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Mike Wagenheim

Mike Wagenheim

Mike Wagenheim is a Washington-based correspondent for JNS, primarily covering the U.S. State Department and Congress. He is the senior U.S. correspondent at the Israel-based i24NEWS TV network.

Following Tehran’s brutal response to street protests and its supply of deadly drones to Russia, the White House finally acknowledges the Iranian regime can’t be trusted, says a senior Israeli official.
The Israeli president’s roundtable with American Jewish leaders focuses on the Abraham Accords, Iran’s nuclear program, anti-Semitism and strengthening ties with the Diaspora.
In his meetings with the U.S. Secretary of State, congressional leadership and American Jewish leaders, the focus was on Iran and the Abraham Accords; Pelosi, Schumer invited Herzog to address a joint session of Congress.
An Arkansas newspaper says a state law obligating it to sign a pledge not to boycott Israel in order to gain full state contracts is unconstitutional, and wants the high court to hear the case.
Amos Hochstein pushes back on criticism of involvement in maritime talks, saying: “I don’t think anybody forces Israel to do anything.”
White & Case is advertised as sponsoring University of Chicago Law School’s “Apartheid: International Law in the Israel-Palestine Conflict,” where calls were made to prosecute Israel in international bodies.
New York City’s public university system is set to include the broadly accepted definition as an “educational tool” only.
Increased fines and other punitive measures imposed on companies complying with decades-old blackballing of Israel.
Florida town’s first Orthodox Jewish mayor, Shlomo Danzinger, told JNS that he wanted to thank Israel for its assistance in the search and rescue mission last year.
David Schenker says the proposed deal is good for Lebanon, but “does nothing to alleviate tensions along the Blue Line.”
Dr. Dmytro Vovk, a heavily cited expert on international law and religion, departed Kharkiv for the flagship academic institution of Jewish modern Orthodoxy.
Jewish groups have sent volunteers to help bring strength and continuity to refugees during the holidays, though they’re finding the refugees are often stronger than they are.