I’m not afraid of those sending
threats & antisemitic comments. I’m a Jew on my feet, not on my knees. The proud granddaughter of a man who joined the Army as a Ritchie Boy to fight Nazis killing his family. I will always stand for what is right. You don’t intimidate me at all.
Disgraceful. I am ashamed to be an
@MIT
alumna & I am ashamed of my fmr professors & colleagues who have remained silent or believe it is more important to protect antisemites than their Jewish students barred from attending class. What a sordid chapter in MIT & your history.
“There has been considerable speculation that many of the students at the forefront of the anti-Israel protests on campuses across the country are not US citizens. The MIT statement is the first time a university has acknowledged that this may be the case”
The following statement on the Israel-Hamas war was issued this week by a group of national security professionals. I was proud to sign on to the statement & its recommendations alongside fmr colleagues & those I admire for their service & for their insight on this issue. (1/2)
Incredibly inspiring speech from
@SarahHuckabee
tonight.
It was an honor to work with her at the White House — one of the hardest working people I’ve ever met.
Wow. Won't condemn Hamas & has no "empathy" for deliberately murdered Jewish babies, raped little girls, & slaughtered civilians when asked explicitly. This is not someone who cares about the Palestinian people (she shares that in common with Hamas). An antisemite. Use the word.
NYU student Ryna Workman, who says they were denied a job following their controversial comments on the Israel-Hamas conflict, speaks with
@LinseyDavis
.
Disturbing phenomenon: pattern of government staffers coming out publicly against their bosses on different issues. My advice to young people choosing government service: you were not elected, and no one is forcing you to serve the person who was. You can resign & should if you
Only in DC are the egos so big that someone with a direct role in empowering the leading state sponsor of terrorism, Iran, feel his voice is needed after the most gruesome terrorist slaughter of the Jewish people by an Iranian-backed group.
The decisions being made now are going to impact millions of lives, reverberate for generations, and risk all kinds of escalation. The U.S. should have learned from 9/11 the profound cost of being guided by anger and fear. I hope that is what we are telling the Israeli government
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Columbia — a school in an area of NYC home to many Jews who escaped the Nazis, incl. my great grandparents & educated many Jewish postwar immigrants, incl. my grandma— has cancelled graduation bc it can’t stand up to a mob harassing Jewish students
Time for President to give a major speech on antisemitism — an honest one that echoes what Wray said. We have a huge antisemitism problem in this country; at historic levels; & (cant believe I have to say this) fear of offending raging antisemites can’t stop us from addressing it
If any US hostage is harmed bc we demanded that Israel not interfere with the comms of their captors, Congress should raise hell.
Hamas took out parts of Israeli tech defenses & communications with drones to commit their atrocities. Now Israel is asked to let Hamas communicate?
Shutting off communications in Gaza was an explicit decision by the Israelis -- one that was reversed after pressure from the United States, says a senior U.S. official. “We made it clear they had to be turned back on" and "need to stay back on.” Via
@ClaireParkerDC
in Egypt
NEW: Per three ICE & DHS sources to me &
@GriffJenkins
, Jose Antonio Ibarra, the suspect charged in the murder of nursing student Laken Riley, is a Venezuelan national who crossed illegally into El Paso, TX in September 2022 & was released into the U.S. via parole.
We reached
Delighted to be invited to become a Council on Foreign Relations Term Member. Grateful to Matt Pottinger for the nomination letter and to Nadia Schadlow, Elliott Abrams, and Matthew Kroenig for their letters of support. Looking forward to engaging in the discussion and community!
I am continually amazed at how little people understand about where Jews come from, their experience in the Middle East, and what we look like. This speech by this woman is twilight zone level misinformation👇
The majority of Israeli Jews are the descendants of refugees from the Middle East and Africa.
My grandmother came to Israel in the early 50s from Iraq, after watching her best friend be raped and a Jewish mother and her 9 children slaughtered by Arabs.
