A group of current and former Toronto Metropolitan University law students who signed a controversial letter expressing unequivocal support for Palestinians after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israeli civilians has filed a lawsuit against the university.
The statement of claim, which has not been tested in court, alleges TMU defamed the signatories by publicly condemning the letter as antisemitic and intolerant.
As I sit in synagogue this Yom Kippur, the holiest day in our calendar, my heart is heavy with fear and sadness. The sanctuary, usually a place of solace and reflection, now feels like a fragile bubble in a world increasingly hostile to Jews. Today, once again, that bubble was violently pierced.
There are no longer gray areas in the implied intent of major Western nations, such as France, Spain, Portugal, Canada, the UK, Australia and others, to isolate or destroy Israel.
US President Donald Trump has given Hamas a deadline to accept a US peace plan for Gaza or face “all hell”.
Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Friday that an agreement must be reached by 18:00 Washington time (22:00 GMT) on Sunday.
The plan proposes an immediate end to fighting and the release within 72 hours of 20 living Israeli hostages held by Hamas – as well as the remains of hostages thought to be dead – in exchange for hundreds of detained Gazans.
BREAKING: Trump puts Hamas on notice, giving terror group until Sunday at 6pm ET to accept Gaza peace deal or else 'all HELL' will break out pic.twitter.com/DLAnZLk4ZP
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 3, 2025
One of the victims killed at the Manchester synagogue attack appears to have been shot dead by armed police officers.
In a statement, the Greater Manchester police chief constable, Sir Stephen Watson, said the Home Office pathologist had provisionally determined that the man had died of a gunshot wound.
The suspect, Jihad al-Shamie, did not have a firearm and the only shots fired were by the police officers at the scene. It is believed that the victim was among those behind the synagogue door seeking to prevent the attacker from gaining entry.
Update – British police may have shot 2 of the Manchester synagogue attack victims, one fatally, officials say
Was the “officer” Muslim by chance?
A synagogue in Manchester. Two dead at the hands of a suspected terrorist.
The response from Labour’s mayors, Burnham and Khan? Let the pro-Palestine marches fill the streets of both cities on the very same day.
While one community is in mourning, another is committing acts of… pic.twitter.com/Fd0mH9nGHK
— Darren Grimes (@darrengrimes_) October 2, 2025
J’accuse: Britain’s political and cultural establishment has blood on its hands over the Manchester synagogue Yom Kippur attack pic.twitter.com/7QBGsQx3Pn
— Melanie Phillips (@MelanieLatest) October 2, 2025
OTTAWA — Israel’s envoy to Canada says dialogue between his government and Ottawa has “deteriorated” since Prime Minister Mark Carney took office — and suggests his “hard line” on Gaza explains why Carney still hasn’t spoken by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“Since the government of Carney came into place, the level of dialogue between the two countries slowly but surely deteriorated,” Israel Ambassador Iddo Moed told The Canadian Press on Monday.
The knife-wielding terrorist accused of killing two people outside a UK synagogue on Thursday is believed to be Jihad Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent, officials announced.
Al-Shamie allegedly carried out the carnage at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester, which was celebrating Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.
A terror attack on a synagogue. Hours later, Manchester Police are "facilitating" a pro-Palestine march in the same city. The authorities haven't just lost the plot; they've surrendered it. pic.twitter.com/9ipnoIZJzT
— Darren Grimes (@darrengrimes_) October 2, 2025
“Zionism is a crime. Shut it down for Palestine”
This is tonight – HOURS after the terrorist attack on a Zionist synagogue in Manchester. This was allowed to happen.
It's also how I know the UK doesn't give a shit about Jewish lives at all.
— ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) October 2, 2025
The BBC understands that mediators have made contact with the head of Hamas’s military wing in Gaza, who indicated he does not agree to new US ceasefire plan.
Izz al-Din al-Haddad is thought to believe the plan was designed to finish Hamas, whether the group accepts it or not, and so is determined to fight on.
US President Donald Trump’s 20-point framework to end the war – which has already been accepted by Israel – stipulates that Hamas disarm and have no future role in governing Gaza.
I’m shocked.
Israel’s navy intercepted the large flotilla attempting to break its maritime blockade on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, after the military issued a final warning for the pro-Palestinian fleet to change course.
The Israeli Navy operation, which came as the country marked Yom Kippur, began on Wednesday evening and continued overnight and into Thursday.
Greta Thunberg’s Falestine Flotilla has landed on the eve of Yom Kippur.
