New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft downplayed the growing number of players who will boycott a visit to the White House, saying on Monday that people are free to do what they want. At least six Patriots players have publicly said they will not make the trip. Kraft, a friend and supporter of President Trump,…
Stephen Miller, the White House national policy director, turned in appearances on all the Sunday shows this weekend, coming off as robotic in defending President Trump in teleprompter-ready fashion. Hitting NBC’s “Meet the Press,” CBS’s “Face the Nation,” “Fox News Sunday,” and ABC’s “This Week,” Miller’s wooden delivery drew ridicule from the internet, especially since…
BERLIN (JTA) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has canceled a planned top-level joint Cabinet meeting with Israeli leaders, reportedly out of frustration over Israel’s controversial new settlements law. The binational consultation was set for May 10 in Jerusalem. The Israeli daily Haaretz reported that Merkel’s office offered the September national elections in Germany as the reason for the cancellation, but the chancellor appears…
First Lady Melanie Trump, a rare visitor to Washington, will stop by this week to host Sara Netanyahu during her husband’s visit to the White House. Israeli sources said that Sara Netanyahu, scheduled to arrive in Washington Monday night, will be hosted by the first lady while her husband prepares for his meeting with President…
Stephen Miller’s high-profile weekend inspired some of his high school classmates to share their memories of him on Twitter. These were not flattering, as one might expect given the liberal nature of his hometown, Santa Monica, and the dogged conservatism that got Miller where he is today — at President Donald Trump’s right hand, with…
Elliott Abrams, former deputy national security adviser in the Bush White House, was Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s top choice to serve as his deputy, but the appointment was nixed by President Trump, CNN reported. According to the report, it was Abrams’s early criticism of Trump that cost him the nomination. After Trump clinched the…
Al Franken spent the weekend clapping back at President Donald Trump, speculating about the new leader’s mental health and faulting him for a racially-charged insult directed at Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren. “Mr. President, with all due respect, that’s racist. Please stop doing that. I am on Indian Affairs. This is completely unacceptable. You really should…
(JTA) — Americans are nearly evenly divided over support for a Palestinian state, according to the latest Gallup poll. Some 45 percent of Americans back the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the West Bank and Gaza Strip and 42 percent oppose it, according to the poll taken during the first week of February. Some 13 percent…
MONTREAL (JTA) — A McGill University student leader who advised on Twitter to “punch a Zionist today” is refusing to resign or retract the comment amid rising Jewish anger on campus against him. Council member Igor Sadikov did not relent at what was described as a “tense” meeting of the student union legislative council on Thursday. “I have never…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — At least two more National Football League players, including a member of the world champion New England Patriots, have pulled out of a publicity trip to Israel. Martellus Bennett, a tight end for the Pats, reportedly pulled out of the trip, joining his brother Michael, a Seattle Seahawks defensive end. Michael Bennett on Friday posted a photo…
(JTA) — The British government has unveiled a proposed guideline that is meant to counteract and prevent the passing of resolutions in favor of boycotting Israel by local municipalities. The Department for Communities and Local Government published its plan for ending such initiatives on Monday in a leaflet containing proposed additions and revisions to a document titled the “Revised Best…
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