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4 days ago · Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) will chair the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, two sources familiar with the matter tell Jewish Insider.. McCormick, a vocal pro-Israel stalwart who was sworn in as Pennsylvania’s junior senator earlier this month, will take over the gavel from Sen. Todd Young (R-IN), who is leaving the Senate ...
Outgoing Israeli ambassador urges successor to continue his …
5 days ago · As Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Herzog wraps up his tenure in Washington this week, the diplomat and former peace negotiator is thinking about how he kept the peace on Capitol Hill — by talking to almost anyone, from the left to the right, about U.S. support for Israel.. Herzog always held bipartisanship as his North Star.
Israeli right still hopeful about Trump presidency despite ‘terrible ...
4 days ago · When President Donald Trump won the election in November, much of the Israeli right celebrated. “This is time for total victory … I have no doubt the president of the United States will see eye to eye with us,” then-National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on the Knesset stage. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich declared 2025 “the year of sovereignty in Judea and Samaria,” the ...
What might come next for Israel — and the U.S. — in wake of …
After Iran rained ballistic missiles on Israel on Tuesday for the second time in sixth months, the focus now turns to the question of what comes next: how Israel will respond, and what role Washington will play in supporting — or tempering — Israel’s actions.
The Palestinian Authority’s fight for survival in the West Bank — …
Dec 20, 2024 · The Palestinian Authority’s attempt to assert itself in the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad stronghold of Jenin for the past week is reviving debate in Israel over the PA’s potential involvement in administering post-war Gaza.
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Daily Kickoff - Jewish Insider
Jun 7, 2024 · Good Friday morning. In today’s Daily Kickoff, we look at the challenges facing LGBTQ Jews during this month’s Pride celebrations, talk to AJC CEO Ted Deutch about next week’s Global Forum in Washington and report on a push by Jewish groups for an increase in funding to the Office of Civil Rights.Also in today’s Daily Kickoff: retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, Ashlee Margolis and Rachel ...
Daily Kickoff: The White House’s antisemitism erasure - Jewish …
Oct 24, 2023 · Michal Cotler-Wunsh, Israel’s special envoy for combating antisemitism . Michal Cotler-Wunsh, Israel’s special envoy for combating antisemitism, told Jewish Insider’s Marc Rod yesterday that White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s comments denying that antisemitic incidents are on the rise and highlighting other …
Sinwar killing ‘lowered barriers’ to Arab involvement in Gaza’s day ...
Oct 21, 2024 · The killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar over the weekend did not end the war in Gaza, but it is a potent symbol of a new phase, in which the terrorist group is mostly defeated and resorting to guerilla warfare to continue its attacks against Israel.
At Conservative and Reform rabbinical schools, a debate over red …
Feb 13, 2024 · The global Jewish community is in crisis. But in the U.S., there is a severe shortage of rabbis to help American Jews make sense of it all. And among the up-and-coming generation of Jewish leaders, a small but outspoken number of young rabbis are pushing back against the deep-seated support for Israel that has been a hallmark of American Jewish leadership for decades.