Because nothing says “Human Rights” like dancing on a Hamas funded party boat for a month and then forcing fasting Israelis to break their indigenous holy day to deal with you and your bullshit. pic.twitter.com/L9l0gRhpVH
— The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess) October 1, 2025
The flotilla participants are taken into custody at the port of Ashdod and from there are deported from Israel. The Foreign Ministry publishes photos of them and writes: "The passengers are healthy and safe."
You can see Greta Thunberg and Thiago Avila, organizers of the… pic.twitter.com/dC1JiHSrzS
— Iris (@streetwize) October 2, 2025
Manchester synagogue terrorist with suspected suicide belt who killed at least two before being shot by police
This is the ‘terrorist’ with a suspected suicide belt who killed at least two people outside a Manchester synagogue before being shot by police.
A car was driven into a crowd and a man stabbed at around 9.30am on Yom Kippur – the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
Police said three other victims are in a serious condition after the attack outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall.
What we know about Manchester synagogue attack
Two people have died in a car ramming and stabbing attack at a synagogue in Manchester, with the suspect shot by police.
The incident came on Yom Kippur – the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar.
This morning, a terrorist has been shot by the Manchester Police following a knife attack on a Synagogue during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.
What has happened to Britain? pic.twitter.com/sctnqXUyCO
— Turning Point UK (@TPointUK) October 2, 2025
Four people were wounded after an attacker drove into pedestrians and stabbed at least one victim outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester. The assault took place during Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Armed police eliminated the… pic.twitter.com/g423CWCLF6
— ILTV Israel News (@ILTVNews) October 2, 2025
‘The atmosphere has been toxic in this country for the past two years.’
Journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti believes the political reaction to the attack at a Manchester Synagogue ‘rings hollow’, as officials should ‘hang their heads in shame’ for not noticing warning signs earlier. pic.twitter.com/j0dmP5rpYS
— GB News (@GBNEWS) October 2, 2025
Oh the poor Mohammedans!
BBC Panorama documentary about racism and Islamophobia by white British police officers
They made disgusting comments about Muslims and migrants. They hate us
How much more can we take…..in depressing Britain? pic.twitter.com/OUlXUkW2kQ
— Zara Hussain (@zarahussain999) October 2, 2025
BREAKING:
The Gaza Flotilla has announced that they have spotted around 20 unknown ships a couple of nautical miles in front of them and that they believe that Israel will board their boats imminently.
Greta Thunberg just released a video calling for help pic.twitter.com/3TdXgynrs4
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 1, 2025
The Israeli Navy has begun to intercept the large flotilla attempting to break the Israeli maritime blockade on the Gaza Strip, according to activists.
Footage shows a Navy vessel close to one of the boats. According to the organizers, Israeli soldiers have boarded Alma, the flotilla’s lead boat, along with two others, Adara and Sirius.
BREAKING:
The Gaza Flotilla reports that the Israeli military has just boarded their first ships.
Looks like Greta is about to receive another Israeli sandwich pic.twitter.com/JlQW2DYKNZ
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 1, 2025
Activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla shared video they said showed Israeli vessels approaching to intercept before reaching Gaza, an act deemed illegal in international waters. pic.twitter.com/c6AS5du0sC
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) October 1, 2025
Military ships surround them, communication is cut — but the songs of resistance rise louder than the engines pic.twitter.com/FjdbxcFBy0
— Global Sumud Flotilla Commentary (@GlobalSumudF) October 1, 2025
h/t MP
Numbness. Disbelief. Very wary hopefulness.
These words best capture the reaction in Israel to the extraordinary press conference held on Monday afternoon in the State Dining Room of the White House.
Following two years of war with Hamas, sparked by the savage slaughter of October 7, Israelis are ground down; by grief, hardship, anger, fear and the intensifying hostility of what was the civilized world.
President Trump has said he will give Hamas “three or four days” to accept a US-brokered plan to end the war in Gaza after the Israeli prime minister agreed to the proposal.
Speaking a day after announcing that he was close to achieving “eternal peace in the Middle East”, the US president suggested on Tuesday he would “let Israel go and do what they have to do” if Hamas rejected the terms.
Whether or not Hamas accepts a new proposal to end the war in Gaza, the Jewish diaspora should brace for antisemitism “for at least some time,” says a top American rabbi.
Antisemitism is a “behemoth backed by all sorts of nefarious types,” said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, an associate dean and director of global social action at Jewish human rights activist organization, Simon Wiesenthal Center.
I can’t see Hamas signing on, at least not in good faith.
