Michael Starr
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Senior diaspora affairs and Jewish world correspondent for the @Jerusalem_Post. October 7 War veteran. Opinions are my own.
Joined October 2018
🔴🧵The United States and Canada were supposed to have sanctioned Samidoun as a proxy for terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine -- but of you follow the tangled web, you'll see Samidoun is still operating in both countries under new groups. 👇
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A New York Jewish day school was vandalized with spray-painted swastika graffiti Tuesday night. Republican politicians blamed mayor-elect Mamdani for normalizing antisemitism in the city. ✍️@StarrJPost
https://t.co/eDGtOI4LqF
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The NYPD became aware of the graffiti on a Magen David Yeshiva school in Brooklyn in the morning after the election.
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A Jewish day school in Brooklyn was vandalized with swastika graffiti on Tuesday night, sparking condemnation. Written by @StarrJpost
https://t.co/eDGtOI4LqF
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The NYPD became aware of the graffiti on a Magen David Yeshiva school in Brooklyn in the morning after the election.
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Anti-Israel activists allegedly stormed a building on Wednesday where a Toronto student group was hosting a lecture by IDF veterans. When one of the guest speakers held a door shut, one activist allegedly smashed the glass with a drill bit. The vet received cuts from the glass.
Anti-Israel activists allegedly stormed a building where a Toronto student group was hosting a lecture by IDF veterans, according to Students Supporting Israel, wounding one of the guest speakers. @StarrJpost reports https://t.co/vqtWMWSC15
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Anti-Israel activists allegedly stormed a building where a Toronto student group was hosting a lecture by IDF veterans, according to Students Supporting Israel, wounding one of the guest speakers. @StarrJpost reports https://t.co/vqtWMWSC15
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SSI had organized a meeting with IDF soldiers in a private venue that was interrupted by a group of pro-Palestinian protesters.
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Instead, Yesh Atid Leader Yair Lapid is calling for the nationalization of the National Institutions, starting with JNF-KKL.
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After three separate World Zionist Congress coalition agreements on the National Institutions, a convention that had to be technically extended for two weeks, and a delegate vote that was made obsolete, Yesh Atid is withdrawing from involvement in the enterprise.
Yesh Atid withdrew from involvement in the WZC coalition agreements, Yair Lapid announced. Instead, the party would submit a bill to the Knesset to nationalize the JNF-KKL. @StarrJPost reports https://t.co/ono4JDeoVF
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Yesh Atid withdrew from involvement in the WZC coalition agreements, Yair Lapid announced. Instead, the party would submit a bill to the Knesset to nationalize the JNF-KKL. @StarrJPost reports https://t.co/ono4JDeoVF
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"This evening I want to announce that Yesh Atid has decided it will not be part of any of the agreements in the Zionist institutions," Lapid said.
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Many Jewish groups have expressed concern about the election of Zohran Mamdani, while progressive Jewish groups are celebrating the victory. https://t.co/EzBrN1toFl
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Major Jewish organizations issued a joint statement calling on the mayor-elect to govern with respect for the city's diverse views.
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New York City Jewish organizations and leaders expressed concern and celebration after Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor on Tuesday, following a campaign that worried many Jewish residents about anti-Israel radicalism. Reporting by @StarrJpost
https://t.co/KGSP48LheR
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Major Jewish organizations issued a joint statement calling on the mayor-elect to govern with respect for the city's diverse views.
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Toronto vandal smashes synagogue windows, in attack that the synagogue believes was done by the same person that defaced the site last April and May.
A vandal smashed the windows of a Canadian synagogue with a hammer on Tuesday, according to police and the congregation, marking the tenth time that the Toronto synagogue has been defaced in a year and a half. Reporting by @StarrJpost
https://t.co/QeSeHPy7sq
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A vandal smashed the windows of a Canadian synagogue with a hammer on Tuesday, according to police and the congregation, marking the tenth time that the Toronto synagogue has been defaced in a year and a half. Reporting by @StarrJpost
https://t.co/QeSeHPy7sq
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Vandal smashes windows at Kehilat Shaarei Torah. The 10th attack since Oct. 7 highlights a relentless pattern of hate, forcing the synagogue to spend $160K on security.
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A Toronto synagogue’s windows were smashed with a hammer on Tuesday morning, marking the tenth time that it has been vandalised in a year and a half.
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More details on the issue:
Linda Sarsour claims that the Council on American–Islamic Relations political action committee was Zohran Mamdani's largest institutional donor. Written by @StarrJpost
https://t.co/E7KwLCTVAg
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Linda Sarsour claims that the Council on American–Islamic Relations political action committee was Zohran Mamdani's largest institutional donor. Written by @StarrJpost
https://t.co/E7KwLCTVAg
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Sarsour asserted during a panel that the Unity and Justice Fund was controlled by Council on American–Islamic Relations and was a significant donor to Mamdani's campaign.
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The PAC and CAIR Action didn't respond to queries about their ties, but the legal concerns expressed in the video by Elkarra may be because the PAC engages in types of political advocacy that is not permitted to CAIR Action as a non-profit.
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Your thoughts can wage war against your peace. But when you resist the devil and rest in the Lord, even your memories start to heal. Rest is not an escape—it’s spiritual warfare won through peace.
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While CAIR Action's director was quick to organizationally disassociate the NGO from the PAC, Elkarra was also listed by as the PAC's treasurer in a 2024 statement of organization filed to the FEC. Elkarra was replaced in 2025 FEC filings by Eric Sunderland.
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"It's not a CAIR super PAC," said Elkarra, who then went on to relate that Unity and Justice would be launching a second major campaign for Mamdani's election.
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At the end of the panel, CAIR Action national executive director Basim Elkarra interjected a "legal disclaimer to protect CAIR," insisting that Unity and Justice was merely endorsed by CAIR Action.
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