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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 340

Tim Walz

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
Minnesota Governor and 2024 Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz gestures after speaking on the third day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 21, 2024. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
August 22, 2024, 7:43 am
Vowing to ‘make a real difference,’ Democratic VP pick Tim Walz accepts nomination
Minnesota governor tells audience at party convention it is the ‘honor of his life’ to be Harris’s running mate, outlines his life story, lauds presidential pick, slams Trump
By Frankie TAGGART
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a campaign rally with Democratic presidential candidate, US Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at the Liacouras Center at Temple University on August 6, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
August 19, 2024, 9:51 pm
At DNC, Josh Shapiro denies antisemitism kept him off Harris ticket
Pennsylvania governor blames Trump for stoking claim that nominee chose Tim Walz as running mate because Shapiro is Jewish
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative: German high school students from the Reclam gymnasium Leipzig read excerpts of the bilingual book 'Der Brief/La Lettre' detailing the results of their research into the life of Holocaust victim Martin Kober at a book launch ceremony in Leipzig's town hall, November 27, 2012. (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP)
August 19, 2024, 1:30 am
‘Gestapo Game’ at Tim Walz’s school was part of a trend Holocaust educators now reject
Amid reports that the VP candidate helped end an outdated role playing game while a teacher in Minnesota, one thing is certain – he condemned such exercises in his master’s thesis
By Andrew Lapin and PHILISSA CRAMER
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (right) says he has no 'personal relationship' with Imam Asad Zaman (left) who praised Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and shared a link to a pro-Hitler video. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via Getty Images. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images via JTA)
August 15, 2024, 7:55 am
Walz says he has no personal ties to imam who praised Oct. 7, shared pro-Hitler video
Democrat VP candidate and Imam Asad Zaman appeared at a number of public events together between 2018 and May 2023, but both say they don’t know each other beyond that
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Democratic US presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena, August 9, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
August 10, 2024, 12:43 pm
Addressing hecklers, Harris says time is ripe for ceasefire to ‘bring hostages home!’
Pausing to acknowledge Gaza war protesters at Arizona rally, Democratic presidential candidate says she’s working with Biden ’round the clock, every day’ to reach deal
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators protest for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, outside the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, August 7, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 9, 2024, 4:54 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 9: Day 308 – As hostage talks to resume, PM often seen as obstacle
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses conversations in Qatar with hostage talk mediators, and looks at VP Kamala Harris and her new running mate on Israel and Jews
By ToI Staff
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, accompanied by Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, right, reads a book to children at People Helping People, a shelter for families experiencing homelessness in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 29, 2019. (AP/Jim Mone)
August 9, 2024, 4:11 am
Lauded by former students, Tim Walz wrote his master’s thesis on Holocaust education
Before entering politics, the Minnesota governor was a beloved teacher with focus on genocide studies; participated in US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s first conference for educators
By Andrew Lapin
Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally in Romulus, in the Detroit, Michigan, metropolitan area, August 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
August 8, 2024, 9:41 am
Harris tells anti-Israel hecklers to be quiet unless they ‘want Donald Trump to win’
Before Detroit rally, Democratic candidate meets ‘uncommitted’ vote organizers who claim she indicated openness to discussing Israel arms embargo; VP’s aide: she opposes idea
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Holocaust survivor and education activist Dora Zaidenweber, (seated left) is given a standing ovation by Minnesota Gov. and Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz (center) in June 2023. (Darrell Owens Photography via JTA)
August 7, 2024, 3:54 pm
Minnesota’s Jews celebrate ‘mensch’ Gov. Tim Walz as he enters national spotlight
Jewish community leaders say Democratic VP candidate is committed to Israel’s right to defend itself, has attended vigils after antisemitic attacks, in the aftermath of October 7
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri pauses before her concession speech during a primary election watch party at Chevre Events on August 6, 2024, in St Louis, Missouri. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images/AFP)
August 7, 2024, 9:55 am
‘Squad’ member Cori Bush loses primary that drew millions from pro-Israel groups
St. Louis county prosecutor Wesley Bell beats Missouri representative who supports BDS; Josh Shapiro says he’s ‘proud’ of his Jewish faith at Harris-Walz rally in Philadelphia
By Ron Kampeas, AP and JTA
Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Tuesday, August 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
August 7, 2024, 9:43 am
How a progressive boot camp founded by Jews helped Tim Walz become a politician
Democratic VP candidate will be ’eminently fair’ on issues of concern to US Jewry, say founders of Wellstone Action, a progressive training camp named for Jewish former senator
By Andrew Lapin
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro arrives at a campaign rally at Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 6, 2024. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
August 7, 2024, 5:21 am
Democrats dismiss ‘ridiculous’ claim antisemitism behind Shapiro snub for VP pick
Defenders note Harris is married to a Jewish man, but many in party say a reckoning is still needed regarding anti-Jewish invective in campaign against Pennsylvania governor
By Ron Kampeas
This combination of pictures created on August 2, 2024, shows US Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington, DC on July 22, 2024, and Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz in Washington, DC, July 3, 2024. (Jim WATSON and Chris Kleponis / AFP)
August 6, 2024, 5:52 pm
Harris announces Tim Walz as running mate, hoping to entice Midwest voters
Pro-Israel Minnesota governor’s accomplishments include sweeping protections for abortion rights, tax credits for families, universal free school meals, paid medical leave
By Agencies
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