London Mayor Sadiq Khan faced a wave of intense backlash following his response to a suspected antisemitic arson attack that destroyed four ambulances.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Khan described the incident as a &#8220;cowardly attack&#8221; and said Londoners would not be &#8220;cowed by hatred.&#8221; He added that he was in contact with police, who were increasing patrols in the area.
“This is a cowardly attack on the Jewish community,” Khan wrote on X, while blocking replies. “I am in close contact with the police who are stepping up patrols in the area, and I urge anyone with information to come forward. Londoners will never be cowed by this kind of hatred and intimidation.”
His post triggered immediate condemnation from some journalists and politicians who argued his words rang hollow given his track record regarding anti-Israel demonstrations in London.
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This is a cowardly attack on the Jewish community. 
I am in close contact with the police who are stepping up patrols in the area, and I urge anyone with information to come forward. 
Londoners will never be cowed by this kind of hatred and intimidation. <a href="https://t.co/KFCqHXToW0">https://t.co/KFCqHXToW0</a>
&mdash; Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) <a href="https://twitter.com/SadiqKhan/status/2035985035174519032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Author and journalist Melanie Phillips wrote: &#8220;This is cynical virtue signalling. You have supported two and a half years of hate marches on London streets chanting for the mass murder of Jews. You have never once called out this incitement, demonisation and lies against Israel and Zionists. The city you run is no longer a safe space for Jews. Own it.&#8221;
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This is cynical virtue signalling. You have supported two and a half years of hate marches on London streets chanting for the mass murder of Jews. You have never once called out this incitement, demonisation and lies against Israel and Zionists. The city you run is no longer a… <a href="https://t.co/YeWNNSlKSw">https://t.co/YeWNNSlKSw</a>
&mdash; Melanie Phillips (@MelanieLatest) <a href="https://twitter.com/MelanieLatest/status/2035997893069259003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Conservative London Assembly Member Neil Garrett also criticized the mayor, pointing to a previous exchange at a public event. &#8220;At the last People&#8217;s Question Time, Mayor Khan spoke at length about the situation in Gaza without any reference to the events of 7th October 2023,&#8221; Garrett recalled, adding that when he raised the issue, Khan &#8220;opted to remain silent.&#8221;
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At the last People&#39;s Question Time, Mayor Khan spoke at length about the situation in Gaza without any reference to the events of 7th October 2023. I intervened to point out his omission, he option to remain silent rather than offer even the most perfunctory nod.
&mdash; Neil Garratt AM (@NeilGarratt) <a href="https://twitter.com/NeilGarratt/status/2036027134813065279?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2026</a></blockquote>
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There were others:
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THIS is Sadiq Khan and Mark Rowley&#39;s London.
If you display a Swastika at an antisemitic hate march it &quot;depends on the context&quot;.
But if a Jewish man wears a Star of David in public they get arrested and accused of &quot;antagonising&quot; antisemites.
Khan and Rowley should RESIGN NOW! <a href="https://t.co/wiuh0reOby">pic.twitter.com/wiuh0reOby</a>
&mdash; Lee Harris (@LeeHarris) <a href="https://twitter.com/LeeHarris/status/2036071080293486718?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Indeed. Whenever Jews are attacked (typically by Muslims), it is important to redouble our efforts to fight against Islamophobia. <a href="https://t.co/YxJRjn6tpH">https://t.co/YxJRjn6tpH</a>
&mdash; Gad Saad (@GadSaad) <a href="https://twitter.com/GadSaad/status/2036133501687242996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 23, 2026</a></blockquote>
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In October 2025, <a href="https://combatantisemitism.org/cam-news/london-mayor-claims-from-the-river-to-the-sea-chant-not-antisemitic/#:~:text=Khan%20answered%2C%20%E2%80%9CI%20don',think%20it's%20all%20about%20context.%E2%80%9D">during</a> Mayor’s Question Time, Assembly Member Susan Hall asked whether the phrase &#8220;from the river to the sea” is antisemitic.
“I don’t think it’s antisemitic. I think it’s all about context,” Khan responded. He described anti-Israel protests coinciding with the Yom Kippur synagogue attack as “inappropriate and insensitive,” but he refused to call them antisemitic, contending that would involve judging “individuals’ behavior.”
His stance has been disputed by political opponents.
Sir James Cleverly, the shadow communities secretary, told The Telegraph the phrase “calls for wiping the world’s only Jewish state from the map,” pointing out that denying its antisemitic meaning was “patently absurd.”
Alex Wilson, leader of Reform UK in the London Assembly, told GB News, “We all know what ‘from the river to the sea’ means; it means wiping out all Jews. We all know what ‘globalize the intifada’ means; it means murdering Jews on British streets. These are calls for death to Jews, but Sadiq is not prepared to admit this.”
Former government adviser on political violence Lord Walney echoed, “Anyone who thinks it is okay for people to chant that hateful phrase needs to consider what it is calling for Palestine to be free from,” he added. “They mean free from Jews.”
