Tag: Joe Biden
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...
Biden’s new Jewish point man says Israelis and Americans are less safe under Trump
Aaron Keyak just began his new position as Jewish outreach director for the presidential campaign of the presumptive Democratic 2020 nominee, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden.
Following communication stints on Capitol Hill and serving...
Tlaib says she’s not endorsing Biden, or maybe anyone, for president
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) said on Monday that she would not endorse the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. In fact, it’s not clear that she will be endorsing...
Will the Democrats’ generational shift turn the tide against Israel?
For pro-Israel Democrats, the only thing that matters about 2020 is that former Vice President Joe Biden is at the top of the ticket. They have good reason to celebrate the fact that he...
Biden campaign taps finance committee member to lead Jewish outreach
Democratic strategist Aaron Keyak has been picked by the presidential campaign of former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden to lead the presumptive Democratic nominee’s outreach to the Jewish community.
Jewish Insider first reported the development on Friday.
Keyak...
US Palestinians urge Biden, if elected, to overturn Trump’s pro-Israel policies
Palestinian Americans have been pressuring Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden to shift U.S. policy in favor of the Palestinians if he wins the election in November, Reuters reported on Thursday.
According to the report, one source...
Top foreign-policy adviser says Biden would keep ‘all’ US sanctions on Iran ‘in place’
If elected president in November, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden would have all U.S. sanctions on Iran stay in place, including the ones enacted under U.S. President Donald Trump, according to the presumptive...
Whatever happened to the Emergency Committee for Israel?
Ten years ago, it came in with a bang, but this spring, it disbanded without even a whimper.
The Emergency Committee for Israel came into existence in 2010 in response to President Barack Obama’s increasingly...
When should politicians think they’re entitled to your vote?
Former Vice President Joe Biden apologizes. President Donald Trump doesn’t ever apologize. While both said things that can easily be construed as offensive, the thinking behind their talk about being entitled to votes from...
Will Israel apply sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria?
Israel finally has a new government after three elections and more than a year of political stalemate. As it gets to work dealing with the calamitous effects of COVID-19, one of the main questions...