FUTURE OF JEWISH
No, Israel doesn’t enjoy killing children — and you should be ashamed for saying it.
Joshua Hoffman
May 21, 2025
On Monday, Far-Left politician Yair Golan — a new entrant into Israeli politics, perhaps desperate for political points from his miniscule, deranged, extremist base — accused Israel of killing babies in Gaza “as a hobby.” Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (who was convicted in 2014 for bribery, obstruction of justice, and breach of trust, and served nearly 17 months in prison) then claimed that what Israel “is doing now in Gaza is very close to a war crime.” And United Nations humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher told the BBC this week that “14,000 babies in Gaza could die within the next two days unless aid can reach them.”1 (The UN since walked back this assessment.) These are three of the out-of-touch, extreme Left-wing individuals feeding antisemites across the world their favorite meal: the grotesque lie that Israelis pride themselves in killing Palestinian children. READ MORE
ZOA ZOA Condemns Extremist Yair Golan’s “Blood Libel” as a Grotesque Lie Against Israel, Who is World’s Leader in Protecting Enemy Civilians During War The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has issued a scathing rebuke of extremist Yair Golan, head of a radical left-wing party in Israel and former IDF deputy chief of staff, after Golan accused Israel of “killing babies in Gaza as a hobby.” ZOA National President Morton A. Klein condemned Golan’s remarks as “absurd” and “dangerous,” and a grotesque lie, warning that such slander only fuels the global surge in antisemitism and hands ammunition to Israel’s enemies.
COMMENTARY Seth Mandel: Walk a Few Miles in An Israeli’s Shoes The Israeli Foreign Ministry has ordered its diplomats around the world to refrain from participating in public events until further notice, according to a leading Israeli broadcaster. The cautionary note comes after last night’s murder of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington outside the Capital Jewish Museum. These are, of course, government officials with government-level security. I don’t think most people have the faintest idea of what it’s like for Israelis traveling abroad these days on their own. So here’s a peek at the experience of being an Israeli in the world, via a few stories that demonstrate the point.