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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.

The U.S. envoy said the “Politico” profile of an “antisemitic bomb-thrower” ignores how the U.N. rapporteur is “sabotaging the U.N.’s mission of peace.”
The film documents the circumstances of the small rural town of Gniewoszów, focusing on one of its last living survivors, along with a resident who says he saw Jews murdered there six months after the Nazis’ reign of terror ended.
“It’s a great victory for the First Amendment right to free speech, including the right to draw attention to bigotry and hateful speech,” Paul Eckles, of the Brandeis Center, told JNS. “We commend our client for having the courage to speak out.”
The man sent “several antisemitic and sexually derogatory letters” to the female prosecutor who tried his case, according to the ruling.
“Real peace requires neutral humanitarian agencies, not those serving as an arm of Hamas,” the Israeli envoy to the global body in Geneva, told JNS.
“Israel is coordinating closely with UNIFIL to reduce risk” while “Hezbollah is exploiting their presence,” the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations told the U.N. Security Council.
Zeina Jallad, who was picked over the vetting committee’s top choice, blames the United States and Europe for boycotting Hamas and claims falsely that the terror group recognizes Israel.
The government’s step is the most dramatic internal measure it has taken against the terror group.
“Organizations and individuals tied to terrorism have no place operating under the protection of Canadian law,” the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs wrote.
Ayman Ghazali “acted under Hezbollah’s direction and control,” U.S. attorney Jerome Gorgon said. “He intended to kill others, not just himself.”
“Life-changing consequences—civil and criminal—will follow” if a cover-up is found, judge warns, as Jewish National Fund–Canada challenges loss of charitable status.
The United Arab Emirates signaled it could join a push to secure the waterway against Iran, but most allies remain reluctant to intervene directly.