She was not alone, almost
BREAKING: White House statement on anti-Israel protests at Columbia University:
“While every American has the right to peaceful protect, calls for violence and physical intimidation targeting Jewish students and the Jewish community are blatantly Antisemitic, unconscionable, and
People defending poster rippers should ask themselves why they think those people become enraged or exhibit sociopathic laughter tearing images of kidnapped Jewish kids. We don't see that w images of Palestinian kids. Then think about your choices on when & what you speak out for
Yahel is just 3-years-old and she is a hostage of Hamas terrorists.
What if she were your child? Then would you move heaven and earth to set her free?
#BringThemHomeNow
As you can hear, students are chanting genocidal slogans calling for intifada and the destruction of the Jewish state. Jewish students were left among this crowd unprotected.
Free speech does not entitle you to suffer no consequences for your speech.
Particularly when your speech is a celebration of the massacre, rape, and torture of Jewish men, women, and children.
As a broad crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech sweeps the country it’s not good enough to note hypocrisy — we need a principled stand for free speech and to remind complacent people of why they should have seen this earlier.
If you’re a Jewish student, please listen to Seth & also know how to reach campus & city/local police. If you’re not Jewish, please take steps to help protect your Jewish classmates. If you’re a member of a synagogue near a campus, make sure they have safety measures in place.
This is very true, but we must also be careful not to delude ourselves into thinking the most educated people aren’t capable of virulent antisemitism. Many Nazi leaders were highly educated. College campuses today also show this.
Evidence pouring in to suggest that Dagestan will not become a leading center of science, culture or business anytime soon. Anti-Semitism is both an indicator of ignorance and an impediment to learning.
BREAKING:State Dept tells me their tweet instructing Israel to stand down amid Hamas terror was deleted after this Cruz tweet: Message "was not approved and does not represent U.S. policy." Story TK...
Witnessing this kind of smug limousine liberal disdain for the American people & their ability to decide what matters most to them helped make me a Republican.
(One of many factors)
Talk to Americans in NYC, Athens, & Boston. They're worried about immigration too.
MSDNC panel mocks the fact immigration is a top issue for voters across the country
@jrpsaki
: “I live in Virginia. Immigration was the number one issue…you’re thinking like what?!”
@JoyAnnReid
: *laughs*
@maddow
: “Well, Virginia does have a border with West Virginia!”
Extraordinary performance of various missile defense systems this wkend is a reminder of gratitude we should have for the engineers, scientists, & R&D professionals who have invented & sustained systems to keep us safe.
Critical to ensure future generations pursue these fields.
1 year ago today,
@VandenbergCo
officially launched. At the time, it was just Carrie Filipetti and me in a tiny office, figuring out how to make a website and other such things! So proud of all of my colleagues and what TVC has accomplished in 1 year under Carrie's leadership!
@humeyra_pamuk
Why do they only object to Jews defending themselves? They had no objections to Syria. No one wants to see suffering, but they suggest ISR not defend its people. Ceasefire ended bc Hamas will not release women it’s brutalizing. Heartbreaking they’re calling to stop their rescue.
The White House says a 3-year-old American citizen toddler is being held hostage by Hamas - this info in a readout of a call Biden had with Qatari Amir:
I might start the investigation with that UPenn student who said she felt “empowered and happy” after the torture, rape, and murder of Jewish innocents and children.
I hate people calling them kids, even those in college. They are adults. People younger than them defend our country every day. Look at the choices those their age had to make the last time Jews were slaughtered like this. Many lost their lives standing against evil. No excuse.
The consequences for this sort of thing should follow this guy in his professional career. This isn't a college kid with a bad opinion or a high school kid using a slur. It's a law student using physical force. That's the antithesis of what the law is about.
Join us virtually this Thursday for a candid and lively conversation with
@ElbridgeColby
on China, Taiwan, Ukraine, and more. Our discussion will get to the heart of the most pressing debates in the conservative movement. Register here:
Hamas deliberately & proudly tortures children. Can’t believe we have to say this again, after they baked babies & beheaded kids. Portraying them as some kind of humanitarians is a new low by people weak in character & mind who can’t come to terms w evil (generous interpretation)
Aunt of Eitan Yahalomi, aged 12, tells
#Israel
's
@N12News
that
#Hamas
terrorists forced him to watch a horror movie about the massacre and every time he cried, they silenced him by pointing a gun at him.
