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“You couldn’t measure on a Richter scale the concern about El-Sayed,” the Jewish Federations of North America CEO said of the senator-elect from Michigan.
“Come forward with a concrete plan and how you will govern differently,” Sen. Elissa Slotkin, who is Jewish, said at a press conference.
City Hall held invitation-only roundtable discussions in other communities, but both listening sessions near the city’s main Jewish neighborhood fell on Shabbat.
Ilya Shapiro of the Manhattan Institute told JNS that he is concerned that universities will see the change in congressional focus as “a reprieve from accountability.”
Ahmed Moor, who has called Hamas rocket fire “self-defense” and said that “‘Zionist Israel’ does not have the right to exist,” is the first candidate to announce that he’s taking on the pro-Israel stalwart.
“It will open up some space for the Democrats, who do care deeply about the relationship with Israel, to have a more positive agenda on how to deal with Israel to counter those who just want to isolate and punish Israel,” Joel Rubin told JNS.
“Most legislators don’t want this on the docket,” Dan Goldwin, a Jewish United Fund spokesman, told JNS.
The New York City Police Department told JNS that the 26-year-old was charged with assault and harassment.
