
Kieran Howton
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NEW: Prominent Jewish leaders and organizations have explicitly stated they will not attend Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Jewish Heritage/Shavuot celebration at Gracie Mansion, including… •UJA-Federation of New York issued a direct statement refusing to attend, noting they cannot celebrate with a mayor who "denies a core pillar of our heritage — the State of Israel". •Rabbi Joseph Potasnik: The Executive Vice President of the New York Board of Rabbis explicitly stated he will not attend, emphasizing that Jewish heritage must include recognition of Israel. •The Organizers of the Israel Day Parade: Leadership figures tied to the annual parade have boycotted the event in response to the Mayor's anti-Israel positions and his own refusal to attend the parade. •Mark Treyger: The CEO of the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island and former Councilman publicly condemned the administration's actions and snubbed the event



New York Times Blames Jews For Antisemitism—In Obituary of ADL Chief Abe Foxman, via @IraStoll @FreeBeacon -freebeacon.com/media/new-york…


Javier Bardem says in #Cannes that genocide being committed in Gaza "is a fact." "You can fight against, you can try to justify it... it is a fact. If you justify it with your silence or your support, you are pro-genocide. Those are facts for me." variety.com/2026/film/fest…



NEW: Judge @RoyKAltman on the NYT/ Kristof controversy in @TheFP. The allegations of a key source of Kristof’s seem to be falling apart. thefp.com/p/the-new-york…




Yesterday’s seminar at the Hebrew University, organized by the Truman Institute and sponsored by the @EUinIsrael @EUpalestinians proved again that open and public Israeli-Palestinian dialogue is still possible — and deeply needed. Important discussions with EU Ambassador to Israel @MichaelMannEU and @EUSR_MEPP highlighted both Europe’s enormous potential and its deep strategic contradictions. The EU could become the most relevant international player in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But today it suffers from a severe lack of leadership and political courage. My criticism focused on two deeply destructive European policies: 1- Europe’s unconditional, public, and continuous endorsement of Mahmoud Abbas — a leader entering his third decade without democratic legitimacy while Palestinians remain denied presidential and legislative elections. 2- Europe’s strange fear of supporting open public dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians. Instead of investing in visible public engagement like yesterday’s seminar, the EU and leading member states such as Germany and Sweden continue funding closed “Chatham House” style conferences in Geneva and other European cities— conversations with no public accountability, no transparency, and no impact on public opinion. Peace will not emerge from secret rooms filled with the same old faces. It will only emerge when Israelis and Palestinians are capable of speaking publicly, honestly, and directly to each other in front of their own societies.









How did it backfire? The video has already garnered millions of views; most people are busy and not going to rigorously fact-check it. I don’t think we can afford optimism at this point.













