WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Keith Ellison, the second in charge at the Democratic Party, pushed back against criticism for his attendance at a 2013 dinner hosted by the Iranian government, saying he was advocating for the Iran nuclear deal and for the freedom of a captive American. “As part of the 2013 U.N. General Assembly,…
The Israel Police’s recommendation to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is an “internal Israeli matter,” the U.S. State Department said. “The United States has a very strong relationship not only with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but also the Israeli Government. We’re certainly aware of it, but we consider it to be an internal Israeli matter,”…
(JTA) — Anti-Israel activists called former Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor a “war criminal” and called Israel a “terrorist state” during his appearance at a London university. Meridor, who served in Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet from 2009 until 2013, spoke Tuesday night at King’s College in central London on the topic “Threats and Challenges.” Students…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Knesset approved legislation that would extend Israeli sovereignty over universities and colleges in the West Bank. The institutions will be placed under the auspices of Israel’s Council for Higher Education, instead of being overseen by the parallel Judea and Samaria Council for Higher Education. The legislation is known as the “Ariel…
Michael D. Cohen, President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, paid the porn actress known as Stormy Daniels $130,000 out of his own pocket — and was not reimbursed, the New York Times reported. The payment was first reported by the Wall Street Journal in January. In a detailed statement to the Times, Cohen called the…
The New York Times announced a new hire on Tuesday afternoon. And then reversed the decision Tuesday night after Twitter users showed the writer’s tweets using homophobic slurs and bragging about befriending neo-Nazis, the Washington Post reported. The Times’ editorial board announced it had hired Quinn Norton, a technology blogger, to be its lead opinion…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Virginia Republicans have called for the ouster of a party official who said only Christians should run for party positions. “Having a preference for Christians over non-Christians as political leaders is not bigoted,” Fredy Burgos said this week in a Facebook post promoting his favored candidate, Tim Hannigan, for the chairmanship of…
Paul Nehlen, the “alt-right” congressional candidate who was permanently banned from Twitter on Sunday after a series of racist and anti-Semitic tweets, has been dumped by the state Republican Party. Wisconsin Republican Party spokesman Alec Zimmerman said Tuesday that Nehlen’s membership dues paid to county parties were being refunded or donated to charity. “Paul Nehlen…
(JTA) — The French government returned three paintings to the heirs of a Jewish couple who sold them under duress as they fled the Nazis. The 16th-century oil paintings by the Flemish master Joachim Patinir were handed over Monday in Paris to the descendants of Herta and Henry Bromberg at the Louvre Museum by French…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the time was ripe for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. “President Putin noted that he would meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas later today, and President Trump said that now is the time to work toward an enduring peace agreement,” the White House…
(JTA) — A federal appeals court has thrown out a verdict that found the Jordan-based Arab Bank guilty of helping finance the terrorist activity of Hamas, but the plaintiffs in the case will still receive compensation. On Friday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York determined that the federal jury that arrived at the…
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