Two of the Star of David necklaces being sold by SXS Jewels. Photo: Instagram

JNS.org – Three men severely assaulted a Jewish man at nightclub in Dublin last month in what is being described as an antisemitic attack, The Irish Times reported on Saturday.

The man, who was not named but was described as a student from the United States living in Ireland, was wearing a Star of David necklace at the club on Nov. 9 when three men approached him and one of them asked whether he was Jewish, according to the report. When he replied he was, the men attacked, causing him a concussion before security intervened.

One suspect was arrested and may be prosecuted for a hate crime, the newspaper reported.

Israel’s ambassador to Dublin, Dana Erlich, condemned the alleged assault and said there has been an “alarming increase” in anti-Israel discourse in Ireland that frequently “mutates” into antisemitism. Despite the attack, the victim remains determined to stay in Ireland, asserting that antisemitism must be confronted.

Separately, an Irish musician with the rock band Fontaines D.C. used his speech in London while accepting a prestigious award to fulminate against Zionism and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“Free Palestine, f***k Netanyahu and f**k Zionism,” guitarist Carlos O’Connell said at the end of his remarks at Friday’s Rolling Stone UK Awards 2024 ceremony in London. His band won The Album Award for its release titled Romance. 

Ireland is among the E.U. member states with the most hostile policy toward Israel, and joined Spain and Norway in recognizing a Palestinian state in May.

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Syrians and Palestinians living in Syria stand next to a poster depicting Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad as they mark the annual al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), in Damascus, Syria April 29, 2022. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi

i24 News – US National Security Council spokesperson Sean Savett said that Washington “is closely monitoring the situation in Syria,” while blaming President Bashar al-Assad’s regime for “the collapse of Assad regime lines in northwest Syria.”

Syrian government forces said that areas north of Hama had been taken back from the opposition coalition, led by Hayat Tahrir a-Sham (HTS).

The offensive, dubbed “Operation Deterrence of Aggression,” began last Wednesday and includes other opposition groups, such as the Syrian National Army.

Savett denied the US was involved in the attack, led by “a designated terrorist organization.”

The push overran Assad forces in Aleppo, controlling important transportation routes after taking swathes of territory. The anti-government forces have reached the outskirts of Hama, on the main highway that leads from Aleppo to Damascus.

Russia replaced Lieutenant General Sergey Kisel, in charge of Moscow’s forces in Syria, amid his tactical failures. The weakening of Assad’s allies – including Russia, Iran, and Shi’ite militias like the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah – created conditions that have led to anti-government forces’ most significant gains against Assad in years.

While HTS has long been considered a terrorist organization by the US, Turkey, and other countries, the Syrian National Army, formerly the Free Syrian Army, is allied with Turkey.

HTS, formerly Jabhat A-Nusra, was founded by Abu Mohammad al-Julani, a warlord tied with Al-Qaeda in the early years of the Syrian civil war.

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Palestinian women react at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip December 1, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ramadan Abed

Hamas leaders held talks with Egyptian security officials on Sunday in a fresh push for a ceasefire in the Gaza war, two Hamas sources said, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to convene his security cabinet on the matter, two Israeli officials said.

The Hamas visit to Cairo was the first since the United States announced on Wednesday it would revive efforts in collaboration with Qatar, Egypt and Turkey to negotiate a ceasefire in Gaza, that would include a hostage deal.

White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan said he thought the chances of a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza were now more likely.

“(Hamas) are isolated. Hezbollah is no longer fighting with them, and their backers in Iran and elsewhere are preoccupied with other conflicts,” he told CNN on Sunday.

“So I think we may have a chance to make progress, but I’m not going to predict exactly when it will happen … we’ve come so close so many times and not gotten across the finish line.”

Residents said the military blew up clusters of houses in the northern Gaza areas of Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun, where Israeli forces have operated since October.

The military says it has killed hundreds of Hamas terrorists in that part of Gaza as it fights to stop the faction regrouping. It has also lost around 30 soldiers there in combat with Hamas fighters over the past two months, a relatively high death toll.

Hamas does not provide details on its own fatalities.

The halting of aid deliveries through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing came almost two weeks after a large shipment was hijacked on the same route.

UNRWA’s Lazzarini said it was Israel’s responsibility “as occupying power” to protect aid workers and supplies, and that the humanitarian operation had become “unnecessarily impossible” due to what he said were Israeli restrictions.

COGAT, the Israeli military department responsible for aid transfers, denies it is hindering humanitarian relief into Gaza, saying there is no limit on supplies for civilians and blaming delays on the United Nations, which it says is inefficient.

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