Netherlands: Another Anti-Jewish Bombing Attack

Nijkerk

In the past couple of weeks, there have been a series of bombs set off at Jewish sites in Belgium and the Netherlands. The explosions go off in the wee hours of the morning, and to date, there have been no injuries. Early Saturday morning, the Israel Center, the offices of Christians for Israel, was the target. Again, there were no injuries, but the implications are obvious and fit the pattern of the earlier attacks. Police are investigating, but as yet, no one is in custody. Hopefully, the perpetrators of this and the other despicable and cowardly attacks will be brought to justice.

Below is our translation of the statement by Christians for Israel. Note that we have inserted (sic) after the reference to Passover.

Christians for Israel target of attack

4 April 2026

In the early morning hours of April 4, there was an explosion at the Israel Center in Nijkerk. The blast was heard over a wide area. The damage was limited, but the impact is large. The attack fits into a troubling pattern of earlier attacks on Jewish and pro-Israel targets in the Netherlands and Belgium. The police are investigating as to who is responsible.

As Christians for Israel, we are shocked that our Israel Center is a target of an attack. That it occurred on the eve of Passover, the most important celebration for Christians (sic), makes it more poignant. This attack is not only directed at us but is also directed at the Jewish community in the Netherlands, which has long seen itself confronted with threats and intimidation. This causes us great concern.

Attacks are meant to cause fear. We will not submit to that; we go on with our work, we have a Biblical message of God's faithfulness to His people, and we are committed to fighting anti-Semitism. In a free society, there may be differences of opinion, and there are many, but that is no excuse for violence. This is a line that may not be crossed.

We are thankful for all the support we have received in the past months from our supporters, who have helped us with the security of our premises. Today demonstrates once again that this is necessary.

Italy: Imam Given the Boot

Imam in Brescia advocated child bride marriages

The Italian Ministry of Interior has just announced that a Pakistani imam, residing in the northern Italian town of Brescia (just outside Milan), has been expelled from the country for making public statements advocating the marriage of girls as young as 9 years old. Ali Kashif was put on a plane from Milan's Malpensa Airport directly back to Pakistan.

Ali Kashif

-Il Tempo

The article below from Il Tempo is translated by Fousesquawk.

Brescia: Imam and comments on child brides: Expelled

Caption: "In our Islam, after age 9, a girl becomes a woman."

Shocking document: Brescia imam says yes to child brides.

He said that according to Islam, after the age of 9, girls are suitable to marry. These words, spoken by Brescia imam Ali Kashif into the microphones of the program, "Out of the box", have cost him expulsion from the country. It was the Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi who made the notification: "He had claimed that a girl, after the age of 9, could be considered an adult and therefore could marry, in effect, legitimizing the phenomenon of so-called child brides. Subsequent to the expulsion order, he was placed on a flight from Milan's Malpensa Airport and sent back to his country of origin."

Originally from Pakistan, Kashif had emphasized the legitimacy, according to the Koran, of marriage with young girls: "The Islamic religion says that if the parents are happy and both are in agreement, they can marry even at the age of 9. In our Islam, after 9 years, a girl becomes an adult. In the Koran, it says that it can be done."  The order was carried out by the police headquarters of Brescia on the instruction of the Ministry of Interior, which made the decision citing reasons of security, the lack of a residence permit of the person in question, and his incompatibility with constitutional values.

From Brothers of Italy (party), Member of Parliament Riccardo De Corato expressed "full support for the measure" in the face of "very serious statements", to which the State must react "with firmness and without any hesitation". And he added: "Whoever thinks they can justify, in our country, barbaric practices, contrary to the dignity of the individual, the rights of minors, and fundamental principles of our legal system, needs to know that in Italy, there is no room for fanaticism, for extremism, and for whoever disseminates messages incompatible with our legal system. The action taken by the police commissioner is an act that is just, necessary, and in accordance with his duty. The protection and care of minors, the security of citizens, and the defense of the law come before all."

Rima Hassan and La France Insoumise

This article first appeared in New English Review.

