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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.

“It’s become the mission of our life right now, not only to bring back the community, but to bring back the value proposition of living in the Galilee,” business leader Nisan Zeevi told JNS.
“This request follows UNRWA’s repeated failure to adequately respond to the U.S. government’s oversight requests,” Rep. James Comer wrote the United Nations secretary-general.
“If you’re not forecasting where your customer acquisition is going to be, you won’t be in business long,” Russell Robinson, CEO of Jewish National Fund-USA, said of emerging American Jewish demographics.
“Ball is in your court,” Mark Goldfeder told Francesca Albanese and the South African justice minister, of the lawsuit alleging antisemitic defamation. “We’ll see you in ours.”
Rep. Randy Fine told JNS that he stands by his criticism of Doha despite a letter from the Qatari ambassador to the United States.
The global body should select its next leader in a “purely merit-based” fashion, “with as wide a pool of candidates as possible,” Dorothy Shea said.
“As Hamas is not disarmed, there is no future for Gaza,” the Israeli envoy said, showing a picture of a mass public execution that the terror group recently carried out.
Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, of the United Arab Emirates, committed $2 billion to a Trump-Witkoff crypto venture before the U.S. president approved transferring sensitive computer chips to Tahnoon.
“We’re not in the business of ruining people’s lives,” Liora Rez, founder and CEO of the organization, told JNS. “Our goal is to remedy a situation first.”
Critics said that there is selective outrage from Congress about Palestinians but not about Israeli hostages.
Omar Fateh said he “would love” for the fake rabbi of Gaza “to get more involved” in his campaign efforts after being in contact with the parody account.
The conference and resulting policy paper aim to “ensure safer, more inclusive and equitable learning environments for Jewish students across Europe, while upholding principles of academic freedom and inclusivity.”