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Dmitriy Shapiro

Dmitriy Shapiro

Dmitriy Shapiro is the Washington, D.C., correspondent for JNS.

“The region is characterized by acute tensions between Iran and its proxies on one hand, and major regional actors on the other. There are numerous conflicts in the region along sectarian and tribal, ethnic, national lines,” said a senior Israel official.
“I don’t think this is even a political issue anymore. This is about securing our community and making sure that we don’t have orphaned kids—2-year-olds—as a result of celebrating at a function like the Fourth of July,” said Lonnie Nasatir, president of the Jewish United Fund.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker arrived quickly at scene and spoke to media, calling for an end to gun violence • Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin: “The nation’s prayers are with Highland Park.”
“There’s a recognition among many that one of the best pressure points on the Palestinian Authority, which are not part of the Abraham Accords, is actually the success of the economic relationship and the security relationship in the region,” said Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.).
Alyza Lewin of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law said “those who promote cooperation and coexistence vanquished those who endorse bigotry, discrimination and hate. BDS tried to stop Ben & Jerry’s from being sold in Israel. They lost.”
Candidate Marie Newman reportedly signed contract with pro-Palestinian activist as part of bribery scandal.
“The choice of words fit into the traditional tropes of anti-Semitism,” said Sen. Ben Cardin.
In a 6-3 ruling, Justice Samuel Alito wrote in his majority opinion that the 1973 decision was “egregiously wrong from the start,” as well as a 1992 decision in “Planned Parenthood v. Casey” that affirmed that right, stating: “We hold that ‘Roe’ and ‘Casey’ must be overruled.”
“If you had told me a year ago that would be the first place I would go, obviously, you’re dreaming,” said Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Deborah Lipstadt.
“A state discriminating against religion—as Maine did in its tuition-assistance program—is just as unconstitutional as a state promoting one particular religion,” said the Orthodox Union’s executive director for public policy Nathan Diament.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said that rather than a confirmation hearing, the Democratic majority convened a hearing on the “profound anti-Israel bias of the Biden administration.”
“Lebanon, where everything’s just basically stories and old hall of mirrors and just pure insanity, has been matched finally, in the United States with a corresponding policy of just words,” said Tony Badran, research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.