests.
The United States traditionally shields its ally Israel at the United Nations. US backing for the Security Council statement, which could only be approved by consensus, reflects President Donald Trump’s unhappiness with the attack ordered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Council members underscored the importance of de-escalation and expressed their solidarity with Qatar. They underlined their support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Qatar,” read the statement, drafted by Britain and France.
The Doha operation was especially sensitive because Qatar has been hosting and mediating negotiations aimed at securing a ceasefire in the Gaza war.
“Council members underscored that releasing the hostages, including those killed by Hamas, and ending the war and suffering in Gaza must remain our top priority,” the Security Council statement read.
The Security Council will meet later on Thursday to discuss the Israeli attack at a meeting due to be attended by Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani.