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Jonathan Salant

Jonathan D. Salant

Jonathan D. Salant has been a Washington correspondent for more than 35 years and has worked for such outlets as Newhouse News Service, the Associated Press, Bloomberg News, NJ Advance Media and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. A former president of the National Press Club, he was inducted into the Society of Professional Journalists D.C. chapter’s Journalism Hall of Fame in 2023.

While Republicans back the idea of American oversight of the Strip, including resettling Palestinians, by 49% to 32%, Democrats opposed it 94% to 1%.
“Taken together, this suite of bills sends a clear message that the United States stands firmly with Israel,” said Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Schools should be defunded if they allow actions that endanger students, Linda McMahon told a Senate committee.
“Eliminating Hamas ought to be common ground as a paramount goal,” said the lead Democratic sponsor, Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut.
“The Holocaust Refugee Shelter at Fort Ontario was a place of safety and hope during a dark moment in history,” said one of the legislation’s chief sponsors, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
The U.S. president stated a deadline of noon; otherwise, he says, “it’s going to be a different ball game.”
The Israeli prime minister said he developed a “very warm personal bond” with the House speaker and invited him to visit Israel.
“People are distressed,” Ben Chouake, president of NORPAC, told JNS. “Israel is at war. The house is on fire. People are more active.”