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“If we prohibited our Washingtonian law enforcement to go to get the best training in the world, don’t you think that that might be a risk?” a state rep said. “Israelis do that pretty much better than anybody in the world.”
“The options are complicated, not so easy to execute and of uncertain capability to actually achieve meaningful results,” Daniel Shapiro said.
“At a time when antisemitism is at unprecedented levels, this hate crimes policy demonstrates Alexandria’s commitment to standing against all hate,” a local Jewish community leader stated.
“The Muslim Brotherhood has a longstanding record of perpetrating acts of terror, and we are working aggressively to cut them off from the financial system,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
The Israeli university will award the U.S. envoy an honorary doctorate for his role in the Gaza ceasefire and the hostages’ release.
CBS News cited Iranian sources saying up to 20,000 may have been killed, though only some 2,500 have been confirmed by the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency. Israel and Arab states have reportedly advised Washington that the regime is not weakened enough for a military strike to be decisive.
A recent, pro-Hamas demonstration outside a Queens synagogue was “not free expression,” she said. “That’s harassment, and targeting a Jewish community in this way is antisemitism.”
Rabbi A.D. Motzen, who praised the move, told JNS that there is no opt-out mechanism.
“The U.N. has a responsibility to uphold its own rules, not bend them to appease extremists or reward antisemitism,” Rep. Mike Lawler said.
Mahmoud Khalil, former spokesman for the anti-Israel encampment at Columbia University, led the crowd in a “free, free Palestine” chant.
The podcaster, who is not Jewish, said antisemitism is behind accusations that he took $6 million from AIPAC.
Antisemitism will only go away when everyone “rejects all of it, no matter what,” Rep. Greg Landsman said.