Khan has consistently maintained that it is not a politician&#8217;s role to tell the police which marches to ban. This position led to <a href="https://www.itv.com/news/london/2023-11-09/mayor-home-secretarys-policing-comments-are-irresponsible-and-inflammatory">clashes</a> with former Home Secretary Suella Braverman, who previously described the protests as &#8220;hate marches&#8221; and accused the mayor and the Metropolitan Police of applying &#8220;double standards.&#8221;

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As we approach the holiest day of the year for the Catholic Church, tens of millions will prepare to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Americans across the country are preparing to join the faith I have belonged to since birth.
Converts to the faith have played a crucial role over the last two millennia, from St. Paul’s journey to Damascus, to St. Augustine&#8217;s departure from a life of debauchery that would make Hugh Hefner blush, to G.K. Chesterton, whose writings still speak to millions nearly a century later, to St. Elizabeth Seton, the first American-born saint.
I firmly believe the Catholic Church is the greatest civil institution ever created. Since its founding, the Church has clothed the naked, educated the young, fed the hungry, tended to the sick, and through divine mercy provided the path to salvation for billions of people.
During the darkest times in human history, the Catholic Church was the only institution that separated the West from barbarism. The very fabric of Western civilization is tied to the history of the Church.
While it’s easy for me to wax poetic about a church I have repeatedly fallen in love with over the years — even with all of its shortcomings — other high-profile converts appear to be using their newfound membership in the Catholic faith as nothing more than a political prop.
It is true, the vast majority of new converts join for all the right reasons. But a small, vocal cadre of political influencers are using their catholicism to build social media platforms, feigning purity as an E-girl or, even worse, promoting antisemitism. It is people doing the latter who pose the most credible threat to the integrity of all Catholics and create a widespread erroneous belief that Catholicism has an issue with Jews.
Unlike many branches of Christianity, the Catholic Church does not demand that the faithful be committed Zionists to receive God’s blessing. Many prominent members of the Church have spoken out about the plight of civilians in Gaza. It seems recent converts to the faith understand those teachings but somehow forget that the Church also rejects any form of antisemitism, condemns hostility toward Jews, and upholds the enduring covenant with the Jewish people as God’s chosen people. They have already become cafeteria Catholics, picking and choosing which parts of the teachings they prefer.
Holding nuanced opinions about sensitive subjects in the Middle East, like America&#8217;s relationship with Israel, can be a tough balancing act for anyone. For the Catholic, however, it is completely possible to be a critic of Middle Eastern affairs without being expressly antisemitic. And your new membership in the Catholic faith should not serve as your call to action against the State of Israel.
Yet for some political influencers, their call to the faith doesn&#8217;t seem rooted in deep devotion or hope for eternal salvation. Rather, their main mission seems to be in &#8220;otherizing&#8221; of those who don’t fall into their particular bubble.
Perhaps the gravest sin in all of this is using Christ and the Church as a political prop. Using a phrase like “Christ is King” — not to celebrate the sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross, the salvation of souls from hell, and His resurrection — but to otherize those of different faiths is no different than taking the Lord’s name in vain.
The phrase “Christ is King” should not be followed by &#8220;Netanyahu should be on trial for war crimes.&#8221;
For those just joining the Church, it is worth remembering that Catholics in this country were long treated as outsiders — feared, condemned, and accused of harboring foreign allegiances. Most cradle Catholics of the Ellis Island stock have a better understanding of that shared history.
Those looking to use the Church as a platform to dictate foreign policy or dismiss the life of other faiths are no less cringeworthy than when priests from the Boomer generation host climate change events or demand that the United States change its immigration laws.
It seems transparent that your membership in this church is one more platform, like a social media account where views and followers are all that matter, not devotion.
These are uneasy times, but it’s in moments of darkness that we as Catholics should look to the saints who have come before us and truly offer our lives to Christ and build the church – not use it for self-advancement.
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Ryan James Girdusky is an author, podcaster, political consultant, and writer whose work has been featured in the Washington Examiner, The American Conservative Magazine, The Week, Human Events, and The Daily Caller. He is the host of “It’s A Numbers Game with Ryan Girdusky” podcast. Follow him on X: @RyanGirdusky
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Last week, my home state of Michigan witnessed something truly terrifying: a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-respond-to-reports-of-active-shooter-as-michigan-synagogue-goes-up-in-smoke">terrorist attack</a> at a house of worship. The attacker drove a vehicle filled with explosives into a synagogue in West Bloomfield, a suburb of Detroit, just a few hours outside of my district.
Thankfully, on-site security personnel quickly intervened — stopping the terrorist and preventing any injury to the innocent children or staff inside. I am grateful to these guardians for responding quickly to safeguard those innocent lives, and I pray for the recovery of those injured in stopping this despicable attack.
This attack, however, isn’t an isolated incident. It is part of a broader and deeply troubling rise in antisemitism that has spread across our country since the October 7, 2023 massacre in Israel.
Nowhere is that rise more evident than on our college campuses.
Students have been whipped into an activist frenzy targeting Israel and the Jewish people.
Rather than stamping out the antisemitic fervor, faculty are fanning the flames. Many campus leaders seem completely unwilling to do anything about it.
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On campuses across the nation — regardless of size or location — student groups are organizing to harass and intimidate Jewish students. Groups like Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) are the ringleaders, often with the backing of similar faculty organizations.
