Casey Babb
@DrCaseyBabb · Think tanks & analysts — US/UK
Casey Babb is a national-security scholar affiliated with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, INSS, and RUSI.
I quite like this analogy by @adam_louis52328 (whom I’ll be sharing a stage with next Tuesday). I’ll add, though, that it would be quite odd for foreign governments and officials thousands of miles away to routinely opine on the violence in Chicago. It would be even more odd — to sanction and vilify Chicago for criminal activities in their city. Indeed, doing so may very well imperil all Chicagoans — even those outside the city or the state. Why then, do we see such pontificating and political grandstanding when it comes to Judea and Samaria? It’s equally as inappropriate.
"Dad, they're shooting at us." All 24-year-old Gaya Halifa wanted to do was go to a dance with her friends. Instead, she was horrifically murdered by Palestinian terrorists on October 7th. Her father Avi was on the phone with her when she was murdered. He heard screaming and gunshots, and then "...there were two deep breaths, as if she had no oxygen, as if she couldn’t breathe, and then a deep, deep silence." Never forget the victims of October 7th. Never forget who started this war. Never forget what Israel and the civilized world are fighting for.
On the first day of school at @Concordia, and three days before the anniversary of 9/11, a man stands outside a campus building, handing out material blaming 9/11 on Jews. He also claims he's being paid by Iran to distribute these flyers. Insanity. https://t.co/8tWSjQ38Gr
It’s wild to me that so many leaders in Canada and beyond fail to see (or care about) the connection between relentless condemnation of Israel and increased security threats facing domestic Jewish populations. Looking forward to more “thoughts and prayers.”
“I’m not antisemitic I’m antizionist.” https://t.co/NI98SEcvXG
The “pro-Palestine” crowd in the West, led by extremists like Mehdi, is so morally bankrupt that they want a Palestinian from Palestine (@afalkhatib) to essentially prove his bona fides because he’s *checks notes* criticized Hamas. That’s how vile this movement has become.
Mehdi Hasan was never “all there,” but he’s become increasingly radicalized the last three years. Now he’s telling his fellow extremists that there aren’t even two sides in the war between Israel and Hamas. There is only the Jewish side — the Jewish problem. A truly vile person. https://t.co/uibB2Dnomm
That my friend @afalkhatib is being berated by people like Mehdi Hasan and Zachary Foster tells you everything you need to know, not only about Ahmed's integrity and moral compass, but also about the true nature of the "pro-Palestine" movement in the West. Indeed, while Ahmed has emerged as one of the world's most respected Palestinian peace advocates, to people like Mehdi, Zach, and others, he's guilty of perhaps the most egregious crime of all — humanizing Jews. For that, he's reduced to nothing more than a scheming, Zionist-conspiring sell-out. Here's the thing: the entire edifice of Palestinian activism outside of Palestine revolves not around improving Palestinian lives, but ending Jewish ones. That's why, of course, groups like Hamas are viewed by Western idiots not as the genocidal barbarians that they are, but as righteous freedom fighters. It doesn't matter that they routinely rape, torture, brutalize and murder Palestinians. Because their primary objective is to destroy the Jewish state, they are absolved of those crimes, which are treated merely as a by-product of "the occupation." As Ahmed himself has so rightfully pointed out, "The Nazification of the so‑called 'pro-Palestine' movement is no exaggeration." He's right. And what few talk about is the fact that this state of the "pro-Palestine" movement doesn't hurt Israel in any meaningful way. Rather, it further isolates Palestinians — weakening their opportunity for a better future. All told, I fully support Ahmed, and I'm incredibly proud of the work he's done these last few years. I'm also delighted to be sitting down with him on October 7, to have a very important discussion — three years into this — about what the future holds for Palestinians and Israelis alike.
Your wife celebrated 10/7.
This guy is the Middle East bureau chief for the @latimes. Christ almighty. It’s incredible how many members of the press sound more like activists than they do journalists. What’s more is how many of these charlatans get upset by the thought of Hamas being defeated.
Third-Worldism and Israel Derangement Syndrome are destroying Canada.
Your wife celebrated the massacre of Jews on 10/7.
Antizionism is a disease — and unfortunately — it's spreading fast because of people like @hasanthehun. Absolutely vile.
