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    Victor Davis Hanson: What’s Behind the Demonization of Israel?

    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. Recently, I say in the last two years, but especially the last three months, there’s been an increasing demonization of Israel and, by…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Fetterman: ‘The Democratic Party Must Confront Its Own Rising Antisemitism Problem’

    Sen. John Fetterman is once again sounding the alarm about “rising antisemitism” in the Democratic Party, insisting the party must confront the growing problem. The Pennsylvania Democrat was responding to the announcement by state Supreme Court Justice David Wecht that he was leaving the party over the “disturbingly common” acceptance of “Jew-hatred” even by elected…
    Al Perrotta
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    Former SPLC Staffer Spills the Beans on Union-Busting, Israel, Racial Discrimination Claims

    The Southern Poverty Law Center’s hypocrisy knows no bounds. Not only was the SPLC allegedly boosting members of the hate groups it says it exists to oppose while demonizing mainstream conservatives, but it also reportedly settled a racial discrimination lawsuit as recently as 2024. Michael Edison Hayden, who worked as a senior investigative reporter at…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    The Maine Election Scam: Noncitizens, Radical Elites, and the Death of Democracy

    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of a segment from today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: So, let’s start off with corruption in Maine. And here’s this—Steve Robinson posted this on X the other…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Rick Scott Urges Trump Admin to Cut off University of Michigan’s Federal Funds

    Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., on Sunday urged the Trump administration to cut off federal funding to the University of Michigan after a professor appeared to praise anti‑Israel student activists who illegally set up a campus encampment following Oct. 7, 2023. “It’s unacceptable for any university professor to praise chaos that glorified America’s enemies, justified violence,…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    Victor Davis Hanson: From Tip O’Neill to Chaos—What Happened to Democrats   

    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: Victor, before we get to Mark Kelly, I did want to mention this news. There are too many names here,…
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    2 Jews, 3 Opinions on Campus Antisemitism

    Two Jews, three opinions. That sounds like a bad Mel Brooks joke, but it is exactly what the bipartisan Commission on Civil Rights testimony on campus antisemitism sounded like this month. The Jewish world appears genuinely divided on whether the federal government should take real, muscular action to protect Jewish students. I find that strange,…
    Seth Oranburg
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    Mamdani Touts the ‘Warmth of Collectivism,’ Draws Ire From Israel for Canceling Antisemitism EOs

    Zohran Mamdani wasted little time declaring his intent to turn Times Square into Red Square and fueling the fears he’s antisemitic. Mamdani was sworn in as mayor of New York City shortly after the Big Apple rang in the new year, taking the oath of office with his hand atop not one but three Qurans….
    Al Perrotta
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    There are 2 Kinds of Antisemitism. I’ve Seen Both.

    There are two kinds of antisemites in the world: Those that hate Jews and know it, and those that promote the hatred of Jews and don’t. I learned about both on one tragic October day in 1983. And on another tragic October day 40 years later. I was the editor-in-chief of my college newspaper at…
    Lee Habeeb
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    Conservative Leaders Gather to Keep Antisemitism Out of the GOP, Conservative Movement

    Christian, Jewish, and other conservative leaders gathered in Washington, D.C., Tuesday to urge the conservative movement and the Republican Party to prevent antisemitism from taking a foothold on the Right. “The conservative movement and the Republican Party cannot flirt with antisemitism,” Pastor Mario Bramnick, president of the Latino Coalition for Israel, declared in remarks Tuesday…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Confronting Conservative Antisemitism

    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. There’s been a lot of controversy recently about antisemitism and the threat that it poses to…
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    George Washington University’s ‘Indifference’ to Antisemitism

    How many students must be harassed before a university tries to stop the offenses? Jewish students at George Washington University are still counting, but in the meantime, the U.S. Department of Justice is stepping in. If the recent examples of civil rights-related settlements at Brown University, Columbia University, and the University of Pennsylvania are any…
    Jonathan Butcher
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    Pro-Israel Group Equips Students to Confront Campus Antisemitism

    A pro-Israel group hosted an advocacy training program for Christian students on their school campuses last week on how to be allies with the Jewish people. The District of Columbia organization Passages hosted 150 high school and college-age students in the nation’s capital. The students heard from United States Special Envoy to the Middle East…
    Quinn Delamater
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    Jewish Community Leader Sounds Alarm on Security Concerns From Antisemitism

    A top leader in the Jewish community is sounding the alarm about rising security concerns for Jews and supporters of Israel in the United States. “You cannot have one faith group, one community, that has to be behind barricades, just to go practice our faith,” Eric Fingerhut, the president and CEO of the Jewish Federations…
    Jacob Adams
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    House Panel’s Republicans, Democrats Concur on Scourge of Antisemitism, but Not on What to Do About It

    Following a number of recent violent attacks in America that appear to have been driven by antisemitism, members of Congress are seeking solutions to the threat of anti-Jewish acts of terrorism.   “The Jewish community has long been a vibrant and integral part of the nation’s fabric, yet today, too many Jewish Americans are now…
    Virginia Allen
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    Where Is the National Conversation on Antisemitism?

    When George Floyd died in 2020, the country—and even the world—erupted in both a figurative and literal explosion, as we were forced by every element of our society to have a nationwide reckoning on the subject of racism. George Floyd, we were told—no, ordered—was a symbol of the conscious, unconscious, implicit, explicit, institutional, systemic and…
    Ian Haworth
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    EXCLUSIVE: Iowa Lawmaker Set to Offer Bill to Establish Antisemitism Study Commission

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, is set to introduce a bill on Tuesday that would establish a commission to study antisemitism in the United States. The bill would be the latest effort in the House to address the sobering rise of hatred toward Jews in the U.S.  If enacted, the bill would…
    Jacob Adams
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    House Panel Convenes on Combating Rise of Antisemitism

    Reps. Chris Smith, R-N.J., and Jim McGovern, D-Mass., led a hearing on Tuesday to address the sobering rise of antisemitism around the globe. The hearing, hosted by the bipartisan Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the House of Representatives, came at a time of increased threats against American Jews and a generational divide on support…
    Jacob Adams
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    Antisemitism Is Raging on College Campuses. President Trump Will Stop It.

    Today, in the United States of America, a Jewish student walking across his college green will be scared. Not because he is worried about finals or finding a job, but because the university he attends has empowered terrorists to attack him for who he is. The hatred of Jews, antisemitism, is the most virulent form…
    Randy Fine
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    EXCLUSIVE: GOP Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Combat Antisemitism on College Campuses  

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Following a rise in antisemitism at universities, Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., has introduced legislation aimed at stopping antisemitic harassment on college campuses.   “I think if people are troubled by antisemitism on college campuses, this is the easiest way to stop it,” Fine said of his bill.  Universities have been aggressive…
    Virginia Allen
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