Here in the United States, most of us have been shocked and disgusted that people like Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) could be elected to Congress. In France, they seemingly have their own version of these two characters. The French political party, La France Insoumise, is arguably even further to the left than our own Democratic Party. La France Insoumise is led by Jean-Luc Melenchon, a leftist whom many consider an anti-Semite, and a man who aspires to be president of France someday in the near future.

But the woman who is really causing a stir in France at the moment is a French-Palestinian by the name of Rima Hassan (33). She represents her party in the European Parliament. She now stands criminally charged with justifying terrorism. In recent days, she posted a quotation by Kozo Okamoto, the lone surviving Japanese terrorist who participated in a terrorist attack in 1972 at Tel Aviv’s Lod Airport that killed 26 people, including 17 Americans.

Back in February, Hassan, who is a vociferous opponent of Israel, was appearing at a political event in Lyon. Outside, a group of conservative feminists was protesting against her. A young man who was acting as security for the protesters was viciously attacked and beaten to death by 6 people, subsequently identified as members of La Jeune Garde (The Young Guard), an Antifa-like group closely tied to La France Insoumise. In fact, two of those charged have been identified as Parliamentary assistants of a La France Insoumise Parliamentarian from Lyon, Raphael Arnault.

How did we get to the point that in countries like the US and France, we have elected officials in the Congress, European Parliament, and French National Assembly, respectively, who more or less openly stand on the side of terrorists like Hamas? Of course, the easy answer is to point to where they came from and who their constituents are. IlahnO Mar, originally from Somalia, represents a district in Minneapolis, often referred to as “Little Mogadishu”. While I don’t want to defame all Somali immigrants (one of my heroes is Ayaan Hirsi Ali), it goes without saying that this community is controversial, to put it mildly. Tlaib, who was born in the US of Palestinian background, represents districts in and around Dearborn, Michigan, often called “Dearbornistan”. Again, not to paint all Muslims in Dearborn as being bad actors, but the area has had its share of radical activity and hate speech emanating from some of its mosques.

Hassan was born in Syria and immigrated to France at the age of 9. She went on to achieve higher education and became active in working with Palestinian refugees. She was elected to the European Parliament in July 2024 as a member of La France Insoumise. She enjoys the unqualified support of Mélenchon. Both he and his party have expressed outrage at her arrest.

Of course, in the US, Hassan would not be facing charges for her post regarding Okamoto. We have the First Amendment protecting free speech, even hateful speech. France and the rest of Europe have stronger restrictions on speech than we do. Speech that is deemed hateful toward other groups of people can be prosecuted, and people can lose their money, their jobs, and even their freedom if what they say or write is considered hate speech. I come down on the side of free speech, which I am free to condemn and respond to. At the same time, I consider people like Hassan to be contemptible.

Perhaps, the larger lesson is that if democratic countries can elect people like Omar, Tlaib, and Hassan to public office, our democracies are more fragile than we ever imagined.

 

 

 

France: French Member of European Parliament Charged With "Justifying Terrorism"

Rima Hassan

French member of the European Parliament, Rima Hassan, of the left-wing La France Insoumise political party, has been charged with justifying terrorism this week. She surrendered to French police Tuesday morning and was held in custody until Thursday evening.

Hassan, a controversial Palestinian-French woman, who has made a series of controversial statements in recent years, mostly regarding Israel, was also in the news recently after a man was beaten to death by the left-wing group, La Jeune Garde  while he was participating in a protest at an event in which Hassan was speaking.

This most recent charge against Hassan involves a posting she made on X, citing the words of a Japanese terrorist, Kozo Okamoto, a man who participated in the 1972 massacre at Tel Aviv's Lod Airport that resulted in the deaths of 26 people, including 17 Americans.

The below article in France 24 is translated by Fousesquawk.

Note: CBD is a natural hemp product while 3MMC (3-Methylmethcathinone) is a synthetic "designer drug", which is illegal in France.  

French-Palestinian European Parliament Deputy, Rima Hassan, will be tried for "defending terrorism"

At the end of her custody Thursday evening, La France Insoumise Euro Deputy, Rima Hassan, was issued a summons to appear in court for "justifying terrorism online", within the framework of an investigation regarding a posting. A small quantity of what appeared to be a synthetic drug was found in her purse, the prosecutor's office indicated.