At Columbia University, antisemitic demonstrators stormed a library, disrupted students, and chanted slogans like “from the river to the sea.” Eden Yadegar, my guest to President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress last year, described it as “disrupting one of the most basic functions of the university.”
All too often, this chaos leads to violence. The House Committee on Education and Workforce — of which I am the <a href="https://edworkforce.house.gov/">chairman</a> — heard from Michael Kaminsky, a student at DePaul University and a first-generation American who was assaulted by masked attackers for his efforts to promote dialogue about Israel and the Jewish faith. He was left with a fractured wrist, and his friend was knocked unconscious.
This is not what college should be. Students should be focused on learning and growing — not fearing harassment or assault because of their identities.
These actions are not happening in a vacuum. They are being encouraged — sometimes openly — by faculty.
At Haverford College, Tarik Aougab — a member of Haverford Faculty for Justice in Palestine (FSJP) — labeled pro-Israel students as “racist genocidaires” while praising the October 7 attacks as “a historic moment.”
At the University of California, Berkeley, a professor posted that he “could have been one of those who broke the siege.”
At MIT, former linguistics professor Michel DeGraff accused a student of having a Zionist “mind infection.”
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This kind of rhetoric has consequences.
Let’s be clear: for many Jewish Americans, Israel is central to their identity. When students are targeted under the guise of “anti-Zionism,” the line between activism and antisemitism is not just crossed — it’s erased.
And yet, too many university leaders have failed to meet this moment.
Time and again, university presidents have come before this Committee and refused to take responsibility. They hedge, they equivocate, and they fail to enforce even their own rules.
The result is what we see today: antisemitism that is spreading, intensifying, and, in some cases, turning violent.
My Committee has released a report documenting just how serious this problem has become.
The findings are clear: weak leadership, radical faculty, and emboldened student groups have created an environment where antisemitism festers — and Jewish students are paying the price.
This cannot continue.
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Tim Walberg represents Michigan’s 5th Congressional District and is serving his ninth term in the U.S. House of Representatives. He currently chairs the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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New York City&#8217;s democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani just tapped a new immigration officer to his administration who previously advocated to &#8220;abolish ICE&#8221; and has cozied up to radical figures and organizations.
Mamdani <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/02/mayor-zohran-mamdani-announces-commissioners-for-international-a">announced</a> on Tuesday that he had appointed Faiza Ali as the commissioner of the Mayor&#8217;s Office of Immigrant Affairs.
The NYC mayor said he made the choice &#8220;at a time when immigrant New Yorkers face escalating attacks and uncertainty,&#8221; adding that &#8220;this administration will not equivocate.&#8221;
&#8220;I am the proud daughter of immigrant parents from Pakistan who came to New York City with courage, an unshakable belief in possibility, and the determination to build a future here. This city gave us opportunity, stability, and the chance to put down roots, just as it has for generations of immigrants before us,&#8221; Ali said in a statement following her appointment.
&#8220;As Commissioner, I am committed to building a city that ensures every New Yorker, regardless of when they arrived or where they were born, can live, work, and raise families with dignity,” Ali added.
In a 2019 X post, Ali called to &#8220;abolish ICE&#8221; in response to President Donald Trump&#8217;s immigration policies and his efforts to &#8220;weaponize fear and institutionalize white supremacy.&#8221;
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Ali was arrested during a protest in 2018, where she also called for ICE&#8217;s demise.
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&#8220;Made it back home to Brooklyn from D.C. after being arrested Thurs afternoon alongside 633 women protesting family separation &amp; demanding we #abolishICE,&#8221; Ali wrote in an Instagram post at the time.
&#8220;We will not be silent while 45 &amp; his collaborators commit human rights abuses. We will keep showing up. #WomenDisobey,&#8221; the post concluded.
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In 2014, Ali advocated for 11 million &#8220;undocumented&#8221; immigrants to receive American citizenship, according to an X post.
She was also arrested during a 2017 protest outside of Trump Tower, <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/02/17/us-news/zohran-mamdanis-new-chief-immigration-officer-worked-for-controversial-muslim-nonprofit/?utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the New York Post. During the incident, she was cuffed alongside Linda Sarsour, who has in the past faced criticism for espousing antisemitic views and praising terrorists like Rasmea Odeh, who was involved in a 1969 bombing in Jerusalem that killed two and injured nine.
Odeh was also stripped of United States citizenship over her ties to terrorist attacks.
Ali worked for the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) as its director of community affairs in New York. CAIR has been accused of having ties to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.
The State of Texas recently designated CAIR as a terrorist organization and sued the group. Florida also took similar action against CAIR with a terror designation.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleged that a CAIR-Texas founding board member was convicted in 2008 of funneling $12.4 million to Hamas through the Holy Land Foundation, with CAIR named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the case.
CAIR dismissed the lawsuit, calling it “defamatory and unconstitutional.”
Ali also served on the staff of the New York City Council in 2014, was the advocacy and civic engagement director for the Arab American Association of New York, and co-founded the Muslim Democratic Club of New York, according to the mayor&#8217;s office.
She also served as the director of advocacy at the Arab American Association of New York and an organizer with Brooklyn Congregations United.
Mamdani&#8217;s office didn&#8217;t immediately respond to a request for comment.

