Left-wing extremists torch 15 police vehicles in a 'pre-emptive' attack to 'avenge' Palestinians. Essentially, anarchists attacking cops and trying to justify it by evoking Gaza.

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'Group claims responsibility for arson at Portland police training center'

Samidoun, an int'l anti-Zionist org (and designated terror group) that has co-organized many post-Oct 7 anti-Israel rallies across the US, posted a graphic yesterday that reads “Long Live Oct 7th,” referencing the day Hamas massacred some 1,200 people across southern Israel. 🧵

Also re Saudi Arabia. Be careful folks.

A ton of highly consequential misinformation is swirling around regarding the ceasefire deal. Please assess the source before retweeting.

'I don’t see how the protesters’ insistence on using the language of violence will contribute to the Palestinian cause, or their own,' Iddo Gefen writes: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Temple Assassination: Foreign intelligence services are contracting out killings to gangs. ⁦Globalnews.ca⁩ globalnews.ca/news/10463503/…

Synagogue bus in Toronto has to tape over its name because...you know why.

🧵What we saw at GW today is what I mean when I say colleges need to draw a line between peaceful protest and words and actions that make our campuses unsafe. Calling for executions goes way over that line. 1/5

Let me tell you something: if you're demanding that Hillel be fully removed from UC Santa Cruz, you're an antisemite.

Hillel is a cultural lifeline for Jewish students.

If you want it gone - that means you want Jews gone.

There's no negotiating on the antisemitic nature of…

The University of Vermont (UVM) has canceled United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield’s commencement speech amid pro-Palestinian protests on campus as protests sweep colleges across the nation.

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The academic debate about social media has focused on harms to mental health. But there are so many other harms. Freya India shows how 'social media makes us worse people.' Like: Sexy selfies at Auschwitz:

freyaindia.co.uk/p/whats-become…

Some numbers on those arrested at Columbia reported by CNN:

80 people arrested at Columbia did have an affiliation with the school.

32 did not.

Given the law of averages, with thousands of individuals across university campuses and cities nationwide expressing support for Hamas and the globalization of the intifada, it's likely that some may be willing to mimic the tactics of the organizations they are praising.

The Second Intifada was marked by a wave of suicide bombings targeting buses, a Sbarro pizzeria, and a nightclub, in case you are wondering why Jewish students are fearful at the moment.

Ghufran Mahdi Sawadi, an Iraqi online influencer, was gunned down in a targeted attack in central Baghdad.

Sawadi had just been released from prison, jailed by Iraq's increasingly Iran-influenced (and increasingly conservative) government for dancing on video with her son.

kudos to the harvard harris poll for showing how wording matters here:

Hamas named their 10/7 terrorist attack 'flood Al-Aqsa,' and major protest groups continue to draw inspiration from it.

DEVELOPING: Authorities say at least three law enforcement officers—including Marshals Service deputy—killed in shooting in Charlotte, NC, six shot in total, while trying to serve warrant, CBS News rpts: cbsnews.com/news/charlotte…

I’m here at Columbia, where the protesters have warned they are “prepared to escalate” against the university, who asked them to clear out by 2p.m.

Students are chanting “intifada intifada”

Ah yes, because asking students to follow university rules is akin to living in a Banana Republic, says a professor residing in *checks notes* a constitutional monarchy.