US issues record $4 million bias fine to Lufthansa, which ‘strongly disputes’ being guilty of Jew-hatred "No one should face discrimination when they travel, and today’s action sends a clear message to the airline industry," stated U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. JNS Staff Oct. 15, 2024
Buttigieg pledges to allocate $1 billion to combat anti-Semitism, violent extremism He said he would “direct the Justice Department’s Community Relations Service to prioritize its efforts to combat anti-Semitism and reduce tensions in communities where anti-Semitic incidents occur.” Jan. 23, 2020
Hypocrisy and double standards on US military aid to Israel The recent threats by Democratic presidential candidates to leverage U.S. military aid to force changes in Israeli policy should be seen in the wider context of growing antagonism towards Israel within the Democratic Party. Eytan Gilboa Oct. 31, 2019
Buttigieg reiterates linking US assistance to Israel on not annexing West Bank “We need to have the visibility to know whether U.S. funds are being used in a way that’s actually not compatible with U.S. policy, and U.S. policy should not be promoting this kind of settlement construction,” said Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind. Jackson Richman Oct. 28, 2019
Buttigieg regional organizing director praises Farrakhan on social media Deven Anderson has a history of praising National of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who has an extensive history of making anti-Jewish remarks such as “I’m anti-termite,” and that Hitler was “a very great man.” Sept. 24, 2019
Buttigieg calls US recognition of Golan ‘intervention’ in Israeli politics Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg: “The president used U.S. foreign policy to put a thumb on the scale for right-wing allies within Israeli domestic politics. This is totally the wrong basis for our policy.” Jackson Richman Aug. 13, 2019
On the campaign trail, IfNotNow baits 2020 candidates to condemn so-called ‘occupation’ The group has approached several leading Democrats to voice support against a term that has often been used by anti-Israel groups in the attempt to delegitimize Israel. Jackson Richman July 19, 2019
Trump discarded the carrot-and-stick approach to Israel At the heart of Democratic critiques of the administration’s Middle East policy is a belief that the United States should tell the Jewish state how to act. Jonathan S. Tobin June 20, 2019
If elected, Buttigieg won’t move US embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv “What’s done is done,” said the mayor of South Bend, Ind., and a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020. June 17, 2019
