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Jacob Magid
Jacob Magid
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US correspondent based in New York
Sudanese Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, left, head of the military council, speaks during a military-backed rally, in Omdurman district, west of Khartoum, Sudan on June 29, 2019. (AP/Hussein Malla) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a briefing on coronavirus development at his office in Jerusalem on September 13 2020. (Alex Kolomiensky/Yedioth Ahronoth via AP, Pool)
October 22, 2020, 8:35 am
Israeli officials said to visit Sudan amid talk of normalization
Reported trip comes a day after business jet spotted traveling from Tel Aviv to Khartoum and as US moves to remove country from terrorism list
By AFP and Jacob Magid
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives to speak at a news conference at the State Department in Washington on October 21, 2020. (Nicholas Kamm/Pool via AP)
October 22, 2020, 12:19 am
As bizjet makes TLV-Khartoum trip, Pompeo hopes Sudan recognizes Israel quickly
Ministers, US envoy indicate announcement from Khartoum or another Arab or Muslim-majority nation on Israel deal imminent; private plan spotted on rare Israel-Sudan-Israel hop
By AFP and Jacob Magid
President Clinton gestures toward Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, left, and PLO leader Yasser Arafat shaking hands in the East Room of the White House Thursday Sept. 28, 1995. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak looks on behind Arafat. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)
October 21, 2020, 7:43 am
Americans for Peace Now remember Rabin the peacemaker, without Ocasio-Cortez
Over 1,700 join Zoom gathering that caused headlines after snub from progressive congresswoman, marking 25 years since assassination
By Jacob Magid
Joe Biden during a joint press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu, not seen, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, March 9, 2016. (Debbie Hill, Pool via AP)
October 21, 2020, 4:11 am
A President Biden would likely take less combative approach on Israel than Obama
Israel and Mideast not expected to top foreign policy priorities for Democratic nominee; if elected, his administration may disengage from region, but won’t leave Israel behind
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump, left, steps off Air Force One at Reno-Tahoe International Airport on October 18, 2020, in Reno, Nevada. (AP/Alex Brandon); Sudanese Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, bottom right, head of the military council, speaks during a military-backed rally, in Omdurman district, west of Khartoum, Sudan on June 29, 2019 (AP/Hussein Malla); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, top right, speaks during a briefing on coronavirus development at his office in Jerusalem on September 13, 2020. (Alex Kolomiensky/ Yedioth Ahronoth via AP, Pool)
October 19, 2020, 9:38 pm
Trump to drop Sudan from terror list in presumed prelude to Israel normalization
Northeast African nation, under strong pressure from Washington, would become 3rd Muslim-majority country in two months to formalize ties with Israel
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Groups of protesters gather in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park to denounce lockdowns of their neighborhood due to a spike in COVID-19 cases on October 07, 2020 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
October 15, 2020, 1:57 am
Orthodox Jews back Trump by massive margin, poll finds
83% of denomination say they plan to vote for the incumbent, compared to just 14% for Biden; 4% undecided with 20 days to election, while 76% say media biased against Trump
By Jacob Magid
Israeli UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan in his New York office on October 13, 2020. (Israeli Mission to the UN)
October 14, 2020, 1:02 am
Erdan slams UN Human Rights Council after Russia, China, Pakistan, Cuba elected
Israel’s UN envoy avoids identifying newest members by name, instead decrying ‘anti-Semitic’ body’s ‘obsessive’ focus on Israel and urging democracies elected to resign
By Jacob Magid and AP
52 F-35 jets line up for a launch exercise at Utah's Hill Air Force Base in show of force and combat readiness amid US-Iran tensions, January 6, 2020. (US Air Force/R. Nial Bradshaw/Twitter screen capture)
October 13, 2020, 3:36 am
Aiming for regional peace, could normalization deals spark arms race instead?
With Gulf states linking advanced US weapons sales, including F-35s, to peace deals with Israel, only solution to maintaining Jewish state’s edge may be to sell it more arms too
By Jacob Magid
Jewish Insider reporter Jacob Kornbluh (bottom left) is surrounded by dozens of ultra-Orthodox protesters in Brooklyn, New York, on October 7, 2020. (screencapture/ Twitter)
October 12, 2020, 11:26 pm
Jewish Democrats and Republicans jointly condemn Brooklyn attack on journalist
JDCA, RJC leaders blast ‘unconscionable’ violence against Jacob Kornbluh by mob of Haredi extremists
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Young members of the Hasidic community gather in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park to denounce lockdowns of their neighborhood due to a spike in COVID-19 cases on October 7, 2020, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
October 11, 2020, 2:06 pm
Unmoved by COVID rules, ultra-Orthodox in Brooklyn celebrate holiday under radar
Scant few in hotspot Borough Park seen wearing masks as they head to synagogues for Simhat Torah eve, apparently choosing to violate guidelines beyond sight of few cops on patrol
By Jacob Magid
Members of the ultra-Orthodox community speak with NYPD officers on a street corner on October 7, 2020, in the Borough Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP/John Minchillo)
October 9, 2020, 3:16 am
Top NY Haredi rabbi: Virus compliance waned because people thought crisis passed
Agudath Israel spokesman says Brooklyn protests sparked by anger at New York authorities, who he says bullied Orthodox Jewish community instead of engaging with it
By Jacob Magid
Democratic vice presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris and US Vice President Mike Pence wave before the vice presidential debate on October 7, 2020, at Kingsbury Hall on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. (AP/Patrick Semansky)
October 8, 2020, 8:52 am
Pence touts Israel embassy move, Harris knocks Trump for Iran deal pullout
After Democrat accuses administration of abandoning allies, vice president highlights Suleimani strike; cites president’s Jewish relatives when slammed over Charlottesville
By Jacob Magid
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)
October 7, 2020, 10:30 pm
In US election to be won on margins, Modern Orthodox Jews may be key demographic
Subset represents rare group in American Judaism that doesn’t overwhelmingly vote for either party; residency in swing states could give it outsized influence come November
By Jacob Magid
From right: Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand hold a banner at the march against anti-Semitism in New York City, January 5, 2020. (John Lamparski/Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
October 7, 2020, 4:18 am
ADL: Soros conspiracies central to deluge of online attacks on Jews in Congress
Anti-Defamation League says misinformation about liberal, Jewish philanthropist features in an ‘astounding’ 39% of ‘problematic’ tweets targeting 30 Jewish incumbents
By Jacob Magid
Sarah Weiss-Maudi (Israeli Mission to the UN)
October 7, 2020, 2:46 am
In win for Israel at United Nations, diplomat appointed to key committee post
Sarah Weiss Maudi is 1st Israeli woman to serve as the vice chair of Western Europe and Others Group, which weighs legal questions for General Assembly
By TOI staff and Jacob Magid
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