U.S. Politics
The U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act triples judgments related to damages due to terrorism, legal expert Maurice Hirsch tells JNS.
The alleged attacker left a document in his car that stated “Zionism is our enemies until Jerusalem is liberated and they are expelled from our land.”
The U.S. president also proclaimed that Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer is “groveling over him.”
Eric Fingerhut, CEO of the Jewish Federation, told JNS he hopes that Jews “will organize themselves to make sure that there’s a serious opposition in the general election.”
A U.S. government-facilitated flight to Rome on Tuesday morning nearly coincided with the last Iranian missile barrage.
Democratic caucus members called on the U.S. defense secretary to address what they called a history of antisemitic statements.
Regularly scheduled U.S. passport and Consular Report of Birth Abroad appointments resumed as normal in Jerusalem.
“They will hate us for free,” said Rep. Tim Burchett, who sponsored the legislation. “We do not need to give them hard-earned American tax dollars.”
Rachel Storch told JNS the Democratic Party has voices that “have become very shrill and represent values that I do not and would never espouse—anti-Zionist and antisemitic.”
Separately, the U.S. Embassy in Doha called on American citizens in the Gulf state to shelter in place “until further notice.”
The notice urged U.S. citizens to “continue to exercise caution and encourage them to monitor the news for breaking developments.”
At least two GOP representatives also questioned the constitutionality of the president’s order to attack and his threats to follow up.
