Netanyahu sets out a choice between a ‘blessing’ and a ‘curse’ in …
Sep 27, 2024 · In his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set out what he described as a choice for the nations of the Middle East and the world, between the “blessing” of expanded regional normalization or the “curse” of Iran, its proxies and Oct. 7.
Islamist terror incidents targeting U.S. rose sharply in 2024, ADL finds
Dec 2, 2024 · President Jimmy Carter, who pursued Mideast peace and became a critic of Israel, dies at 100
Daily Kickoff: Progressives' Piker problem - jewishinsider.com
Dec 4, 2024 · A pro-Trump supporter holds a banner in Times Square on November 5, 2024 in New York City. Even before President-elect Donald Trump’s strong electoral performance in New York City last month, where he claimed particularly pronounced support from working-class voters across the five boroughs, some of the leading progressive mayoral candidates had already begun to moderate their messaging on a ...
Messy battle of the billionaires breaks out for Treasury chief
Nov 18, 2024 · As President-elect Donald Trump swiftly moves to name his picks for several top Cabinet positions in his incoming administration, he has been more carefully weighing a pair of leading candidates for Treasury secretary — who are now jockeying to win the coveted nomination in a messy proxy battle over one of the most consequential roles in Washington.
Nineteen Senate Democrats vote to block U.S. aid to Israel
A total of 19 Senate Democrats voted to advance some or all of a series of three resolutions led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) seeking to block transfers of several types of weaponry to Israel.
Split preliminary ruling on Harvard antisemitism case
A federal lawsuit against Harvard University that alleges the school has ignored the harassment of Jewish students for more than a year is set to begin after a U.S. District Court judge on Tuesday rejected Harvard’s request for dismissal, but denied claims that the school directly discriminated against Jewish and Israeli students.. Filed in May in federal court in Boston by the Louis D ...
Netanyahu rejects France’s part in potential Lebanon cease-fire …
Nov 25, 2024 · Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is maintaining a veto on French involvement in a potential cease-fire in Lebanon unless Paris publicly makes clear that it will not arrest Netanyahu if he travels to the country pursuant to a warrant from the International Criminal Court, even after President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron reached a compromise on the matter, an Israeli ...
Democratic witnesses at Senate hate crimes hearing at odds with …
Sep 16, 2024 · The two witnesses Democrats have invited to testify at Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes — aimed primarily at the rise of antisemitic and other hate crimes since Oct. 7 — hold views on combating antisemitism that largely fall out of step with the mainstream Jewish community.. Democrats, led by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), have called Kenneth Stern, a former Jewish ...
Trump makes first visit to Lubavitcher rebbe’s gravesite
Oct 7, 2024 · Former President Donald Trump made his first visit to the gravesite of the Lubavitcher rebbe in Queens, New York, on Monday, hours before participating in an event in Florida to commemorate Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks.
Trump selects Tulsi Gabbard to be director of national intelligence
Nov 13, 2024 · Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democrat who defected to the Republican Party, was selected to be be President-elect Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, a pick that could be cause for significant alarm among Republican hawks and could raise concerns for the pro-Israel community.