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“I’m catching up,” Lior Haiat told JNS. “Many of the people I met last time are not in office anymore.”
“He was really a right and wrong kind of guy, a standup guy,” Chris Edmonds said of his late father, U.S. Army Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds.
Heshy Tischler, a candidate for New York City Council, told JNS that he was assaulted at the gathering, which he said drew 200 anti-Israel protesters and 600 people supporting the Jewish state.
“We are absolutely excited about coming to Jerusalem and we most definitely will be there this year,” Fiji’s Deputy Prime Minister Viliame Gavoka told JNS.
The U.S.-Israel alliance has never been stronger, which will assist in achieving all of the objectives of the war against Hamas, the Israeli premier told a visiting congressional delegation.
The White House believes that removing Hamas from power is a bigger obstacle to a Gaza plan than is reconstruction or relocation of Gazans.
Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) said of the hostages held captive by terrorists in the Gaza Strip: “We will not rest until every one is returned home and reunited with their families.”
“I commend the Republic of Fiji’s government for its historic decision to open an embassy in Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the Jewish people,” said Foreign Minister Sa’ar.
Jerusalem’s top diplomat said he highlighted “the potential threat of ISIS in Syria” to the delegation.
The current debate swirls around the NGO Blue and White Future, which was heavily backed by non-Israeli sources.
“This administration no longer has the ability to effectively govern with Eric Adams as mayor,” the speaker of the New York City Council said Monday.
“Iran with a nuke is a nightmare for the Jewish state; it’s a nightmare for the world,” stated South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham.
The Islamist group “consistently held back on a commitment to release hostages and aimed to ensure it remained in power after the war ends.”
