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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 566

Halie Soifer

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, speaks with reporters as Republicans work to pass an interim spending bill that would avoid a partial government shutdown and keep federal agencies funded through September, at the Capitol in Washington, March 11, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
March 13, 2025, 10:46 am
Jewish, Muslim groups condemn Trump’s use of ‘Palestinian’ as slur to put down Schumer
CAIR says using term in that way is ‘beneath dignity of his office’; Jewish groups say US president doesn’t get to decide who is a Jew and that his remark weaponizes antisemitism
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
February 5, 2025, 7:45 pm
‘Horrific’ or ‘major step’ to peace? US Jewish groups react to Trump’s Gaza proposal
American president’s call to relocate enclave’s residents elicits revulsion from liberal Jewish groups, excitement from those on the right
By PHILISSA CRAMER
US President-elect Donald Trump (L), wife Melania Trump (C) and son Barron Trump (R) leave at the conclusion of an election night event at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, early on November 6, 2024. (Jim Watson/AFP)
November 7, 2024, 2:57 am
Trump hails ‘historic’ coalition that propelled his election win, doesn’t cite US Jews
President-elect thanks Black, Hispanic, Arab and Muslim voters, but not Jewish Americans; RJC asserts Jews helped win some swing states, as exit polls show vast majority backed Harris
By Ron Kampeas
Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks before planting a memorial tree on the grounds of the Vice President's residence in Washington on Oct. 7, 2024, to honor the victims and mark one year since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
October 9, 2024, 1:44 pm
71% of US Jewish voters in 7 swing states favor Harris, Democrat-affiliated poll finds
Survey shows Jewish voters put future of democracy at top of list of issues they care about, followed by abortion rights, the economy and Israel
By Ron Kampeas
Left: Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, August 20, 2024. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin); Right: Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump, August 21, 2024. (AP/Chuck Burton)
August 22, 2024, 9:10 pm
Harris campaign says Trump ‘denigrates American Jews’ amid his attacks over Israel
Democratic campaign says ex-president ‘elevates Neo-Nazis, and traffics in antisemitic tropes,’ as Trump repeatedly says Jews who vote for Harris ‘should have their head examined’
By Ron Kampeas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) greets US President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport on October 18, 2023. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
October 30, 2023, 4:34 pm
In a shift, US Democrats are focusing their Jewish campaign on Israel policy
With US national elections a year away, campaign ads are ramping up, portraying Biden as a ‘steadfast friend’ of Israel and ‘defender’ of American Jews
By Ron Kampeas
An attendee wears a 'Make America Great Again' kippah before US President Donald Trump speaks at an annual meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition on April 6, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP/John Locher)
November 4, 2020, 10:19 pm
Exit polls point to Trump gains among Jewish voters
Surveys show president picked up as much as 6% more Jewish support compared to 2016, and even more in important battleground of Florida, though some question findings
By Jacob Magid
A screen capture from an ad by the Jewish Democratic Council of America released on September 29, 2020. The ad draws parallels between the rise of fascism in Germany and the Trump presidency. (YouTube)
October 1, 2020, 5:12 am
Long off-limits, new anti-Trump ad suggests Nazi comparisons are becoming kosher
While ADL chief calls JDCA campaign spot ‘deeply offensive to the memories’ of Holocaust victims, his predecessor says ‘it’s not Nazism, but our antennas are quivering’
By Ron Kampeas
Blake Flayton and Lea Toubian, student fellows with the Jewish Democratic Council of America, pretend to phone one another to demonstrate a "get out the vote" tactic in a JDCA Zoom event on August 13, 2020. (Screenshot)
August 15, 2020, 4:42 am
Jewish Republicans and Democrats agree on one thing: Keep an eye on Florida
Conventions hosted by both political communities differ on all topics, except the belief that Jews in the Sunshine State could sway the presidential election
By Ron Kampeas
Signs showing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are taped to vehicles during a protest in Lansing, Michigan, April 15, 2020 (AP/Paul Sancya)
April 17, 2020, 4:08 pm
US far-right extremists are now calling social distancing a Nazi policy
Fringe activists are comparing governors fighting COVID-19 to Hitler; Jewish leaders fear the conspiratorial rhetoric will lead to violence against community
By Eric Cortellessa
Screenshot of an AIPAC Facebook targeting what the lobby calls "radical" Democrats, taken February 7, 2020. (JTA)
February 9, 2020, 4:06 am
AIPAC apologizes for ads branding Democrats as ‘radicals’
Pro-Israel group pulls four Facebook ads, including one which claimed that some US lawmakers could pose a greater threat than the Islamic State
By Ron Kampeas
US President Donald Trump signs an executive order combating anti-Semitism in the US during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, December 11, 2019. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
December 12, 2019, 4:21 pm
Netanyahu thanks Trump for executive order ‘against discrimination of Jews’
PM says free speech is not ‘carte blanche’ for anti-Semitic attacks on Jews and Israel; Lapid welcomes ‘kick at boycott’ movement
By ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump (left) with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, May 23, 2017. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)
December 6, 2019, 9:36 pm
In rebuke to Trump and Netanyahu, US House passes resolution supporting 2 states
Measure that condemns any West Bank annexation passes mostly on partisan lines and comes after two leaders discussed prospects of extending Israeli sovereignty over Jordan Valley
By Eric Cortellessa
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and US Reps. Rashida Tlaib, center, and Ilhan Omar, right. (Laura E. Adkins for JTA/Getty Images via JTA)
August 17, 2019, 3:32 pm
The day Netanyahu helped Israel’s loudest critics gain resonance and credibility
Barring Omar and Tlaib fuels the argument that Israel shouldn’t be treated as one of America’s greatest allies
By Eric Cortellessa
From left, Melody Stout, Hannah Payan, Aaliyah Alba, Sherie Gramlich and Laura Barrios comfort each other during a vigil for victims of the shooting August 3, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
August 4, 2019, 7:43 pm
After El Paso massacre, liberal US Jews say Trump fueling white nationalism
Reform leader accuses president of emboldening mass shooters by ‘demonizing asylum seekers and immigrants’
By Eric Cortellessa
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