But as Israel approaches another national election, here is a question worth asking: How many American Jews actually understand how Israel elects its government?
“This action should not surprise you and is the unfortunate result of Harvard’s failure to comply with simple reporting requirements,” Kristi Noem stated.(JNS)
The AG was fast in criticizing the very qualified candidate.
“Who was behind this effort? None other than a member of Congress who once claimed that Jews have space lasers,” a spokesman for one of the bill’s co-sponsors said.
By David Isaac
The former prime minister called for hundreds of thousands to shut down the country until the government falls.
The Shin Bet failed in the lead up to October 7th.
By David Isaac
The Biden directive required recipients of U.S. arms to provide written assurances within 45 days that they were abiding by international law.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
An "almost inconceivable" amount of foreign funding was behind the "so-called 'popular and spontaneous' protest movement," said the Israeli premier.
Justice Minister Levin announced that he does not recognize the appointment of Justice Amit.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Jerusalem-based think tank is confident that it will ultimately be approved amid a Tax Authority probe into allegations of partisan political activity.
“We gotta start telling the truth,” the New York congresswoman said. “We need to be the catalyst.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Rabbi Ari Berman, head of Yeshiva University, wrote that it is a privilege to “offer a prayer of unity and hope” at this momentous event.
President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary nominee faced tough questions from Democrats in the more than four-hour confirmation hearing.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"This morning, I ascended to the site of our Holy Temple to pray for the safety of our soldiers, the swift return of all the hostages, and absolute victory, with God's help."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Prosecutors had charged the former Prime Minister’s Office spokesman with the offense, which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
“It’s up to them to speak to the timing to that, but we’re ready to go as soon as they are,” a Foggy Bottom spokesman said.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
MK Almog Cohen slammed the group for encouraging active refusal of military service and accused it of endangering the lives of law enforcement officers.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Republican-led legislature will "have our allies' back," vowed John Thune, who chided Democrats for "struggling" to support Israel.
By Max Gelber
Asor was relating to the conceptual failure that of the IDF brass on October 7, 2023.
By Max Gelber
Trump is expected to cancel sanctions imposed by the Biden administration on right-wing Israeli activists.
By Max Gelber
AG Baharav-Miara wants to "destroy the Land of Israel," Rabbi Hirsch declared.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Steven Witkoff will “will receive a warm welcome throughout the halls of power within the Middle East,” former ambassador David Friedman wrote.
By David Isaac
Former Ark. Gov. Mike Huckabee, who boasts an impressive record of Israel support, called his appointment as an "extraordinary opportunity."
"He loves Israel, and the people of Israel, and likewise, the people of Israel love him."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israel’s strategic affairs minister discussed with the US president-elect Jerusalem's plans in Lebanon and Gaza, Iran and Israeli-Saudi normalization.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"Yechiel Leiter is a highly-capable diplomat, an eloquent speaker and possesses a deep understanding of American culture and politics," the Israeli prime minister said.
By Max Gelber
There are close to 11 million people estimated to be in the US illegally.
By Max Gelber
"We urge Trump to learn from Biden's mistakes," Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters.
By Ariel Kahana
The former president sees loyalty as a key criterion as he considers a mix of familiar faces and new allies for top positions.
46% of NY Jews voted for Trump, but only 21% of U.S. Jews did so in the rest of the country.
By Max Gelber
“As the Rebbe would often say, we wish you blessings and success," President Milei concluded, referring to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the late Lubavitcher Rebbe.
One day after the Harris campaign announced that 33 “Orthodox rabbis” had endorsed her candidacy, more than 50 Orthodox rabbis signed the following letter, firmly backing President Trump.
By Max Gelber
Trump's campaign on Friday arrived in Dearborn, Michigan, the largest Arab-majority city in the US.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.S. vice president said at a Michigan campaign event that it's been a hard year "given the scale of death and destruction in Gaza and given the civilian casualties and displacement in Lebanon."
By Max Gelber
In Georgia, Jews and Arabs represent about 1% of the electorate each.
Ofir Akunis spoke with JNS after he was one of those who addressed more than 600 attendees at an Oct. 7 memorial in Manhattan.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Hawaii "anti-settler colonialism activists" have "adopted anti-Zionism-antisemitism, which, to them, is a logical progression,'" Corinne Solomon told JNS.
Jerry Wartski, 94, who survived Auschwitz said in a Trump add that "I know more about Hitler than Kamala will ever know in 1,000 lifetimes."
By David Isaac
"What arguably constitutes the most problematic aspect of Imam Elahi's persona is his explicit and continuous support for Hezbollah."
By Canaan Lidor
Accused of fanning anti-Islam sentiment, the "National Review" drawing also drew attention to the alleged pro-terrorist actions of radical Democrats.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu still leads with 46% of public support, per the survey.
Judy Woodruff retracts on-air comments about former U.S. president's alleged involvement in ceasefire talks.
By Erez Linn
"One of the things I've had the privilege of is seeing the things in life through the eye of a master teacher," Walz says of Asad Zaman.
By David Isaac
"Pushing off the election would have disenfranchised so many Jews around the world that want to connect to Israel and be part of this election."
The former U.S. president and Republican nominee met the Israeli prime minister for the first time since he left the White House.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Josh Shapiro, the Pennsylvania governor, is among the politicians who are seen as a potential vice president pick for the Democrat ticket.
Although Israel has said that 14,000 to 16,000 Gazan noncombatants had been killed as of mid-May, the U.S. government said that the Jewish state killed "tens of thousands" through April.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Almost "no one supports the old idea of a Palestinian state," pollster says.
“We regret what has happened,” said the Masjid Bilal Islamic Center.