Periodically over the next several weeks, I'll be posting a series of excerpts from my new book, The Moral Case for Zionism, along with a number of endorsements the book has already received in advance of its October 22 publication date. Here's the first bit I'd like to share with you! "Above all else, when I think of Zionism, and the effort underway in so many spheres of our society to recast its meaning, I think of the destruction of the Jewish story, the gradual suppression of Jewish life, the inward retreat of Jews in the diaspora (which we’re already seeing) and eventually, over time, the weakening of Jewish identity and the State of Israel. I say this because Zionism, as I’ve explained in previous chapters, isn’t a sort of abstract idea. It’s literally THE story. If you strip the Jewish world of Zionism and convince Jews and all those around them that Israel and support for Israel is evil, you’re fundamentally erasing a story that stretches back millennia, and which serves as the spiritual, ideological, ritualistic, and communal foundation of Jewish life. Without Israel, and without a homeland, what’s left?"
In Palestine, homosexuality is punishable by death; black Palestinians are often referred to as "slaves"; women are widely discriminated against, brutalized, and murdered, and terrorism is celebrated. So, why is the left obsessed with it?
I can't stop thinking about this video. Not just because it's disgusting (which it is), but because it so perfectly captures A) the psychosis of the antizionist hate mob, and B) the ignorance of the "As a Jew," Jews. Brad Lander did everything he was supposed to do to appease his "progressive" DNC comrades. He accused the Jewish state of genocide. He's vehemently opposed military support for Israel during the country's greatest time of need. He's publicly supported people like @ZohranKMamdani. For all intents and purposes, he's completely walked away from Zionism. But here's the kicker — which Lander doesn't understand. He'll always be Jewish. And that's something you can't abandon, because your Jewishness, in the eyes of antisemites, isn't something the Jew gets to determine — it's something they determine for you. As I write in my new book, "The persecutor defines who the Jew is. The Jew does not." This is the state of progressivism. This is the state of Jewish life in 2026. It has to change.
In hindsight it’s not surprising that three weeks later his wife celebrated 10/7.
This Palestinian "activist" in Toronto goes on a vile and unhinged rant about how justified October 7 was. This is what we're dealing with in Canada. Jews aren't safe here. "You're owed a thousand more October 7s — fuck you, Israel and fuck you if you're a Zionist." https://t.co/YG9fzP0kZg
The fight against antizionism is a noble and necessary one. Indeed, antizionism is one of the world's most insidious and destructive hate movements. However, we must not abandon the fight to reclaim Zionism from those who've weaponized it against the Jewish people so effectively. I say this because, if we find ourselves in a situation where antizionism has been "defeated," yet Zionism remains radioactive for many Jews and non-Jews alike, we will have still failed. The Jewish story will be in tatters. The fight, therefore, must be two-track: vanquish antizionism — reclaim and actually renew Zionism. This is the way.
It's crazy to me that more people aren't talking about Sudan. The Muslim Brotherhood is destroying the country from within, while countries like China and Russia use their influence from abroad to ensure the killing never stops. It's disgusting. https://t.co/BuqVNt8ijY https://t.co/2vjnNHuecS
While making final edits to my new book, The Moral Case for Zionism, which comes out on Oct. 22, I realized how many phenomenal people I quote throughout its pages. Folks like @bariweiss, @EinatWilf, @YKleinHalevi, @zriboua and @IzaTabaro. You're part of this, too. Thank you. https://t.co/YIjTXFvHkv
Israel is better, stronger, and more prosperous than ever before. Beautiful. Shabbat Shalom.
We’re now at the point where Palestinian “activists” in Canada are upset about a single memorial brick in the ground for Shiri Bibas and her children who were murdered by Hamas. Even acknowledging Jewish pain and trauma is offensive now. This is absolutely disgusting. https://t.co/SjQgykx8TI
On September 24, @MLInstitute will be hosting an event on the 'pay-for-slay' phenomenon. If you would like to attend, please DM me, and we can discuss specifics. https://t.co/S12am4MWkR
It was a privilege to sit down with the brilliant @hahussain to discuss his new book, The Arab Case for Israel (Wicked Son, 2026), rising Islamism, threats to the West, and peace in the Middle East. Hussain is both a scholar and a gentleman — @FDD is lucky to have him. https://t.co/DlucWlGkZ0