Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday said he would no longer attend next week’s investment conference in Saudi Arabia, as the Trump administration awaited the outcome of investigations into missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Mnuchin announced the decision in a post on Twitter following a meeting with President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike…
Six cases of measles have been confirmed in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, with all of the patients being Orthodox Jewish children between 11 months and four years old, the New York City Department of Health confirmed on Wednesday. “The initial case of measles was acquired by a child on a visit to Israel, where…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The U.S. consulate in East Jerusalem, which primarily serves Palestinian-Americans, will close and its functions will be handled by the new embassy in the western half of the city, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced. The diplomatic mission will be located at the embassy site on Agron Street in the center…
Twitter is declining to remove Louis Farrakhan’s account from its site after he posted a video comparing Jews to termites,” Buzzfeed reported. The site had previously removed his blue verification badge for earlier anti-Semitic remarks. Calls for Farrakhan’s account’s removal came again after he posted a video criticizing Jewish people and making a remark that…
Israel ramped up its armored forces along the Gaza border on Thursday in a daylight show of force, a day after a Palestinian rocket destroyed a home in southern Israel. With the deployment clearly visible from main Israeli roads near the Gaza Strip, senior Egyptian security officials met leaders of the enclave’s ruling Hamas to…
U.S. Representative Steve King (R-Iowa) endorsed a white nationalist candidate for mayor of Toronto in a tweet Wednesday. King wrote that Goldy is “Pro Western Civilization and a fighter for our values.” Faith Goldy, an excellent candidate for Toronto mayor, pro Rule of Law, pro Make Canada Safe Again, pro balanced budget, &…BEST of all,…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — David Friedman participated at an event in the West Bank city of Ariel, in his position as United States ambassador to Israel. It is rare for U.S. envoys to Israel to appear in the West Bank in an official capacity. The event, organized by the Judea and Samaria Chamber of Commerce and…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — At least seven women have accused long-time Israeli journalist Dan Margalit of sexual harassment and sexual assault. Five of the women came forward about Margalit, who started his journalism career in the 70s with the Haaretz newspaper and currently serves as one of the newspaper’s columnists, in an article Tuesday in Haaretz….
With a booth at a conference, in a maroon sweater over a plaid shirt, a white nationalist is planning to infiltrate the Republican Party. Patrick Casey, executive director of the white nationalist movement Identity Evropa told NBC News his goal is to “To take over the GOP as much as possible.” Identity Evropa, which is…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. Ted Cruz called J Street, the dovish pro-Israel policy group, “rabidly anti-Israel” in the Texas Republican’s debate with his Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke. “Congressman O’Rourke is fond of saying he doesn’t take PAC money, but the truth is different,” Cruz said Tuesday after O’Rourke accused the incumbent of accepting…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor warned Israel that the planned demolition of a Bedouin village in the West Bank may constitute a war crime. In a statement issued hours after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip destroyed a home in Beersheba, Fatou Bensouda also warned that she is “similarly alarmed by…