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New York Archbishop Cardinal Timothy Dolan delivered a stern rebuke of antisemitism and of those who invoke the Catholic faith while spreading hate, saying such behavior is “downright opposed” to the Church&#8217;s core teachings.
In an interview with Will Rahn of The Free Press, Dolan said Christians have a moral obligation to forcefully reject antisemitism.
“Catholic teaching is based on two pillars,” Dolan said. “The dignity of the human person and the sacredness of human life. Those are the two. And to hate somebody because of race or religion is just downright opposed to that.”
Dolan, a historian by training, offered a candid reflection of the Church&#8217;s past, acknowledging that Catholics have not always lived up to these standards.
“There have been times in the past that we, as Catholics, have not risen to the defense of our Jewish neighbors,” Dolan acknowledged. “There’s actually times in the past where we’ve been part of antisemitism. And so I’m thinking we can’t let that happen again.”
The conversation turned to the rise of online figures who claim Catholicism while promoting antisemitic rhetoric, specifically citing figures like Nick Fuentes. When asked what his message is to those who &#8220;spew horrible antisemitic things&#8221; in the name of the faith, the Cardinal did not mince words.
Invoking the words of Jesus, Dolan remarked, “Not every person who says, ‘Lord, Lord,’ is going to get into heaven, but only the ones who do the will of my Father. You may say you’re a Catholic; if you’re not doing the will of your Heavenly Father, you ain’t.”
The Cardinal concluded by asserting that faith requires integrity and a commitment to the dignity of all people.
“The will of your Heavenly Father is that, darn it, we all get along and treat each other with dignity and respect,” Dolan said. “So if you’re spewing hatred against the Jews, if you’re spewing hatred against the unborn baby in the womb, this isn’t the will of your Heavenly Father. So you better look long and hard to see if you can, with integrity, claim to be a Catholic.”
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Federal prosecutors filed new terrorism-related charges against Elias Rodriguez, the keffiyeh-wearing man accused of murdering Israeli Embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim earlier this year.
The 13-count superseding <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/new-terrorism-related-charges-filed-against-alleged-killer-israeli-embassy-employees">indictment was unsealed</a> on Wednesday, showing that 31-year-old Rodriguez was charged with an additional four counts of committing acts of terrorism while armed, along with a federal aggravating factor alleging substantial planning and premeditation, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Rodriguez’s previous charges included murder of a foreign official, causing death through the use of a firearm, and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, two federal counts of hate crime resulting in death, and two counts each of first-degree premeditated murder while armed and assault with intent to kill while armed under the D.C. criminal code.
Some of the charges carry a possible sentence of death or life imprisonment.
“My office will not rest in our efforts to hold Elias Rodriguez accountable for this horrific and targeted act of terror against Yaron Lischinsky, Sarah Milgrim, and our Jewish community,” said U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro. “These additional terrorism-related charges carry a mandatory life sentence under D.C. Code, while also reflecting the reality that this act was in fact an act of terror.”
Lischinsky, 30, and Milgrim, 28, were allegedly shot and killed by Rodriguez outside of an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in May. He allegedly fired approximately 20 shots from a handgun and shouted “Free Palestine,” according to the indictment.
After the shooting, he entered the museum wearing a red keffiyeh, where attendees were still present, and said, “I did it for Palestine. I did it for Gaza.”
While being arrested, he shouted “shame on you” and “shame on Zio-nazi terror,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
According to FBI Assistant Director in Charge Darren B. Cox of the Washington Field Office, Rodriguez wrote and published a manifesto “attempting to morally justify his actions and inspire others to commit political violence.”
Lischinsky was a German-Israeli dual citizen and a devout evangelical Christian. He immigrated to Israel at 16, served in the Israel Defense Forces, and began working as a political analyst at the embassy in 2022.
He was planning to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/friends-family-react-to-murder-of-israeli-embassy-staffers-by-keffiyeh-wearing-terrorist">propose</a> to Milgrim, who grew up in the Kansas City suburbs and was a full-time employee at the embassy’s Department of Public Diplomacy.

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President Donald Trump is escalating his fight with Harvard University, demanding $1 billion in damages over what he calls the Ivy League school&#8217;s &#8220;strongly antisemitic&#8221; behavior.
Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116004776659519984">said</a> late Monday night that &#8220;Harvard has been, for a long time, behaving very badly&#8221; and suggested that the case against Harvard &#8220;should be Criminal, not Civil.&#8221; His comments came as The New York Times published a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/trump-harvard-payment.html">report</a> claiming that the Trump administration was dropping its previous demand for Harvard to pay $500 million to settle allegations that the university mishandled antisemitism on its campus.
The president refuted the New York Times report and accused Harvard of &#8220;feeding a lot of &#8216;nonsense'&#8221; to the &#8220;failing&#8221; newspaper.
&#8220;Harvard has been, for a long time, behaving very badly! They wanted to do a convoluted job training concept, but it was turned down in that it was wholly inadequate and would not have been, in our opinion, successful. It was merely a way of Harvard getting out of a large cash settlement of more than 500 Million Dollars, a number that should be much higher for the serious and heinous illegalities that they have committed,&#8221; Trump said.
