Israeli entrepreneur raises $40m for IDF combat gear;Heritage project to research wider stories of Jewish Welsh communities;St Andrews University rector sent students links to Hamas-supporting websites

 

THE DAILY EDITION Tuesday, November 28, 2023

#MeToo_Unless_Ur_A_Jew: The activists highlighting Hamas’ sexual violence BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Grassroots campaigners have collected 300,000 signatures from 50 countries to raise awareness of gender-based violence in the Israel-Hamas war.

Concerns over Harrow GP exposed as leading member of Hizb ut-Tahrir BY CHARLOTTE HENRY   Chief Rabbi recalls Cable Street as he asks the UK to ‘unite against antisemitism’ BY LEE HARPIN

LIVE BLOG – Israel at war; Hamas hostages: Day 53 Fifth day of ceasefire – 51 Israelis freed so far; current extended pause in fighting due to end on Thursday

Israeli entrepreneur raises $40m for IDF combat gear BY CANDICE KRIEGER Eran Efrat has provided the army with tens of thousands of helmets and bullet-proof vests as he aims to ‘close the gap’ in lacking military supplies

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: I was held captive… I sense the pain of Hamas hostages BY JENNI FRAZER Held hostage by the Iranian government for six years, Teheran-born Nazanin speaks to the Jewish community at Hampstead synagogue

British Transport Police hunt this man who abused Jewish train passengers BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER In video footage uploaded on Twitter/X, the man can be heard saying that he is surrounded by “a bunch of killers, a bunch of child-molesters”.

Heritage project to research wider stories of Jewish Welsh communities BY MICHELLE ROSENBERG Six-month research task to preserve and share Jewish heritage in the mid, west and north of Wales following the success of similar project in the south

St Andrews University rector sent students links to Hamas-supporting websites BY BEATRICE SAYERS Principal appears to back Stella Maris but pressure increases on her to resign from pastoral and advocacy role after she accuses students of weaponisng antisemitism against her

Police appeal for witnesses after Jewish memorial ‘deliberately’ hit by vehicle BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Sussex Police have appealed for witnesses and information after the tribute to Jewish refugees who fled Austria at the beginning of the Second World War was damaged.

Prisoners released by Israel have gone on to commit further terror offences, MP warns BY LEE HARPIN Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell tells the Commons: ‘Continuing the pause in hostilities is for the Israelis and others in the region to agree’

11 more Israeli hostages released, bringing total to 51 freed in the last four days BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER Nine Israeli children and two women were released on Monday evening from captivity as the four-day truce is extended by another two days.

OPINION: Musk makes a virtue out of creating a safe space for racists BY IMRAN AHMED Imran Ahmed, chief executive the Center for Countering Digital Hate, on how Elon Musk’s words and deeds have fallen short of the minimum standard expected of the owner of the world’s most influential social media platform.

Elon Musk to donate X ad revenues to Israeli hospitals and Gaza aid groups BY CANDICE KRIEGER