Posted April 2, 2026 at 15:45

Updated on April 3, 2026 at 08:46

By France 24

Caption: Rima Hassan at a rally in her support at Place de Republique in Paris on June 12, 2025

European Deputy Rima Hassan was released from custody on Tuesday, April 2, during the evening and "was issued a summons to appear before the criminal court on July 7 to be tried for justifying terrorism online", the Prosecutor's Office of Paris has announced.

On Tuesday morning, French-Palestinian European Parliament Deputy from La France Insoumise (party) presented herself to the Judicial Police in response to a summons to be placed in custody. "This placement in custody is possible without it being necessary to lift parliamentary immunity, within the framework of a preliminary investigation," the prosecutor's office pointed out.

The 33-year-old European Parliament deputy is charged with a posting on March 26, 2026, on her X account, referencing Kozo Okamoto. This man is the sole survivor of three perpetrators of the March 30, 1972 massacre perpetrated in the name of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (FPLP) at the Israeli airport of Lod-Tel Aviv, which produced 26 deaths, including one Canadian, 8 Israelis, and 17 American citizens from Puerto Rico.

Accompanied by Japanese and Palestinian flags, Rima Hassan's post quoted remarks attributed to him: "Kozo Okamoto: I have dedicated my youth to the Palestinian cause. Where there is oppression, resistance will not just be a right, but a duty". She also reposted a text in English on Kozo Okamoto, "recalling that he took part in this attack and a photo in which he was being carried on the shoulders of men dressed in fatigues and keffiyehs," the prosecutor's office stated.

The posting had been reported to the prosecutor's office by the Interior Minister, then by the European Jewish Organization (OJE) and Licra (International League Against Racism and Antisemitism).

CBD and 3MMC

"No comment today, there will be a press conference tomorrow," Rima Hassan told the press Thursday evening upon leaving custody, in which, "everybody was very correct and professional".

The Euro-deputy then wrote on X that, "on the basis of illegal leaks, I have had to endure accusations that I was in possession of several drugs. These accusations are totally false," she thundered, noting that only the presence of CBD had been found, "which is perfectly legal."

A source close to the case had indicated that a small quantity of synthetic drugs had been found in the bag of the Euro-deputy. "The search of Rima Hassan's effects revealed the presence of substances, one resembling CBD, and the other 3MMC (a synthetic drug-Editor note), of which she was questioned, "the prosecutor's office indicated after her release from custody. "These elements are separate and will be the object of a separate procedure."

"Political police" and "judicial harassment"

The detention of Rima Hassan has sparked outrage within the ranks of La France Insoumise. Jean-Luc Melenchon denounced "political police", while Manon Aubry, another Euro-deputy of the movement, condemned "judicial harassment".

Rima Hassan is implicated in 6 other procedures, which the prosecutor's office won't comment on because they are "still ongoing". Thirteen other procedures led by the National Unit Combatting Online Hate have been dismissed "after having investigated the context in which the contested remarks were made, interviewing the person concerned, and the combination of explanations she gave within the framework of similar procedures, and the analysis of all the elements". Most of them involved the postings or other comments reported by OJE, other organizations, or members of Parliament.

A leading figure for the Palestinian cause, Rima Hassan does not hide her very radical positions on the State of Israel, which she calls "terrorist" and (makes) numerous controversial statements. She had been brought to the forefront by LFI during the European elections of 2024, where sending her to Brussels became one of the principal arguments of the Insoumise campaign.

She also made headlines by twice boarding ships headed to the Gaza Strip while denouncing a humanitarian blockade. She was temporarily detained by Israeli forces after the boat was intercepted.

-With  Agence France-Presse

Sweden: Syrian Home Care Services Worker Accused of Abusing Elderly Patients

Hat tip Fria Tider and Samnytt

Abdulrahman Al Khleef Almasalmeh

- Fria Tider

A 22-year-old Syrian home care worker in Örebro, Sweden is charged with physically and verbally abusing elderly patients whom he was supposed to be caring for. The suspect, Abdulrahman Al Khleef Almasalmeh, allegedly videotaped himself torturing prisoners while shouting, "Allahu akhbar" at them. Even while under suspension, the agency that hired him allowed him to return to work after only a 30-day suspension.

