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For many, “support for Israel is faith-based,” says the director of the Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem.
“It would be very easy” to conclude from a floor speech by Sen. Chris Coons that “Jews in the first century only helped and supported their own,” the scholar Malka Simkovich told JNS.
The pope and Abbas previously spoke by phone on July 21 to discuss the fighting in the Gaza Strip and tensions in Judea and Samaria.
Analysts weighed in on U.S. President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan, cautioning of potential pitfalls.
“I didn’t know much about this Fuentes guy. I still don’t, which underscores the mistake,” the Heritage president said as he faced calls from staffers to resign over his defense of Tucker Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes.
German authorities believe that Muslim Interactive, founded in 2020, is affiliated with the global Hizb ut-Tahrir organization, which Berlin banned in 2003 for promoting violence, including against Jews.
“Every place we went, there was someone who knew where the former cemetery or synagogue was,” David Kaufman told JNS.
Sources in the IDF’s Northern Command have reportedly said that Iraqi militias are preparing for a possible combined ground and air assault.
“Jews, the Abrahamic faith, Moses and all—these are the roots. We are just branches. And that’s why there is a spiritual brotherhood between Jews and Christians.”
“Despite the noise of elitists, overwhelmingly the Christian community in the U.S. is holding firm in support of Israel,” NRB head Troy Miller tells JNS.
“There is an environment of intellectual terrorism against Israel in the African Union,” said the Roman Catholic chaplain to the A.U.
Ceremony takes place for first time in three years, as 300 worshippers return to the sacred site at Mount Betarim.
