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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.

“A stable and united Syria, which does not offer a safe haven for terrorist organizations, will support regional security and prosperity,” the United States and Turkey stated.
“If Hamas wants to come forward and make a legitimate offer they’re willing to stand by and release hostages, we’re always open to that,” the U.S. hostage affairs envoy said.
“There are still 58 hostages in Gaza. We hope that at the next parade, and much sooner, they are all back home,” Eric Goldstein, the CEO of the UJA-Federation of New York, told JNS.
Mayor Eric Adams said the agreement “will drive innovation, create jobs and strengthen the unbreakable bond between our two governments.”
Rabbis Mark Gottlieb, Yaakov Menken, Eitan Webb and Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, all Orthodox, will advise the new Religious Liberty Commission.
“Oh, what I would do for the crown prince,” Trump said in announcing that he will lift sanctions on Syria, as a gesture to Mohammed bin Salman.
“This development would be a dramatic and unacceptable policy change that would drastically hamstring the Middle East peace process,” the House members wrote.
Washington is signaling that its “commitments toward Middle East allies have not vanished, contrary to common belief,” Zineb Riboua, of the Hudson Institute, told JNS.