The article below from Fria Tider is translated by Fousesquawk.

Caption: Abdulrahman Al Khleef Almasalmeh's own films show the abuse. In total, at least 15 elderly people were subjected- but two of them have now died

"Eat shit, Whore":  Allowed to keep working in home care services 

Posted 2 April, 2026 at 15:39

Domestic: A home care service worker in Örebro made videos as he tortured, humiliated, and threatened a long line of elderly Swedes. In the video clips, he calls them, among other things, "f-ing whore" in Arabic and shouts, "Alalhu akhbar" right in the ears of an elderly man. In spite of the police investigation, he was allowed to continue working in home care services. "Since we don't know more about the investigation, we can't suspend him more than one month," says the unit manager.

22-year-old Abdulrahman Al Khleef Almasalmeh came to Sweden during the asylum crisis of 2015, Samnytt writes.

Now he stands accused, suspected of having subjected a large number of elderly Swedes to serious abuse. 

Almasalmeh has already been previously convicted of, along with other Arabs, having humiliated, threatened with a pistol, and brutally abused Swedish Epa*-youths in Värmland.

Despite that, he got a job in home care services in Örebro, which allowed him to continue even after the current police investigation began.

According to the prosecutor, there are 13 claimants, after two of the victims died during the period of investigation. The oldest is 99 years old.

Footage secured by police shows how the 22-year-old repeatedly filmed situations where elderly Swedes were subjected to humiliating treatment. In one case, he targeted a 90-year-old woman.

"You look like a monkey, " he says in Arabic.

Caption: More screenshots from video clips

He continues to direct insults and threats at the elderly person.

"Oh, you whore. I swear I will curse you," he says.

"Eat shit, Whore!"

"I swear to Allah, I will let you freeze!"

Another clip shows an elderly man lying in his bed. Almasalmeh films him up close, aiming at his face. At the same time, he says in Arabic:

"How can we tell how it is with this bastard? Is he alive or dead? I swear to Allah I don't know (sighs). Are you here? (Pats the old man), are you here?

In another case, an elderly man is showered with ice-cold water after one can hear that he is "a son of a whore".

"I swear to Allah I will let you freeze!" Almasalmeh can be heard telling the old man.

Allahu akhbar torture

In another video, the suspect makes a hand movement in front of an elderly man, which, according to the preliminary investigation, "is similar to the movement for pulling a trigger on a weapon."

"Goodbye, (the Swedish man's name)", he says immediately afterward.

One clip shows an elderly man sitting in the kitchen wearing headphones. Abdulrahman Al Khleef Almasalmeh uses a microphone connected to the headphones.

"Allahu akhbar!" he screams again and again into the microphone, and the sound goes directly into the ears of the elderly man. 

The phrase, "Allahu akhbar" also appears in other films in similar situations.

Allowed to return

Although the suspicions were known for a period of time, the 22-year-old was allowed to return to work on January 2 after a short suspension, according to Samnytt.

"Since we don't know more about the investigation, we cannot suspend him more than one month," states the Örebro Municipal unit chief, Maid Prnjavorac, in an interview.

Prnjavorac referred to the activities chief, Sahra Strandberg, for comments. She, in turn, referred to Annika Roman, municipal area chief for elderly care, but she has not answered Samnytt.

Abdulrahman Al Khleef Almasalmeh continued to work until he was finally arrested later in January and subsequently remanded to custody.

He denies the crime. 

*Epa-Refers to a Swedish program that refitted vehicles to tractor-type vehicles that could be operated by rural minors in Sweden.

 

 

More UC Berkeley Blues

UC Regents settle lawsuit

I am cross-posting an article in Algemeiner describing a video shown by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) in which a now-deceased Palestinian terrorist, Farouk Salameh of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (a terrorist organization), is calling for murder against Israelis. A Jewish advocacy group, SAFE Campus  first revealed the video.

