U.S. Politics
“He is an observant Jew; he’s done the job before; he has a quiet competence, even in the face of a lot of noise that comes up from time to time,” said Jarrod Bernstein, who held the liaison’s position in the Obama administration.
Chanan Weissman, 37, currently director of technology and democracy at the National Security Council, has held the job before.
The election was seen by Jewish groups on where the voters stand on their support for Israel, with Nina Turner’s alliance with “The Squad,” and previous actions and tweets that were critical of Israel, causing concern among some pro-Israel groups.
Rudy Rochman, David Benaym and Noam Leibman set off for Nigeria to film a documentary on a disconnected and lesser-known Jewish community there. Instead, they were arrested and thrown into prison for weeks.
“Left-wing activists abuse county-of-origin labels in order to stigmatize products made in Israel,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said in a release. “Our bill will defend the integrity of the Jewish state by ensuring that Israeli products may proudly bear the label ‘Made in Israel.’”
Her nomination was hailed by numerous Jewish organizations, which over the past months had been lobbying the White House to appoint a candidate as violent acts of anti-Semitism have surged.
AIPAC celebrated the bill’s passage, pointing out that the Israel aid was passed without conditions, which have in recent months been called for by progressive Democrats.
Two leading candidates—Nina Turner and Shontel Brown—have staked out vastly differing views on Israel, with pro-Israel groups throwing their weight behind Brown while deriding Turner’s hostility towards Israel and support from “The Squad.”
Jewish politicians and organizations responded by pointing out that these types of incidents are why the administration must name an anti-Semitism envoy immediately.
“The European Union’s distinction between Hezbollah’s ‘military’ and ‘political’ wing is dishonest, and does little to address its fundraising and recruitment efforts,” said Peter Meijer (R-Mich.).
It will wait at least until the new Israeli government passes a budget, likely by November,
“We once again have an ongoing partner in the United States,” says UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini.
