U.S. Politics
Eight Republican legislators, in partnership with all of the House’s Democrats, voted for new leadership.
Many slammed the Mondaire Jones social media post about the ousted House speaker as antisemitic.
Some fear the tendency of younger Democratic leaders to be more critical of Israel, while others predict that the U.S.-Israel relationship will remain strong.
“I’m not sure that we are really interested in the supreme leader’s point of view on this,” a Foggy Bottom spokesman said.
The Pentagon’s recent announcement that Iran is less than two weeks away from having the materials for a nuclear bomb is significant, although it’s not necessarily breaking news.
It called the late Jewish former Supreme Court associate justice an “icon of American culture.”
Congress also voted overwhelmingly to keep the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem and maintain the terror designation of the IRGC.
White House orders flags at half-mast to honor longtime California legislator • U.S. President Joe Biden calls her “a historic figure.”
“Tackling antisemitism at home means appreciating how this hatred is addressed around the world,” per the U.S. State Department.
“Whether it is based on sound national security strategy,” Matt Lee said at a press briefing, Israeli treatment of Palestinian-Americans entering the country “doesn’t meet the requirements.”
Eight federal agencies wrote that Title VI of the transformative 1964 law can protect Jews and other minority groups.
A former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state told JNS that he wouldn’t be surprised if the indictment “is strategically timed.”
