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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.”
A visitor to the New York capital was reportedly accosted with antisemitic slurs and an attempted assault.
The anti-Israel group’s campaign asks participants to refrain from eating for 12 to 48 hours and post about it on social media.
The Santa Clara Unified School District intends to present its findings at an Aug. 14 board meeting.
The founder of Teach for America recently accused Israel of “mass starvation of innocent civilians.”
The Arkansas governor also talked about the state’s “commitment to standing with the Israeli people to defeat common enemies and defend shared values.”
“I saw hate because of one’s religion, and I saw hate for an American who served as an IDF member in the Israeli army,” the federal task force on Jew-hatred head told JNS.
Jewish groups declined to meet with Jean-Noël Barrot, the French minister for Europe and foreign affairs, during his recent visit to the United States.
Josh Shapiro, a Jewish Democrat, also accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “reckless language.”
“The Netanyahu government, driven by racist extremists like Smotrich and Ben-Gvir, continues to fuel settler violence,” stated Sen. Chris Van Hollen.
“Tax-exempt status is a privilege, not a right, and it should not subsidize organizations with links to terrorism,” the Arkansas senator said.
Mario Bramnick, co-founder of the Conference of Christian Presidents for Israel, told JNS that the group is making a task force to “call out the perpetrators of anti-Israel rhetoric and antisemitism and hold accountability.”
“Our government and leaders must take these numbers seriously and enact adequate measures to protect all Americans from the scourge of hate crimes,” the ADL said of the FBI hate crime statistics.
