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Eric Cortellessa
Eric Cortellessa
Eric Cortellessa covers American politics for The Times of Israel.
A poster showing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with a text reading 'Assassinate murder funders' hanging on a bus station at the entrance to the Israeli settlement of Geva Binyamin, in the West Bank on December 11, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 12, 2018, 9:14 pm
US rebukes ‘unacceptable’ West Bank posters urging Abbas’s assassination
Jason Greenblatt says he condemns incitement from both sides after far-right Israeli poster campaign appears in West Bank
By Eric Cortellessa
Demonstrators protesting against Israel in New York City, June 2016. (Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
December 7, 2018, 6:56 am
Push for anti-BDS bill in Congress exposes rift among Jewish progressives
Jewish Democratic group urges supporters to back bill making boycotting Israel illegal, but J Street objects on First Amendment grounds
By Eric Cortellessa
Sen. Ben Cardin speaks in New York, Sept. 28, 2018. (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Procter & Gamble via JTA)
December 5, 2018, 7:27 pm
Senator said attempting to put anti-BDS rider in US spending bill
Maryland’s Ben Cardin reportedly using lame duck session to squeeze controversial measure into bill meant to avert shutdown
By Eric Cortellessa
President Bush gestures during a news conference at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 12, 1991. The president declared that he would use his veto power if necessary to delay action on Israel's call for $10 billion in loan guarantees to help house Soviet immigrants. (AP/Greg Gibson)
December 2, 2018, 6:50 am
How ‘lonely little’ George H.W. Bush changed the US-Israel relationship
The 41st president beat AIPAC, but lost 24% of his Jewish backing after confronting Israel over the settlements; it’s a lesson US leaders since have taken to heart
By Eric Cortellessa
Brian Hook, US special representative for Iran, walks past fragments of Iranian short range ballistic missiles (Qiam) at the Iranian Materiel Display (IMD) at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, in Washington, DC, on November 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
November 29, 2018, 7:51 pm
US says seized weapons show that Iran is a regional threat
Washington accuses Tehran of violating arms export ban to Yemen and Afghanistan, says it is ‘relentless’ in its efforts to arm proxies
By Eric Cortellessa and AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a speech on files obtained by Israel he says proves Iran lied about its nuclear program, at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, on April 30, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 27, 2018, 5:54 am
US reportedly tells Israel it will press IAEA to probe Iran’s nuclear archives
After Israel complains to envoy, Trump administration to push UN agency to examine documents retrieved in Mossad op in Tehran
By Eric Cortellessa
A Palestinian carries a box of vegetable oil as he walks past bags of flour on a truck donated by USAID, or the United States Agency for International Development, at a depot in the West Bank village of Anin near Jenin, June 4, 2008 (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
November 27, 2018, 1:43 am
USAID said to plan firing over half its employees in West Bank and Gaza
Trump’s policy to cut aid from the Palestinians is reportedly designed to pressure Abbas into entering peace talks
By Eric Cortellessa
Opioids, addiction, overdose (Illustrative, via iStock)
November 21, 2018, 7:37 pm
Sackler family faces possible criminal charges for role in opioid crisis
New York’s Suffolk County sues Jewish multi-billionaire owners of Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin; Connecticut and NY consider pressing charges
By Eric Cortellessa
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley speaks at a UN Security Council Meeting on the Middle East on November 19, 2018. (UN/Rick Bajornas)
November 19, 2018, 9:05 pm
Haley scolds UN envoy for saying Israel, Gaza should both show restraint
US ambassador tells Security Council only Hamas should be condemned, after update on outbreak of violence from Nickolay Mladenov
By Eric Cortellessa
US President Donald Trump (right) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet at the United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters, on September 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
November 18, 2018, 6:39 pm
In looming Israeli elections, Trump may find excuse to delay peace plan
The US president has promised to unveil his proposal by January, but if Israel’s snap poll becomes a reality, the timetable could change
By Eric Cortellessa
President Donald Trump awards Miriam Adelson, the wife of Las Vegas Sands Corporation Chief Executive Sheldon Adelson and Republican mega donor the Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
November 16, 2018, 10:29 pm
Trump awards GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson the Presidential Medal of Freedom
President lauds philanthropist and wife of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson for supporting Jewish schools, Holocaust memorial organizations and Birthright
By Eric Cortellessa
George Soros speaking in Berlin, September 10, 2012. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images via JTA)
November 15, 2018, 5:19 am
Report: To quiet critics, Facebook hired GOP firm that tied protesters to Soros
Social media company sought to temper anger over Russian meddling by making the billionaire philanthropist its boogeyman, according to NY Times
By Eric Cortellessa
An Israeli inspects the damage in an apartment that was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in the southern Israeli town of Ashkelon on November 12, 2018. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)
November 12, 2018, 10:47 pm
US condemns Hamas rocket attacks, calls for ‘immediate halt’
After Gaza terror group fires 300 projectiles into Israel, Trump administration says it ‘stands with Israel’
By Eric Cortellessa
US President Donald Trump addresses a 'Make America Great Again' rally at Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport, November 3, 2018 in Belgrade, Montana. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP)
November 7, 2018, 8:00 pm
J Street poll: 72% of US Jews find Trump partly to blame for Pittsburgh shooting
Strong majority of Jewish Americans disapprove of president, favor Iran deal and two-state solution, according to survey commissioned by left-wing lobby
By Eric Cortellessa
George Soros speaks during a forum at the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington on Sept. 24, 2011. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
November 3, 2018, 5:12 pm
How George Soros became the target of both anti-Semites and right-wing Jews
The Hungarian-American business-magnate is famously a funder of liberal causes; he’s also become a Jewish bogeyman in the same toxic way the Rothschilds were
By Eric Cortellessa
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