At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the threat of white nationalism on Tuesday, right-wing activist Candace Owens said that the committee should actually be holding hearings on antifa, the anti-fascist political movement. “If they actually were concerned about white nationalism they would be holding hearings on Antifa, a far-left violent white gang who determined,…
Sen. Bernie Sanders weighed in on the Israeli elections while campaigning in Iowa, and he did not hold back on his criticisms of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “When election time comes in Israel, he always tries going even further to the right by appealing to racism within Israel, I think it’s unfortunate,” the independent senator…
Campus police at Northwestern University are investigating who left a sticker with the white nationalist catchphrase “it’s okay to be white” in a dining hall. Student Rishi Mahesh posted a picture of the sticker, which he said he found in Allison Dining Hall. “For anyone who is unfamiliar, ‘it’s okay to be white’ is not…
(JTA) — In a reversal of a 2018 policy announcement, Airbnb will not remove West Bank settlement listings from its website. The policy change came in a court settlement Monday between the vacation rental company and a dozen American Jewish plaintiffs who had sued the company, organized by Shurat Hadin-Israel Law Center, a pro-Israel law organization….
Shocking exit polls destroyed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hopes of an easy victory in the Israeli election Tuesday night. The exit polls published immediately after voting ended were contradictory: in some, Netanyahu’s rival for the premiership, Benny Gantz, held a clear lead, while others showed the two candidates virtually tied. Shocking exit polls destroyed Prime…
Representative Ilhan Omar called White House senior adviser Stephen Miller a white nationalist on Monday, a comment that sparked more accusations of anti-Semitism. However, she’s not the only one — and many more piped in in agreement. Stephen Miller is a white nationalist. The fact that he still has influence on policy and political appointments is…
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a state of emergency in select parts of Brooklyn where a measles outbreak has festered in the borough’s ultra-Orthodox community. The declaration will require unvaccinated people in the area to receive the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine that protects against measles infections. De Blasio said that people who refuse…
White House senior adviser Stephen Miller used a conservative media outlet to get around Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and implement harsher immigration policies, Quartz reported. Whenever Nielsen would decide against tougher measures, Miller would forward the latest numbers on aspiring migrants at the border to the Washington Examiner, former agency officials told Quartz….
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Likud Party placed some 1,200 hidden cameras in polling stations in Arab communities, in order to catch fraudulent voting. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters Tuesday afternoon that cameras are necessary to “ensure a fair vote.” “There should be cameras everywhere, not hidden ones,” he said. Israelis went to the polls…
(JTA) — The New York City Department of Health has threatened to fine or even close yeshivas in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn if students who are not vaccinated against measles are allowed to attend classes. The crack-down comes more than a week before the Passover holiday, when large and extended Orthodox families gather and…
Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s departure was part of an overhaul in the DHS, directed by Stephen Miller, one of President Trump’s top advisers, CBS News reported. Nielsen tweeted on Sunday that she “agreed to stay on as Secretary through Wednesday, April 10th” to ensure that there is a smooth transition in…