The deliberate, sadistic, evil targeting of innocent life, including children, bc they are Jewish. If you’re calling for a ceasefire in response to this terror, you are an antisemite who prefers Jews on their knees & not on their feet.
Hamas must be eliminated.
I’m in
#Israel
🇮🇱 for
@unherd
as war with
#Hamas
intensifies. Follow me for updates from the ground. This am I attended a session where Israel is releasing “raw footage” of the 7th October massacres. Devices were banned from the initial session. Here is my report. THREAD
All of this also likely points to an unbelievable lack of trust among various offices at DOD & between DOD and the White House. If they aren’t communicating or sharing info on this, you can be sure they aren’t doing so on other, potentially very serious, subjects.
The 3 biggest remaining Austin Qs:
1. Why CJCS Brown knew Tuesday but DSD Hicks and WH didn't til Thursday
2. How does Austin's office operate?
3. Who had SecDef duties during last week's strike on militia leader in Iraq?
w/
@mattberg33
Jewish homes vandalized in NYC.
Jewish journalist & kids harassed.
Synagogue violently attacked in LA.
Too many calling them anti-Israel or pro-Palestinian protestors. It’s pure antisemitic violence & hate.
What was a Kristallnacht thug, a “pro-Aryan/lebensraum advocate?”
I do words for a living, but have few tonight. Thank God former President Trump is okay. Horrifying that an American lost his life in front of his loved ones. Grateful that friends are safe & unharmed and thinking of those grieving & recovering from injuries 🙏🇺🇸.
More on those little girls. Horrific.
Too often, I think we underestimate children. Another older sibling who may have helped save her little sister.
Her words to the police remind us that there are good guys & bad guys, and we are very lucky for the good guys.
Please watch
Details of the family gang rape of a 30 year old Jewish woman. Father-son-cousin raped and then murdered her. Just one story among the many atrocities that day.
“My father raped her, then I did and then my cousin did and then we left but my father killed the woman after we finished raping her.”
Ireland, Spain and Norway: "Very touching, have a state"
Today is my last day with
@VandenbergCo
. So grateful for the opportunity and especially for my amazing teammates, who made me this totally normal cake (inside joke)😂. I believe Michael Scott said it best 👇
The events of the past month are not just about Israel or antisemitism. They are about civilization vs. barbarism. The Jewish people are often the canary in the coal mine. If we do not stand against evil now, we are going to be in a dire situation in the years ahead.
So proud of MIT’s
@TaliaKhan_MIT
.
“I'm the daughter of a Jewish American mother and an Afghan Muslim father, and I am the proud president of the MIT-Israel Alliance. I'm a Jewish student currently immersed in an extremely toxic environment of antisemitism at MIT.”
PM Netanyahu: "A lie can circle the earth 1,000 times before a single word of truth gets through, but we have no other choice. You fight by exposing the lies."
Admins who don’t want to address antisemitism have long dismissed it w variations of “but Jews are privileged.” The reality, which they would surely find dismaying, is that they’re uneducated on the topic - its seriousness, prevalence, & how stereotypes shape their own views.
Read this all the way through. New texts from
@Columbia
deans have been leaked, and they are really bad. During a panel in which Jewish students and faculty discussed the Kraft Center (our Hillel) as a place of refuge from antisemitic discrimination…
Vice Dean and Chief
The students who are speaking out on the antisemitism issue are unbelievably brave. I am so proud to see so many strong young Jewish voices. They could use our support.
This is what I get from fellow
@Columbia
students for reporting the truth and sharing my perspective. So much for civil discourse. Two of these are from elected representatives of our student government—shameful.
