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“The reason for doing so is that we have already met and exceeded all military objectives,” the U.S. president said.
Oran Almog told JNS that he supported the hostage deal even though it released the mastermind of the terror attack that killed his family members.
Rabbi Ari Berman, the university president, also announced that a $5 million gift from Robert Kraft helped the school reach its $613 million goal.
“Jewish Americans and all those targeted by white nationalist hate are all too often looking over their shoulder, fearing for their safety,” Schumer and all of the other Senate Democrats said.
A spokesman for the school told a student paper that reporting limits explain the shortfall.
“You have to make tough decisions, and if you believe that you could just push those decisions to the side, it’s not going to happen,” the New York City mayor advised the mayor-elect.
The three-day gathering in Washington, D.C. culminates with an award ceremony honoring U.S. President Donald Trump for his unflinching support for Israel.
Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with Trump on Dec. 29 at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order designating the groups weeks after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did the same thing.
The former U.K. prime minister reportedly faced criticism for his 2003 support for the invasion of Iraq and is expected to instead serve on the board’s executive committee with Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff.
The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act keeps overall U.S.-Israel missile defense cooperation spending at $200 million, consistent with 2025 expenditures.
The report found a decrease in anti-Jewish hate from 2023 to 2024, but the number of crimes targeting Israelis rose, and 80% of all religious-based hate crimes in the country targeted Jews in 2024.
“It is not controversial to say the state has a right to give direction to teachers as far as what it is they should be instructing their classrooms,” Seth Brysk, of the American Jewish Committee, told JNS.
