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The candidate, who would succeed Rashid Khalidi, a longtime critic of Israel who retired from the post in 2024, has publicly praised him as a mentor.
Joe Hathaway, the mayor of Randolph, N.J., told JNS that Mejia supports “fringe radical socialism. Our Jewish residents and everyday people in this district need to reject that brand of their party.”
“You appear to only disavow racism, antisemitism and racial supremacy if you think you can use those words as a cudgel to beat Republicans,” Jeremy Carl stated in response to the Senate minority leader’s accusations.
Parents “deserve more high-quality options for their children’s education, not fewer,” said Peter Deutsch, of the Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School.
The department “will work to cut these terrorists off from the global financial system,” Scott Bessent, secretary of the U.S. Treasury, stated.
“Every parent should trust that when their child gets on a bus, they’ll come home safely,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer stated. “These bills turn heartbreaking loss into action.”
“It’s unfortunate that we have to live this way, but I’d rather be safe than sorry,” Robyn Markowitz Lawler told JNS.
Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee, told JNS that “America needs to wake up to the reality of what their Jewish neighbors are experiencing.”
“I think the government should be funding those universities that see themselves as repositories of cultural inheritance and of a Western tradition that undergirds what America stands for,” Yeshiva University’s president, who testified at the hearing, told JNS.
“We have one set of laws in the United States, known as the U.S. Constitution,” Congressman Keith Self, co-founder of the caucus, told JNS.
The United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia welcomed the Syrian government as the 90th member of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS.
PAL-Awda called for “urgent action” to tell lawmakers “to reject anti-free speech” areas drawn around schools and synagogues.