🧵Apropos of Holocaust Remembrance Day & in honor of a truly brave student, below is a photograph by August Sander: "Working Students" 1926. The young man w arms crossed is Hans Schoemann -- the man who hid my grandma from the Nazis. (1/4)
When Pomona College students (and possibly others) rushed into an administrative building last night, President Gabi Starr told them they had 10 minutes to leave.
Then she suspended them and had them arrested.
(Warning: language)
I’ve always been very aware of antisemitism & its history on college campuses. Still, never in my life growing up as a Jewish American did I imagine the US Holocaust Museum would have to condemn the presidents of leading US universities for failing to oppose genocide against Jews
One of the best weapons against propaganda are facts discernible with your own eyes and ears.
Who is chanting for mass murder and who is singing for peace? Who has rejected a ceasefire repeatedly and who has not? Who avoids civilians casualties and who targets children?
Ilhan Omar at Columbia: “We should protect all Jewish students whether they are pro-genocide or anti-genocide.”
If that isn’t the most Soviet passive aggressive horse shit you’ve ever heard…
My sense is many conservatives, and without speaking for them, those put into categories here, would disagree with this framing. There is a lot of nuance within the movement, and as
@ElbridgeColby
's tweet noted, views are perhaps better understood as a spectrum with some overlap.
There’s a 3-way fight in the GOP on foreign policy
1. Rules-based internationalists
2 Conservative internationalists
3. Conservative nationalists
Big fight between 2 & 3, and it’s unclear where DeSantis fits.
Delighted to join the Advisory Council for
@TechDiplomacy
. U.S. national security depends on strong tech strategy, policy, & diplomacy. Looking forward to supporting its mission alongside so many fmr colleagues on their outstanding team. Learn more here:
🧵The denial of rapes of these women — & other horrors of 10/7 incl murder of infants — is why speaking up here is important. I don’t enjoy engaging on X, but this is why I & many others do it. Not only bc of family history for some, but for victims who can’t speak for themselves
FWIW, we would never use that term “rules-based international order” in a POTUS speech, foreign or domestic audience. And we cared A LOT about China. We’d talk about strong, sovereign, and independent partners. The choice between independence and being a satellite to Beijing.
I don't like the term "rules-based international order" on principle. But it is worth ditching on practical grounds.
No one really can define what it means.
And it doesn't resonate with the "Global South," especially when framed against China's messaging.
It's solipsistic. 1/
I tried to compose several tweets in response to this but none seemed sufficient. At a loss for words.
Chilling evil brutality. Cheered & defended by some, diminished & ignored by others. Only a part of 10/7 horror. Haunting.
The first victim she said she saw was a young woman with copper-color hair, blood running down her back, pants pushed down to her knees. One man pulled her by the hair and made her bend over. Another penetrated her, Sapir said, and every time she flinched, he plunged a knife into
🧵Unless I’m missing something, Josh Shapiro’s pro-Israel views are shared by moderates in his party, which is why his being singled out is so disturbing & antisemitic. That he has changed his views since college seems normal and common for many on variety of issues. (1/2)
How many families of Americans held hostage by Hamas will be guests of the President and FLOTUS? Any Jewish students standing up to antisemitism? Maybe the one choked at Berkeley? Family of Laken Riley maybe? The nursing students she left behind?
17 family members of Israeli hostages will be attending Biden's State of the Union address on Thursday, per the Hostages Forum.
The members of Congress who invited them — a mix of D's and R's — will be wearing yellow hostage ribbons and "bring them home" dog tags.
Tmw marks 2 years for me with
@VandenbergCo
. At that time, pre-launch, we had two staff, no office, no website, & only a small # of experts, but we did have an important mission that we & others believed in. Proud to see
@VandenbergCo
still going strong and growing.
Many imp points including this👇
It’s incorrect to say “nobody got hurt”.
There’s a 7 year-old Israeli-Arab girl called Amina Elhasuny fighting for her life.
