Tag: Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris should be judged by her own standards
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...
Iran tops agenda as Lapid prepares to meet with Biden administration officials
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is expected to travel to Washington, D.C., next week to meet with senior Biden administration officials.
According to Axios, Lapid is expected to meet with Vice President Kamala Harris, U.S. Secretary of...
What’s behind the obsession with US aid to Israel?
While Vice President Kamala Harris has been conspicuously absent from her alleged role in securing the nation’s border, she did find time recently for an impromptu visit with students at George Mason University in...
Is it ever OK to praise the ‘truth’ of an anti-Semitic blood libel?
Does it matter if politicians let lies told by people they meet publicly go unanswered? That’s the question that many in the Jewish community, especially the majority who regularly vote for Democrats, are asking...
Harris aides attempt to address backlash after exchange with college student on Israel
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has been in touch with pro-Israel and Jewish organizations after an exchange this week with a student in Virginia who accused Israel of ethnic genocide.
“The vice president strongly disagrees with the...
Kamala Harris praises student for expressing her ‘truth’ in anti-Israel rant
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has come under fire for not condemning a student who accused the government of facilitating the “ethnic genocide” of Palestinians.
Harris’s exchange with the student took place on Tuesday at...
Harris, Herzog discuss Israeli security, environmental assistance to Central America
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris spoke on the phone with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday.
According to a White House readout of the call, after Harris congratulated Herzog on his new position, the two...
How many American Jews are there, and does it really matter?
This past weekend, the White House Passover seder was hosted by America’s Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff. The Brooklyn, N.Y.-born lawyer is the first Jew to be a spouse of a vice president, as well...
Republican Jewish group urges Harris not to speak at event tied to anti-Semite
The Republican Jewish Coalition is calling on Vice President Kamala Harris to cancel her speech to the Black Women’s Roundtable over the group’s ties with Tamika Mallory, who has been accused of anti-Semitism.
“The Republican...
Harris to Netanyahu: America stands against ICC war-crimes probe of Israel
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, assuring that the United States stands against the International Criminal Court’s war-crimes probe of Israel.
According to a readout from the Prime Minister’s...