It's been a very bad month for terrorists and their sympathizers.

No matter how you feel about the president-elect, Donald Trump has made it clear that, when it comes to the Palestinians, his administration is going to do things differently. His appointments of Mike Huckabee as his incoming ambassador to Israel, of Steve Witkoff as envoy to the Middle East, and of Pete Hegseth as his secretary of defense speak volumes, suggesting that the president is about to dispense with decades of perceived wisdom.

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Two Arabic phrases have taken center stage since the Hamas massacres of October 7. The first is intifada – literally throwing off – which has echoed on campuses and on streets worldwide.

Intifada originated in the Palestinian uprising of 1987, which escalated from rock throwing to full out street battles between Palestinians and Israelis. The Second Intifada, which began in 2000, escalated into a suicide bombing campaign. Today, "globalize the intifada," which means something like "support the Palestinians," is screamed proudly during pogroms in Amsterdam and protests in Oakland, but it also has a broader sense of throwing off the putative shackles of capitalism and the West.

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Shortly after confirming the death of Yahya Sinwar, Israeli television displayed the contents of the Hamas leader's pockets: A pack of Mentos, a lighter, prayer beads, and a large wad of cash — all ordinary stuff.

But there was one more item on Sinwar's person that should enrage every American: He was carrying an official document identifying him as an employee of UNRWA, the United Nations agency that was established exclusively to help Palestinian refugees, and which has tragically become indistinguishable from Hamas.

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There are few constants in American foreign policy. One of them is deference to UNRWA, the internationally funded welfare agency for Palestinians.

This organization is implicated in terrorism. The news that Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin, head of UNRWA's teachers union in Lebanon and Hamas liaison to Hezbollah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, is just the latest example.

As we approach the anniversary of Hamas' horrific Oct. 7 massacre, things have gone from bad to worse. In an official document filed in a U.S. court, the UN — with support from the Department of Justice — has argued that UNRWA employees involved in 10/7 enjoy absolute immunity from prosecution, and the lawsuit should be dismissed."

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It's late August. For those of us in higher education, this means getting ready for a new academic year. Sadly, it seems that for Jewish students and professors, the fall semester brings with it one more daunting challenge: the return of the Tentifada, the onslaught of anti-Semitic pro-Palestinian protests that erupted on campuses nationwide last year.

Proof points abound.

For one thing, the tents are back. Earlier this summer, as Columbia University, having barely recovered from having to cancel its main commencement ceremony because of concerns that the festivities would be disrupted, once again saw its lawn taken over by a self-described "autonomous group of Palestinian students."

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