Intifada

Mamdani, Paris already knows where 'globalize the Intifada' ends up - comment

A Jew in France or New York should be able to hold any opinion about Israel, or none, without being tested on it before walking into a synagogue.

A destroyed car near the Marianne statue at the Place de la Republique, with a yellow vest put on it, the day after clashes during a national day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices, in Paris, France, October 18, 2026.
Limor Son Har-Melech with husband Shuli Har-Melech.

Hamas terrorist behind 2003 murder of Shalom Har-Melech killed in IDF strike in Gaza

The new 9/11 Memorial Wall is seen at One Police Plaza in New York, on September 9, 2026.

Twenty-five years after 9/11: Looking back at the 'Before Times' for American Jewry

MK Zvi Sukkot and several others seen smashing a monument in in Kafr Madama near Nablus, August 25, 2026.

Sledgehammer sovereignty: Zvi Sukkot’s vigilante stunt hurts Israeli security, law - editorial


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

November 15 is also the birthday of Arafat's successor as PA leader, Mahmoud Abbas, who was born in Safed during the British Mandate in 1935.

Yasser Arafat raises his hand as he declares an independent Palestinian state during the PNC meeting in Algiers. November 15, 1988.

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

Israeli Consul General Ofir Akunis warns that Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral campaign has sparked concerns within the Jewish community, with some considering aliyah or relocating to Florida.

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

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

Classifying “intifada” under hate speech is not a leap into censorship; it is the dull business of naming a thing for what it is in this country, at this moment.

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

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