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Biden tells Netanyahu: US policies on Gaza depend on what Israel does next
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…
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Why the high-profile killing of a famous aid group’s volunteers could be a turning point for how Israel treats Gaza relief
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…
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Biden: Israel ‘has not done enough’ to protect aid workers or civilians in Gaza
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…
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My stepfather, Joe Lieberman, modeled integrity inside and out
(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…
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Pro-Palestinian protest campaign beats out goal in Wisconsin Democratic primary with more than 47,000 ‘uninstructed’ votes
(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…
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Jewish groups are anguished over Israeli strike that killed aid workers — and divided on who to blame
(JTA) — Some worked with World Central Kitchen and mourned the loss of their partners. Others say they have been sounding the alarm bell about a humanitarian crisis in Gaza that has only become more urgent. Still others say, or suggest, that blame for the Israeli bomb that killed seven aid workers in Gaza lies…
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Biden administration ‘outraged’ by Israeli strike that killed 7 aid workers, as humanitarian groups suspend operations in Gaza
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Biden White House expressed its “outrage” over an Israeli drone strike Monday that killed seven aid workers with the World Central Kitchen and said the Israeli military must improve its coordination with groups delivering humanitarian assistance. “We were outraged to learn of an IDF strike that killed a number of civilian humanitarian…
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White House ‘concerned’ after Netanyahu pledges to use new law to shutter Al Jazeera in Israel
(JTA) — The Biden White House said it was “concerning” that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu planned to close down the Israeli offices of the Al Jazeera, based on a law just passed by Israel’s parliament, the Knesset. Netanyahu, posting in Hebrew on X, formerly Twitter, said of the Qatar-based network that “the time has…
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Michigan congressman says he wasn’t advising nuclear war after telling Israel to approach Gaza ‘like Nagasaki and Hiroshima’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg released a statement saying he wasn’t calling for nuclear war after he came under fire for advising Israel to “get it over quick” with Hamas in Gaza, “like Nagasaki and Hiroshima,” the Japanese cities the United States hit with atomic bombs at the end of World War II.…
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Sen. Jeff Merkley invokes Easter to condemn ‘Netanyahu’s indiscriminate bombing of Gaza,’ drawing condemnation
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A range of Jewish and pro-Israel figures, including Israel’s antisemitism envoy, accused Sen. Jeff Merkley of advancing a “blood libel” for linking Easter to what he called Israel’s “indiscriminate bombing” of Gaza. Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, had already marked Easter Sunday on X with a generic wish for a “blessed holiday.” He…