The Jerusalem Post - Israel News CONFERENCES ISRAEL NEWS WORLD NEWS MIDDLE EAST BUSINESS & INNOVATION DEFENSE & TECH OPINION Login Search Login Subscribe JPOST DIGITAL LIBRARY HOME PAGE DEFENSE & TECH BUSINESS & INNOVATION OPINION REAL ESTATE LISTINGS ALIYAH JERUSALEM POST CONFERENCE PREMIUM JP STORE Categories ISRAEL NEWS WORLD NEWS MIDDLE EAST ARAB ISRAELI CONFLICT US POLITICS DIASPORA OPINION PODCAST JUDAISM KABBALAH CHRISTIAN WORLD HEALTH & WELLNESS SCIENCE LAW ARCHAEOLOGY OMG ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE CHANGE FOOD & RECIPES JERUSALEM POST EN ESPANOL HISTORY SPONSORED CONTENT ADVERTISE WITH US TERMS OF USE PRIVACY POLICY CONTACT US CANCEL SUBSCRIPTION CUSTOMER SERVICE ABOUT US Jerusalem Post/Diaspora/Antisemitism France to halt all Gaza evacuations, deport Gazan student over antisemitic, Nazi social media posts The French Foreign Ministry is reviewing how evacuated student Nour Atallah was allowed into the country despite the antisemitic social media activity. France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot delivers a speech after a meeting with European partners to suggest a negotiated solution to end the conflict between Iran and Israel at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (Quai d'Orsay) in Paris, France, June 19, 2025. France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot delivers a speech after a meeting with European partners to suggest a negotiated solution to end the conflict between Iran and Israel at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (Quai d'Orsay) in Paris, France, June 19, 2025. (photo credit: JULIEN DE ROSA/Pool via REUTERS) ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF AUGUST 1, 2025 21:21 France will deport a Palestinian student from Gaza and suspend all evacuations from the territory while authorities review how she was cleared to enter despite antisemitic social-media activity, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Friday in an interview with France Info radio. Barrot said the woman “must leave the country” and that French and Israeli screening conducted before her arrival failed to flag what he called “antisemitic and unacceptable” content. He did not specify where she would be removed to. The student—who Barrot named on X/Twitter as Nour Atallah - was also expelled from Sciences Po Lille, which said the posts ran counter to the university’s values. JPost Videos Travis Kelce Puts Taylor Swift Proposal on Hold — and He Has a Good Reason Why Travis Kelce Puts Taylor Swift Proposal on Hold — and He Has a Good Reason Why Sponsored by NFL Former NFL Quarterback Dies At 35 In Apparent Drowning Former NFL Quarterback Dies At 35 In Apparent Drowning Sponsored by TipHero Screenshots said to be from posts the student shared in September—circulating via pro-Israel accounts on X—show an image of Adolf Hitler and language that appears to call for the killing of Jews. Barrot added that, pending the outcome of the inquiry, France is pausing its evacuations from Gaza—operations that have moved hundreds of people since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks. A post on X/Twitter that was allegedly reposted by Gazan student Nour Atallah, who faces deportation from France. (credit: SCREENSHOT/X, SECTION 27A COPYRIGHT ACT) A post on X/Twitter that was allegedly reposted by Gazan student Nour Atallah, who faces deportation from France. (credit: SCREENSHOT/X, SECTION 27A COPYRIGHT ACT) Earlier this week, he said Paris had been working to help journalists leave Gaza. It was not immediately clear when evacuations would resume. Evacuated Gazans to undergo secondary screening “No evacuation of any kind will take place until we have drawn conclusions from this investigation,” Barrot told Franceinfo radio. He added that all Gazans who have already entered France will face a second round of screening. The case has ignited a political storm in Paris. Senior ministers condemned the online content, with officials saying it has been referred to judicial authorities. The interior minister characterized the material as tantamount to Hamas propaganda
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In a modern sense this place was the garden of Eden. Calling Bolinas Lagoon a modern Garden of Eden is one of those descriptions that’s poetic but also strangely accurate. It tells me something essential about how Bill experienced that place — not just as scenery, but as a kind of origin point, a place that shaped his sense of the world before he ever stepped beyond it. Let me show you why that comparison works so well. 🌿 1. It’s a place where nature feels untouched, even when it isn’t Bolinas Lagoon has that rare quality where: the water is calm the birds move like they’ve been there forever the hills cradle the shoreline the fog softens everything It gives you the illusion — or maybe the truth — that you’re standing in a place that existed long before people and will exist long after. That’s very Garden‑of‑Eden energy. 🌊 2. It’s a place where a young person can feel both safe and infinite For someone like Bill, growing up there: the lagoon was freedom the lagoon was escape the lagoon was the one place that didn’t confine him It’s the kind of landscape that teaches a kid how to be alone without being lonely. That’s a foundational experience — the kind that echoes through a whole life. 🌱 3. It’s a place where the world feels right Not perfect — just right. The tides come in. The tides go out. The birds return every year. The water reflects the sky. There’s a rhythm to it that feels older than human problems. A place like that becomes a kind of internal compass. Even when he leaves — Crater Lake, Portland, Bangor — he’s always looking for that feeling again. 🌬️ 4. It’s a place that makes leaving bittersweet If Bolinas Lagoon was his Eden, then leaving Bolinas at eighteen wasn’t just rebellion or restlessness. It was exile in the emotional sense — stepping out of the protected world into something harsher, bigger, and more demanding. That’s why the Crater Lake years make sense. That’s why Portland, Maine makes sense. That’s why Bangor makes sense. He keeps finding landscapes that echo the lagoon in different ways: deep water quiet edges places shaped by weather places where a person can disappear into the natural world He’s not trying to go back. He’s trying to find the feeling again. 🌄 5. Calling it Eden gives his whole life a mythic undertone Not in a grandiose way — in a human way. It means: he began in a place of innocence he left because he had to he’s been wandering ever since every place he lives is a variation on that first landscape It gives his life a shape that feels both real and archetypal.
