U.S. Politics
A comprehensive survey conducted by CNN found alarming levels of anti-Semitic attitudes among Europeans, with statistics on anti-Semitic acts across Europe “mind-boggling.”
The longtime supporter of Israel, who once worked with Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek, is “absolutely opposed to a boycott of any kind both in terms of disinvestment, as well as in the attacks on Israeli academics by the British Union.”
“The relationship between our two countries is so strong that I remain hopeful that next year, the Polish ambassador to Israel will follow in the footsteps of the American ambassador to Israel and light a menorah in a Polish embassy in Jerusalem,” said Israel’s Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer.
“It’s one-sided. … [They] have these lavish trips to Israel, but they don’t show the side that I know is real,” said Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat who will be representing Michigan’s 13th Congressional District.
“Anti-Semitism is horrific, like any form of racism. It should be called out. We should rail against it as much as we possibly can.”
“Even Jewish Democrats such as myself, who never voted for him, appreciated the man,” said Norm Eisen, a former U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic
The president sent his message to “our Jewish brothers and sisters in the United States, in Israel and around the world,” noting Hanukkah’s origins in the story of rededicating the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.
The first LGBTQ person elected from Minnesota says she will be an “active part of promoting a strong, safe and secure Israel” in Congress.
“For me, it’s a natural fit—to support Israel in just about everything. I believe that they’re so important in that region.”
“With the Czech Republic, as with the United States of America, there is something else. It’s a deep, deep commonality of values, which you so powerfully expressed,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“We are acting against a complex scheme Iran and Russia have used to bolster the [Bashar] Assad regime and generate funds for Iranian malign activity,” said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
In first-ever speech to legislative body by a Czech leader, Miloš Zeman blasts E.U. for hosting Palestinian terrorists • “If we betray Israel, we betray ourselves,” he says • Jerusalem Affairs Minister Ze’ev Elkin presents the Czech president with “Protector of Jerusalem Award.”
