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“Israeli leaders and Jewish groups need to be sensitive to how things are perceived that, even if not intended, can be subject to misuse by those who have been fighting against Israel,” said Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents.
Jewish groups weigh in on the 10-year proposal that would require the U.S. energy grid to 100 percent run on renewables—solar, wind, hydroelectric, biomass and geothermal—enabling regulations that “would likely require at least $1 trillion in new regulatory costs, if not much more.”
As a former U.S. Navy JAG prosecutor in Iraq, Reschenthaler knows first-hand the threat posed by Islamic terrorists and Iran as well as the importance of supporting regional allies such as Israel.
“An organization that claims to represent Jewish values found nothing wrong with disturbing Jews who wanted to pray on Shabbat,” said former IDF soldier Leibel Mangel of IfNotNow.
The two men sought to promote themselves as centrist politicians seeking to unite the country after a decade of right-wing leadership.
“At this point, [Turkish President Recep Tayyip] Erdoğan seems to be strongly committed to his deepening partnership with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, and is unlikely to be swayed by Washington’s positive or negative incentives.”
Leaning towards the far-left fringes, which has appealed to younger voters, he has criticized Israeli actions against the Palestinians in Gaza, though recognizes the Jewish state’s right to defend itself.
Rising pro-Israel activist Tremanye Smith says, “With any kind of movement, you’re going to have a far spectrum of folks on the fringes. If groups took time to see the entire scope, and their ideology is to protest human-rights abuses, then they would probably have a change of heart.”
In an email to the Tufts community, the university’s president, Anthony Monaco, did not explicitly label the posters, which featured militarized pigs condemning “Israeli apartheid,” as anti-Israel or anti-Semitic, rather as “disturbing and hurtful” to the school.
Do condemnations from lawmakers and others demonstrate AIPAC’s strength? Do these remarks cause more members of Congress to rally behind Israel?
“The most important thing that came out of the trip [to Israel] was the ability to work together, the connectivity with Israel from Republicans and Democrats.”
A U.S. State Department official told JNS, “We intend to release the president’s vision when the administration concludes that we have maximized its potential for acceptance, execution and implementation.”