U.S. Politics
Stuart Eizenstat has previously held the position of Special Advisor on Holocaust Issues during the Obama administration and served as Expert Advisor on Holocaust Issues during the Trump administration.
Jake Walles, the U.S. consul general and chief of mission in Jerusalem from 2005-2009, recently said that, for almost all practical matters, it makes little difference in the end whether the sign above the door reads, “U.S. Consulate” or “Palestinian Affairs Unit.”
“We’re at a critical moment when Israel and her leaders and all of us who love Israel must stand strong against what this administration is trying to do,” ZOA President Mort Klein told viewers of the organization’s virtual gala.
In 1939, Lilly Cassirer Neubauer sold Pissarro’s 1897 painting “Rue St Honoré, Après-Midi, Effet De Pluie” to the Nazi appraiser of her property in order to get visas for her and her husband to flee Germany.
“Our thoughts are with the victims of this attack and their families,” tweets State Department Spokesman Ned Price.
“This is a way to be more competitive, more active, more energetic and more impactful,” said Steve Grossman, who served as AIPAC president from 1992 to 1996.
“As Iran moves ever closer to nuclear breakout, Congress and the Biden administration should act without delay in providing Israel the means to defend itself,” said Michael Makovsky, president and CEO of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America.
House approves Omar-backed bill to create Islamophobia monitor, despite concerns of targeting Israel
If enacted, the bill would create an office to monitor and combat Islamophobia in the State Department—similar to the one that exists for anti-Semitism. But Republicans and some Democrats noted the bill’s vagueness and the fact that it could be used to attack Israel.
An online meeting brought together senior-level officials from the U.S. government and Palestinian Authority for the first time in five years.
The choice of the 40-year-old Green Party member leaves analysts and the media unsure over effects on the domestic Jewish community, anti-Semitism and Israel policy, among other things.
The fuel products were sold for more than $26 million; some of the funds may go to the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund.
Since January, he has served as special assistant to U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as a senior adviser working on tackling the coronavirus pandemic.