In a follow-up post, Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116004978871320100">wrote</a>, &#8220;The Failing New York Times story was completely wrong concerning Harvard University. I hereby demand that the morons that run (into the ground!) the Times’ change their story, immediately.&#8221;
Trump has fought with Harvard over multiple issues since the beginning of his second term. In April, the Trump administration froze $2.2 billion in federal grants to Harvard over the Ivy League school&#8217;s diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and allegations of an antisemitic culture. A federal judge blocked Trump&#8217;s funding freeze, and most of the funds were restored after Harvard <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harvard-sues-to-restore-taxpayer-funding-frozen-by-trump-admin">sued</a>. The Trump administration also pushed to bar foreign students from attending Harvard, a move that was also blocked by a federal judge.
As the months-long fight continued last year, the Trump administration was also negotiating with Harvard leaders on a settlement. Last June, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-teases-mindbogglingly-historic-deal-with-harvard-they-have-acted-extremely-appropriately?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Teases+%E2%80%98Mindbogglingly+Historic%E2%80%99+Deal+With+Harvard%3A+%E2%80%98They+Have+Acted+Extremely+Appropriately%E2%80%99">praised</a> Harvard for acting &#8220;extremely appropriately&#8221; during the negotiations and suggested that a &#8220;mindbogglingly historic&#8221; deal could be made &#8220;over the next week or so,&#8221; but nothing came of those talks.
Much of the criticism of Harvard began after the university was accused of allowing antisemitism to fester on its campus following Hamas&#8217; attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. Harvard&#8217;s previous president, Claudine Gay, resigned shortly after she was grilled by Congress in late 2023 over the anti-Israel protests that popped up on college campuses, including Harvard&#8217;s.
On Monday night, Trump lambasted new Harvard President Alan Garber over the negotiations and raised his demand from $500 million to $1 billion.
&#8220;Dr. Alan Garber, the President of Harvard, has done a terrible job of rectifying a very bad situation for his institution and, more importantly, America, itself. He was hired AFTER the antisemitism charges were brought &#8211; I wonder why??? We are now seeking One Billion Dollars in damages, and want nothing further to do, into the future, with Harvard University,&#8221; Trump said.
The president added that his administration &#8220;turned down&#8221; an offer from Harvard to put $500 million toward a workforce training program to address some of the federal government&#8217;s complaints.
&#8220;They wanted to do a convoluted job training concept, but it was turned down in that it was wholly inadequate and would not have been, in our opinion, successful,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;It was merely a way of Harvard getting out of a large cash settlement of more than 500 Million Dollars, a number that should be much higher for the serious and heinous illegalities that they have committed.&#8221;
Harvard leaders reportedly want to avoid paying the federal government directly, out of concern that it would harm the university&#8217;s independence. The New York Times reported, however, that Harvard&#8217;s reliance on federal funding could likely force it to cut a deal with Trump.

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Trump Escalates Fight With Harvard, Ups Demand To $1 Billion Over ‘Strongly Antisemitic’ Campus

Trump Escalates Fight With Harvard, Ups Demand To $1 Billion Over 'Strongly Antisemitic' Campus

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By now, Daily Wire readers are probably familiar with children&#8217;s entertainer Ms. Rachel&#8217;s history of anti-Israel activism. Things reached a fever pitch this week when Ms. Rachel &#8220;accidentally&#8221; liked an Instagram comment calling to &#8220;free America from the Jews.&#8221; She claims the like was accidental, and insists that she remains a neutral child advocate.
In this piece, Vanessa Santos — a mother of two and D.C. public relations guru — explains why she doesn&#8217;t let her kids watch Ms. Rachel. As Vanessa explains, it&#8217;s not about protesting someone with objectionable views, but taking care about who you let your children grow to trust. If you&#8217;re a parent, you&#8217;d do well to consider her compelling case. — Tim Rice
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Like many parents of young children, I spend a lot of time thinking about what enters our home.
I’m careful about what my kids eat, who they learn from, and especially what they watch. Children absorb authority long before they understand ideas, which makes early media choices far more consequential than we like to admit.
That is why my kids don’t watch Ms. Rachel.
The popular children’s entertainer, whose real name is Rachel Griffin Accurso, burst on the scene with her “Songs For Littles” videos, which help children develop speech with songs and puppets. It’s like Sesame Street for the YouTube age, and it became a sensation during the coronavirus pandemic as parents scrambled to support isolated children falling behind.
But in recent years, Ms. Rachel has become known for something else entirely: her criticism of Israel and defense of Hamas in Gaza.
Accurso claims that she’s a neutral humanitarian who uses her platform to advocate for children everywhere. But her actions tell a different story.
This week, the “Free Palestine” activist came under fire for liking an Instagram comment that said “Free America from the Jews.”
Accurso said she liked the comment by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ms-rachel-says-she-liked-free-america-from-the-jews-comment-by-accident?author=Brecca+Stoll&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Ms.+Rachel+Says+She+Liked+%E2%80%98Free+America+From+The+Jews%E2%80%99+Comment+By+Accident" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accident</a>, mistakenly tapping the like button while trying to delete the comment. Her apology, which included a disavowal of antisemitism, satisfied some of her fans.
I’m not convinced. Whether or not she “accidentally” liked the comment, it’s hardly the first time that she’s cozied up to antisemitic interests.
