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The operation, conducted with the IDF, “strengthened partner interoperability” and demonstrated “force projection capabilities in the region,” the United States said.
“Not even a sliver,” Yechiel Leiter told JNS.
Tammy Bruce, the State Department spokeswoman, told reporters that “there is no path forward” in the peace process without the return of the hostages and removal of Hamas.
“Jewish students deserve consistent support from their university administrators, not calls to hide their Jewish identity,” said Julia Jassey, of Jewish on Campus.
“It’s time for the government to send in the National Guard, so the students who paid $70,000 for an education can simply go to class,” Ari Shrage, head of Columbia’s Jewish Alumni Association, told JNS.
A U.S. hostage and wrongful detainee flag-raising ceremony was held at the U.S. State Department.
Kingsley Wilson, the deputy press secretary at the Defense Department, “is clearly unfit for her role,” the AJC said.
A significant part of the event focused on combating antisemitism and BDS campaigns, both of which have proliferated throughout the United States since the terrorist attacks in southern Israel.
“Antisemitism thrives in loopholes. Congress has the power and the obligation to close them,” Adela Cojab, of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, told the committee.
“He really was one of those Renaissance men, who was also a great hero of Israel and the Jewish people,” Daniel S. Mariaschin told JNS, of Joseph Bau.
“The University of California is unwavering in its commitment to combating antisemitism and protecting everyone’s civil rights,” the public university told JNS.
“By giving Israel the support it needs to roll back Iran’s nuclear program, and contain the fallout, the United States would be helping Israel defend itself and the rest of the civilized world,” per the JINSA letter.
