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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 565

James Zogby

US Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., listen as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 27, 2018. (Tom Williams/Pool Photo via AP)
January 10, 2019, 3:33 pm
Will backing anti-BDS bills be a liability for 2020 Democratic hopefuls?
There are at least seven Senate Democrats eyeing a presidential run. Only two support the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, and just one is willing to cosponsor it
By Eric Cortellessa
The Palestinian flag is seen above the offices of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Washington, DC, November 18, 2017. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images via JTA)
November 23, 2017, 6:19 am
Arab American groups offer to host PLO mission if shuttered by US
Arab and two liberal Jewish organizations urge Rex Tillerson to reconsider decision to close down Palestinian office in Washington
By JTA
James Zogby speaking at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., October 2012. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
April 29, 2017, 6:52 am
A US government body on religious freedom is accused of going easy on Israel
Chairman of Commission on Religious Freedom suggests the body declined to address Israel to maintain bipartisan solidarity
By Ron Kampeas
This file photo combination shows Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (left) on April 4, 2016, and Republican challenger Donald Trump on February 16, 2016. (AFP/dsk)
July 31, 2016, 10:20 am
Why the two presidential nominees left Israel in the backseat at their party conventions
Both candidates briefly pledged firm support for Israel in their lengthy acceptance speeches, but neither so much as mentioned the divisive, potentially alienating issue of peace-making with the Palestinians
By Eric Cortellessa
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at La Escuelita School in Oakland, California, Friday, May 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
July 25, 2016, 2:55 pm
Democratic convention could feature discord on Israel
In Philadelphia, Democrats to struggle with party email scandal, differences on Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the need to project party unity
By Eric Cortellessa
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks in Philadelphia on July 8, 2016. (AP/Matt Rourke)
July 10, 2016, 6:35 am
Clinton camp quells bid to add ‘occupation’ into Democratic party platform
Claim by academic Cornel West that IDF targeted innocents in Gaza wins cheers at Orlando gathering, but harsher Israel language voted down
By ToI Staff and Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
James Zogby (BankingBum / Wikipedia)
July 2, 2016, 1:47 am
Sanders’ appointee to Dem platform committee: ‘I’m not anti-Israel’
James Zogby says Netanyahu ‘does more to delegitimize the State of Israel than the BDS movement ever has’
By JTA
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., delivers his "Where We Go From Here" speech, Friday, June 24, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
June 25, 2016, 4:32 pm
Democrats’ draft platform excludes call to end occupation
Panel shoots down Sanders supporter’s text urging ‘end to occupation and illegal settlements’; advocates $15 minimum wage, end to death penalty
By ToI Staff and AP
James Zogby (BankingBum / Wikipedia)
June 21, 2016, 7:40 pm
GOP Jews unveil ads against ‘progressive anti-Israel Democrats’
Clinton urged to disavow Sanders’s platform representatives; Jewish Democrats say campaign is attempt to draw attention away from Trump’s flaws
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Former Congressman Howard Berman, left, and Cornel West, at right, listening to testimony at a Democratic Party platform drafting committee hearing in Washington, D.C., June 9 2016. (Ron Kampeas/JTA)
June 11, 2016, 3:27 am
Dems tussle over adding ‘occupation’ to party platform
As Clinton secures victory, Democratic National Committee debates how to describe Israel’s presence in West Bank
By Ron Kampeas
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (left) and philosopher Cornel West (right) at the second Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa, on November 14, 2015. (Alex Wong/Getty Images via JTA)
May 24, 2016, 1:35 am
BDS backer, critics of Israel among Democrats drafting party platform
Philosopher Cornel West, president of the Arab American Institute James Zogby, and Rep. Keith Ellison named to committee, day after Sanders urges focus on Palestinian rights
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative photo of a customs officer checking a passenger's passport at Washington-Dulles International Airport. (James Tourtellotte/Department of Homeland Security)
April 14, 2013, 3:11 pm
Israeli policy complicates push for visa-free entry to US
Security concerns lead Jerusalem to refrain from fully reciprocating on travel waiver
By Ron Kampeas
Some Jewish leaders accused Rep. Michele Bachman, left, for launching a 'witch hunt' following her allegations that Huma Abedin had ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. (photo credit: Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons/JTA)
August 3, 2012, 2:16 am
Allegations against Clinton aide Abedin stir Jewish concerns
Indicative of the ‘up-to-the-edge racism’ being seen on both sides of the political spectrum during this election
By Ron Kampeas
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