Intifada

‘Death to the IDF’ and Intifada merchandise available for purchase on eBay, Etsy

The most popular design for the "Death to the IDF" shirts featured a skull with a helmet emblazoned with an Israeli flag and marred by a bloody bullet hole.

Merchandise available for purchase on eBay, a t-shirt that reads, ‘death, death to the IDF’
Yasser Arafat raises his hand as he declares an independent Palestinian state during the PNC meeting in Algiers. November 15, 1988.

On This Day: Yasser Arafat, PNC, announce Palestinian Declaration of Independence in Algiers

 Israel's consul general to New York, Ofir Akunis, in his Manhattan office, August 14, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Tensions rise as NYC mayoral race sees Jewish community split over Mamdani

 Protesters gather for a Pro-Palestinian protest march in Whitehall on February 15, 2025 in London, England.

Time to end the lie: ‘Intifada’ is a hate cry, not a protest slogan - opinion


Cuomo calls on Mamdani to condemn the phrase ‘Globalize the Intifada’ ahead of Oct. 7

Mamdani has acknowledged the phrase “meant something different to the Jewish community” and discouraged its usage.

NYC democratic mayoral candidates Andrew Cuomo (L) and Zohran Mamdani against backdrop of pro-Palestinian protesters. (illustration)

This week in Jewish history: High Holy Days, return of Yemeni Jews, Second Intifada

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

YEMENI JEWS are brought home: From Aden to Israel via plane, their personal ‘wings of eagles,’ around 1950.

The self-hating Semites strike again: How left-wing Jews want to associate with power - opinion

When King Saul held back from executing Agag, the king of Amalek – perhaps because he was a fellow monarch and presumably deserving of honor – Saul was punished, with God revoking his kingship.

NETUREI KARTA demonstrate at the Israel Day on Fifth Parade in New York City, June 2, 2025.

We must all become soldiers - opinion

Diaspora Jews are quickly becoming used to being victims and are beginning to act like victims. Do we need to be reminded that the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior?

IDF operates in Gaza, August 29, 2025.

NGO: Israel's 11,000 Palestinian security prisoners breaks record

Administrative detention numbers have surged in Israel, now three times higher than during the Second Intifada, reports HaMoked.

 A Palestinian prisoner waits to be released from Ketziot prison, southern Israel, October 1, 2007

Palestinian terrorist Zakaria Zubeidi claims life of terror 'ultimately futile' in NYT interview

Israel's GPO denounced NYT's interview as "glossing over" key moments in Zubeidi's career, including how his re-arrest in 2019 was due to ties with terror attacks, not an amnesty breach.

Zakaria Zubeidi posing with his M-16 and a picture of then-Palestinian Authority president Yasser Arafat, in Jenin, July 31, 2004.

Gil Troy's award-winning essay confronts ‘Silent Boycott’ against Jewish voices in publishing

This win for Troy followed his 2017 Louis Rapoport Award for Excellence in Commentary win for “Excellence in Single Commentary.”

 Gil Troy

Hamas needs to be held accountable for its web of violence - opinion

The globalization of the intifada is the result of Hamas launching an international propaganda campaign that fuels terror around the world.

 PALESTINIANS WAIT to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, near tents where they have taken shelter after being displaced, in Gaza City last week. Hamas steals and hoards goods entering Gaza, often reselling them at inflated prices, states the writer.

Deadly attacks on Jews driven by desperation, not escalation - opinion

The ideological war against Israel has not ended, but the momentum is shifting.

 A demonstrator holds a placard as students from Columbia University protest outside offices of University Trustees, as part of ongoing protests in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., May 7, 2024

Jews must remain steadfast and indivisible amid antisemitic attacks - opinion

Sarah and Yaron loved Israel, each other, and life itself, with joy, hope, and plans for a future they were never able to build. Their memory, and our response, must be defined by action, not fear.

 THE WRITER (right) meets last week with Daniel Lischinsky at the shiva in Beit Zayit for Daniel’s son Yaron, who was murdered along with Sarah Lynn Milgrim in the Washington terror attack

Columbia University bars two, suspends one after activists interrupt Israel history class

A third activist had been identified as a Columbia student on Thursday and has been suspended pending a full investigation and disciplinary process.

 A STUDENT wrapped in an Israeli flag stands amid pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Columbia University in New York City on October 7, 2024, a year after the Hamas attack on Israel.