This is just the latest reminder of why SJP should be banned permanently from every American campus.

This comes just as the UC Board of Regents is settling a lawsuit brought by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under the Law against UC Berkeley for not responding to anti-Semitism on its campus. Here is how the Daily Californian (campus newspaper) is reporting it.

And here is another fun fact: SJP was co-founded by a charming fellow named Hatem Bazian-who just happens to be a professor at UC Berkeley.

Netherlands: Suspected ISIS Member Arrested in Eindhoven

-Eindhovens Dagblad

On Saturday night, Dutch police raided a residence in Eindhoven and arrested a 21-year-old man, not further identified, on suspicion that he has ties to the Islamic State.

The below article, from Eindhovens Dagblad, is translated by Fousesquawk. We are also working on providing English subtitles to the video in the article.

Eindhoven resident (21) arrested in terrorism investigation: suspected of link with Islamic State (IS)

The raid and arrest by the heavily armed units of the Special Interventions Service (DSI) on Saturday evening in Eindhoven was related to an investigation into terrorism.

-Wout van Arensbergen

Source: ED

29 March 2026, 15:58  Last update: 17:58

 

The arrested Eindhoven resident (21) is suspected of having a link with the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS). This is confirmed by the national unit of the police in response to an inquiry from Eindhovens Dagblad. It is being investigated whether he has ties with Islamic State (IS)," said the national unit in a written response.

The police declined to give more information due to the ongoing investigation.

On Saturday evening, the DSI raided the corner house on the Ruysdaelbaan, near North Canal Dike within the ring road, in Eindhoven with a great show of force. Not much later, a blindfolded young man in a black robe was brought out handcuffed and in flip-flops. Local residents were kept at a distance. The 21-year-old from Eindhoven was taken from Eindhoven to a jail facility in Houten.

According to local residents, he is reportedly a son of the family. What exactly the Eindhoven resident did, how he came into the sights of the investigative services, and what his possible plans were, are not yet known.

While police officers searched the house, a company that specializes in transporting hazardous substances arrived. Whether anything was found in the house is unknown.

Television images

Through the window of the living room could be seen how police officers were viewing images from a phone or a laptop on a TV screen. Images and videos of a firearm, masked men, and the IS logo were shown.

On Tuesday, the suspect will be brought before the examining magistrate.

*Update (March 30, 2026):

Here is the above-referenced video from the Eindhovens Dagblad article with English subtitles added. Hat tip Vlad Tepes, and Gates of Vienna for subtitling. Translation by Fousesquawk.

Orange County Board of Supervisors Issues Proclamation on Eid al-Fitr

Hat tip RAIR Foundation USA and Counter Jihad Coalition

-RAIR Foundation USA

I am cross-posting an article running on RAIR Foundation USA, which reports that the Orange County, California Board of Supervisors has held an event featuring local Muslim leaders (like CAIR) on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr. A proclamation was issued to mark the occasion. I have little to add except the below details, which concern CAIR and Imam Muzammil Siddiqi of the Islamic Center of Orange County in Garden Grove, California. He was one of the Muslim officials attending. 

Out here in Orange County, I have heard Muzammil Siddiqi speak on many occasions and have asked him several questions about Islam. He has convinced the powers that be in OC that he is a bridge builder. The OC Board of Supervisors honored him several years ago with a humanitarian "Bridge Builder" award-as several of us protested peacefully outside. Yet, Siddiqi is the imam who hosted Omar Abdel Rahman, the Blind Shiekh, to give a sermon at his Garden Grove mosque in 1992. He also allowed his mosque to be used by the UC Irvine Muslim Student Union to construct their "Apartheid Wall" for use at their annual anti-Israel week at UCI. I personally observed it and confronted him with it in 2017 at an "anti-hate" event at UCI in which he sat on a dais with some prominent OC rabbis.

 As for the participation of the Southern California chapter of CAIR, a despicable Muslim Brotherhood-linked, Hamas-supporting organization headed by Hussam Ayloush (who was not present), the Board of Supervisors has shamed itself by inviting this organization. If they wanted to issue a proclamation to the local Muslim community on one of their major religious holidays, that's one thing. What is more troublesome is that the OC BoS chose Siddiqi and CAIR to headline the event.

