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Andrew Bernard

Andrew Bernard is the Washington correspondent for JNS.org.

Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee, tells JNS what it was like to be in the Knesset as hostages were reunited with their families ahead of the U.S. president’s speech.
The Trump administration appeared to correct or clarify what two senior U.S. officials told reporters on a call.
“We have the hostages for the most part,” the U.S. president said. “The situation with the bodies, they say 28, some are going to be a little bit hard to find.”
The survey reveals sharp and growing divides between Republicans and Democrats about support for the Jewish state and the war against Hamas.
“Any congregation that will accept Zohran Mamdani over Yom Kippur is not a Jewish congregation,” Liel Leibovitz, editor-at-large of “Tablet” magazine, told JNS.
“They’ll be paying about $500 million, and they’ll be operating trade schools,” the president said. “Then their sins are forgiven.”
“Hamas will be disarmed, Gaza will be demilitarized, Israel will retain security responsibility,” Netanyahu said.
“The mayor of the largest Jewish community outside of Israel must remain steadfast in our support for Israel,” Eric Adams stated.