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Screen capture from video of Democratic New York City mayoral primary winner Zohran Mamdani during an interview with NBC's 'Meet the press,' June 29, 2025. (NBC: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 30, 2025, 8:39 am
Asked repeatedly to repudiate ‘globalize the intifada’ slogan, Mamdani sidesteps
Presumptive New York City Democratic mayoral nominee says it is not his job to ‘police language,’ stresses he will work to combat antisemitism
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York, speaks during a news conference to protest cuts in the World Trade Center Health Program on Capitol Hill, May 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
June 28, 2025, 6:39 am
US senator from NY calls on Mamdani to repudiate the phrase ‘globalize the intifada’
‘This is something I care deeply about,’ says Kirsten Gillibrand as she withholds endorsement of Democratic mayoral primary winner, noting NYC’s large Jewish population
By Grace Gilson
The opening roundtable at the Negev Summit in Sde Boker on March 28, 2022; A general view of the West Bank settlement of Efrat on March 10, 2022. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin/Maya Alleruzzo)
January 24, 2023, 12:37 pm
Democratic senator says Abraham Accords can expand even if settlements do too
In ToI interview fresh off trip to the region, Kirsten Gillibrand also proposes offering F-35s to Abraham Accords countries that invest in aid for the Palestinians
By Jacob Magid
Onlookers including Orthodox Jewish residents stand on the corner of Forshay Road in Monsey, New York, December 29, 2019, down the street from the scene of a stabbing rampage that occurred late the previous day during a Hanukkah celebration. (AP Photo/Allyse Pulliam)
January 11, 2022, 5:02 am
‘An act of pure evil’: NY leaders hold 2-year memorial for deadly antisemitic attack
Governor, senators, attorney general and Israeli envoy commemorate 2019 machete assault on Hanukkah worshipers in Monsey that killed 1, injured 5
By Luke Tress
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) speaks to reporters in Jerusalem, November 10, 2021 (Lazar Berman, Times of Israel)
November 10, 2021, 5:58 pm
Visiting US lawmakers press Israel to explain Palestinian groups’ terror listing
Bipartisan group led by Sen. Coons says Jerusalem agreed to provide Congress more information; Jerusalem consulate, settlements also discussed with Israeli, Palestinian leaders
By Lazar Berman
In this Dec. 3, 2012, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is joined by the New York Congressional delegation including Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, left, and Sen. Charles Schumer, right, for a news conference at the Capitol in Washington (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
March 13, 2021, 2:04 pm
Schumer, Gillibrand join call for Cuomo to resign over harassment allegations
New York senators issue joint statement calling on governor to step down over multiple accusations of sexual harassment and misconduct
By MARINA VILLENEUVE, Steve Peoples and MICHAEL BALSAMO
US Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (R) speaks as Sen. Bernie Sanders (L) looks on during a news conference at the US Capitol on March 14, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
July 10, 2020, 11:41 am
2 US senators seek to add kosher, halal options to emergency food programs
Kirsten Gillibrand and Debbie Stabenow send letter to Agriculture Department to ensure coronavirus aid will accommodate Jewish, Muslim recipients
By Marcy Oster
Defense Ministry and Rafael defense contractor test an upgraded version of the Iron Dome missile defense system in January 2020. (Defense Ministry)
July 1, 2020, 5:18 am
Top Democrat announces $500m. in anti-missile funding for Israel
Support for defense program from New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand shows party’s mainstream committed to backing Israeli military despite progressives’ calls for cuts
By Ron Kampeas
White House lawyer Steven Menashi, US President Donald Trump's nominee for US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, appears for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
September 12, 2019, 4:53 am
Senators blast Jewish Trump judicial nominee for silence at hearing
White House counsel Steven Menashi censured by members of both parties, grilled about his defense of Israel as both a liberal democracy and a Jewish state
By Matthew Daly
In this Aug. 9, 2019 photo, Democratic presidential candidate and businessman Tom Steyer speaks at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. (AP Photo/John Locher)
August 29, 2019, 3:56 pm
10 Democrats set for next US presidential debate as several others miss cut
Party’s rules for whittling down the field have drawn complaints that they are arbitrary and force candidates to pour money into expensive online fundraising
By BRIAN SLODYSKO
In this Aug. 10, 2019, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., speaks at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa. Gillibrand says she's dropping out of 2020 presidential race amid low polling, fundraising struggles. (AP Photo/John Locher)
August 29, 2019, 1:59 am
New York Senator Gillibrand says she’s ending 2020 presidential bid
Trump tweets that he’s glad Democrats never found out she was the one he was afraid of; she failed to qualify for next debate in Houston
By Will Weissert
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden (2nd R) speaks while Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) (R) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and former housing secretary Julian Castro listen during the Democratic Presidential Debate at the Fox Theatre July 31, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
August 1, 2019, 6:43 am
Democrats show divisions at debate, but unite against ‘racist’ Trump
Candidates take shots at front-runner Biden, but also focus on calling out US president over racist attacks on Baltimore; foreign policy barely discussed
By Ron Kampeas
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) looks at his wife Franni Bryson, before walking to the Senate chamber to announce his resignation on December 7, 2017 on Capitol Hill. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)
July 23, 2019, 8:33 am
Al Franken says he ‘absolutely’ regrets resigning over sexual misconduct claims
7 current or former senators who called for their colleague to step down now say were wrong to do so, but Gillibrand says she has no regrets
By AP
The US embassy in Jerusalem sits on a traffic circle recently named for US President Donald Trump. The compound is in the middle of Arnona, a quiet residential neighborhood in the city’s south. (Ben Sales/JTA)
July 15, 2019, 11:36 pm
Which Democratic 2020 contenders would move embassy back to Tel Aviv?
Front-runners say they aren’t happy with the relocation, but that doesn’t mean they would reverse Trump’s decision
By JTA
Sen. Kamala Harris (R) (D-CA) and former Vice President Joe Biden (L) speak as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) looks on during the second night of the first Democratic presidential debate in Miami, Florida on June 27, 2019. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images via JTA)
June 28, 2019, 4:45 pm
2nd Democratic debate has dramatic moment on race; foreign policy barely raised
Harris talks of being bused to school during exchange with Biden over his record of praise for segregationist senators and his opposition to bussing as means of desegregation
By Ron Kampeas
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