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Antone Melton-Meaux, one of four candidates challenging Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar in the primary, has critcized her record of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel remarks.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The attack on our community last night was vicious and criminal. Fairfax is the center of the oldest Jewish community in Los Angeles,” Koretz said in a statement.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The current prime minister outlines Israel’s five biggest challenges: rebuilding the economy; preparing for a second wave of the coronavirus; security and defense; the threat of the International Criminal Court; and applying Israeli law to the Jordan Valley and Judea and Samaria.
By Sean Savage
The "student" letter attacking ZOA national president Mort Klein appears to be "astroturfing" - leftwing organizations hiding using a grassroots organization to mask their involvement and initiative.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The event, which will be on Zoom, will be hosted by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.).
Meanwhile Rafi Peretz reportedly received an offer to jump ship and join the coalition by himself without Yamina.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
At a joint press conference in Jerusalem, America's top diplomat says that the IDF soldier's murder in a Palestinian rock attack the previous day “reminds us of the importance of making sure that people across the world know that Israel has the right to defend itself.”
By Israel Hayom
Reactions pour in from across political spectrum after landmark High Court ruling in favor of coalition deal • Former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked: “Even the obvious must be stated: This isn’t law, it’s politics
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Likud officials warn that if Israel’s top court rules Netanyahu can't continue to serve as prime minister and/or two other red lines, the unity deal is done.
By Israel Hayom
“Either Yamina comes on board with what's been offered or it won't be in the government,” says Likud official • Yamina head Naftali Bennett: ‘If we can make a difference we will join, and if we can’t, we won't.’
The post I shared on Facebook was actually from a friend who is Jewish,” said Pamela Hornberger (R-Chesterfield). “Today, when I was made aware of the controversy, I immediately deleted the post.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The EU is upset with Israel talking about the possible application of sovereignty.
By Marc Gronich
Kicking off this week, Cuomo declared in his daily affirmation, “What we do today will determine what happens tomorrow.”
Minister Litzman has been receiving a lot of criticism over his ministry's handling of the coronavirus crisis.
By HaKol HaYehudi / Yehuda Pearl
One of the evicted residents was a pregnant woman in her ninth month. Honenu recorded police grabbing her infant girl.
Benny Gantz looks like he came out the winner this time around.
Netanyahu and Gantz have been holding tough negotiations over critical issues.
Netanyahu needs to only pull over two MKs and he has a coalition.
President Rivlin's options are to decide how much time pressure he should put on the coalition negotiations.
Starmer’s wife comes from a Jewish family and her father is Jewish.
The forced merger of most of Israeli political parties fell apart once the anti-Netanyahu glue holding them together was dissolved.
By Ariel Kahana
Outgoing Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein has a lot to say about the events of the past few months. Having recently become the first Knesset Speaker in history to resign, he says he's learned to stand up for his principles, even if it comes at a price.
By Israel Hayom
Netanyahu told his rightwing partners not to believe the media reports about the portfolio distributions to Blue&White... they don't believe him.
Yair Lapid will be the head of the opposition.
Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid), Gantz's partner strongly opposes the move.
Netanyahu described an offer that is far too generous, yet still being rejected by Blue&White.
The Palestinian Authority put a lot of pressure on the Arab party to help Gantz oust Netanyahu.
Blue&White are trying to maneuver the Likud into accepting the Joint Arab List as a kosher party.
The only way Blue&White can form a government is to rely on the anti-Zionist Arab party.
Phillip Agnew (now Umi Selah) has participated in trips to the disputed territories led by Ahmad Abuznaid, a supporter of the U.S.-designated terrorist group the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, to “build real relationships with those on the ground leading the fight for liberation.”
Levy-Abekasis's announcement came after reports that Gantz planned to form his minority government within two weeks.
MK Ayman Odeh: "Al-Aqsa is a place of worship for Muslims, and East Jerusalem should be the capital of the Palestinian state."
Gabi Ashkenazi and Chili Tropper are also opposed to forming a government dependent on the anti-Zionist Arab MKs.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
“We don’t want Sanders here at AIPAC, and not in Israel. Anyone who calls the Israeli prime minister a racist is a liar or an ignoramus, or a dangerous combination of the two,” Danon stated.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other members of Congress are scheduled to speak.
Several polls published in the last 24 hours project that Likud is in the lead with 35 seats, and Blue and White is right behind with 34 seats.
Yamina made inroads deep into the heart of Aguda/Shas territory.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Netanyahu challenged Gantz to a debate “without an earpiece and without teleprompters” on diplomatic, security and economic issues.
Smotrich told the Arab MKs that in the short time he has been Transportation Minister, he has done more for their constituents than they have done in all their years playing politics.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Right-wing religious parties signed a pledge of allegiance to PM Netanyahu.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"If Israel’s government continues with steps to annex the West Bank, the U.S. should make clear that none of our aid should be used to support annexation," Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) told the New York Times in a recent survey of candidates' policy positions.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Other than the Democrats circling the wagons around their anti-Israel radicals, it's not clear exactly what AIPAC should be apologizing for.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
"We oppose killing and targeting civilian targets, including children. Obviously, this is our moral stance and we will never say or think otherwise."
The democratic candidates claim that by killing this enemy of the US, Trump brought the country closer to war and anarchy.
