Israel’s red-blue line: Why is the Litani River so crucial in the war ...
Oct 13, 2024 · The river running parallel to the Israel-Lebanon border marks the failed buffer zone of 2006 and a Hezbollah stronghold in 2024
Trump picks Matt Gaetz, with checkered record on antisemitism, …
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 …
Johnson will reject Schumer’s bid to put Antisemitism Awareness …
Nov 15, 2024 · House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) plans to reject Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) proposal to add the long-stalled Antisemitism Awareness Act to the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, throwing the legislation back into limbo.
Campuses confront resurgence of anti-Israel activism after Oct. 7 ...
Oct 15, 2024 · As the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks approached earlier this month, Jewish students at American universities waited with trepidation — would their memorial events be targeted by anti-Israel demonstrators?
AOC receives widespread criticism over AIPAC accusation
Nov 18, 2024 · Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is facing continued backlash over a post on Sunday suggesting that AIPAC was responsible in part for Democrats’ election losses, and that Democrats could be more successful in the future if they shunned the group and its positions.
Trump picks Iran critic, hawkish Israel supporter Mike Waltz as ...
President-elect Donald Trump named Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) as his next national security adviser, adding another Israel and Iran hawk, who generally takes traditional conservative views on foreign policy to his national security team.
J.D. Vance declines to criticize Tucker Carlson over his friendly ...
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), the Republican vice-presidential nominee, declined to distance himself from right-wing talk show host Tucker Carlson for hosting a Holocaust distortionist who called Winston Churchill the “chief villain” of World War II, but spoke out against the crackpot guest whom he follows on his X accounts.
Nineteen Senate Democrats vote to block U.S. aid to Israel
A total of 19 Senate Democrats voted to advance some or all of a series of three resolutions led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) seeking to block transfers of several types of weaponry to Israel.
Split preliminary ruling on Harvard antisemitism case
A federal lawsuit against Harvard University that alleges the school has ignored the harassment of Jewish students for more than a year is set to begin after a U.S. District Court judge on Tuesday rejected Harvard’s request for dismissal, but denied claims that the school directly discriminated against Jewish and Israeli students.. Filed in May in federal court in Boston by the Louis D ...
How Trump will approach the Middle East in a second term
Nov 6, 2024 · Throughout his campaign, former President Donald Trump shared few substantive clues indicating how he would handle some of the most intractable issues roiling Israel and the Middle East if he is elected to a second term.