“The last thing a sovereign democracy under siege needs is a public tongue-lashing from the White House,” the senate minority leader said.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"If there is a change in the fighting and our hostages are returned, and we do what needs to be done in the Gaza Strip in a year, or in two years, that's not an issue."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.S. vice president was briefly heckled during her remarks on Saturday at a Michigan fundraiser.
The U.S. State Department "unequivocally rejects dehumanizing and inflammatory language, regardless of who is targeted by such rhetoric," a spokesperson said.
Have documents outlining Erdoğan’s own or his familial dealings with secret Jews surfaced, and is that what fuels his latest paranoia?
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Rep. Brad Schneider called Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s statement “both ignorant and abhorrent.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz seeks to topple Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Sources briefed on a U.S. congressional investigation say the files may have been shared to advance the American diplomat's efforts regarding Iran.
On May 10, Politico reported that the California-based Center for Truth and Justice sent a petition to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, accusing Azerbaijan of genocide against Artsakh Armenians (The ICC should consider the new Armenian genocide petition). Never mind the fact that the 100,000 Armenians who recently left Karabakh and resettled in […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Lily Greenberg Call said the president “is making Jews the face of the American war machine.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Pramila Jayapal has a history of anti-Israel statements.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The signatories asked for a classified briefing “to better understand how and when the aid that Congress has authorized and appropriated for Israel will be delivered.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Israeli-American donor to the Democratic Party warned that the decision sends a negative signal to Middle East allies.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Isra Hirsan is organizer with CU Apartheid Divest @ColumbiaSJP
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“You’re always welcome back to my office,” the Pennsylvania senator told the more than 100 Yeshiva University students who visited him in Washington.
Sen. Chris Coons said the House must “promptly” pass the Senate foreign aid bill “to ensure that our Israeli allies have everything they need to defend themselves from attacks by Iran and its proxies.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"Critics cannot help but downplay the actual wrongs against Israel and overplay the fictional wrongs by Israel," the New York Democrat said.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) said “Joe Biden is about to abandon Israel the same way he abandoned Afghanistan.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Three of Sen. John Fetterman's top communications staffers have left his office in the past month reportedly.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"I say to them in a clear manner...It's on you to take an immediate decision to recognize a Palestinian state," said Mansour Abbas in an Arabic-language interview.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
After breaking up his political alliance with Benny Gantz on March 12, New Hope Party leader Gideon Sa'ar had demanded a spot on the War Cabinet.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The United Kingdom’s Tel Aviv embassy lodged a complaint with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.
By David Isaac
Israeli Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara is employing two sets of rules out of political motives, said the national security minister.
By Josh Hasten
Gush Etzion Regional Council mayor calls the sanctions "another scandalous decision from the chairman of Joe Biden's election campaign."
“This poll tells us very little about how N.Y. Jews will vote,” said Mark Mellman, president of Democratic Majority for Israel.
A member of the so-called anti-Israel “Squad,” the scrutiny is associated with the misuse of security funds.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson wrote to colleagues that the $106 billion supplemental was unlikely to have support in the House.
“I greatly appreciate the correct stance that the U.S. has taken in the U.N. Security Council,” said Netanyahu.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
John Kirby said the administration wants a “reformed and revitalized Palestinian Authority” helping to govern the Str
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Netanyahu met with some 20 leaders from five different continents during the 6-day visit.
“He clearly sought our input in order to best serve us, along with all Americans, in a future administration,” said Rabbi Yaakov Menken, who was a part of the meeting.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“I’m not going to toss someone to the wolves and cancel them,” the presidential candidate said.
The American Society for Yad Vashem has accused the Holocaust memorial's chairman Dani Dayan of attempting to "raid" an endowment built for the museum's perpetual support.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Former Gantz adviser Ronen Tzur calls for opposition parties to join the government.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The billionaire family sent $13,200 to a progressive representative criticized for statements called “dangerous and antisemitic.”
Netanyahu took aim at those politicizing the army, declaring that government decisions are not made by the hand holding the gun, but by the hand holding the voting slip.
At the CUFI Summit in Washington, the former governor and ambassador said that the president, the United Nations and congressional Democrats fail on Israel and American Jewish issues.
“The first step the Biden administration must take to repair this critical relationship is to end its pursuit of any new deal with Iran,” Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) told JNS. “Only then can tensions thaw.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"Biden meets with dictators... but snubs the democratically elected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu," said DeSantis.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Republican lawmakers called to rescind the "discriminatory" guidance halting scientific and technological cooperation with Israeli entities in Judea and Samaria.
The new contract allegedly states that the courier will not be notified of the specific parameters affecting his pay.
The anarchists are finally getting the images of violence they've wanted.
The delay comes amid a tense race for the 10-year positions, and reports of back-room wheeling and dealing by Shas Party chairman Aryeh Deri to pave the way for his brother to receive the Sephardic Chief Rabbi position.
CNN last Saturday published an article (In Jerusalem's Armenian Quarter, a controversial land deal pits a community against its religious leaders) claiming that the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem is facing an “existential crisis” – the Armenian community is shrinking since its members are “pitted between Jewish extremists and the ongoing and worsening Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” The […]
The White House is still snubbing the Prime Minister of Israel.
The more Rothman read from the statement critical of the Supreme Court, the more the Leftwing MK screamed and yelled.
By Israel Hayom
Members of the government condemned the attack.
"Jewish Federations were proud to convene and host a series of productive meetings this week with Israel's Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli."
In 2019, USAID and MASHAV signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on global development cooperation. This bill fulfills that MoU and enables the two nations to continue that work, but the program must be reauthorized.
Residents of a normally tranquil cul-de-sac in the Gush Etzion town of Efrat were rudely awakened at 6:30 AM on Thursday by an anarchist protest unfolding outside the residence of Professor Moshe Koppel.