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The greatest risk in Gaza is that “what we have now becomes the permanent situation,” the diplomat Nickolay Mladenov said at an American Jewish Committee event.
“Every Californian should be able to walk into a synagogue, church, mosque or other house of worship without fear,” the California governor stated.
The survey found that likely voters also viewed AIPAC unfavorably and preferred candidates who oppose additional military assistance to the Jewish state.
Lawmakers warn that merging the office with the antisemitism envoy’s post could diminish its focus on restitution, survivor advocacy and Holocaust memory.
Jason Brodsky, of United Against Nuclear Iran, told JNS that the address carried messages to “the international community, antisemites abroad, state threats against Israel and most especially the Iranian people.”
“Those who choose to facilitate settlement construction should understand that they risk losing access to the U.S. financial system,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren said.
“I think the only advice I have is deal with allegations as soon as you’re made aware, as we did,” the Montgomery County Republican Party committee chairman told JNS. “For both parties. Better to correct errors than stay the course.”
The founder of Jewish sleepaway camp The Zone argued that the location is remote and police response times could be slow.
“There’s so much to do, and world leaders have the authority to move the needle,” Eric Goldstein, who leads the UJA, told JNS. “We need to motivate them.”
Three unidentified men emerged from a manhole on Park Avenue and fled in vehicles parked nearby, the New York City Police Department said.
“Four years after Kathy Hochul won the governor’s race by single digits, she appears positioned, at the moment, to have a wider lane on the road to being reelected,” the poll assistant director stated.
In a state that hasn’t elected a Republican governor in 24 years, the poll finds that 66% of likely voters, including 37% of Republicans, think that Gov. Kathy Hochul will win.
