This week, Israel struck a Houthi leadership gathering in Sanaa, killing the group’s prime minister and several ministers as the militia, which is not the legitimate government of Yemen, threatened revenge, while in Minneapolis, the school-church gunman’s rifle bore slogans like “Burn Israel” and “6 million wasn’t enough.” In New York, vandals daubed red paint and “Joe Kahn lies, Gaza dies” outside the home of the NYT editor; in France, Lyon’s new Holocaust memorial was defaced, and a man was arrested in Neuilly-sur-Seine after brandishing a knife near a synagogue.

Jewish culture and acceptance in the public space also came under pressure: a petition urged the Venice film festival to drop Gal Gadot, even though she was never slated to attend, proof that a false story can still fuel real hostility against Jews.

In Frankfurt, courts let a mass “United4Gaza” march proceed; police positioned water-cannon trucks to shield Jewish sites as ~10–11k people rallied. Amid it all, the IDF brought home the bodies of Ilan Weiss z”l and Idan Shtivi z”l, allowing families to bury with dignity after an unimaginable delay.

Across all of this, our answer doesn’t change: keep centring people, keep naming the facts, and refuse to normalise antisemitism.