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New changes to the U.S. administration’s visa policy targeting only Israelis reduces the period of time they can use visas for investment, work and study purposes in the United States.
“I think they’ll look at every opportunity they can to do that,” said acting U.S. Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, especially since the United States has ramped up sanctions, intensifying an economic downturn.
From friends to foes, Brig. Gen. Erez Maisel sheds light on the behind-the-scenes work conducted by the International Cooperation Unit to ensure freedom of maneuver for the Israel Defense Forces.
“If I have one message, it is that we stand shoulder to shoulder with you,” said U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein. “We always have, and we always will.”
“The U.S. administration has lost its credibility to play any future role in the peace process,” says P.A. spokesman • Jordanian Foreign Minister: U.S. policy shift will have “dangerous consequences.”
Richard Tobin, 18, of Brooklawn, N.J., directed members of the “Great Lakes Cell” to paint the synagogues with neo-Nazi symbols and slogans as part of what he dubbed “Operation Kristallnacht.”
Overall, the number of hate crimes decreased slightly in 2018, following increases over three consecutive years. There were 7,120 such incidents in 2018, down from 7,175 the previous year.
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous posthumously recognized U.S. Army Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds in 2016 with its Yehi Or Award.
The U.S. State Department has offered a $20 million reward for information about Robert Levinson, who disappeared in Iran in 2007 while working part-time for the CIA.
Collapse of Kurdish autonomy in northern Syria is a “negative and dangerous scenario” that would bolster Iran, says Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely.
“The Iranian government thought it could get away with conducting surveillance on individuals in the United States by sending one of its agents here to task a permanent resident with conducting and collecting that surveillance,” said U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu of the District of Columbia.
Richard Holzer, 27, was charged with intentionally attempting to obstruct persons in the enjoyment of their free exercise of religious beliefs, through force and the attempted use of explosives and fire.
