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“The Muslim Brotherhood has a longstanding record of perpetrating acts of terror, and we are working aggressively to cut them off from the financial system,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
A recent, pro-Hamas demonstration outside a Queens synagogue was “not free expression,” she said. “That’s harassment, and targeting a Jewish community in this way is antisemitism.”
Rabbi A.D. Motzen, who praised the move, told JNS that there is no opt-out mechanism.
“The U.N. has a responsibility to uphold its own rules, not bend them to appease extremists or reward antisemitism,” Rep. Mike Lawler said.
Mahmoud Khalil, former spokesman for the anti-Israel encampment at Columbia University, led the crowd in a “free, free Palestine” chant.
The podcaster, who is not Jewish, said antisemitism is behind accusations that he took $6 million from AIPAC.
Antisemitism will only go away when everyone “rejects all of it, no matter what,” Rep. Greg Landsman said.
“It’s not a surprise that these activists would escalate their tactics to go directly to the targets of their indoctrination,” Mika Hackner, of the North American Values Institute, told JNS.
“Religious schools cannot be shut out of state programs just because they are religious,” an attorney for the school stated.
A jury found Gregory Vandenberg guilty of transporting explosives, which he intended to use to target law enforcement, the Justice Department said.
Edward Arthur Owens Jr., 30, faces up to five years in prison and $250,000 in fines.
“Nobody was going to engage with me, or even talk to me, or not just throw me in some bucket if I wasn’t willing to say that,” the lawmaker said.
