Weird that Nick Kristoff's blockbuster rape dogs report had zero follow ups from the news desk at the New York Times or, for that matter, any other media outlet. The story was widely shared as true and then buried and never spoken of again.
LISTEN: It’s Friday, and after a brief opening discussion about records, we turn to discuss Benjamin Netanyahu’s UNGA speech, Macron’s embarrassing flub, the ongoing efforts to find some resolution to the Iran war, the upcoming Israeli elections, the lowlife antisemitism of actor Wallace Shawn.
Plus, @SethAMandel recommends The Barman of the Ritz, and @jpodhoretz recommends The World at Night.
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Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, and much of the world thought Arabs couldn't be patriotic citizens of a Jewish state. From Oct. 7 to this election, Israeli Arabs are proving them wrong. My latest: commentary.org/seth-mandel/i…
For nearly three years, CPJ helped push the incendiary narrative that Israel was systematically slaughtering journalists.
Now CPJ just announced that it has removed another 22 people from its database. Twenty were removed after new research established “engagement in combat," meaning terrorism.
That’s on top of 8 it had already removed after determining they were Hamas or PIJ combatants.
So CPJ has now removed 28 supposed journalists for literal participation in hostilities.
And understand how absurdly narrow CPJ’s standard is. Affiliation with Hamas or PIJ doesn’t disqualify you. Even membership in an armed group doesn’t automatically disqualify you. CPJ only draws the line at actual engagement in combat.
Yet even by that ridiculous standard, 28 names failed their test.
The review began after Hamas and PIJ themselves published obituaries identifying supposed “journalists” as combatants. And those obituaries keep coming.
CPJ’s credibility should be in tatters — for good.
אני מודה לצה"ל ולצוות הרפואי בשערי צדק שנאבק עכשיו על חייו של נריה דב בן חנה ולתפילות של עם ישראל.
אני מאמין בכוח התפילה ומאמין שכאשר עם ישראל מתאחד קורים ניסים.
נריה זקוק לנס.
נריה המשיך לשרת במילואים אחרי שאיבד את אחיו הבכור משה ידידה לייטר הי"ד והוא עשה מאות ימי מילואים בחזיתות שונות מאז השביעי לאוקטובר.
הטרור הפלסטיני מכוון לעקור את עם ישראל מארצו.
הם בוחרים במוות- אנחנו בוחרים בחיים.
Omer Shev Tov in the WSJ:
"Hamas knew where I was and left me to die. Israel didn’t know my location, but it knew where my captor’s mother was and called to make sure she wasn’t killed accidentally.
"There I was—kidnapped, starved and tortured by her son—while my army was trying to keep his mother alive."
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Yeah, new high for Democrats on generic ballot (+8.8 with likely voter adjustment), new low for Trump approval rating (-21.5 net), new D high in Senate and House odds, good state polls for Ds, pretty much everything.
NAZA is a jump-the-shark moment for Israel's critics. It's another example of people taking an Israeli innovation in reducing civilian casualties and turning it into a crime itself.
Plus, Abraham's credibility is in tatters after his 2025 dud.
My latest: commentary.org/seth-mandel/n…
NOW: Mahmoud Khalil Speaks at Yom Kippur Yizkor Service for Gaza at Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn NYC
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Excellent @SethAMandel: "Anti-Zionists want to separate Jews from the Jewish homeland because it would weaken what it means to be a Jew. It would, in fact, redefine Judaism. When an anti-Semite targets a part of your identity for removal, it is not because they are finding a way for you to fit in with them. It’s because they are taking you apart, methodically, piece by piece."
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I would be remiss in my duties as a University of Toronto Governor if I stayed silent on this latest working group.
After the 2026 Canadian Heritage federal report revealed that 95.7% of Jewish post-secondary students in Canada experienced or witnessed antisemitism on campus over the prior year, I would expect the U of T not to indulge in this type of activity.
This will be discussed in excruciating detail at the next Governing Council meeting.
Shana Tova.
@UofT@fordnation@MichelleC_PC@nolanmquinn
American Jews are debating whether to stop calling themselves "Zionists" for fear of public disapproval. I think that would be a mistake, and I lay out five rules for how to approach self-identification for Jews who are wavering on this: commentary.org/seth-mandel/t…