JNS The Daily Syndicate - Thursday, March 21, 2024

Thursday, March 21, 2024


	THE DAILY SYNDICATE

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, June 18, 2023. Photo by Amit Shabi/POOL.

from the editor-in-chief

Jonathan S. Tobin

Biden and Schumer’s pivot away from Israel is already backfiring

Democrats are reminded most Americans still support Israel, and their stand is helping the GOP, which plans on inviting Netanyahu to address Congress.

Supporters of the Hamas terror group at a rally before student elections at Birzeit University near Ramallah on May 6, 2014. Credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90.

Pew: Half of US Muslims say ‘valid’ Hamas reasons to fight Israel, 21% say Oct. 7 attack ‘acceptable’

Adama Dieng, U.N. special adviser on the prevention of genocide, and Farhan Haq (left), deputy spokesman for the U.N. secretary-general, at a Nov. 18, 2016 press briefing about South Sudan. Credit: Mark Garten/U.N. Photo.

At United Nations, terror ‘a question of opinion’

Mike Wagenheim

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks during a House Judiciary Committee field hearing on New York City violent crimes, at the Javits Federal Building in New York City on April 17, 2023. Credit: Lev Radin/Shutterstock.

House speaker plans to invite Netanyahu to address Congress

Eric Fingerhut (left), president and CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, and William Daroff, CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in front of an audience of about 300,000 at the “March for Israel” rally in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14, 2023. Credit: Laurence Levin/JFNA.

As Conference of Presidents head defends criticism of Schumer, left-wing groups revolt

Mike Wagenheim

A reflection of flags being raised at U.N. headquarters in New York City. Credit: Manuel Elías/U.N. Photo.

UN Security Council could put competing ceasefire resolutions to vote soon

Mike Wagenheim

FBI: Since Oct. 7, ‘almost every major terrorist org in world’ has threatened US

Dallas, Texas. Credit: TimUrban89/Pixabay.

Protesters demonstrate outside hotel during Biden’s visit to Dallas

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Credit: Jim Henderson via Wikimedia Commons.

Lawfare Project helps get Jewish student reinstated at SUNY Downstate

David Swindle

The English alphabet in a school setting. Credit: Gerd Altmann/Pixabay.

New York to double funds for security grants to religious schools

Theodore D. Mann Building, Public Library, on Homer Street in Newton, Mass. Credit: Kenneth C. Zirkel via Wikimedia Commons.

Police investigate seven hate crimes in Newton, Mass.

Carin M. Smilk

At a protest at UC Berkeley, two pro-Israel protesters hold up an Israeli flag while two pro-Palestinian protesters stand in front of it with a Palestinian flag, Oct. 25, 2023. Credit: Kefr4000 via Wikimedia Commons.

ADL: 2000% increase in antisemitic incidents at California’s campuses

Jews pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon.

Thousands attend Western Wall prayer service for the hostages

Residents of Nokdim in the Judean Desert protest a decision to uproot trees near the community, March 21, 2024. Credit: Courtesy.

MKs slam Civil Administration for uprooting dozens of trees in Judea

Akiva Van Koningsveld

Librarian Kobi Abarbanel with students from Jerusalem's Hartman High School, including Chai Lascar (second from right), in Tel Aviv's "Hostage Square," March 21, 2024. Photo by Amelie Botbol.

J’lem students mark Fast of Esther at Tel Aviv’s ‘Hostage Square’

Amelie Botbol

Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Oct. 29, 2023. Photo by Majdi Fathi/TPS.

IDF: 600 terrorists detained, 140-plus killed at Gaza’s Shifa Hospital

Meitar Eliyahu, the widow of St. Sgt. (res.) Yedidya Eliyahu, at his grave at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem. Photo by Oren Cohen.

‘I placed him on the grave so that he could be closest to his father’

Yori Yalon

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, March 20, 2024. Source: X/Secretary Antony Blinken.

Blinken discussed US-Saudi-Israel deal during Jeddah visit

The flag of the Netherlands. Credit: Unsplash.

Israeli embassy in The Hague firebombed; no injuries

A PLO flag atop the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Hamedan, Iran. Screenshot: Social media.

PLO flag flies at Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Iran

Shirit Avital Cohen

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Jonathan S. Tobin

There’s only one pro-Israel party left in America (guest Ari Fleischer)

opinion

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks at a vigil in Manhattan, organized by UJA-Federation and the JCRC, on Nov. 6, 2023. Credit: Vladimir Kolesnikov/Michael Priest.

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Melanie Phillips

The American betrayal of Israel

The suggestion that Israel is no better than Hamas is a pernicious lie spread by those who want Israel gone.

William Daroff

Queen Esther, a woman of valor

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