Politics

Rep. Ritchie Torres slams ‘blithering idiots’ behind the secret Israeli influence op that targeted him

The New York lawmaker, one of Israel’s staunchest supporters in Congress, called the campaign by Israel’s Diaspora ministry ’embarrassing’ and ‘racist.’

Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress on July 24, as coalition at home teeters

The speech is sure to attract controversy in Washington.

Some Jewish groups protest Biden’s executive order on immigration, but others are staying silent

“We do not need to look too far back into our history to see what has happened when this country has turned its back on people,” said the vice president of U.S. policy and advocacy at HIAS.