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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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Israeli Strike on Tehran Kills Bodyguard of Slain Hezbollah Chief
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi lays a wreath as he visits the burial site of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, June 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
A member of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah was killed in an Israeli air strike on Tehran alongside a member of an Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group, a senior Lebanese security source told Reuters and the Iraqi group said on Saturday.
The source identified the Hezbollah member as Abu Ali Khalil, who had served as a bodyguard for Hezbollah’s slain chief Hassan Nasrallah. The source said Khalil had been on a religious pilgrimage to Iraq when he met up with a member of the Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada group.
They traveled together to Tehran and were both killed in an Israeli strike there, along with Khalil’s son, the senior security source said. Hezbollah has not joined in Iran’s air strikes against Israel from Lebanon.
Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada published a statement confirming that both the head of its security unit and Khalil had been killed in an Israeli strike.
Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli aerial attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs in September.
Israel and Iran have been trading strikes for nine consecutive days since Israel launched attacks on Iran, saying Tehran was on the verge of developing nuclear weapons. Iran has said it does not seek nuclear weapons.
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Hamas Financial Officer and Commander Eliminated by IDF in the Gaza Strip
Israeli soldiers operate during a ground operation in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, July 3, 2024. Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via REUTERS
i24 News – The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), in cooperation with the General Security Service (Shin Bet), announced on Friday the killing of Ibrahim Abu Shamala, a senior financial official in Hamas’ military wing.
The operation took place on June 17th in the central Gaza Strip.
Abu Shamala held several key positions, including financial officer for Hamas’ military wing and assistant to Marwan Issa, the deputy commander of Hamas’ military wing until his elimination in March 2024.
He was responsible for managing all the financial resources of Hamas’ military wing in Gaza, overseeing the planning and execution of the group’s war budget. This involved handling and smuggling millions of dollars into the Gaza Strip to fund Hamas’ military operations.
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Report: Wary of Assassination by Israel, Khamenei Names 3 Potential Successors
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2025. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
i24 News – Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei named three senior clerics as candidates to succeed him should he be killed, the New York Times reported on Saturday citing unnamed Iranian officials. It is understood the Ayatollah fears he could be assassinated in the coming days.
Khamenei reportedly mostly speaks with his commanders through a trusted aide now, suspending electronic communications.
Khamenei has designated three senior religious figures as candidates to replace him as well as choosing successors in the military chain of command in the likely event that additional senior officials be eliminated.
Earlier on Saturday Israel confirmed the elimination of Saeed Izadi and Bhanam Shahriari.
Shahriari, head of Iran’s Quds Force Weapons Transfer Unit, responsible for arming Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, was killed in an Israeli airstrike over 1,000 km from Israel in western Iran.
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