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New research: $2 million in federal grants went to domestic Islamist groups

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Of 60 federal grants, worth $15 million, given to Muslim organizations in 2022, $2 million went to groups “controlled by Islamists or involved in Islamist networks.” That’s according to a May 3 article by Sam Westrop...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a joint press conference in Jerusalem, Jan. 30, 2023. Photo by Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/POOL.

State Department won’t engage ‘hypothetical’ of Blinken, Netanyahu DC meeting

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In the May 2 press briefing at the U.S. State Department, a spokesman dodged a reporter’s question about whether Secretary of State Antony Blinken would meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should the...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Israel on Jan. 30, 2023. Credit: David Azagury/U.S. Embassy in Israel.

White House, State Department release statements ahead of Yom Hashoah

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Both U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken released statements this week marking days of remembrance of Holocaust victims. “During Yom Hashoah and throughout these days of remembrance, we mourn the 6...
U.S. President Joe Biden boards Air Force One for Saudi Arabia after a farewell ceremony in his honor at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on July 15, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

US needs ‘serious negotiators’ to normalize Israel-Saudi ties, experts say

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s request that the United States provide the Sunni Gulf country with ironclad security guarantees and civilian nuclear aid in exchange for normalizing relations with Israel is casting a new light on Washington’s...
U.S. President Joe Biden at a NATO summit in Brussels on March 24, 2022. Photo: Gints Ivuskans / Shutterstock.com

How Americans can save Israeli democracy

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President Joe Biden isn’t the first American president to intervene in Israeli politics. U.S. administrations have been doing so for decades with generally dismal results. Yet there was something different about the comments Biden recently made...
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room at the White House Hanukkah celebration on Dec. 1, 2021. In a new survey, Biden received a 47% approval rating and 34% disapproval rating from U.S. Jews on his responses to antisemitism. Photo by Dmitriy Shapiro.

Antisemitism dramatically undercounted in 2022, AJC report says

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Despite well-documented surges in antisemitism in America, new data suggests official numbers dramatically undercount the problem’s scope. In 2022, more than one-quarter (26%) of U.S. Jews said they were targets of either physical or in-person...
U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes Israeli President Isaac Herzog to the Oval Office, Oct. 26, 2022. Source: POTUS/Twitter.

Biden: Silence in face of ‘vile and venom’ of antisemitism is complicity

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U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday denounced the pervasiveness and destructiveness of antisemitism in America and around the world, at a gathering at the White House marking Hanukkah. “This year’s Hanukkah arrival—arrives in the midst...

Biden administration to create inter-agency group to combat antisemitism, Islamophobia

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The White House announced on Monday the establishment of an inter-agency group to coordinate U.S. government efforts “to counter antisemitism, Islamophobia, and related forms of bias and discrimination.” “As President Biden has made clear:...

Biden: Israel-Lebanon deal sets stage for more stable, prosperous region

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The Israel-Lebanon maritime border agreement sets the stage for a more stable Middle East, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday. “As I said when this historic agreement was announced, it will secure the interests...

White House: Israel-Lebanon border deal identified by Biden as ‘real opportunity’ a decade ago

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Achieving a maritime border agreement between Israel and Lebanon was identified by U.S. President Joe Biden as a “real opportunity” more than a decade ago, a senior administration official told journalists on Tuesday. “This is...