By Post Editorial Board, New York Post— Delegates to this year’s Democratic convention haven’t booed the mention of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, as they did in 2012 — not yet anyway. But there’s no mistaking the hostility to Israel both inside and outside the Wells Fargo Center in Philadephia. On Monday night, Bernie Sanders delegates…
By Ryan Jones, Israel Today— Folks over here are used to seeing Palestinians and Iranians burning the Israeli flag. But it was a bit of a shocker to see Americans doing the same on Tuesday. Especially at the national convention of the Democratic Party, which so often and so adamantly asserts that it is a…
By JTA, JPOST— WASHINGTON — A Jewish political action committee is seeking to get the Republican Party platform to recognize the West Bank as an “indigenous” part of the Jewish homeland. “The Land of Israel is the indigenous homeland of the Jewish people by right and by law and we oppose any measures to force,…
BY REBECCA SHIMONI STOIL, Times of Israel— WASHINGTON — While declaring his commitment to Israel’s security, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) accused Israel of using disproportionate force in its military operations and pilloried the settlement policies of the Netanyahu government, in a speech released Monday while the candidate campaigned in Salt Lake City,…
By: Johnathan Tobin, Commentary Magazine: This morning, President Obama got what he’s been working toward all year. With Senator Barbara Mikulski’s announcement that she will vote to support the Iran nuclear deal, the administration got its 34th vote in the Senate, thus assuring that the president will have enough support to sustain a veto of…