U.S. Politics
He allegedly was part of an incident in 2012 where several staffers at the center’s ThinkProgress website were condemned for using anti-Semitic tropes of Jews dominating politics and money.
“United States law governs domestically but does not rule the world,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the decision.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy “unequivocally” condemns the controversial statements by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (D-Ga.), but he says she’s learned her lesson.
“Replacing a maximum pressure campaign with a maximum concession campaign will only embolden Iran,” wrote Republican lawmakers.
“The United States will continue to urge other countries to normalize relations with Israel, and we’ll look for other opportunities to expand cooperation among countries in the region,” said U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price.
The Iranian nuclear program is “a challenge we have to tackle immediately,” says U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price.
“This is especially essential at a time when acts of anti-Semitism and Jew-hatred are on the rise at home and abroad,” said the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
A “clean return” without ironclad new provisions that strengthen and lengthen the JCPOA will diminish U.S. clout and destabilize the Middle East.
“Anti-BDS legislation is about commercial activities, not about people’s ability to speak,” says the 33-year-old. “People are free to criticize Israel; that is a protected right. But organized boycotting and divestment with the support of state, local or federal government is not acceptable.”
Yaakov Amidror, a former Israeli national security adviser, says the Biden administration needs to grasp that it’s a “different Middle East. I don’t think the old notions and ideas will work.”
As for anti-Semitism, the 65-year-old Korean American notes “that is unacceptable. It’s the same as a hate crime. I’m the one who passed a resolution last year when I was chair of the Orange County Board of Supervisors that hate crimes are not acceptable.”
The two were said to have discussed “regional strategic matters, the Iranian threat and other topics.”
