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The Jerusalem Pride Parade is underway today in Israel 🇮🇱🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Every year in our ancient capital, thousands march, both to celebrate and to demand full LGBTQ+ equality.

“The pattern holds every time you check it. The criticism of Israel is the alibi. The bad conduct is the actual offense. Everyone involved knows the difference and agrees to pretend they don’t."

A visibly Jewish man checks into a hotel in London. The TV greets him with a customized message of "Free Palestine." This comes a mere day after a hotel in Bavaria told customers that Jews were not allowed to stay with them. If it happens again tomorrow do we finally get to call it antisemitism?

How words have been weaponized against Israel and Jews for years, and what it does to the victims who actually need them.

Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party of England, said he loves Hasan Piker's "work". Let's take a look at some of the work he was talking about.

Exterminating Jewish people from the face of the Earth was the central pillar of Nazi ideology. They murdered 6 million Jews and thousands of LGBTQ+ people during the Holocaust. So a Pride march in Tel Aviv is pretty much as far as you can get from a Nazi parade.

This Jewish Londoner’s family has lived in England for hundreds of years. Now, he is the last one to leave for Israel. Why? He’s sick of getting threatened in the street. A society that has given up on protecting Jews is not a healthy society.

There is a difference between standing up for Palestinians and harassing people on the street. I can't believe this needs to be said. But here we are.

"They try to sugarcoat their stuff" The Free Palestine movement's next target: The elderly. Here is a protest outside a B'nai Brith home for the elderly, with protesters holding Hezbollah flags and signs glorifying the leaders of the regime in Iran. So brave.

“Free Palestine!” A woman at a London-area airport reportedly harassed passengers arriving from Tel Aviv. Random Israelis are not representatives of our government. This isn’t activism. It unhinged hate.

Here is the video most news sites won’t show. They will report on Israel striking Hezbollah, and report every casualty in a way that obscures whether it was a combatant or a civilian. They won’t show a Hezbollah missile striking mere feet from where Israeli beachgoers were swimming moments prior.

"Things don't have to be perfect to be beautiful." Last week, I had the privilege of discussing my work fighting antisemitism & advocating for Jewish people with NYC Central Synagogue's incredible Rabbi Buchdahl. She asked me how I know when to criticize Israel. This was my answer.

Why does RuPaul sounds like a Chabad Rabbi? 🤔

So, Candace Owens considers Holocaust films as a "brainwashing experience". Somehow, retelling the objective horrors that have been done to Jews is detrimental or dangerous. At least she and Ana Kasparian admitted they're subject to brainwashing. They were so close to the point...

“If I see a Jew, I will massacre him." In Deauville, France 🇫🇷, a man walked across a crowded beach, shouting violent antisemitic threats and calling them "dirty Jews."

In Santa Monica 🇺🇸, a man exited his car in the middle of traffic, chasing a Jewish couple while screaming that they are "genocidal" and calling his dog to attack them.

In Montreal 🇨🇦, Free Palestine protestors show what appears to be an effigy of a Jewish person (wearing a Kippah) being hanged. Anyone want to try and justify this one? Credit: Guillaume Roy

In London 🇬🇧, Francis Achille has been arrested for the 4th time in two weeks after threatening Jewish children with a stick outside a Synagogue.

According to this flotilla activist, the humanitarian flotilla was actually never about delivering humanitarian aid to Gazans, but rather intentionally being caught and released by Israel. We saw their performative and narcissistic actions when they returned to Spain, so this should be no surprise.

“Go to Israel you Jew!” But also “Free Palestine from Jews!” I’m confused. What is this about?

"Kayagate happened on October 7. It was in the Israeli news. They covered it on Israeli news on October 7...think about that." Hasan, Israeli media didn't create your bad press. You did.

A bottle filled with an unknown liquid was found in North London with a handmade wrapper that reads "Screw the Jew" in the style of the Israeli flag. It's also covered in swastikas. What happened to being normal?

In the UK 🇬🇧, Free Palestine activists brought a megaphone into Black Sheep Coffee to protest the Jewish owned store. I can't imagine an easier way to turn people against your cause than to scream in a megaphone at people who haven't had their morning coffee yet.

This Free Palestine activist is saying that no criticism of Hamas is allowed, saying they have every right to "resist." Hamas' resistance includes the murder, sexual assault, kidnapping, and torture of civilians. His logic is saying that it is all exempt from criticism.

New video shows Hamas terrorists bringing weapons to children in Gaza. I know that it's very hard to get everyone to agree on something. I know that. But this is so obviously wrong. Those children should not be holding weapons.

A young Lebanese woman says what millions are thinking: Lebanon is not Iran’s playground. They want Hezbollah out. And may the same wind reach Gaza, where Hamas has held Palestinians hostage to Tehran’s war for far too long— and every other country bled dry by Iran’s proxies.

“The Jews are going to be beheaded one by one, you dirty Jews. Free Palestine” No hesitation, no shame. A slogan that has been abused is now openly paired with the ulterior motive of so many who oppose the only Jewish state.

In Jerusalem, hundreds of Jews, Christians, Muslims, Druze, and others are marching in the annual Interfaith March for Human Rights and Peace. Just one of the many beautiful things I love about Israel. 🇮🇱💙

Flotilla activists are seen hugging after being transferred to Israeli vessels. Mission accomplished, I guess.

In Boston 🇺🇸, a man berated a Jewish young woman, shouting “Jew Jew Jew Jew” and calling her a “k*ke”.

WATCH: Noam Bettan, draped in an Israeli flag, was given a hero's welcome upon returning to Tel Aviv from #Eurovision. You've made your country proud! 🇮🇱

"I think that we as humans have to talk about the truth, not because we want to, because it's hard. Because we need to do it for the next generations." A beautiful summary from Aviva Segal on why we need to read the recently released report on sexual violence that occurred October 7th.

“The institutions that are supposed to represent European opinion have decoupled from European opinion. The people who write the letters and run the broadcasts and edit the papers are no longer in alignment with the public they claim to speak for.” Read the full essay here: https://bit.ly/4drVvsO

Noam Bettan, representing Israel, comes in 2nd place at Eurovision! He did an incredible job and I know we're all so proud of him. Mazal Tov!

Noam Bettan seemed overcome by emotion during his song. Not as overcome as I was, though. What a beautiful performance.

It's finally time!

Noam Bettan taking the stage at #Eurovision flags parade! BBC host Graham Norton, who is Irish, reminding the viewers that several European countries boycotted the competition for allowing the Jewish state to participate.

Should Israel be banned from Eurovision?

“New York Times, shame on you.” Around 200 demonstrators protested outside The New York Times headquarters in New York City 🇺🇸 against the Nicholas Kristof column that alleged systematic sexual abuse of Palestinian inmates by Israel. 🎥 Luke Tress

WATCH: An UNRWA student shares his perspective on what he is taught. He says that there is no room for Jews in the land, even in a two-state solution. Notice how he says he hates Jews, not Zionists. How can a UN school allow hate to be taught like this?