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Andrew Bernard

Andrew Bernard

Andrew Bernard is the Washington correspondent for JNS.org.

Only 93 members of the Democratic caucus opposed an amendment to end aid Israel in a vote that split the Democratic leadership and further revealed one of the sharpest divides in politics on the American left.
Republican lawmakers on the House Committee on Education and Workforce grilled the leaders of three public medical schools over their past diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
“The American people are crying out for an end to U.S. tax dollars subsidizing Israel’s military,” Rep. Greg Casar, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, told colleagues.
Rep. Jim Jordan, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, told JNS that it appears the progressive group engaged in “obvious electioneering” to oppose Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“If you want to hate Israel and the Jewish people, may God have mercy on your soul,” Sandra Hagee Parker told JNS.
As NATO leaders meet in Ankara, JNS spoke with former U.S. envoy James Jeffrey and JINSA’s Blaise Misztal about why U.S. and Israeli officials disagree about Turkey.
Melat Kiros, who said that Oct. 7 was the “inevitable consequence of apartheid,” unseated Rep. Diana DeGette in the Democratic primary to represent Denver in Congress.
The Senate rejected a resolution calling for the removal of U.S. forces from the war against Iran after U.S. President Donald Trump hammered Senate Republicans for approving a similar measure the day before.
“When someone uses the N-word on campus, no one thinks about free speech. No one talks about, ‘Let’s understand what they’re thinking. Let’s have a discussion,’” Rep. Randy Fine said. “But somehow when it came to Jews, everyone wanted to rediscover the idea of free speech.”
“We’re going to keep pushing, and we’ll get there,” Rabbi Josh Joseph told JNS. “We’ll get to the $1 billion that we need.”
Darializa Avila Chevalier’s victory over incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat caps off a trio of wins for those who made opposition to Israel a focus of their campaigns for New York congressional seats.
Marc Bloch, who was also a veteran and resistance fighter whom the Nazis tortured and killed in 1944, is now interred alongside Voltaire, Alexandre Dumas, Émile Zola and other national French heroes.