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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.

Congress “is sending a clear message that we stand with the Baha’i community,” stated Rep. Michael McCaul.
The delegation aims “to listen and learn, and to evaluate the leadership, especially in Syria,” Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon told JNS.
The Jewish state “is a leader in frontier AI cyber security and specialized chip design,” Jacob Helberg, U.S. under secretary of state for economic affairs, told reporters.
“It is very clear that journalists should never come under any violence,” Stéphane Dujarric said, after the special rapporteur said that an attack on an Italian paper should be a “warning.”
The head of the U.S. Justice Department antisemitism task force told JNS that the president will take “decisive action” if the city’s mayor-elect “turns his back on the Jewish American community.”
“Neither Israel nor the United States can afford to rest on the laurels of their success in defending against Iranian missiles in 2024 and 2025,” it states.
Rodney Glassman told JNS the changing role of attorneys general “makes this a national race and of national importance for the Jewish community.”
The Authority’s “weakness” means not only that it can’t disarm Hamas but that “Israel is left to dismantle the terror networks they refuse to confront” in Judea and Samaria, the Israeli envoy said.
“These are quintessential symbols of hate, not merely ‘divisive symbols,’ nor abstract icons,” wrote the co-chairs of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism.
“Blood libel was on full display today,” the American Jewish Committee stated. “Dressed up as ‘activism’ and ‘performance art.’”
The Republican Party must be united on which voices it considers legitimate, according to Ellie Cohanim, a task force co-chair.
“Mark was not only a deep policy mind but a passionate advocate for American democracy, its institutions, the rule of law, as well as for the security and prosperity of Israel,” DMFI wrote.