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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.

“Foreign aid is not a carrot or a stick in negotiations. If it’s needed, it’s needed. If it isn’t, it isn’t,” department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce told JNS.
Twenty-two U.S. slates, including nine new entities, represent seemingly every camp of the Zionist movement.
The Human Rights Council’s support for Albanese actions “make clear the United Nations tolerates antisemitic hatred, bias against Israel and the legitimization of terrorism,” Washington said.
Jonathan Miller, Israel’s deputy envoy, stated that “our actions are guided not by ambition of expansion but purely by necessity, security and prevention.”
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security told JNS that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is relying on the widely-used working definition of antisemitism.
“This administration will continue to engage our partners in the region on a serious solution in Gaza that secures peace and the release of all hostages,” a department official told JNS.
Bruce Pearl has used his national platform to call for the release of the hostages in Gaza and speak out against the surge of Jew-hatred after Oct. 7.
The International Court of Justice has been asked to rule on the legality of the Jewish state banning the agency, which Israel accuses of ties to terror.