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April 21, 2024

House passes Israel supplemental aid bill, poised for Senate approval

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s 2023 Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas. Credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons. by Mike Wagenheim (JNS) — American Jewish and pro-Israel groups lauded the April 20 passage […]
April 20, 2024

U.S. House deems “River to the Sea” chant antisemitic

Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.). Source: Screenshot. by Kylie Ora Lobell (Jewish Journal) — The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on April 16 declaring the slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” antisemitic. Forty-four members […]
April 19, 2024

Iran’s attack on Israel based on perceived U.S.-Israel rift

Iranian military missiles, long-range, short-range and satellite missiles on display at a military museum in Tehran. Credit: saeediex/Shutterstock. by David Isaac (JNS) — On April 14, Iran for the first time broke with its longstanding policy of attacking Israel only […]
April 19, 2024

Walking in Jerusalem the morning after Iran’s “Doomsday”

Shoppers strolling at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, April 14, 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90. by Gary Wexler (Jewish Journal) — Seven hours after the booms started last weekend, after crowding into the safe room of my friends’ home […]
April 18, 2024

US vetoes Palestinian bid for full UN membership

Robert Wood, deputy permanent representative of the United States to the United Nations, vetoes the Palestinian bid for admission as a member state of the United Nations at the U.N. Security Council on April 18, 2024. Credit: Manuel Elías/U.N. Photo. […]
April 18, 2024

Report: Israel scrapped major Iran response after U.S. pressure

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Tel Nof Air Base, April 11, 2024. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO. (JNS) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backtracked on a pre-approved military response to Iran’s massive drone and missile attack due to […]
April 18, 2024

Contrary to most media reports, Gaza stores full, markets overwhelmed

by Ariel Jahana (Israel Hayom) — As the United States and other countries pressure Israel to increase food aid to Gaza, Israeli officials familiar with the situation say Gaza has been overwhelmed by food aid. Israeli officials harshly criticize American […]
April 17, 2024

We forget that Iran declared war on the U.S. 45 years ago

Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alevi (right) sits next to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Source: Khamenei.ir. By Moshe Phillips On Nov. 4, 1979, Iranian militants seized control of the United States embassy in Tehran and kidnapped over 50 Americans. […]
April 16, 2024

Christian, Jewish leaders call for Israeli sovereignty over Judea, Samaria

At the National Religious Broadcasters convention on Feb. 22 in Nashville, Ambassador Friedman unveiled his peace plan at a session introducing the group Keep God’s Land. by Andrew Bernard (JNS) — Christian and Jewish leaders gathered in Washington on April […]
April 15, 2024

Welcome to the Antisemites Club, Tucker Carlson

Tucker Carlson in Miami on Nov. 17, 2022. Credit: Aleksandr Dyskin/Shutterstock. by Elie Mischel (JNS) — What do Tucker Carlson, the isolationist conservative pundit, and Elizabeth Warren, the woke progressive senator from Massachusetts, have in common? Not much — other […]
April 12, 2024

Christian Allies Caucus presses Germany to keep funding freeze on UNRWA

A Palestinian man outside the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Gaza City protests cuts to aid on June 20, 2023. Credit: Anas-Mohammed/Shutterstock. by Etgar Lefkovits (JNS) — The heads of […]