Obviously, nobody has gotten the message-because they don't want to.

France: Prosecution Requests 18 Years in Prison for Tariq Ramadan (Update: Convicted)

Tariq Ramadan

Tariq Ramadan, grandson of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hasan al-Banna, has been convicted of rape in absentia by a Paris court and sentenced to 18 years in prison. Ramadan, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, is in Switzerland, where he was born. He is known throughout the world as an expert, philosopher, and scholar on Islam. I have heard him speak twice in California and was able to ask him a question in a brief one-on-one setting. 

It is unclear what will happen now since Ramadan, who has always protested his innocence, is a Swiss citizen and is not currently in France.

The below article in Le Figaro is translated by Fousesquawk. Just as we were finishing the translation, the news broke that Ramadan had been convicted and sentenced to 18 years in prison as requested by the prosecutor.

Rape trial: 18 years in prison requested for Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan

The preacher, who never appeared at his trial, is accused of raping three women. The criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for him.

-Le Figaro and AFP

One day ago

A prison sentence of 18 years was requested Tuesday in the rape trial of Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, in the Paris Departmental Criminal Court, which has tried him in absentia and behind closed doors for the rapes of three women, a judicial source indicated.

The Public Prosecutor's Office also asked for an arrest warrant for the accused, who has not appeared before French justice since the beginning of his trial, as well as a permanent ban from French territory once his sentence is served. "The prosecutor, over the course of three hours, demonstrated the immense culpability of Tariq Ramadan. Whether he is present at the hearing or not, I think that the demands would have been the same: implacable," Attorney David-Olivier Kaminski, lawyer for Henda Ayari, told Le Figaro.  

A "parody of justice" according to his 4 attorneys

The trial of Tariq Ramadan began on March 2 without him being present in the courtroom. His attorneys then explained that he had been hospitalized in Geneva, Switzerland 2 two days earlier due to what, according to them, was a "flare-up" of multiple sclerosis. The president of the criminal court, Corinne Goetzmann, then ordered a medical examination by two neurologists designed to evaluate his state of health in order to decide upon a postponement of the trial to a later date or not.

In this report, read in the court by the magistrate on March 6, the experts concluded that "the multiple schlerosis (which the Islamic scholar had suffered from for several years), was stable, without signs of a recent flare-up, and stated that he could appear before the criminal court. The president then rejected a request for a postponement of the trial and decided that the 63-year-old accused would be tried in absentia behind closed doors as requested by the civil party. She also indicated that an arrest warrant to" be executed and disseminated immediately" would be issued against him. His four attorneys left the courtroom, stating that they could not defend their client in this "parody of justice".

My New Book

 This is to announce to all my friends, enemies, and readers that I have just published my 4th book. Unlike my first three books, which had nothing to do with drugs, DEA, or law enforcement, this one is autobiographical. It is the story of my law enforcement career, beginning as a US Army military policeman in Germany in the 1960s, my 2-1/2 years as a US Customs agent, and my 22 years with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), lasting to 1995. It also has chapters about my experiences dealing with campus anti-Semitism issues when I was teaching at the University of California at Irvine from 1998-2016. In addition, there is a chapter dealing with militant Islam, based on my personal experiences from about 2006 to the present.

The book is available on Amazon, either in hardback, paperback, or E-copy (Kindle). The Kindle version should be available within a couple of days.

When Professors and Academic Departments Abuse Their Positions

 This article first appeared in New English Review.

 

An open letter has recently been sent to the University of California Regents, urging them to take remedial action against three of their campuses, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and UC Santa Cruz, which the letter-signers say have allowed faculty and entire departments to use their positions and university resources to spread anti-Israel narratives on campus. This has greatly contributed to a dramatic increase of campus anti-Semitism and a toxic campus environment for Jewish students. The letter was drafted by UCLA Professor Judea Pearl and UC Santa Cruz Professor Emeritus Ilan Benjamin.

