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Sixteen House Democrats vote with Republicans to codify Israel …
WEB23 hours ago · September 20, 2024. Sixteen House Democrats voted on Thursday with every Republican in favor of legislation that would codify regulations allowing products produced in Israeli settlements in the West Bank to be labeled as made in Israel. Supporters said the legislation, which would codify a Trump …
Democrats speak out loudly against Trump’s Jewish voter comments
WEB11 hours ago · September 20, 2024. A group of House Democrats outspoken on antisemitism issues are joining Jewish groups, the White House and the Harris campaign in condemning former President Donald Trump’s Thursday evening remarks about the Jewish vote. Trump claimed in a speech on Thursday evening, aimed at attracting Jewish voters, that, “the Jewish ...
Lahav Harkov - Jewish Insider
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Lahav Harkov is the Senior Political Correspondent for Jewish Insider, covering Israel’s domestic and international politics.. She was previously Senior Contributing Editor, Diplomatic Reporter and Knesset Reporter for The Jerusalem Post.. Lahav was recognized for her social media reporting by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, which named her the 5th-most influential person on “Jewish Twitter ...
A closer look at Biden’s foreign policy team - Jewish Insider
WEBJacob Kornbluh. November 24, 2020. President-elect Joe Biden announced key appointments to his White House national security team on Monday as he begins to assemble his Cabinet. Among the appointments requiring Senate confirmation are senior foreign policy advisor Tony Blinken as secretary of state; Alejandro “Ali” Nicholas Mayorkas, a ...
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'The Netanyahus' novel grapples with Israel’s most famous family
WEBMay 10, 2021 · The long arc of Jewish history can be summed up in two words: exile and return. And so can the essence of American author Joshua Cohen’s new historical novel, The Netanyahus, whose central character is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s father Benzion, a politically charged historian who was denied a job at Hebrew University for his views — later to be redeemed by the success of ...
Is Jordan reaching its boiling point? - jewishinsider.com
WEB5 days ago · As the first anniversary of Israel’s war with Hamas approaches, anger in neighboring Jordan appears to be spiking, even as the country’s leader, King Abdullah II, works to find a balance between public sentiment and maintaining a three-decade-old peace agreement with the Jewish state. Nearly two-thirds of Jordan’s population is of Palestinian heritage and many more identify closely with ...
Micah Goodman’s entreaty to Israeli Jews - Jewish Insider
WEBNov 24, 2020 · The Wondering Jew is an entreaty for a middle path between secular and religious Judaism, a call to adopt the best parts of both and reach a common ground and understanding. The way to end the current status quo in Israel, Goodman says, is to make secular Israelis care more, not less, about Judaism. Most Israelis don’t vote on issues of ...
The new Israeli officials seeking to redefine Jewish identity
WEBRuth Marks Eglash. November 29, 2022. Israeli politicians Avi Maoz, Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir ran together on an election campaign platform of restoring the country’s Jewish identity. Now, with signed agreements between two of the three men and Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, a concerted effort to ...