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“The U.N. has continuously betrayed Israel and betrayed America, acting as an apologist for Iran and their terrorist proxies,” the New York congresswoman said at an EMET event.
Janine Ali, 72, assaulted a woman by grabbing a flag that was tied to her neck, resulting in choking her.
The songwriter, who goes by Five for Fighting, isn’t Jewish, but he created the song “OK” in solidarity with Israel.
“It is Hamas who keeps throwing in conditions that are unreasonable and impossible, and it is Hamas that has delayed the negotiations and the release of our people,” David Mencer told JNS.
“It’s so important to show the Israeli people and the world at large that Israel has a strong supportive base,” a Yeshiva University senior told JNS.
“It wasn’t our goal to come together in that same way,” Jewish Federations chair Julie Platt said of comparisons to the mammoth “March for Israel” in November 2023.
Michael Chelst told JNS that his kosher restaurant, Char Bar, was the only one attacked on the street, and the vandal transported bricks from another area to break his windows.
Austin Olson, 27, said that “the problem is Israel; the problem is you” and “Israel controls our media, our corporations, they control you and they own us.”
“There is still business to business operation in between Europe and Israel,” an Israeli CEO told JNS. “I hope the public opinion will be changed.”
“Trying to advocate for Israel and fighting against antisemitism in all of its manifestations has been a herculean challenge for the Jewish community,” said Ron Halber, CEO of the JCRC of Greater Washington.
The Republican vice-presidential nominee spoke at a rally co-organized by Christian and Jewish groups marking one year since Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attacks.
“Politically motivated destruction or defacing of federal property is not protected speech. It is a crime,” stated Matthew Graves, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.