Some points regarding the overnight Iranian missile attack on Israel:
1. Contrary to what pundits are saying, this wasn’t designed merely as “bells and whistles” with no damage.
When you shoot 350 flying objects timed to hit Israel at the same moment,
when you use three
Thanks to
@ElbridgeColby
for joining our Future of Conservative Foreign Policy series to talk China, Taiwan, Russia, Ukraine, the defense budget, & more!
Check out our full interview! 👇👇👇
The most beautiful song on TTPD, which will likely receive little attention, is Robin. It’s about a parent’s love for a child, and for those who have had to keep illness, terror, or other heartache from children — or whose parents did for them — suspect it will be a great comfort
One of the Columbia deans who sent disparaging text messages during panel on Jewish life changed his LinkedIn profile pic the night
@FreeBeacon
report came out …. to a picture of himself in Israel.
Utterly vile.
“At Yale, protesters erected an altar to Walid Daqqa—a Palestinian terrorist convicted for his role in the 1984 murder of an Israeli soldier—as well as tributes to Leila Kahled, the first Palestinian woman to hijack an airplane.”
Unfortunately, I can fathom it. Universities, especially the “elite” schools, are increasingly morally bankrupt, and so consumed with attempts to be “politically correct” they are unable to make simple distinctions between right and wrong.
Instead, Harvard is being defined by the morally unconscionable statement apparently coming from two dozen student groups blaming all the violence on Israel. I am sickened. I cannot fathom the Administration’s failure to disassociate the University and condemn this statement.
Heard from a Columbia student this morning that one of the main rabbis at Columbia has with great sadness now advised Jewish students to go home because of the university’s inability to protect them as things have dramatically worsened in past 48 hrs.
The plagiarism accusations in the acknowledgements section is really shocking, but should have been a clue when she thanked her dad, Mordecai Goldstein.
SCOOP: Harvard today received a complaint outlining over 40 allegations of plagiarism against its embattled president, Claudine Gay.
The document (available online) suggests a pattern of misconduct more extensive than has been previously reported. 🧵
This statement isn’t true. Violence on any side is not acceptable. However, physically blocking Jewish students, holding them against their will, & beating them unconscious isn’t peaceful & this is a misrepresentation of events. Misinformation like this puts all students at risk.
These were peaceful protests until thugs, claiming to represent pro-Israel sentiment, attacked the pro-Palestinian protests. This is on UCLA and their failure of basic safety precautions. I am solely focused now, then, on these students not getting hurt.
Imagine if federal employees had such a passionate interest in reflecting on the fact that terrorists have held Americans hostage for 100 days.
As a friend of mine said, when they walk out, don’t let them walk back in.
🧵Pelosi’s comments after one of Omar’s multiple previous rebukes for antisemitism.
“I feel confident that her words were not based on any anti-Semitic attitude but that she didn't have a full appreciation of how they landed” (1/2)
Happy Fourth! 🇺🇸🌲
Grateful to live in the most amazing country on earth thanks to the sacrifices of countless Americans, including several on here I know & love, for centuries.
Worth a watch. Too bad they ran out of time. I am sure Natasha would correct her on the “objectivity” of the ICC. See also the “objectivity” of the human rights abusers at the UN.
👇 If you can’t do this — implement the policy of the President — serving the country is not right for you, no matter the issue. Public service isn’t about you. Also goes for Hill staff. The fawning over them like they’re some kind of heroes is nuts. They’re closer to narcissists
Disappointing to see serving US officials publicly slamming the admin's Mideast policy. Govt officials have a duty to the country- engage in the policy debate and then faithfully implement whatever the President decides, or resign if you cannot in good conscience do so.
Beyond belief. In many Jewish homes, the conversation rn is do we leave when they start breaking windows & burning stores? That’s when many left Germany, & the others didn’t survive.
Not meant to be hyperbolic, but to convey what many families are feeling & how serious this is.
