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Biden’s ‘build back better’ message to Iran, Israel and the Arabs

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Critics of The New York Times sometimes claim that the newspaper’s biases render it unreadable. But those who avoid it are missing out on one of its key features: the way it serves as a sounding...
A wide view of the 30th plenary meeting of the General Assembly. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

US abstention on anti-Israel UNRWA vote marks ‘dangerous backslide’ in policy at UN

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The United States voted last week to abstain on a resolution concerning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the U.N.’s agency that handles Palestinian refugees—part of several resolutions put forth in...
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the White House in Washington, D.C., Aug. 27, 2021. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO.

US, Israel remain at loggerheads over consulate to Palestinians in downtown Jerusalem

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Israel and the United States remain at an impasse about American plans to reopen the U.S. consulate on Agron Road in downtown Jerusalem that was closed under former President Donald Trump. The Biden administration and...
US ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks at the Jewish federation's annual General Assembly in Tel Aviv, on October 24, 2018. Credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90

Friedman: ‘I believe the US will respect Israel if Israel respects itself’

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It’s been almost a year since U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman completed his service. In an interview with JNS, Friedman—who recently joined former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s new investment fund, Liberty Strategic, as its...
More than 100 Israelis gathered on Agron Street in downtown Jerusalem, opposite the old U.S. consulate building, protesting the Biden administration’s announced plan to reopen it, Oct. 27, 2021 Photo by Josh Hasten.

Pro-Israel movements protest US intention to open Jerusalem consulate for Palestinians

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A group of more than 100 Israelis gathered on Agron Street in downtown Jerusalem on Wednesday, opposite the old U.S. consulate building, protesting the Biden administration’s announced plan to reopen it as a full...
The former U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem, July 19, 2009. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Senators move to block Biden’s plan to reopen consulate for Palestinians

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Three-dozen Republican senators introduced a bill on Tuesday that aims to block the Biden administration’s plan to reopen the U.S. consulate for the Palestinians in Jerusalem. Upholding the 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Law Act of 2021...
A view of the U.S. Consulate General on Agron Street in Central Jerusalem, Israel, March 4, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

The battle for the US consulate in Jerusalem

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The professional echelon at the Israeli Foreign Ministry has described the expected American opening of a consulate to the Palestinians in Jerusalem as an “introduction to the division of the city.” They stress that...
View of the U.S. Consulate General on Agron Street in Central Jerusalem, Israel, March 4, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Will US deny Israel sovereignty over Jerusalem by reopening consulate for Palestinians?

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The Biden administration wants to reopen a consulate for Palestinian affairs in Jerusalem as part of its efforts to reverse former U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies and achievements. Trump subsumed the consulate into the...
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Kamala Harris should be judged by her own standards

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Two weeks ago, the vice president was speaking to a college class when a student expressed frustration that her campus organizing against U.S. funding for Israel had been ineffective. The student referred to actions...
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Revolution has come to America

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How does a nation lose its freedom? One way, of course, is through foreign conquest. History is filled with examples of nations being subjugated and enslaved by foreign tyranny. Today, in the United States,...