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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally at Columbia University in Manhattan.
July 10, 2024, 10:09 am
Director of national intelligence warns that Iran is funding anti-Israel protests in US
“We have observed actors tied to Iran’s government posing as activists online, seeking to encourage protests, and even providing financial support to protesters," Avril Haines said.
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
President Joe Biden speaks during a Saint Patrick’s Day event with Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in the East Room of the White House, March 17, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
July 10, 2024, 9:55 am
Democrats clash over aid to Israel at meeting of party platform committee
Any change to the robustly pro-Israel language in the Democrats’ 2020 platform could alienate Jewish voters and donors who are already rattled by months of protests against Israel
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
Protesters outside Columbia University, April 30, 2024. (Luke Tress)
July 9, 2024, 9:07 am
Columbia removes 3 deans over text exchange deriding concerns of campus antisemitism
A fourth dean who was involved in one of the text exchanges apologised and likewise acknowledged that the conversations “call to mind antisemitic tropes.”
By Luke Tress (JTA)
Police at a Jewish community event in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, June 5, 2024. (Luke Tress)
July 8, 2024, 9:24 am
NYPD reports 45 antisemitic incidents last month, 57% of all hate crimes in the city
Hate incidents against Jews spiked after the Oct. 7 invasion of Israel, with 69 in October and 62 in November. 
By Luke Tress (JTA)
The interior of the Holocaust Center for Humanity in Seattle, Washington, March 31, 2016. (Screenshot via YouTube)
July 2, 2024, 10:13 am
7 Holocaust museums condemn vandalism against one of their own after police say it wasn’t a hate crime
The vandalism involved the phrase “Genocide in Gaza” being written over a photograph of a child Holocaust survivor.
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
A view of a ripped Israeli flag following the deadly attack by Islamist Hamas militants on Kibbutz Nir Oz, Oct. 19, 2023. (Ilia Yefimovich/picture alliance via Getty Images)
July 2, 2024, 9:26 am
ADL joins with legal powerhouse to seek compensation for U.S. victims of Oct. 7 massacres
The plaintiffs seek compensation under a 2015 law that is meant to compensate victims of state-sponsored terrorism through criminal penalties and seized assets.
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
June 24, 2024, 4:58 pm
Trump made Nazi ‘ovens’ joke in front of Jewish execs , ex-employee claims
Former employee Barbara Res made the claims in an interview on US TV
By Lee Harpin
Kamala Harris waves to crowds alongside her Jewish husband Doug Emhoff
June 18, 2024, 8:34 pm
‘We cannot look away,’ Kamala Harris says after White House screening of 7/10 documentary
"My heart breaks for all these survivors and their families and for all the pain and suffering from the past eight months in Israel and in Gaza"
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
Hamas spokesperson and political bureau member Osama Hamdan
June 14, 2024, 2:35 pm
No one knows how many Israeli hostages still alive, says Hamas official
In an interview with CNN Osama Hamdan, a Lebanese based Hamas official was unable to confirm the number of Israeli hostages still alive in Gaza
By Lee Harpin
Yahya Sinwar
June 11, 2024, 4:15 pm
Blinken: Hamas leader Sinwar the ‘one guy’ to blame if ceasefire plan rejected
US Secretary of State Blinken says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had 'reaffirmed his commitment' to the proposal
By Lee Harpin
UN Security Council
June 11, 2024, 10:58 am
UN Security Council adopts resolution calling for Hamas to accept Gaza ceasefire
Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, has urged Benjamin Netanyahu to accept the ceasefire plan and will meet Benny Gantz on Tuesday
By Lee Harpin
Netanyahu speaks with Religious Zionist party head MK Bezalel SmotrichYonatan Sindel/Flash90
June 3, 2024, 7:12 am
Ben-Gvir and Smotrich threaten to topple Netanyahu over ceasefire deal
President Biden announced on Friday that Israel had agreed in principle to a three-phase ceasefire deal with Hamas, which would release all hostages and end the war
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Jake Sullivan, US national security adviser, speaks during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. The White House announced a package of $300 million in military assistance to Ukraine, the Biden administration's latest effort to secure aid for Kyiv as Congress remains deadlocked. Credit: Tom Brenner/Pool via CNP /MediaPunch
May 15, 2024, 10:13 am
Biden official: Report that US withheld intelligence on Hamas from Israel is ‘not true’
The reports alleged that the United States would provide the intelligence in exchange for Israel curbing its offensive in Rafah, the city in southern Gaza.  
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
United States President Joe Biden
May 14, 2024, 11:57 am
‘Ironclad commitment’: President Biden congratulates Israel on Independence Day
'As I made clear after Hamas's attack, the United States' commitment to Israel's security is ironclad,' Biden wrote in a letter to President Herzog
By JN Reporter
Jerry Seinfeld appears at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, as he received an honorary degree and delivered the commencement address, May 12, 2024. (Screenshot from livestream)
May 14, 2024, 10:26 am
Students walk out as Jerry Seinfeld delivers university graduation address
Dozens of graduates, some carrying Palestinian flags, walked out of the ceremony to protest Jerry Seinfeld, who has been outspoken in his support for Israel.
By Philissa Cramer (JTA)
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