 As a former adjunct lecturer at the UC Irvine Extension from 1998-2016, and as a non-Jew, this writer has personally witnessed this same problem at UC Irvine going back 20 years. That includes personally attending and witnessing numerous anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian speaking events, in which speakers often crossed the line from legitimate criticism of Israel's policies to blatant anti-Semitic hate speech. That also includes witnessing Jewish/pro-Israel events disrupted by members of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and the UC Irvine Muslim Student Union (MSU). While many of the anti-Israel events involved speakers invited by SJP and/or MSU, many events have been sponsored by professors and entire academic departments, leaving the impression that their messages carried the imprimatur of the university. Events actually witnessed by this writer include a speaking appearance on January 14, 2014, by Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) co-founder Omar Barghouti, at UC Riverside, sponsored by the UCR Humanities and Ethnic Studies departments. In addition, on January 31, 2009, there was an all-day conference at UC Irvine, co-sponsored by the UC Irvine Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies, and dedicated to condemning Israel, in which several professors from UC Irvine and UCLA participated as speakers. On October 8, 2008, there was a speaking appearance by Ibrahim El-Hudaiby, a Muslim Brotherhood representative from Egypt, at a UC Irvine history class.

 The anecdotal examples, both above and more recently, are far too many to list all of them here, but several more recent incidents should be highlighted, particularly those that occurred after the horrific Hamas terrorist attack against Israel on October 7, 2023 and the 2+-week Gaza encampment at UC Irvine in May 2024. Even after all that, UC faculty and departments have continued their agitation.

 Most recently, UC Berkeley professor Hatem Bazian, a co-founder of SJP, appeared at UC Irvine on March 4, 2026 and spoke on “Settler colonialism and genocide in Gaza: The ummah’s responsibility”. Bazian has spoken repeatedly at UC Irvine and other campuses over the years, and many of his public statements have led to charges of anti-Semitism.

In September 2025, Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine (FSJP) held a protest against a joint UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering/Tel Aviv University conference held on the campus from September 9-12.

 On May 15, 2025, FSJP joined with SJP and UCI Divest in a protest calling for BDS, in which a UC Irvine professor was reportedly arrested for pouring red dye into a fountain.

 Also, in May 2025, the UC Irvine Faculty Association Board issued a statement demonizing Israel and expressing support for the pro-Palestinian encampment that was broken up by police the previous year.

 And in May 2024, there was the encampment, which greatly disrupted UC Irvine operations and led to the police breakup on May 15. In the lead-up to the fiasco, a chapter of the newly-created Faculty for Justice in Palestine (FSP) was established to support the disruptive activities of SJP. This UC Irvine group, later known as Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine (FSJP), fully supported the encampment and reportedly posted an image on May 1, 2024, in which students were encouraged to join the encampment. Two days later, this faculty group reportedly posted a video accusing Israel of the “targeted killing of health care workers and journalists”. During the 2+ weeks of the encampment, Hatem Bazian came to speak and encourage the protesters. In addition, when police broke up the encampment on May 15, two of the arrestees were UC Irvine professors.

 These are just a few examples. Abuses like these are happening across the UC system and in countless other universities. It is bad enough that students are violating the rules of conduct with little or no accountability. It is scandalous when university faculty and entire departments are abusing their positions and university resources to advance their political agendas, in this case, resulting in dramatic increases in campus anti-Semitism directed at Jewish students. When an academic department takes sides on sensitive political or social issues, it puts the entire university in a position of seeming to put its own imprimatur on that side. And when it comes to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, the inevitable result is exploding anti-Semitism on our campuses. 

 

 

 

Netherlands: Geert Wilders Reacts to Recent Anti-Jewish Bombings

 Several days ago, we reported on a series of anti-Jewish bombing attacks that occurred in Liege, Belgium, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam. Dutch politician Geert Wilders denounced the lax immigration policies of the Dutch government in a speech in the Dutch Parliament. The video below was subtitled by RAIR Foundation USA, Vlad Tepes, and Gates of Vienna, and Fousesquawk assisted in the translation.

The other man in the video who Wilders is debating, the one who looks like he has a bad hangover, is the Minister of Justice and Security, David van Weel.