Former President Donald Trump announced that he’s planning to nominate ethically-embattled, far-right former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as his attorney general, tapping a figure with a checkered record on antisemitism for a role with key responsibilities in addressing discrimination and …

2024年11月15日 · Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) proposed incorporating the Antisemitism Awareness Act into the National Defense Authorization Act as part of negotiations with top congressional leaders, potentially putting the bill on a fast-track to passage, his office told Jewish Insider on Thursday.. Senate lawmakers have been discussing the possibility of holding an amendment vote to add the ...

2025年1月24日 · Good Friday morning. In today’s Daily Kickoff, we report on President Donald Trump’s denial of reports that Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff will lead the administration’s Iran file, and spotlight Ken Martin, the front-runner to head the Democratic National Committee.We interview newly sworn-in San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie about how he intends to approach antisemitism in the Bay Area ...

3 天之前 · REIM, Israel — As a helicopter flew overhead carrying newly-released hostage Agam Berger from Gaza back to Israel on Wednesday, the father of another Israeli hostage, Bar Kupershtein — who is not on the list for the first phase of releases — was carrying a poster of his son at the site of the Nova music festival in Reim, from which his son was kidnapped.

2024年11月18日 · As President-elect Donald Trump swiftly moves to name his picks for several top Cabinet positions in his incoming administration, he has been more carefully weighing a pair of leading candidates for Treasury secretary — who are now jockeying to win the coveted nomination in a messy proxy battle over one of the most consequential roles in Washington.

2024年12月20日 · Prospects looked promising earlier this year for the Antisemitism Awareness Act, the bipartisan legislation that passed the House by a 320-91 vote in May, following shocking scenes of anti-Israel protests on college campuses.The bill was buoyed by advocacy from major American Jewish organizations amid a nationwide wave of antisemitism.. The legislation codifies a Trump-era executive order ...

2024年12月17日 · Elon Musk is facing scrutiny for amplifying Tucker Carlson’s controversial interview with Jeffrey Sachs, the Columbia professor who, in a lengthy discussion with the former Fox News host released on Monday, espouses a litany of conspiracy theories about Israel and the broader Middle East, among other spurious claims that have drawn criticism. ...

2024年3月18日 · When Yael Lempert was sworn in as Washington’s new ambassador to Jordan in August, she arrived in a relatively calm Middle East. Speaking in fluent Arabic in a video introducing herself to the Jordanian people, Lempert laid out an earnest set of diplomatic goals that, viewed in the context of the new post-Oct. 7 Middle East, appear almost comically outdated.

2024年12月26日 · With Houthi projectiles sending residents of central Israel to bomb shelters four nights in the last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Wednesday to respond to the ongoing attacks by the Yemeni rebel group.

2024年12月30日 · Former President Jimmy Carter, who negotiated the Camp David Accords and 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt but who had a complex relationship with Israel in his post-White House years, died on Sunday at 100.