Tag: Chuck Schumer
Anti-Israel protesters target Schumer Shabbat dinner with daughter
Amanda Yee goes by "Radio Free Amanda" on X, where she has nearly 85,000 followers and self-identifies as a "journalist and editor."
On Saturday, she posted that she and colleagues received "a tip" on Friday that U.S....
Rep. Massie accused of antisemitism after sharing controversial meme
An image shared on social media featuring rapper Drake rejecting one idea while embracing another—often used to identify alleged hypocrisy—has generated condemnation across the political spectrum after a Republican legislator used it to claim that Congress...
What was the purpose of the ‘March for Israel’?
In 2019, I approached a top-ranking American Jewish leader to ask him about planning a massive rally in Washington, D.C., to address the rising antisemitism in America and around the world. Having spent many...
Senate Majority Leader Schumer meets with Israeli Ambassador Herzog in DC
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) met with Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Herzog on Thursday in Washington, D.C., just weeks before U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to arrive in the...
Blinken: US commitment to Israel ‘ironclad,’ welcomes more normalization agreements
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that America’s commitment to Israel is “ironclad,” and that he—and the Biden administration—supports more normalization agreements.
Blinken appeared as part of a virtual event hosted by Israel’s embassy...
Democrats take control of the Senate: Schumer becomes the first Jewish Majority Leader in...
The US Democratic Party took control of the Senate, now dominating both houses of Congress and the White House.
Progressives took control of the Upper House after Georgia's two new senators, Raphael Warnock and Jon...
Federal law-enforcement charges Staten Island man for threatening Schumer, ‘blow up‘ FBI building
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged a man from Staten Island, N.Y., for threatening to kill protesters, politicians and others because of the outcome of the U.S. presidential election.
Brian Maiorana, 54, was arrested...
The Democrats’ disconnect from Israeli reality
Israelis are still trying to sort out the fallout from their second unsuccessful attempt to elect a government this year with little sign of a break in the impasse between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...