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If the Democratic senators had the meeting, said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, “I hope they were reinforcing America’s foreign policy, not their own.”
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It will now likely be heard again by the student government, where this time it will need a two-thirds majority to override the president’s veto.
White supremacists targeted a total of 433 campuses in 43 states and the District of Columbia in 2019.
Another US university where Jewish students should not go.
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"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.
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Other than the Democrats circling the wagons around their anti-Israel radicals, it's not clear exactly what AIPAC should be apologizing for.
The proposed PA resolution still attacks Israel and the US at the UN, but is less likely to trigger an automatic US veto.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Last week, settlement leaders said Prime Minister Netanyahu told them there are some technical differences within the US administration.
The democratic candidates claim that by killing this enemy of the US, Trump brought the country closer to war and anarchy.
“ ‘Rise Up Ocean County’ has been operating under the pretense of opposing overdevelopment; in reality, the group was dedicated to disparaging Orthodox Jews, using ugly tropes that have plagued society for too long," said Avi Schnall, executive director of Agudath Israel’s New Jersey office.
“The Democrat Party is turning their back on Israel,” said Republican Jewish Coalition spokesperson Neil Strauss.
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Jamaal Bowman, a progressive Democrat running to unseat incumbent Rep. Eliot Engel
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“We know that education and awareness are essential in the journey towards ensuring our health and the health of our families,” said Karen Arnovitz Grinzaid, executive director of JScreen.
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.
Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah officials believe they are marching toward the end of the Mahmoud Abbas era and the strategic failure of his “political intifada” against Israel.
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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.
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We need to reassert our congressional authority,” said Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.). “The repeal of it is long overdue.”
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Data can be filtered by state and keyword, and include criminal and non-criminal acts of anti-Jewish vandalism, harassment and assault.
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The Maccabees are ranked No. 24 in a listing on D3hoops.com, voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, sports-information directors and reporters.
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Gantz brought senior adviser Ronen Tzur to Washington DC for the meeting with Pres. Trump despite his past vicious anti-Trump tweets.
Butcher Block Grill Serves Fresh Ingredients and Kosher Meats in Style
By Ariel Kahana
US Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft was supposed to arrive in Israel later this week, but will remain in New York to handle the peace plan fallout.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Greenblatt has clashed with the PA’s leadership on several occasions and has accused them of choosing terrorism over peace, at the expense of their own people.
Israel's Amb. Dani Dayan: "When an American elected official retweets an unfounded blood libel against Jewish Israelis, I cannot remain silent."
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Of the reported 81 total hate crimes that targeted religious groups in 2019, 69 of them were anti-Jewish, compared to 43 of the 52 total hate crimes in that category the previous year as anti-Semitic.
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Google took down Gmail and Google ad accounts tied to “American Herald Tribune” • Twitter removed the site’s account.
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
Senior Trump adviser Jared Kushner, along with other White House envoys, will return to the U.S. from Switzerland together with the president after inclement weather prevented them from catching their flight to Israel.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Pelosi was accompanied by six members of Congress from both sides of the political aisle.
Critics say the pendulum has swung too wide, and individuals are being released despite posing a danger to others, including some who have been accused of committing anti-Semitic crimes.
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Iranian lawmaker Ahmad Hamzeh says nuclear weapons would protect Iran from threats, calls production of long-range missiles “our natural right.”
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Officers said he used orange paint to draw a swastika on the front steps of the temple and “F U Black Shirt” on the doors of the synagogue.
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"As previously stated, while no US service members were killed . . . several were treated for concussion symptoms from the blast."
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Democratic 2020 presidential candidates Warren, Klobuchar, Bennett and Steyer issued letters of support.
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The museum visits are the second step in the new anti-hate crimes curriculum for New York City public schools introduced by city officials
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“This case illustrates Iran’s targeting of Americans in the United States in order to silence those who oppose the Iranian regime or otherwise further its goals,” said U.S. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Demers.
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License-plate readers will be installed on street lights, street poles, highway overpasses, mobile trailers and police squad cars.
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The paper advises that “an armed guard or armed congregant is not a security strategy or plan on its own. Armed security can be part of a plan, but it is only that—a component. A true security plan includes many other layers and components … .”
The act protects American companies from being coerced to provide information to international organizations for the purpose of furthering boycotts against Israel.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo opened the conference by announcing that the United States is “disavowing” the 1978 Hansell Memorandum, a State Department memo that claimed Israeli settlements violate international law.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
100 new cameras will be installed in Williamsburg, Crown Heights and Borough Park. The first 30 cameras will be operational by March.
Intelligence from Israel helped confirm the details of Solemani's location.
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“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.
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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.
Israel’s Treasury issued $2 billion worth of 30-year bonds at 3.375%, or 115 basis points more than comparable US Treasury bonds, and an additional $1 billion worth of 10-year bonds at 2.5%, or 68 basis points above the US Treasury’s rates.
Specific details of the conversation were not released...
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A concern, especially amid the spate of attacks against Orthodox Jews, is that those who allegedly commit nonviolent hate crimes would remain on the streets, putting the public at risk.
