Politics

Netanyahu says Schumer’s call for new elections is ‘totally inappropriate’ amid deepening rift with Biden

Reactions to Schumer from Netanyahu and from Biden exposed broadening tensions between their governments as Israel’s war with Hamas reaches a critical juncture.

Chuck Schumer called for elections in Israel. What did he hope to achieve?

Critics said the senator’s broadside against Netanyahu may in fact help Netanyahu shore up his support.

New state of affairs: Jewish legislator seeks to decriminalize adultery in NY

Charles Lavine’s bill passed the State Assembly on Monday by a vote of 137-10 and now heads to the State Senate.

US adds 3 Israeli settlers and, in a first, 2 West Bank outposts to sanctioned extremists list

Chuck Schumer calls for new elections in Israel, says Netanyahu has ‘lost his way’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pictured in February. (Amos Ben-Gershom/Israeli Government Press Office)

Netanyahu downplays tensions with US after weekend of sniping with Biden over Gaza

The Jewish Democrats plan to get Joe Biden reelected by targeting independent voters

A man wearing dark sunglasses and a blurred-out hat holds up a blurred-out white supremacist handout during a city councio public comment period

White supremacists, seizing on Israel-Hamas war, have accelerated their antisemitism since Oct. 7

In State of the Union, Biden tells Israel that humanitarian aid is not a ‘bargaining chip’

Social media posts from a cider business of text on an all-black background explaining that it will ban all Zionists

Utah is investigating a cidery that declared ‘No Zionists Allowed’

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