Ah yes the ole “calling for genocide of Jews is bad” trap. 🤦♀️
Claudine Gay: “And at a congressional hearing last month, I fell into a well-laid trap. I neglected to clearly articulate that calls for the genocide of Jewish people are abhorrent and unacceptable”
🚨BREAKING: Claudine Gay takes to New York Times to offer "words of warning," claiming that "trusted institutions of all types—from public health agencies to news organizations—will continue to fall victim to coordinated attempts to undermine their legitimacy." I wonder why. 🤔
So did this one.
Jewish children should know the history of Ritchie Boys, Bielski partisans, Hannah Senesh & many others who fought.
And since the creation of the State of Israel, the Jewish people no longer have to depend on anyone else for defense & survival— and they don’t.
Just saw
@MalehIsaac
on television tonight — one of the UNC fraternity brothers who protected the flag on campus. Business major, 4.0 GPA, graduating early as a junior. Proud Jewish American. Kvelling!
You can all fight over hiring him.
This woman who cackled while ripping down posters of kidnapped children gives off strong psychopath vibes.
People who support evil publicly will be known publicly for their depravity. We as a society have the choice to shun & shame them or look the other way. We should shame.
If you wonder why it is right and just that Olivia Lynch of Brooklyn and everyone like her---everyone who joyously rips up posters of kidnapped and murdered Jewish children---should suffer economic damage, unemployability and lasting shame:
The reason is Ruth Peretz.
🧵Happy Veterans Day & thank you to all who served. Took a trip to Arlington & to Fort Ritchie, where my grandfather trained as a Ritchie Boy with the US Army after fleeing the Nazis after Kristallnacht. Special meaning on the 85th anniversary & w antisemitism on the rise (1/2)
I suggest Kraft send
@Patriots
or
@GreekGodOfHops
& others to walk with Jewish students to class every day as a show of solidarity given the cowardice of profs & administrators. Students at other schools can help too. It’s a civil rights issue.
@StandUp2JewHate
@StopAntisemites
Disgraceful. I am ashamed to be an
@MIT
alumna & I am ashamed of my fmr professors & colleagues who have remained silent or believe it is more important to protect antisemites than their Jewish students barred from attending class. What a sordid chapter in MIT & your history.
🧵We had to constantly deal w people opposing Pres.’s agenda. Reality was they weren’t close to being decision makers. Partly, they’re mad that a) their views aren’t respected/needed & b) They’re not in fact the President, contrary to what shows like The Diplomat told them (1/3)
“In two decades, I've never seen State Department management make such a fuss about employees' purported emotions and feelings, to the extent that dissent is essentially being encouraged.”
Donors pulling funding might consider giving $ directly to student groups, many conservative, who have been allies in combatting antiSemitism. Endowing predocs, postdocs, & assistant professorships for likeminded scholars can also help encourage & enable counters to antiSemites.
As the Jewish granddaughter of survivors of Hitler’s Germany, this is so offensive.
Not only is it not AT ALL applicable to candidate Trump, the insinuation alone makes light of Hitler & his atrocities. This is exactly what I meant this AM re: people revealing true colors.
This guy is going to hurt someone and explains his rationale in great detail here. It is beyond belief that Columbia administration negotiated with him.
Meet Khymani James, a student leader of Columbia University’s anti-Israel Gaza Solidarity Encampment who openly states that "Zionists don’t deserve to live"
He made the comments during a meeting with the school that he live-streamed.
We put together the highlights:
“A world without nuclear weapons is totally possible,” says
@Emma_Pike_
, a nuclear disarmament consultant and activist. She shared her thoughts with Times Opinion on TikTok:
“No you’re not going to escort her back to where her home is” he screams to police about the young Jewish woman, chanting that every day will be 10/7 for her.
This family was pulled from their car & massacred bc they’re Jewish. Many chilling stories have yet to be told.
On US campuses — in response to these atrocities (!!) — there were celebrations alongside antisemitic tropes & harassment of Jewish students. We have a problem.
The Kapshiter family - Dina and Yevgeni together with their children Eitan and Alin. They were camping with friends when the Hamas terrorist attack began on October 7. When they were on the road on their way home, the terrorists stopped them, took them out of their vehicle, and