Israelis go to the polls in what is literally a close yet decisive election.
Hamas has said it is prepared to carry out an attack similar to the October 7, 2023 massacre, according to Israeli news website Ynet.
Senior Hamas officials delivered the message to UN humanitarian coordinator Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, whom they met at his office in Gaza last week, the publication reports.
The group said it would be prepared to carry out a violent attack in Israel, Judea, Samaria and abroad, and could strike wherever the opportunity arises.
And I thought they were starving.
But it's not just in Israel:
(Sidebar: why would you go to a restaurant just to cause trouble? Is your sanctimony really that all-consuming?)
It was Steinberg’s response to a question from a prospective diner, asking about her views on the “genocide in Palestine.”
“There’s a boycott list that’s been going around since October 7,” she explains in an interview with National Post. It points to Montreal businesses that have allegedly expressed support for Israel. And Steinberg is on it.
“I don’t think I can do anything about it. I think no matter what you do, people will assume a lot of things about you and your policies and your politics.”
However, she points out, “I’ve been very adamant about not discussing politics. I definitely don’t want that to define us. I just thought it was interesting that we were receiving that line of questioning, and I was fairly certain that other fellow restaurateurs were not receiving the same line of questioning.”
As a Jewish restaurateur and chef, she says: “I don’t hide the fact that I’m Jewish, right? I don’t think I should have to. Absolutely not. No. But I also don’t think I need to discuss foreign policy in order to conduct business in Montreal, Quebec. … We all just want to make great food, feed our families, go home. You know, sleep well, wake up the next day, do it all again.”
Broadly speaking, she says she has a lot of respect for the younger generation spending their money at businesses that align with their values: “I respect that 100 per cent.” And if all restaurants are facing this kind of challenge, she says, “then it’s fair game … but I have a feeling that that’s not the case, and that was more or less, proven to me.”
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If you think this ad is antisemitic, you’re in a cult and don’t know it. You think Israel is owed all the money it wants from US and if Americans don’t hand it over - without complaint - they’re antisemites. That’s insane, but you don’t realize it because you’ve lost your mind.
— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) October 26, 2026
Israel doesn't live rent-free in my head, Chunk.
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