Category: Other

(JTA) — Rep. Gregory Meeks, the leading Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has said he would not approve a U.S. sale of F-15 fighter jets to Israel without “assurances” on what the jets would be used for. “I’m waiting for assurances,” Meeks, who represents a district in New York City, told CNN on…

(New York Jewish Week) — After months of discussions and weeks of debate, the Yonkers City Council has tabled a Gaza ceasefire resolution that aimed to thread a narrow needle — calling for an end to the Israel-Hamas war while also defending Israel’s right to exist. The council announced that it would table the resolution…

(New York Jewish Week) — Last week, a video circulated online that won plaudits from Ritchie Torres’ supporters and opponents alike. In the two-minute clip, shared on April 4, the Bronx congressman parries accusations from pro-Palestinian activists that he supports the starvation of children during a genocide in Gaza. In response, he denies that Israel…

(JTA) — The Israeli military chief of staff fired two officers found to be responsible for the mistakes that led to the killing of seven aid workers with the World Central Kitchen, which deepened a crisis in U.S.-Israel relations. The sackings Friday, and the Israel Defense Forces’ publication of details that led to the strikes…

(New York Jewish Week) — Pro-Palestinian activists claimed success in their campaign calling for voters to submit blank ballots to protest President Joe Biden’s support for Israel in New York’s Democratic primary on Tuesday — though the actual number of protest votes is unclear. Ahead of a series of Democratic primaries, activists across the country…

WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that how the United States deals with Israel’s war with Hamas depends on what Israel does to mitigate dangers for aid workers and for humanitarian assistance in the Gaza Strip. Biden’s 30-minute call on Thursday with Netanyahu, their first since March 18, came three…

WASHINGTON (JTA) — In the three days since an Israeli strike killed seven aid workers in Gaza, the prime minister has said he “deeply regrets” the incident, the defense minister has expressed his “sorrow and condolences,” the chief of the military has said sorry for the “grave mistake” and the president has personally apologized to…

WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Joe Biden said he was “outraged and heartbroken” by an Israeli strike that killed seven hunger relief workers and said Israel was not doing enough to protect aid workers and other civilians, in his sharpest official rebuke of Israel so far in the Gaza war. Biden’s statement late Tuesday came as…

(JTA) — How do we live a life of principle and integrity, without closing ourselves off from others who do not share all of our values? How do we build bridges and broad tents that include the diversity of human viewpoints and experiences, without forgetting what we stand for? These are old problems, and evergreen…

(JTA) – The campaign to protest President Joe Biden’s support for Israel at the ballot box declared victory in Wisconsin following the Democratic primary, as more than 47,000 people voted “uninstructed” rather than supporting the party’s presumptive nominee. The “uninstructed” vote — akin to “uncommitted” protest votes in other states — amounted to 8.4% of…