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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.

No decision was announced following the closed-door session.
Shelley Greenspan, approaching her one-year anniversary on the job, adds ‘I don’t want that job,’ as she discusses antisemitism and building bridges with all Jews.
“We want to have a clear engagement to denounce any antisemitic attitude or feeling in the system,” said Miguel Moratinos, who monitors antisemitism at the United Nations. “Our plan is similar to the European strategy. We will be inspired by certain elements.”
The nation’s advanced drone ecosystem, with life-saving civil applications, is displayed to ambassadors and business executives from around the world.
A pro-Israel NGO says it convinced Oslo to change its recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and clarify that it doesn’t recognize a Palestinian state.
“The way to make sure that we fight antisemitism is to get the facts out because the facts are on our side,” Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-Fla.).
“When you see antisemitism, that’s not just hatred against Jews. That’s a breakdown in the fundamental systems that protect us all,” said Daniel Pomerantz, CEO of RealityCheck.
The longtime civil-rights activist, who is trying to dispel past charges of inciting violence against Jews in New York City, met with the longtime leader of the Zionist Organization of America.
“I think it’s a fitting thing that we remember folks like him and the sacrifice they made,” said Rep. Tim Burchett, who is leading House legislation to honor the late army officer who saved 200 Jewish soldiers in World War II.
“We feel that here’s a woman in Golda Meir, who stood for so many things,” said initiative funder Bobby Rechnitz. “She was very progressive and very liberal, and yet she helped found the country and fulfill the Zionist dream.”
“He might as well appoint who he sees fit,” said Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America, of the vacant consul general role the Israeli prime minister aims to fill.
New data also shows that Israeli projects were responsible for more than 200 jobs last year statewide.