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The Jewish Electorate Institute poll largely conforms with surveys of the general U.S. public, which have found that most Americans oppose the war against Iran, with sharp partisan divisions between Republicans and Democrats.
The Israeli prime minister said U.S. President Donald Trump believes that the Iranians “already understand who they are dealing with.”
“Allowing this conduct to go unaddressed would signal tolerance for ideologies the United States has fought wars to defeat,” the lawmakers wrote.
“CAIR’s new report claims to measure Islamophobia and free speech on campus. It doesn’t,” Mark Goldfeder, of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, told JNS.
“I would be deeply honored if you would accept this invitation,” Education Minister Yoav Kisch wrote.
It’s hard to know whether the three-hour meeting, which went much longer than planned, was filled with consensus. Yet with Netanyahu and Trump, public appearances may be intentional projections designed to camouflage future intentions.
Alyza Lewin, of the Combat Antisemitism Movement, told JNS that some of the things that speakers said at the event raised “concerns in my mind.”
Magda Teter, a professor of history at Fordham University, stated that she is “looking forward to exploring these complex issues with different audiences.”
Employees held “a politically motivated meeting that included rhetoric widely understood as hostile toward Israel and Jewish communities,” the New York congresswoman stated.
“Do you want to go there?” Rep. Becca Balint asked. “Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust?”
“Cardinal Dolan and Reverend Bernard are two of the most righteous people this city has ever known,” Jessica Tisch stated.
“Incidents like this deepen the anxiety and pain felt by our Jewish neighbors,” Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich stated.
“I insisted that negotiations with Iran continue to see whether or not a deal can be consummated,” the U.S. president wrote. “If it can, I let the prime minister know that will be a preference.
