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Sam Markstein, of the Republican Jewish Coalition, told JNS that Mamdani’s first veto as mayor “serves to accommodate vile antisemitic protests comes as no surprise.”
“Trump has weaponized the Department of Justice to punish California,” the California Legislative Jewish Caucus and the state governor said.
Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant U.S. attorney general for civil rights, stated that the department “stands firmly against antisemitism and all hate crimes.”
CENTCOM commander Michael Kurilla forged military bonds that proved decisive in Iran confrontation and regional defense operations.
“Their situation is urgent and they must be freed now,” the Consulate General of Israel in New York told JNS of Rom Braslavski and the other hostages.
A woman claiming to be the boy’s stepmother disputed several details of the former contractor’s story, according to a video obtained by “The Daily Wire.”
“As long as Hamas exists, there will be no peace in Gaza,” the U.S. secretary of state told the radio host Sid Rosenberg.
“We would characterize the presidential vote preferences of Jewish voters in the last few elections as largely consistent,” Hannah Hartig, a senior researcher at the Pew center, told JNS.
Rabbi Levi Shemtov, who founded the GW Chabad, told JNS that the university hasn’t handled Jew-hatred well since Oct. 7 but is making improvements.
“This has been swiftly resolved,” a spokesman for the city of Conway told JNS.
In a highly unusual move, the U.S. State Department said in a readout that the U.S. secretary of state discussed “global efforts to combat antisemitism” with his Australian counterpart.
A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Agriculture told JNS that a contractor runs the database that appeared to recognize an independent Palestinian state.
“We call on these organizations to seize this moment with courage,” Arnold Roth told JNS.