In an August interview with Peter Beinart, she repeated disputed casualty claims and framed Israel as uniquely responsible for the suffering of children in Gaza, while omitting Hamas’s role in initiating and sustaining the war.
This was not an impulsive post. It was a deliberate media appearance in which a children’s entertainer used her credibility with parents to promote one-sided war messaging.
She campaigned for and has frequently appeared with Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who declined to renew New York City executive orders addressing antisemitism and boycotts of Israel, raising concerns among Jewish organizations.
These appearances do not exist in isolation. Ms. Rachel <a href="https://stopantisemitism.org/as-week/ms-rachel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">frequently uses her platform</a> to criticize Israel and repeat false claims about the war in Gaza.
Antisemitism today rarely announces itself outright. It moves through selective outrage, euphemisms, and moral posturing that excuse violence against Jews. When a children’s entertainer begins to deal in this kind of rhetoric, it’s up to parents to take notice.
This is not about canceling a YouTuber. It is about boundaries. There are countless ways to teach language development without bringing activism into the playroom. Parents can choose content creators who are focused on children, not politically charged activism.
Children don’t need to understand antisemitism for it to harm them. They form trust in authority figures before they’re capable of evaluating what those figures stand for.
We’ve all seen how much children love Ms. Rachel. The 43-year-old isn’t going anywhere, and her brand is only growing. The children who love her videos now will grow with her and continue looking to her as a trusted source, much as previous generations looked to Mr. Rogers.
One day, these children will hear her talk about Israel. And that’s where the problem starts.
That’s why my children don’t watch Ms. Rachel. I don’t trust her to help shape their moral understanding. I won’t invite someone with these abhorrent views into my home.
Pressing play is not a neutral act. It is an invitation into our homes and into our children’s developing sense of authority, and that access carries responsibility.
Influencers are not entitled to parental trust. They earn or lose our trust by what they say and do.
Ms. Rachel has certainly lost mine.
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Vanessa Santos is the founder and president of Renegade DC, a Washington, D.C.-based communications firm.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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In her new book Les Nouveaux Antisémites (“The New Antisemites”), French journalist Nora Bussigny provides a <a href="https://fr.le360.ma/culture/parution-les-nouveaux-antisemites-enquete-au-coeur-de-lultragauche-francaise-de-nora-bussigny_SFUPHO6XJVFLTNNOMV4SM2ILWI/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">chilling account</a> of her year-long undercover investigation into France’s far-Left and activist circles. Bussigny, who is of Franco-Moroccan descent and not Jewish, infiltrated various organizations to document how traditional antisemitism has &#8220;metastasized&#8221; into a virulent form of anti-Zionism that now serves as a unifying force for otherwise fragmented radical groups.
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French journalist infiltrates anti-Israel groups, reveals antisemitism on far left in new book
Nora Bussigny goes undercover as pro-Palestinian activist for a year; in her bestseller The New Antisemites, she reveals how hatred of I&#8230;<a href="https://t.co/71THerZyB8">https://t.co/71THerZyB8</a> <a href="https://t.co/NmLuwGR7iJ">pic.twitter.com/NmLuwGR7iJ</a>
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“My concern keeps growing in the face of a future marked by the hunt for Jews…,” she notes. &#8220;I saw with my own eyes to what degree Islamists, far-left so-called ‘progressive’ militants and feminist, LGBT and ecological activists are closely linked in their shared hatred of Jews and Israel,” she told <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/an-undercover-reporter-joined-frances-anti-israel-movement-heres-what-she-found/">The Times of Israel</a>.
Through her infiltration of demonstrations, university campuses, and online forums, Bussigny documented several alarming trends:
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<li data-path-to-node="5,0,0">Vocabulary of Exclusion: Activists use coded language, referring to Israel as &#8220;the Zionist entity&#8221; or &#8220;Israhell&#8221; and the IDF as a &#8220;genocidal army.&#8221;</li>
<li data-path-to-node="5,1,0">Academic Radicalization: At elite institutions like Sciences Po and various medical schools, Jewish students face ostracization, intimidation, and open hostility. Bussigny details instances of swastikas on exam papers and students being forced to chant pro-Hamas slogans.</li>
<li data-path-to-node="5,2,0">Institutional Infiltration: Radical groups like Samidoun and Urgence Palestine — some with allegedly proven links to terrorism — frequently receive public funding and access to municipal facilities to host workshops.</li>
<li data-path-to-node="5,3,0">Digital Warfare: The investigation highlights the &#8220;digital guillotine,&#8221; where movements like Blockout use social media to harass public figures deemed insufficiently anti-Israel, often utilizing propaganda from foreign actors in Iran and Algeria.</li>
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Bussigny’s identity as a non-Jewish woman of Arab descent has made her a specific target for vitriol; she has been labeled a &#8220;traitor&#8221; and now requires police protection due to death threats. Despite a boycott of her book by several French bookstores, it has become a bestseller and earned the 2025 Prix Edgar Faure for best political book.
Her work has had significant legal and political repercussions. Her testimony before the National Assembly contributed to parliamentary inquiries into Islamist movements, and her exposure of anti-Israel influencers led to state action, including the freezing of assets and arrests for incitement to terrorism.