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"We’re disavowing the deeply flawed 1978 Hansell memo, and we’re returning to a balanced and sober Reagan-era approach.”
The Guardian Angels’ ultimate aim is to “engage Jews to get more involved, to be more vigilant – and not be as dependent on the mayor, governor, and the police,” Sliwa told The Jewish Press.
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Grants of up to $100,000 each to nonprofits at risk of terrorist attacks can go towards improving building security by acquiring and installing items ranging from fences, lighting and video surveillance to metal detectors and blast-resistant doors, locks and windows.
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New changes to the U.S. administration’s visa policy targeting only Israelis reduces the period of time they can use visas for investment, work and study purposes in the United States.
By Baruch Lytle
“Thank G-d, I had the presence of mind to go after him to his car. I got his license plate and that’s how he was caught so quickly.”
“Monsey used to be a nice, calm, quiet place, and now, not so much.”
"People are not sleeping, and they are having flashbacks to previous incidents of being attacked for “just being Jewish.”
Patrolling in Brooklyn, just like in the old days....
The community had gathered to light Chanukah candles to be followed by a Chanukah party when the machete wielding terrorist attacked them.
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.
“The catch with aid to the Palestinian people is to ensure that it doesn’t further strengthen the PA.”
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Eligible recipients will each get $50,000 for cameras, security training, door-hardening and other security enhancements.
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.
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Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) led the effort to end the decades-old embargo.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy ordered flags across the state to be flown at half-mast for a full week beginning on Friday, Dec. 13, in “recognition and mourning of the passing of the victims in Jersey City.”
Reports have emerged of intimidation and discrimination directed not only at Jewish students, but also at Jewish professors.
Under the new ruling, Judaism will be defined as a national origin, rather than as a religion.
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The network was allegedly smuggling lethal aid from Iran to Yemen on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’s Quds Force.
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The gift—one of the largest focused on Jewish education the institution has ever received—will help boost undergraduate scholarships.
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The assistance authorizes cooperation with Israel on counter-tunnel and counter-aerial capabilities, and $500 million for developing and procuring the Iron Dome, David’s Sling and Arrow weapon systems.
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The final tally was 226 in favor, 188 against, and two present—with most Democrats voting for it, and most Republicans voting against it.
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“We are shocked and saddened about the appearance of this representation of Nazi ideology. Ironically, we learned about this symbol of hate appearing here on the same day we hosted a major public event on anti-Semitism,” the museum released in a statement.
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Tlaib said that she’s also advocating for clean water in her Michigan district and “fighting for clean water in Gaza.”
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Swastikas were written in red ink on a staircase, and the word “JEW” was etched onto a door.
The White House said the two leaders discussed “the threat from Iran, as well as other critical bilateral and regional issues."
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Supporters were recorded chanting the slogan, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” which calls for the destruction of Israel.
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“The ADL has failed to call out any form of anti-Semitism that isn’t borne of white supremacy, and their curriculum is more about tolerance and racism in general than it is about the unique history of anti-Semitism,” said Bryan Leib, a board member of Americans Against Anti-Semitism.
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Police said the 32-year-old man hit the 21-year-old victim without exchanging any words, proving that the attack was unprovoked.
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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.
There were strong reactions to the expected US declaration on the legality of Jewish settlement activity in Judea and Samaria.
From November 15-16, the 7th annual international Shabbat Project outdid its predecessors on all fronts, attracting record numbers of participants.
The NYU department “is isolating students who support Israel by adopting and promoting a specific, one-sided narrative to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
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The incidents exemplify the spike in anti-Semitic hate crimes in the borough in recent months.
The lawsuit alleges that USCPR has materially supported the terror groups responsible for incendiary terror balloons and kites launched from Hamas-controlled Gaza into Israel.
U.S. assistant secretary of state for Near East Affairs David Schenker said “we have confidence in the Lebanese army, and we think they are important partners in the fight against Sunni jihadists.”
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The teen was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated harassment.
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Anti-Semitic graffiti and assaults on Jewish people also accounted for nearly 60 percent of subway hate crimes in 2019, with the highest number of them occurring in the borough of Brooklyn.
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A report could lead to increased pressure by the White House on Jordan to extradite Ahlam Tamimi to the US. Tamimi played a major role in the 2001 Sbarro pizzeria bombing in Jerusalem that caused the deaths of 15 people, including two Americans, .
Haley’s tenure at the UN saw the United States moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
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“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.”
Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems on Monday reported that it will supply electro-optic systems for the use of US Air Force fighter jets, a contract worth approximately NIS 200 million.
Russia wants Burkov returned to Russia, and to that end, arrested Israeli-American Naama Issachar, holding her hostage.
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The FDA has few branches outside the United States, including those in China, and several European and Latin American nations.
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.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency as fires raged fueled by dry conditions and strong winds.
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"We can either let it define us, let it destroy us, or we can let it strengthen us. We will not let this attack destroy us."
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RBG was selected from a list of more than 500 nominees, which included some of the world’s most renowned thinkers in various fields, including social science, global justice, animal rights and bioethics.