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 Campus Chaos Abounds

On campuses of public universities like CUNY, and of “elite” private institutions such as NYU, Columbia  and Harvard, chaos abounds. Student activists, supported and incited by outsiders, occupy large swatches of these ivory towers preventing unobstructed passage, freedom of speech and access to class for their fellow students. Violent actions such as looting, destruction of property and bodily harm to pro-Israel students  accompany protests in support of the Palestinians.

Millions of Jews and non-Jews participated in the Passover Seder this year and listened to the age-old question: “Why is this night different from all other nights?” – usually posed by the youngest member at the table. For many, the answer was obvious. With Israel involved in a bitter war, anti-Semitism raging in the United States and Europe, and more than 130 Jewish and non-Jewish hostages in the hands of Hamas and their terrorist co-conspirators, the atmosphere at the Seder was unprecedented in our lifetime.

U.S. threats have given genocidal terrorists a respite as the media continues to demonize Israel and enable antisemitism. But the war isn’t over yet.

(April 8, 2024 / JNS) Perhaps Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wasn’t blowing smoke. After the announcement of a withdrawal of Israel Defense Forces troops from southern Gaza, he pledged that a date had been set for an offensive into Rafah to complete the job of destroying Hamas’s last remaining active military units. If true, that would mean the assumption that the Israeli retreat from Gaza signaled the end for all intents and purposes of the war that Hamas began on Oct. 7 was, at best, premature.