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“Having the Southern Poverty Law Center label you, a black woman, as an ‘apologist for white supremacy,’ it sort of makes you like kryptonite for any universities that would be looking to hire you,” Carol Swain told JNS.
“Iran’s treatment of Mr. Levinson remains a blight on Iran’s already grim record of human rights abuse,” stated U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
IDF Central Command is leading “a very powerful use of force against the terror nests in the terror camps in northern Samaria,” said Brig. Gen. Hisham Ibrahim.
A delegation led by Minister Ron Dermer is to meet with officials in Washington for discussions on confronting Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
JNS sought comment from the mission after the interim U.S. envoy appeared to suggest that she thought Mahmoud Abbas had halted the program.
The department’s spokeswoman declined to say in response to a JNS question whether Mahmoud Khalil jeopardized his green card by neglecting to say he worked at UNRWA.
“Permanent and structural reform” is needed to back up “their resolve to end antisemitism and protect all students and faculty on campus,” a member of the Joint Task Force to Combat Antisemitism said.
Steven Thrasher, who participated in the pro-Palestinian encampments at Northwestern in April 2024, said he will appeal the decision.
“I am grateful as we move ahead together in the spirit of a unified campus culture,” Sara Asher, dean of students at Yeshiva University, told JNS.
The former Arkansas governor, a staunch supporter of Israel, visited the site in Queens together with his wife, Janet.
“I thought we had a deal. An acceptable deal. I even thought we had an approval from Hamas,” said the US Mideast envoy.
The call was focused on “regional developments, including releasing the hostages and the resumption of fighting in the Gaza Strip,” Netanyahu’s office said.
The old policy prescriptions for Gaza failed and Trump’s ideas have sparked “a lively discussion,” the U.S. envoy said.
