Tag: United States
An unholy silence
Melanie Phillips, a British journalist, broadcaster and author, writes a weekly column for JNS. Currently a columnist for The Times of London, her new book, Fighting the Hate: A Handbook for Jews Under Siege,...
West Virginia rep introduces House bill to deport terrorists, strip their naturalized citizenship
Rep. Riley Moore (R-W.Va.) introduced on Thursday legislation to strip citizenship from and deport naturalized U.S. citizens involved in terrorism.
The Denaturalization and Expulsion of Persons Who Orchestrate Radical Terrorism Act drew eight Republican co-sponsors.
“Naturalization...
US, Iran said to have reached ‘in principle’ truce extension deal
The United States and Iran reached an “in principle agreement” to extend their fragile ceasefire beyond next week to allow more time for diplomacy, regional officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Mediators have been...
Instagram removed only 7% of reported extremist content, ADL says
Only 7% of content flagged by the Anti-Defamation League as violating Instagram’s policies was removed, according to a report the group released Wednesday.
According to the report, which JNS viewed, the ADL researchers reported 253...
Virginia museum to host Yom Hashoah lecture on Jewish refugees in Philippines during WWII
The MacArthur Memorial, a World War II museum and research center in downtown Norfolk, Va., will mark Yom Hashoah with a virtual lecture on Tuesday highlighting the fate of Jewish refugees in the Philippines...
US set to begin blocking all maritime traffic at Iranian ports
“The United States to Blockade Ships Entering or Exiting Iranian Ports on April 13 at 10:00 A.M. ET. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT,” U.S. President Donald Trump posted to...
Trump orders blockade of Strait of Hormuz
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that the U.S. Navy would immediately begin blockading the Strait of Hormuz following the collapse of marathon negotiations with Iran aimed at ending almost six weeks of...
No agreement with Iran, Vance says after marathon negotiations in Pakistan
U.S. and Iranian officials did not reach an agreement after 21 hours of talks in Islamabad, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Sunday morning in Pakistan.
“We’ve had a number of substantive discussions with...
Assessing the ceasefire and the criticisms of Trump and Netanyahu
Despite pummeling Iran, the leaders of the world’s two strongest air forces are fending off criticism from political opponents during a 14-day ceasefire. Results on the battlefield appear to be taking a backseat to...
Iran hasn’t won, and America hasn’t lost … yet
Jonathan S. Tobin is editor-in-chief of the Jewish News Syndicate, a senior contributor for The Federalist, a columnist for Newsweek and a contributor to many other publications. He covers the American political scene, foreign...