Tag: Joe Biden
Biden meeting with Jacob Blake Sr. draws attention to past anti-Semitic statements
Amid the ongoing debate in the United States over race, social-media posts by Jacob Blake Sr., father of 29-year-old Jacob Blake, who was shot seven times by Wisconsin police on Aug. 23, appears to...
GOP congressman calls Biden’s pledge to restore US funding to Palestinians ‘mental incoherence’
A Republican member of Congress has slammed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden for pledging to restore U.S. funding to the Palestinians in accordance with the Taylor Force Act, calling Biden’s pledge a display of “mental incoherence.”
“You...
Can the world wait for Biden to deal with Iran?
In an election year, everything a president does is fair game for political potshots. So the sniping at the Trump administration’s policy towards Iran from Democrats is to be expected. But do they have...
College students start Jewish political action committee in support of Biden
A political action committee was launched on Sunday in support of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
The Jewish Unity PAC (JUPAC) seeks to mobilize Jewish voters in Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan and other key swing...
Democratic convention showcases virtual events by Jewish, pro-Israel groups
Jewish and Israel-related groups have ramped up virtual events amid this week’s Democratic National Convention with the main daily event consisting of prime-time programming from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern Time with discussions throughout the...
What does Kamala Harris’s nomination for vice president mean for Israel?
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s selection of Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) as his Democratic running mate has reinvigorated an abnormally quiet presidential campaign that has been overshadowed by the fallout from the global...
Joe Biden courts Islam, not Muslims
As Muslim communities in Western nations continue to grow in size and influence, politicians will court their vote.
In the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Muslims had the lowest rate of voter registration of any religious...
Harris as Biden’s VP pick prompts immediate replies from Jewish, Israel-related groups
Jewish and Israel-related groups expressed mixed reactions to the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, picking Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) as his running mate.
Organizations from the Democratic Majority for Israel...
Biden picks Kamala Harris as Democratic running mate
The presumptive Democratic 2020 nominee, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, announced on Tuesday that he has picked Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) as his running mate. The decision comes a week before the Democratic National Convention, which...
Report: Biden intervenes to keep word ‘occupation’ out of Democratic Party platform
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive 2020 Democratic Party nominee for president, personally intervened to keep the word “occupation” out of the official party platform, according to a report on Thursday.
Citing three...