Netanyahu meets with Vance, Waltz in DC The Israeli prime minister called the meeting with the U.S. vice president and national security advisor "excellent and warm." Feb. 5, 2025
JD Vance: Hostage deal ‘progress’ due to Trump threats The vice president-elect said that Trump will enable “the Israelis to knock out the last couple of battalions of Hamas and their leadership.” JNS Staff Jan. 13, 2025
Musk and Vance’s Germany comments and learning history’s lessons Endorsements of the far-right AfD are misguided; still, those who draw conclusions from Angela Merkel’s historic immigration blunder are realists, not fascists. Jonathan S. Tobin Dec. 26, 2024
Hamas started the war, ‘Israel is going to finish it,’ Vance says at pro-Israel rally on National Mall The Republican vice-presidential nominee spoke at a rally co-organized by Christian and Jewish groups marking one year since Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attacks. Mike Wagenheim Oct. 7, 2024
Iran and Israel lead off vice-presidential debate “It is up to Israel what they think they need to do to keep their country safe,” Sen. J.D. Vance said. “We should support our allies wherever they are when they’re fighting the bad guys.” Andrew Bernard Oct. 2, 2024
A fake antisemitism controversy drowned out a real one Trump’s remarks about Jewish voters, covered in full by the news media, said nothing about his policies or antisemitism. Yet that same press moved on far too quickly from reporting about Tucker Carlson’s influence. Jonathan S. Tobin Sept. 26, 2024
US Jewish groups largely silent on Trump remark, Vance appearance drawing criticism for Jew-hatred “We are experiencing a growing awareness of the presence of hate-based political behaviors, where antisemitism is allowed to flourish,” Steven Windmueller, a professor emeritus at HUC, told JNS. David Swindle Sept. 25, 2024
Vance appears at Jewish Leadership Coalition fundraiser in New York City The event’s co-host, Jacob Helberg, said to attendees that “the security and survival of the world’s only Jewish homeland is on the ballot.” Sept. 16, 2024
Tucker Carlson and the turning point for right-wing antisemitism The former “Fox News” host’s platforming of Holocaust denial could blow up the GOP on the eve of the presidential election. Can Trump and J.D. Vance summon the will to condemn him? Jonathan S. Tobin Sept. 5, 2024