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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.

Mario Bramnick, co-founder of the Conference of Christian Presidents for Israel, told JNS that the group is making a task force to “call out the perpetrators of anti-Israel rhetoric and antisemitism and hold accountability.”
“What do you mean Israel has prostitution or trafficking or homelessness?” said Liora Attias-Hadar, CEO of American Friends of ELEM, of those stateside unaware of the more troubled sides of Israeli society.
The State Dept. reportedly told Congress that the U.N. agency in charge of Palestinian aid is irrevocably linked to Hamas and must end its operations.
“The fable of the boy who cried ‘wolf’ has an important moral,” Avi Bitterman, an analyst and dermatopathologist, told JNS.
Tom Barrack told reporters that Washington does not hold a “common understanding” with the Jewish state about how to move forward with the new Syrian government.
Opting to appear on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” the Jewish Democrat representing Michigan said: “Had I made it back for the vote yesterday, I would have voted yes to block offensive weapons to Israel.”
The Trump administration accused the U.N. adviser, who has a history of anti-Israel remarks, of “political and economic warfare” against the U.S. and Israel.
“Democrats are moving forward on this issue, and I look forward to Republican support in the near future,” the Vermont Independent stated.