JNS The Daily Syndicate - Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Wednesday, April 10, 2024


	THE DAILY SYNDICATE

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) at a briefing on repair efforts following the collapse of a section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia on June 17, 2023. Credit: Ben Von Klemperer/Shutterstock.

from the editor-in-chief

Jonathan S. Tobin

Who can stop the Democrats’ pivot away from Israel?

The turn against the Jewish state has spread from “The Squad” to Joe Biden, with exceptions like Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman standing against the pro-Hamas tide.

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) speaks during the annual Jerusalem Post conference at Gotham Hall on Sept. 12, 2022. Credit: Lev Radin/Shutterstock.

‘Get hostages freed, crush Hamas,’ Gottheimer tells Qatar, Egypt

“I believe we should be leading every discussion with two major factors: Americans were killed and Americans remain hostage,” the N.J. congressman told JNS.

Andrew Bernard

Israelis call for the release of hostages held captive in Gaza, outside the Red Cross offices in Tel Aviv, Jan. 18, 2024. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Hamas again rejects hostage deal, to present ‘roadmap’ for ending war

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh arrives in Gaza, at the Rafah border crossing from Egypt, after reconciliation talks with Fatah mediated by Egyptian intelligence, Sept. 19, 2017. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

IAF strike kills sons of Hamas leader Haniyeh

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signs a resolution supporting Israel and condemning Hamas on April 9, 2024. (Anat Sultan-Dadon, Israeli consul general to the southeastern United States, stands to the governor's immediate right.) Photo by Larry Brook/Israel InSight.

Alabama governor signs resolution backing Israel, condemning Hamas

Larry Brook, Israel InSight

A gavel. Credit: Pixabay.

Former Cornell junior pleads guilty to rape and death threats against Jews

Josh Kraft, president of the New England Patriots Foundation and co-chair of the Hate Crimes Task Force for Massachusetts, speaks during a Lappin Foundation online summit about antisemitism in K-12 schools on April 9, 2024. Source: Screenshot.

Summit focuses on rising Jew-hatred in K-12 schools

Mike Wagenheim

Berkeley High School in Berkeley, Calif. Credit: Coro via Wikimedia Commons.

Deborah Project: Berkeley district hid ‘PR bonanza for Hamas’ from parents

David Swindle

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) speaks at Sixth & I before 50 American Jewish leaders visit Israel, on Oct. 18, 2023. Photo courtesy of Bo Harris.

‘Who walks away from a friend during a time of war?’ Scalise says of Biden’s Israel policy

Medical workers at Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital on May 19, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Outrage ensues following Jerusalem hospital’s admission of Hamas terrorist

Sports fans exit Michigan Stadium after a University of Michigan football game on Sept. 4, 2021. Credit: Chad Robertson Media/Shutterstock.

Title IV investigations into U of M, Youngstown State, Philly school district

A poster of Shani Louk, 22, who was murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Nova music festival in southern Israel on Oct. 7, at a campus rally against an award presented by the University of Missouri for a photo of her body, April 5, 2024. Photo by Daniel Swindell.

Campus rally challenges Missouri award for photo of Shani Louk’s body

David Swindle

Cooper Union in New York City. Credit: Ajay Suresh via Wikimedia Commons.

Group of Jewish students sues Cooper Union for uptick in antisemitism

David Swindle

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during an MLK Day public policy forum at NAN Headquarters in New York on Jan. 15, 2024. Credit: Lev Radin/Shutterstock.

New York attorney general warns of Passover scams fleecing Jews

Israel-Premier Tech's Hugo Houle winning stage 16 of the 2022 Tour de France, July 19, 2022. Credit: Sprint Cycling.

BDS threats to cancel Israeli cycling team an ‘obtuse moral inversion’

Etgar Lefkovits

University campus. Credit: Islandworks/Pixabay.

‘This is Zionism’ campaign seeks to ‘instill confidence’ in students

Rachel Goldberg-Polin, the mother of the American-Israeli hostage Hersh Golderg-Polin, calls for the release of the hostages being held in the Gaza Strip as the United Nations celebrates the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration for Human Rights in Geneva. Credit: Nathan Chicheportiche/Permanent Mission of Israel in Geneva.

‘No choice but to stay hopeful,’ father of US hostage says after meeting with vice president

Women testify in an Arabic-language campaign by the Israeli Foreign Ministry to raise awareness of Hamas's sexual crimes. Credit: Israeli Foreign Ministry.

Israel translates stories of Oct. 7 sexual horrors to Arabic

An Israeli soldier recites morning prayers near the border with Lebanon, Oct. 25, 2023. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.

Israeli soldiers recite blessing on Gaza fruit trees

A search for “Jerusalem” on an iPhone set to English (United Kingdom) returns a Palestinian flag emoji suggestion, April 10, 2024. Credit: JNS.

Some iPhone keyboards suggest Palestinian flag for ‘Jerusalem’

USAID staff in Pretoria meet U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Patrick Gaspard on Sept. 11, 2013. Credit: USAID Southern Africa/Creative Commons.

Center for American Progress head calls for one-state solution

opinion

Syrian President Bashar Assad. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

featured column

Mitchell Bard

Arab lives are cheap when killed by other Arabs

The Syrian civil war has been going on for years, but how many reports have you heard lately from Damascus?

Robert Singer

The United Nations must return to its founding spirit

Rabbi Yossy Goldman

Pesach is personal

Henry Srebrnik

A new alliance between black Africans and Jews

Erfan Fard

Mirage of power: Iran’s global posture and the international imperative

Phyllis Chesler

Will the world admit it was wrong?

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