Bussigny concludes with a &#8220;cry of despair,&#8221; warning that if the radicalization of younger generations, such as Gen Z, continues unchecked, the future of French democracy is at risk. She argues that the &#8220;academic intifada&#8221; and the normalization of antisemitic tropes are no longer fringe issues but a &#8220;long march toward chaos&#8221; within the heart of French society.

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In a disturbing incident in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, an Orthodox Jewish family was <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/antisemitic-lunatic-stalks-nyc-family-150847742.html">targeted</a> in a violent, hate-fueled attack while celebrating Shabbat. Isharae Summers, 35, allegedly stalked a 26-year-old father, his wife, and their four young children—ranging in age from six months to six years—near the corner of Nostrand and Willoughby avenues. According to court records, Summers unleashed a torrent of antisemitic threats, screaming, “I’m gonna kill you Jews” and “Your kids are dead tonight,” before sucker punching the father in the chest and head.
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Despite the severity of the unprovoked attack and the clear presence of hate speech threats, the legal system’s response has sparked outrage. Summers was charged with assault and multiple counts of aggravated harassment as a hate crime. At her arraignment, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office requested $50,000 cash bail to ensure the safety of the community and the victims. However, Judge Margaret Martin rejected this request, allowing Summers to walk free on supervised release.
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Judge Martin’s decision to release a defendant accused of a violent hate crime could be seen as a direct reflection of her professional background. Before her 2017 appointment to the bench, Martin spent over 21 years with the Legal Aid Society, including a <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Margaret_Martin_(New_York)">tenure</a> as a Senior Staff Attorney in the Capital Division. Critics, such as former Lt. Governor Betsy McCaughey and former Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, <a href="https://amac.us/newsline/politics/newsline/politics/the-illegal-aid-society-is-making-new-york-unsafe/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">argue</a> that the Legal Aid Society functions less as a defense organization and more as a lobbying group dedicated to &#8220;handcuffing the police&#8221; and prioritizing the interests of criminals over victims.
The Legal Aid Society has been instrumental in pushing for the elimination of cash bail and the implementation of discovery reforms that often result in cases being dismissed on technicalities. Ray Kelly noted that such a background creates systemic friction for law enforcement, as officers risk their lives to make arrests only to see suspects released by judges conditioned by a &#8220;pro-crime&#8221; legal philosophy.
In this case, the transition from public defender to judge appears to have significantly influenced the outcome, as Martin’s refusal to set bail allowed a woman accused of terrorizing a Jewish family and their infants to return to the streets, further demoralizing local police and endangering the community.
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The suspect accused of setting Mississippi&#8217;s oldest synagogue on fire admitted to starting the blaze because of the building&#8217;s &#8220;Jewish ties,&#8221; and even laughed about the horrific crime, according to an FBI <a href="https://forward.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1-1.pdf">affidavit</a>, saying, &#8220;he finally got them.&#8221;
The criminal complaint submitted by the FBI listed Stephen Spencer Pittman as the man who lit a fire inside Beth Israel Congregation and the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life in Jackson, Mississippi, over the weekend.
Security video shows a man pouring what appears to be gasoline inside the synagogue in the early hours of January 10, according to the affidavit.
Pittman&#8217;s father contacted the FBI, telling the agency his son admitted to the crime. Per the report, Pittman called the buildings he burned the &#8220;synagogue of Satan&#8221; and laughed as he described what he did. In his confession, he said he stopped at a gas station to get the fuel he used to start the fire, took his license plate off his car at the gas station, broke the windows of the synagogue with an axe, poured gas inside the building, then used a torch lighter to ignite the fire.
The confession was further verified by burns on Pittman&#8217;s body as well as text messages and map data that put Pittman at the center of the arson, per the affidavit.
Pittman texted his father before he started the fire. He sent a picture of the synagogue with the message &#8220;there&#8217;s a furnace in the back.&#8221; The suspect&#8217;s father &#8220;pleaded&#8221; with Pittman to come home, but his son was defiant and told his father he was due for a home run, and he &#8220;did his research.&#8221;
Pittman was quickly arrested and charged with maliciously damaging or destroying a building by means of fire or an explosive, per the report that was filed in the U.S. District Court in Mississippi on Monday.
The fire severely burned parts of the synagogue, including the library and administrative offices.
RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mississippis-largest-synagogue-set-ablaze-in-arson-attack-suspect-in-custody?author=Lynden+Blake&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Mississippi%E2%80%99s+Largest+Synagogue+Set+Ablaze+In+Arson+Attack%2C+Suspect+In+Custody">Mississippi’s Largest Synagogue Set Ablaze In Arson Attack, Suspect In Custody</a>
Two Torahs were destroyed in the fire, and five others were damaged. One of the Torahs that survived the fire over the weekend also survived the Holocaust and was stored in a glass case in the synagogue.
Jackson Fire Chief RaSean Thomas said the station&#8217;s hearts are with the Beth Israel congregation.
&#8220;We stand with this community and affirm that hate has no home here. Jackson is stronger when we stand together,&#8221; Thomas said.
