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Jewish Anti-Zionist Groups Damage Community, European Jewish Student Group Says
Pro-Hamas demonstrators marching in Munich, Germany. Photo: Reuters/Alexander Pohl
The European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS), a nonprofit group based in Brussels, on Monday issued a blistering statement condemning anti-Zionist Jewish groups, calling them “divisive” and a source of “chaos.”
“Anti-Zionist Jewish groups constitute a small dissonant voice within the broader Jewish community,” EUJS said. “Claiming to represent the voice of global Jewry, their divisive nature disrupts the unity that is crucial for fostering a thriving and supportive environment, causing significant chaos within our Jewish communities without taking into account the difficulties and antisemitic incidents our communities have been facing since October 7th.”
The statement comes amid an uptick of anti-Zionist activity in Europe from groups such as Na’amod in the UK, Jüdische Stimme (Jewish Voice) in Germany, and Jewish Voices for Peace (JVP) on college campuses in the US, all of which have promoted claims of Israeli apartheid and genocide.
EUJS ‘s statement, which was co-signed by 20 national Jewish student unions from across Europe, noted that Jewish anti-Zionist groups have been used as props by pro-boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement (BDS) organizations that “tokenise Jews and distort the true essence of what Zionism means.”
“This manipulation not only endangers the welfare of the Jewish people but also negatively influences the online debate, spreading misinformation and altering the public perception of reality,” the group added.
Based in Berlin, Jüdische Stimme has been most vitriolic in its promotion of extreme anti-Zionism. On January 27, it will mark Holocaust Remembrance Day by holding an event titled “Never Again Is Now, Never Again for All: Jews Against the Gaza Genocide” at the Neptune Fountain in Berlin. Since Hamas’ massacre across southern Israel on Oct. 7, the group has endorsed the chant “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” which is widely interpreted as calling for a genocide of Jews in Israel. It has also amplified efforts to label Israel as an apartheid state.
“It is crucial to acknowledge the potential damage anti-Zionist Jewish organizations bring to the image of the Jewish people.” EUJS said in Monday’s statement. “Their actions still risk perpetuating harmful stereotypes and misconceptions about the Jewish community, leading to increased prejudice and discrimination.”
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Rights Group Files Lawsuit to Block Trump Deportations of Anti-Israel Protesters
Marco Rubio speaks after he is sworn in as Secretary of State by US Vice President JD Vance at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, Jan. 21, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) filed a lawsuit challenging as unconstitutional the Trump administration’s actions to deport international students and scholars who protest or express support for Palestinian rights.
The lawsuit, filed on Saturday in the US District Court for the Northern District of New York, seeks a nationwide temporary restraining order to block enforcement of two executive orders signed by US President Donald Trump in the first month of his term.
The lawsuit comes after the detention of a Columbia University student, Mahmoud Khalil, a 30-year-old permanent US resident of Palestinian descent, whose arrest sparked protests this month.
Justice Department lawyers have argued that the US government is seeking Khalil’s removal because Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reasonable grounds to believe his activities or presence in the country could have “serious adverse foreign policy consequences.” Rubio on Friday said the United States will likely revoke visas of more students in the coming days.
Trump vowed to deport activists who took part in protests on US college campuses against Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza following the October 2023 attack by the Palestinian terrorists.
The ADC lawsuit was filed on behalf of two graduate students and a professor at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, who say their activism and support of the Palestinian people “has put them at serious risk of political persecution.”
“This lawsuit is a necessary step to preserve our most fundamental constitutional protections. The First Amendment guarantees the freedom of speech and expression to all persons within the United States, without exception,” said Abed Ayoub, national executive director of the ADC.
Chris Godshall-Bennett, the group’s legal director, said the litigation seeks immediate and long-term relief “to protect international students from any unconstitutional overreach that stifles free expression and deters them from fully engaging in academic and public discourse.”
The lawsuit centers on three Cornell University plaintiffs: a British-Gambian national and PhD student with a student visa; a US citizen PhD student working on plant science; and a US citizen novelist, poet, and professor in the Department of Literatures in English.
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Netanyahu Informs Shin Bet Chief to Vote on His Dismissal Next Week
Israel’s Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar speaks at Reichman University in Herzliya on Sunday, September 11, 2022. Photo: Screenshot
i24 News – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Ronen Bar, the head of the Shin Bet security agency, that he will bring a vote before his government to dismiss him next week.
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Houthis Claim to Attack US Aircraft Carrier, Retaliating for Strikes
Newly recruited fighters who joined a Houthi military force intended to be sent to fight in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, march during a parade in Sanaa, Yemen, Dec. 2, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
i24 News – The Houthis claimed on Sunday that they targeted the aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and other vessels in the northern Red Sea with 18 ballistic and cruise missiles and a drone. Military spokesperson Yahya Saree said that the US-led attacks against the Houthis on Saturday comprised of more than 47 airstrikes on seven governorates, with the death toll expected to rise.
“The Yemeni Armed Forces will not hesitate to target all American warships in the Red Sea and in the Arabian Sea in retaliation to the aggression against our country,” Saree said, vowing the Houthis “will continue to impose a naval blockade on the Israeli enemy and ban its ships in the declared zone of operations until aid and basic needs are delivered to the Gaza Strip.”
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