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Czar Tucker and the Antisemitic Right
This week, Walter and Jeremy talk Israel-Iran war worries, European bans on youth gender care, an Indonesia-Israel normalization agreement, and why Tucker Carlson is peddling the antisemitism of the Russian czars
April 11, 2024
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70
→ That’s the age in years of the British man a Moroccan asylum seeker living in London murdered on Oct. 15 “because of the conflict in Gaza,” hours after attempting to murder his roommate, a Muslim convert to Christianity, for apostasy, according to British prosecutors in an ongoing trial. The suspect, Ahmed Alid, 45, who follows an “extreme interpretation of Islam,” allegedly broke into his roommate’s bedroom and stabbed him six times with a kitchen knife while shouting “Allahu Akbar.” The roommate survived. After the attempted murder, Alid grabbed another knife and left the house, where he “chanced” upon Terence Carney, a stranger who was out for a walk, and stabbed him to death. Alid told police that he had deliberately chosen an “innocent victim” because “Israel had killed innocent children,” and that he would have killed more people if he had access to more weapons. Alid’s roommate had reported him to police several days prior to the attacks for threatening behavior, but police took the view that Alid had “committed no offense” and did nothing.
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DEI on Campus
The Writing Is on the Wall for Jewish Students
We must challenge professors and students who tacitly endorse antisemitic violence in the guise of ‘resistance’
BY THOMAS ULLMAN
The DEI Complex Will Never Protect Jews
The problem isn’t that the system—of affinity groups, diversity officers, microaggression policing, and more—hasn’t included Jews until now. It’s that the system itself is dangerous.
BY ARMIN ROSEN
It’s not about diversity, equity, or inclusion. It is about arrogating power to a movement that threatens not just Jews—but America itself.
BY BARI WEISS
Michael Lind
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Michael Lind chronicles civilizational shifts and national trends, writing about American politics and culture with a deep understanding of history and appreciation for America's highest ideals.
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