On October 2, 2025, on Yom Kippur — the holiest day of the Jewish calendar — a terrorist attack occurred at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in the Crumpsall area of North Manchester.

When American universities were engulfed in anti-Israel protests, many wondered: where did such hatred for the Jewish state come from? Why are students, who yesterday didn’t know where Gaza was, today chanting “From the river to the sea” and demanding the destruction of Israel.

Author: Marina Rosenberg Koritny, Head of the Department for the Promotion of Aliyah WZO On the eve of the 39th World Zionist Congress, we are obliged to speak the truth, no matter how uncomfortable it may be.