Monday, yellow police tape still blocked off entrances to the synagogue building, which still had broken glass and soot everywhere, per the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-synagogue-arson-jewish-south-0e489adc986bfaddd55662075bdb6443?taid=6965555fa772200001fb3976&amp;utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Twitter">Associated Press</a>. The outlet reported that people had laid flowers on the ground at the building&#8217;s entrance.
Beth Israel is Mississippi&#8217;s only synagogue in Jackson. It has a history of being the target of hate crimes dating back to the 1960s when the KKK bombed the synagogue.
Antisemitic attacks have risen dramatically in recent years, from the Tree of Life shooting in 2018 to the Bondi Beach terror attack just before Christmas. The Anti-Defamation League reported over 9,000 documented antisemitic attacks in 2024 alone — the highest number on record since they began tracking such data in 1979.
Beth Israel is closed indefinitely as the synagogue is rebuilt.

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Far-Left New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Queens Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D) are finally calling out blatant antisemitism in the city, after much political pressure.
On Thursday night, protesters gathered outside a Queens synagogue and shouted their support for the terrorist group Hamas, chanting, “Say it loud, say it clear, we support Hamas here.”
The protests sparked the early closure of several Jewish institutions &#8212; including schools, daycares, and synagogues &#8212; due to safety concerns.
As video of the demonstration racked up millions of views online, there was swift political condemnation in New York City, which put a spotlight on the new mayor&#8217;s silence. According to Politico, Mamdani didn&#8217;t address the chants until he was pressed about it publicly by a reporter a day later.
“That language is wrong,” Mamdani <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/09/we-support-hamas-chants-put-mamdanis-israel-stance-at-center-stage-00720393">said</a> while walking to his vehicle on Friday. “I think that language has no place in New York City.”
Then on X, Mamdani posted: &#8220;As I said earlier today, chants in support of a terrorist organization have no place in our city. We will continue to ensure New Yorkers’ safety entering and exiting houses of worship as well as the constitutional right to protest.&#8221;
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As I said earlier today, chants in support of a terrorist organization have no place in our city. We will continue to ensure New Yorkers’ safety entering and exiting houses of worship as well as the constitutional right to protest. <a href="https://t.co/0J4GXWigiv">pic.twitter.com/0J4GXWigiv</a>
— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/2009768025260437806?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2026</a></blockquote>
AOC, who has repeatedly <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/22/aoc-decries-unfolding-genocide-in-gaza-urges-halting-weapons-to-israel#:~:text=“This%20is%20a%20mass%20starvation,accusing%20Israel%20of%20genocide%20unfounded.">accused</a> Israel of &#8220;genocide,&#8221; said on X that the demonstrators were engaging in antisemitism. Her response came on Friday night.
&#8220;Hey so marching into a predominantly Jewish neighborhood and leading with a chant saying &#8216;we support Hamas&#8217; is a disgusting and antisemitic thing to do,&#8221; she posted. &#8220;Pretty basic!&#8221;
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Hey so marching into a predominantly Jewish neighborhood and leading with a chant saying “we support Hamas” is a disgusting and antisemitic thing to do.
Pretty basic! <a href="https://t.co/Zx4wJPCPfP">https://t.co/Zx4wJPCPfP</a>
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/2009792314634580390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2026</a></blockquote>
Mamdani has been accused of promulgating <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-of-mamdanis-anti-nypd-anti-israel-rhetoric-resurfaces-as-critics-warn-of-dangerous-extremism">antisemitism</a>, both based on his past statements and his recent moves as mayor.
Back in 2023, for example, Mamdani tied his anti-police stance to Israel and the IDF. &#8220;We have to make clear that when the boot of the NYPD is on your neck, it’s been laced by the IDF,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-of-mamdanis-anti-nypd-anti-israel-rhetoric-resurfaces-as-critics-warn-of-dangerous-extremism">said</a>. &#8220;We’re in a country where those connections abound. Especially in New York City, you have so many opportunities to make clear the ways in which that struggle over there is tied to capitalist interests over here.”
Additionally, within hours of taking office, Mamdani signed an <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/content/dam/nycgov/mayors-office/downloads/pdf/executive-orders/2026/eo1-prior-executive-orders.pdf?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_name=&amp;utm_source=govdelivery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">executive order</a> revoking all mayoral directives issued after September 26, 2024, which, as highlighted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdanis-first-act-as-nyc-mayor-dismantle-pro-israel-policies">The Daily Wire</a>, effectively axed several key protections for the Jewish community and measures aimed at strengthening ties with Israel.
Democrat Senator John Fetterman, who has consistently called out antisemitism, blasted the demonstrators on X.
&#8220;These a**holes in NYC proudly chant for Hamas in close proximity to a Jewish school and place of worship,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This is menacing and intimidation. The Jewish community deserves relief and protection from these raging antisemites.&#8221;
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These assholes in NYC proudly chant for Hamas in close proximity to a Jewish school and place of worship.
This is menacing and intimidation.
The Jewish community deserves relief and protection from these raging antisemites. <a href="https://t.co/yJdVT5Qnx8">https://t.co/yJdVT5Qnx8</a>
— U.S. Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenFettermanPA/status/2009635598672552052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2026</a></blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdanis-first-act-as-nyc-mayor-dismantle-pro-israel-policies">Mamdani’s First Act As NYC Mayor: Dismantle Pro-Israel Policies</a>

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