“The Democrat Party is turning their back on Israel,” said Republican Jewish Coalition spokesperson Neil Strauss.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Jamaal Bowman, a progressive Democrat running to unseat incumbent Rep. Eliot Engel
Addressing the deeper issues that may lay behind the recent surge in anti-Semitic violence, Barr said that strengthening religious values within society may be necessary.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Netanyahu cryptically said, “Today I am going to Uganda, we are strengthening our relationship with this country. I hope that at the end of the day we will have very good news for the State of Israel.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
On the heels of the revelation that another senior Gantz adviser called the U.S. president “Donald Adolf Trump,” tweets surface by Blue and White campaign strategist Joel Benenson, claiming that Trump takes his talking points from the Nazi leader.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
We need to reassert our congressional authority,” said Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.). “The repeal of it is long overdue.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Gantz brought senior adviser Ronen Tzur to Washington DC for the meeting with Pres. Trump despite his past vicious anti-Trump tweets.
Two major party leaders don’t “come to Washington just for a conversation,” which poses questions as to why an initiative would be released a month before the third round of Israeli elections, says Aaron David Miller, a former Mideast negotiator.
By Ariel Kahana
French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to meet with P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah ahead of the 2020 World Holocaust Forum has ruffled some feathers at the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
"The citizens of the State of Israel will count very well every hand that doesn’t go up and vote for sovereignty over the Jordan Valley."
The youngest Jews, ages 18-24, are on the "front line" more than older cohorts in confronting anti-Semitism.
Ron Kobi was accused of provoking and instigating against religious Jews. He was fired for failing to pass a budget.
The Likud believes that the Knesset Advisor has a conflict of interest, as his wife participated in the state prosecution’s ruling on Netanyahu’s cases.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Meanwhile, the small parties on the right are still squabbling.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“After much reflection and thought, I now realize my words were inappropriate. I apologize for raising questions about a people, a faith and a culture whose beliefs span a broad political spectrum,” she wrote.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The campaign website also states that “the U.S. government needs to stop enabling conflicts by reducing aid from nations committing human rights violations,” a reference implied of Israel.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
In Israel, image copyright violations can cost as much as NIS 100,000.
Besides his role as prime minister, Netanyahu served as the health minister, social welfare minister, Diaspora minister and agricultural minister.
Bibi Netanyahu beat Gidon Sa'ar with a huge margin.
The United States cut direct funding to the Palestinian Authority in March 2018 under the Taylor Force Act (TFA) for the P.A.’s ongoing program of rewarding terrorists and their families.
By Noa Amouyal
In a letter to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, the lawmakers, led by Reps. Ilhan Omar, Raúl M. Grijalva and Barbara Lee, urge the administration to “conduct a sweeping review” of the sanctions campaign.
Israel's unprecedented third election in one year will be held on March 2, 2020.
Elections would have automatically been set for March 10, but that falls out on the Jewish holiday of Purim.
One of Corbyn’s largest online support networks was managed from the Gaza Strip, with the knowledge and involvement of the Hamas leadership.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The final tally was 226 in favor, 188 against, and two present—with most Democrats voting for it, and most Republicans voting against it.
The new promises of new construction for the Jews of Hebron offered by Defense Minister Naftali Bennett.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Likud says that Yair Lapid is behind the failure to form a unity government.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Some candidates believe that Jews don't have the right to live in Judea, others imagine Jews living there pushes away peace with our avowed enemies and endangers Israel.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Netanyahu underscored that Arabs can be Zionists and support the State of Israel, but the Joint List MKs are not Zionists and do not support the State of Israel.
“Boris Johnson’s statement must be adopted by political parties and leaders the world over."
Liberman's machinations created the coalition stalemates, and he refuses to take the one step that would end it.
PM Netanyahu passed on the baton to his worthy successor.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Yonatan Ben-Artzi used the ceremony's platform to slam the Prime Minister.
Bennett and Shaked were offered two small ministries or one big one. They chose the Defense Ministry.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We have a $38 billion commitment over 10 years for military aid to Israel,” said Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), who is the chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee. “The Israelis need it for defense.”
Over 150 local authority leaders, who represent nearly 70% of Israeli residents, threatened to strike if NIS 1 billion needed for civil programs is not transferred in the near future.
Gantz may see Bennett as key to breaking up Netanyahu's seemingly unbreakable right-wing bloc, while Netanyahu need to shore up his weakest link.
Klobuchar did not indicate whether or not she would keep the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem if she were elected.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Sanders wants to take money we give to Israel to defend itself from terrorists, and give it to Gaza, which is run by terrorists.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israeli Arabs—who comprise 21% of the population—are involved in 57% of all murders, 55% of attempted murders, 59% of arson, 45% of robberies, and 26% of drug offenses.
Back in 2018, the Saudis refused to play the PA team in Ramallah in a FIFA qualifying match, and the game was played in Jordan instead.
The growing budget deficit stems from rising government spending during Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon’s five-year-long term, in which he launched several social programs.
Blue & White offered the Likud a quick negotiation if the Likud were to dump its political partners: Shas, UTJ and Yamina - an offer the Likud flatly turned down.
The work permits of 20,000 PA Arab workers, 30% of PA Arab laborers employed under permits in Israel, were purchased illegally for an average monthly payment of about NIS 2,000
The change is significant in that Benny Gantz (B&W) can no longer form a majority coalition with the Chareidi parties.
And what a fine mess we are still in.
Netanyahu expressed surprise that Gantz refused to even meet him for talks.
Joint List leader Ayman Odeh may become the first Arab Opposition Leader in Israel’s history.
The rightwing bloc is larger, but doesn't have the requisite 61 seats.
Netanyahu accused Facebook of buckling to left-wing pressure.
Tons of materials that were produced for the election campaigns.
Bennett claims the Deal of the Century will create islands of Israel within an ocean of Palestine.
By Cali BenEzra
Bennett focused much of his time discussing free markets, deregulation, and the importance of only voting for a party guaranteed to pass the electoral threshold.
The Likud chatbot talked about “Arabs who want to destroy us all.”
September 18, 2026 