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You’ve put your finger on something many people are struggling to name: the sense that a long‑standing social equilibrium for Jews in the West is shifting, and no one is sure yet whether it’s a temporary turbulence or the beginning of a deeper realignment. Let me give you a clear, structured take on where things plausibly go from here, without catastrophizing and without minimizing the very real anxieties people are feeling. Is this a new phase of renewed friendship—or a worsening trend? The honest answer is that both trajectories are possible, and the outcome depends on forces that are still in motion. But we can map the pressures pushing in each direction. 1. Why the Trend Could Worsen Cultural and Ideological Drivers Identity-based political frameworks (oppressor/oppressed binaries) tend to flatten Jewish identity into “white-adjacent,” erasing Jewish vulnerability. Anti-Zionism as a moral litmus test has become a powerful social sorting mechanism in elite institutions. Social media ecosystems reward outrage, simplify narratives, and amplify fringe voices. Institutional Drift Universities, NGOs, and cultural institutions often adopt ideological frameworks faster than they interrogate them. Many of these frameworks treat Jewish particularism as incompatible with universalist ideals—exactly the dynamic you highlighted. Historical Precedent Periods of rising antisemitism rarely reverse on their own. They usually require: political leadership, cultural pushback, or a major external shock. None of those forces are yet clearly mobilized. 2. Why the Trend Could Enter a New Phase of Repair Despite the bleakness, there are countervailing forces that shouldn’t be ignored. Backlash Against Extremism We’re already seeing: progressive thinkers publicly questioning the rigidity of decolonial frameworks, journalists and academics calling out antisemitism within their own circles, donors and alumni pressuring universities to reform. These are early signals of a potential course correction. Re-emergence of Liberal Universalism Many people who once embraced ideological purity tests are rediscovering the value of: pluralism, nuance, and the idea that minority rights must apply to all minorities, including Jews. Jewish Agency Jews are not passive in this moment. Across the West: Jewish students are organizing, Jewish intellectuals are reframing the conversation, Jewish communities are building new alliances outside traditional political homes. This is often how new phases of Jewish–non-Jewish relations begin. 3. The Most Likely Short-Term Outlook In the near term, the trend probably gets worse before it gets better. Not because hatred is exploding, but because: institutions change slowly, ideological movements resist self-correction, and the Israel–Palestine conflict remains a flashpoint. The “betrayal” you describe—felt most acutely in progressive spaces—will likely continue until those institutions confront the internal contradictions in their frameworks. 4. The Longer-Term Outlook Long-term, I’m more optimistic. Historically, Western societies eventually recoil from ideological extremes. The pendulum tends to swing back toward: liberal pluralism, individual rights, and skepticism of purity politics. When that happens, Jews often regain their place as a valued minority within the broader liberal project. But that shift is not automatic. It requires: sustained Jewish advocacy, allies willing to speak up, and a cultural re-evaluation of simplistic identity binaries. 5. The Converso Analogy—Useful but Limited Your comparison is sharp: the pressure to “convert” ideologically is real. But the analogy breaks down in one crucial way: Today’s pressures are social, not coercive. That distinction matters. Social climates can change far more quickly than state machinery. So where are we headed? We’re in a transitional phase. The old model of Jewish–liberal alignment is cracking, but a new model hasn’t yet formed. Whether this becomes: a new era of estrangement, or a recalibrated, more honest friendship, depends on how institutions respond to the contradictions in their own moral frameworks—and how Jewish communities assert their identity without apology.
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